Ahimsa is made possible by the innate capacity of human beings to care beyond the self. Dr. Monica Sharma has developed a process for enabling people to tap into this capability. She did this over three decades of work in diverse contexts across the world. For a part of that period she served as director of Leadership and Capacity Development at the United Nations. The author of a book on Transformational Leadership, Monica talks about how she has experienced and defined nonviolence. Her work draws on research which shows that those who are able to expand beyond the self are more resilient and better able to cope in conflict situations.