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April 11, 2010: A FREE Introduction to Communicating Compassionately in a World of Conflict (Branford, CT)

April 16, 2010: Communicating Compassionately in a World of Conflict (New Haven, CT)

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NVC Based Communication Training:

Most of us have been educated from birth to compete, judge, demand, and diagnose — to think and communicate in terms of what is “right“ and “wrong“ with people.  We express our feelings in terms of what another person has “done to us,” instead of taking responsibility for our feelings independent of another person.  We struggle to understand our own needs in the moment, or to effectively ask for what we want without using unhealthy demands, threats, or coercion.  

At best, communicating and thinking this way can create misunderstanding and frustration. And still worse, it can lead to anger, depression, and even emotional or physical violence.  

Through Joe's workshops, you’ll learn to transform the thinking, language, and moralistic judgments that keep you from the enriching relationships that you dream of. The 4-Part NVC process* provides a unique, yet simple, framework to get "unstuck" in those trying moments.   You’ll start to resolve conflicts with ease, more easily get what you want without using demands, begin to hear the needs of others with less struggle, strengthen your personal and professional relationships, and start living to your fullest potential.

(*based on the work of Marshall Rosenberg, PhD. and the Center for Nonviolent Communication)