BREAKTHROUGH CONVERSATIONS
When talking hasn’t worked…and keeping quiet hasn’t either! We all have particular situations in our lives when we get stuck with our communication. We end up having the same conversations again and again, hoping it’ll go differently. Or else we give up altogether, and try to put up with being dissatisfied.
Using the tools of Nonviolent Communication, we’ll work with real situations from your life. There will be space for reflection, small-group practice, and guided processes to help you apply what you’re learning to the issue that brought you here. We’ll explore how to: notice and shift the patterns that keep conversations stuck recognise the kind of language that trips us up, and tends to trigger the other person express what really matters to you without blame or demand ask for what you want in a way that the other person is much more willing to agree to The intention is that by the end of the day you’ll feel clearer, more connected, and better equipped to have the conversations that matter most. You’ll leave with tools you can use right away, as well as with a fresh sense of what’s possible in communicating with the important people in your life.
The event will run from 9:30 am to 5:30 pm, with an hour break for lunch, and comfort breaks mid-morning and mid-afternoon.
Refreshments will be provided at break times, as well as a light lunch of soup and bread (participants may also being a packed lunch if they prefer). The workshop is hosted by NVC trainer Mel White, and takes place in Cloughjordan Ecovillage in Tipperary. This is on the train line from Dublin and Limerick, so it’s accessible by public transport from most parts of Ireland. B&B or hostel accommodation is available locally for those who prefer to stay overnight.