In-Person Workshop
Communication Skills 102
We’ve all struggled from time to time with our relationships. Possibly one or more of these situations is alive for you? A co-worker irks you—maybe in more ways than one—and you just don’t know what to say that you think won’t make it worse. You feel like you're just not connecting in a meaningful way with your partner or you are resigned that the problems you face aren’t going to change in any real way. Maybe you've had a disagreement with a friend and you’ve lost that easy connection you had before and find yourself ‘walking on eggshells’. You’re not sure what to say or do about it.
It's easy to come up with a list of what the other person is doing wrong and what they need to change. The truth is better relationships—of all kinds—begin with YOU. Even if only to have the confidence to navigate productive conversations with the others.
While we have limited influence over others, we can learn ideas and tools ourselves that lead to solid, healthy, fulfilling connections with family members, co-workers, mates, and friends.
The practical skills we teach in this day-long workshop will have you well on your way to shifting all relationships into ones you enjoy.
“The workshop material has been so helpful to all my relationships, from my business partner to my family. Not only is the content on point, Terrie’s teaching style is quite approachable and fun to follow. I found myself speaking up when I tend not to.”
More Details About the Workshop
Communication Skills 102
In this workshop we continue to deepen in the practice of the skills learned in Communication Skills 101. In 101, we introduced the main components of Nonviolent Communication. Offering a good deal of information in a relatively short amount of time, I receive consistent requests for more information, more practice, and the like. In Communication Skills 101, the structure and benefit of studying this work is obvious. In Communication Skills 102, we will offer more nuanced details of the work. We will offer more time for practice and role playing. This will help people to interrupt their habits in real time and find more connection and understanding in all of their relationships.
Curiosity and Care Mixed with Honesty Is What It Takes
Though it might be just a split second, you cycle through a river of thoughts, impulses, images, feelings, and needs. Shedding light on this river helps you to connect to your heart and respond to what's true for you in the moment. With more understanding and awareness, you get free from the trap of making decisions based on habits, assumptions, blame and fault finding, or what you think you “should” do.
In this workshop you will learn to:
Remain centered in any situation with confidence
Use new skills to navigate your relationships with care and curiosity
Find confidence to share anger or disappointment without judgment or blame
Move beyond ongoing resignation and resentments to resolution
Improve your empathy skills
Deepen your self-awareness when in pain and sharing it in a way that invites mutual understanding
Improve your ability to navigate conflict well in real time
Drop out of looking for blame and fault-finding
Support those you care about to find their voice
Share quality time all the time
