Relationship workshop connects with participants!
The inaugural “Building Strong & Respectful Relationships” program was a resounding success. Participants from all walks of life attended the intensive six day program on Gabriola Island. People left the program with a renewed sense of what is possible and the tools to identify and work through their relationship issues. They went back to their lives with a genuine felt sense of what it means to be committed to working at making their relationships good.
In addition, they gained a deeper understanding of the role of empathy in their lives and work, and a compassionate view of how events take place. They were able to examine their present communication style and how it was working for them. They were exposed to tools and practice sessions to assist in fully and compassionately expressing themselves to others and to deeply listen for what's alive in them. They had practical tools to move their conversations beyond polarized views to a deeper level that expresses everyone's values and needs.
Thanks to The Haven for providing a wonderful supportive environment, and for everyone who helped make the program such an innovative and fun project to be a part of! We're looking forward to Building Conscious Use of Power April 13- 17, 2012 and our next Building Personal Mastery program coming in the fall of 2013 – at the Haven on Gabriola Island.
Here’s what Participants are saying about Building Strong & Respectful Relationships
"Sessions were planned with love and attention to the needs of participants." Bobbi Owens, Executive Director of the Mini 12 House, Los Angeles, CA
"I appreciated the facilitators' willingness to be personal and revealing of their own experiences. Consequently, I felt as if we were all member of one community, peers and colleagues and friends, rather than in an unbalanced teacher-student dynamic. Truly, the facilitation was amazing. Dea Llyod, Lawyer, BC Ministry of Attorney General, Vancouver, BC
"The course is practical, relevant, inspiring and deep. The results are substantial and make a difference to individuals and organizations." Tesse Akpeki, Consultant, Bates Wells & Braithwaite Solicitors, London, ENG
"I liked the diligence of the leadership team and their clear regard for each other and the good teamwork." Ian McLachlan, BC Ministry of Agriculture, Victoria, BC
"It’s a lifelong process to build strong and respectful relationships. This module (Building Strong & Respectful Relationships) builds an environment where you learn practical tools as well as deepen your own emotional understanding of the world you want to live in and see being made possible for everyone around you. It challenges you to be and do better starting by looking at yourself." Hawa Mire, Leave Out Violence BC, Vancouver BC
"It is an essential for activists work. " Amy Crook, Executive Director, Environmental Mining Education Foundation, Victoria, BC
"Building strong and respectful relationships will help me stay connected with the reasons and values that motivate me in my environmental work." Thomas Hackney, Vice-President of Policy, BC Sustainable Energy Association
"Commitment to making good – very powerful and inspiring!" France Laurendeau, Directrice, Fédération des travailleurs et travailleuses du Québec, Montreal ,PQ
" A “must” for affecting change in our communities countries and world." Karen Stephens, Director of Operations, Inner Activist Program
"From big picture patterns to the detailed mechanics of daily interactions, this course gave me a range of concrete tools to make my relationship with myself and those closed to me more, open and mutually fulfilling." Deblekha Guin, Executive Director, Access to Media Education Society (AMES), Galiono Island, BC
"This module gave me an opportunity to work with others on the things that really matter, how we can better connect with others to effectively create the positive cultural, societal and personal change needed – for ourselves and our organizations." Corliss Olson, Director and Associate Professor, School for Workers, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI
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