2 days to improve all your relationships
June 6 and 7 at Pacific Gardens Cohousing in Nanaimo
Recent studies have proven it: the quality of our relationships have the greatest impact on our overall happiness and health.
The very famous psychologist Esther Perel says: “The quality of our relationships determine the quality of our lives”
Does that rings true in your life experience?
If it does, this workshop is an opportunity to invest time and energy to work on your relationships with yourself and with others, and live a more fulfilling life.
This workshop is for you if you would like to
** be able to deal with conflict and difficult relationship with more fluidity, confidence and trust
** develop a better relation to yourself that helps you in moments of intense emotions
** increase your capacity to listen to people that are dear to you and improve the quality of your relationships
------> Hearing and accepting ourselves....
We all have a little voice inside of ourselves that often criticizes us, telling us that we are not good enough, we could be more efficient, more creative, have a better body, be more organized... What if this voice was preventing us to live what we really yearn for?
In this workshop, Myriam invites us to transform the way we talk to ourselves. Participants will develop a capacity to hear themselves with warmth and understanding. We'll be listening deeply to what is happening inside of us, behind the judgment. This is a powerful way to find peace inside of us and the energy to live the life we dream of.
-------> A path to developing meaningful and quality relationships
Transforming the relationship we have with ourselves can help us deepen our connections to our life partners, children, colleagues, neighbors, and even people that are sometimes "difficult to talk to".
In our daily lives, when someone doesn't talk or act in a way that we find acceptable or desirable, we start building judgment about this person. This may confine him or her in our misunderstanding of who they truly are. This is preventing us from really connecting and understanding each other. Going past this judgment is not easy. We haven't learned to hear what is behind what someone says or does and reach his or her humanity.
Through interactive exercises, you will learn to
- connect to what you really want and make sure you will stand up for your needs
- develop the capacity to talk to people you find hard to talk to
- ignite collaboration
- go faster to a win-win solution that works for everyone!
Here is the outline of the workshop:
Saturday morning: Connecting to ourselves and finding inner peace, a path to a more fulfilling life
Saturday afternoon: Going from strategies to needs in order to have more choice
Sunday morning: Learning to listen truly to each others and offer empathy
Sunday Afternoon: Seeing behind the judgment and practicing difficult conversations
The workshop isn't theoretical: after each piece of new information, concrete exercises will help the participant to integrate and apply it to their daily lives. We will have coffee breaks regularly to keep the energy flowing.
“I experienced perceptual changes and deeper understanding of my needs and how to express them in just 2 days!”
”Myriam did such an amazing job of showing what NVC is and how we can bring more compassion and truth into our lives. Learning to connect with our needs which takes us out of our heads and into our hearts. To connect with ourselves and with others, to just listen and show empathy. She did this through a lot of partner exercises, and putting herself out there to give real life examples. Watching her speak was inspiring and a living example of how communication is everything! “
”As an NVC facilitator, Myriam creates a safe and welcoming space for the deep emotional work to take place. She seems to be connected to her emotions and body which enlivens the workshop as well as her great sense of humor.”
Location:
The workshop takes place on February 8 and 9 from 9am to 4:30pm each day at Pacific Gardens Cohousing, 347 Seventh Street in Nanaimo.
Food:
Coffee and tea will be served as well as light snacks.
Please bring your own cold lunch, (you can also decide to go buy some food at Quality Foods nearby), we will be eating together in the Pacific Gardens dining room from 12 to 1pm.
Price:
100$ - 300$ sliding scale for 12 hours of training
Please pay by Etransfer to myriam.verzat@gmail.com to confirm your reservation.
This sliding scale is done to help people participate who could not otherwise. For my own sustainability, I need an average of $200 per participant.
*** How to decide how much to pay? **
Here is some considerations to decide how much you wish to contribute (source: https://www.ridefreefearlessmoney.com/blog/2016/05/sliding-scale-1/)
Consider paying less on the scale if you.
- are supporting children or have other dependents
- have significant debt
- have medical expenses not covered by insurance
- receive public assistance
- have immigration-related expenses
- are an elder with limited financial support
- are an unpaid community organizer
- are a returning citizen who has been denied work due to incarceration history
Consider paying more on the scale if you:
- own the home you live in
- have investments, retirement accounts, or inherited money
- travel recreationally
- have access to family money and resources in times of need
- work part time by choice
- have a relatively high degree of earning power due to level of education (or gender and racial privilege, class background, etc.) Even if you are not currently exercising your earning power, I ask you to recognize this as a choice.
If 100$ is still a barrier, please communicate with me, I am sure we can find creative ways for you to contribute other than money :)
You registration will be confirmed upon reception of the funds.
Cancellation policy:
– More than 10 days before the workshop: 100% refund minus 15$ of administrative fees
– Between 10 days and 48 hours before the workshop: 50% refund
– Less than 48 hours before the workshop: no refund unless someone takes your place