Effective
Communication
Do you struggle to express yourself effectively and be heard by others?
effectively and be heard
by others?
Effective Communication, based on Nonviolent Communication (NVC) principles, is a powerful tool for fostering mutual understanding and compassion in your connections with others. Unlike rigid communication models, Effective Communication is a flexible and adaptable process that can be applied to any situation, person, or culture.
With 20 years of experience studying and teaching NVC, I have developed a unique approach called Effective Communication that integrates the core principles of NVC with additional techniques for heart-based, authentic connection and peaceful conflict resolution.
What you can expect from an organization or business constellation:
- Simple steps for establishing a co-parenting collaboration quickly
- Seven steps to find your family's stride or establish a "new normal" after a divorce
- Ceremonies for closure or a new beginning
- Techniques for restoring harmony, respect, and even finding friendship with your ex
- Strategies to diffuse kids' and teens' anger, frustration, and acting out
- Heart-based communication skills to cut through unnecessary drama with your ex and arrive at peaceful agreements
- Tools for coping with children and a new partner
Communication Foundations
Small group workshops, interactive with learning material, role play, Q&As, reviewing daily personal communication experiences, practicing, and connecting with like-minded participants.
Connecting Communication Parenting Course
As parents, we want to raise our children with love and care. However, in today’s fast-paced world, we often resort to traditional disciplinary methods that could be more effective and damaging. Yelling, for instance, may provide temporary relief but can harm our relationships with our kids in the long run.
Did you know that our brain is a relational organ? This means that the way we interact with our children can have a significant impact on their development. We can help their brains produce love hormones that promote learning and emotional regulation by providing empathy, guidance, and love.
If you’re struggling with power struggles, unmet needs, and feeling unheard as a parent, our Effective Communication Workshop can help. Based on the nonviolent communication approach of Dr. Marshall Rosenberg, this six-session course will teach you practical skills to enhance compassion, harmony, and joy in your family.
What you’ll learn:
1. Observation Without Judgment and Unlearning Responses
- Understand the differences
- Learn about the detriments
- Express yourself honestly and receive empathically
- Learn compassion, empathy, and self-compassion: what do feelings tell us?
2. Experiences and Inherited Patterns
- Replace implanted beliefs and patterns from childhood
- Learn about the detriments
- Express yourself honestly and receive empathically
- Learn compassion, empathy, and self-compassion: what do feelings tell us?
3. Taking Responsibility for Your Needs
- Discover the wide variety of unconscious needs that dominate your life
- Learn how judging others masks unmet needs
- Know and value your needs, and don't expect anyone else to cater to them
- Learn how to respond to the unmet needs of others
4. Friendly Requests
- Express your needs without forcing, bribing, threatening, or manipulation
- Learn steps for intrinsic respect without entitlement
- Practice clear communication
- Show kindness and compassion
5. Punishment Involving Rewards
- The consequences of conditional and unconditional love on the development of the child
- The joy and privilege of learning
- The reward of doing mitzvot and chores
- Intrinsic respect for self, all people, and the environment
- Self-reflection
6. Practicum and Role-Play of the Process
- In this class, we'll work out what we've learned. Bring your topics, questions, or daily situations to work on.