I got to know Nonviolent Communication in 2014 when the first Ukrainian NVC community was created through a set of trainings run by Duke Duchscherer. We called ourselves a Network of Dialogue Facilitators. With the beginning of the war in Ukraine in 2014 we started using it in segregated by the war communities. After that took part in various trainings and seminars both in Ukraine and Europe. IIT in 2018 (UK), IIT in 2019 (Germany), Global Rising together with MADs later on in Germany and online in 2020-2022 helped me to enter NVC international community. Interpreting NVC trainings into Russian/Ukrainian for me is about translating the spirit and knowledge of NVC to those who don't speak English.

The key in my teaching the spiritual basis of NVC is about being alive, trusting that one's own spirit is a part of God in this world, thus knowing better how to build connections, manage oneself and care for others as something that is inborn in us and that we are using already, sometimes not calling it NVC. We are all part of one Universe that teaches us how to coexist with each other and with nature. It is about building bridges of understanding and trust across the divides.

I am Russian-born (in St.Petersburg), grew up in Crimea (Ukraine), and moved to Kyiv (Ukraine) in 2015 after Crimea was annexed by Russia. I have Russian blood and relatives; however, my heart and mind are fully Ukrainian, just like my citizenship. I see a special mission for myself, building bridges between these nations when the war is over—now trying to take care of those who are in Ukraine suffering from the war.