Bring Peace to Your Relationships

The dictionary defines communication as “to make common, to share, to join, or to share a quality or feeling to another.” It’s easy to see how many of our concerns that come up in relationships are frequently referred to as communication issues. While that is often the case, it can be helpful to look more closely at precisely what aspect of communication may be problematic in a given circumstance. Doing so can help us to identify the source of the misunderstanding or confusion that may exist between two people and take effective steps to remedy things.

When we bring the word communication to mind, we often associate it with speaking, but there are two sides to this process, and the other side is about listening. To become a more skilled communicator, it’s necessary to be competent in both sides of the communication process.

In this experiential workshop, Linda and Charlie Bloom will share some of the things that they have learned over the years that they have worked with individuals and couples about the development of skillful ways of responding to communication breakdowns when they occur and preventing them from occurring in the first place.

In this program, you will learn:

• How to respond to your partner when they say, “I don’t want to talk about it” (otherwise known as stonewalling).
• How to repair a message that you regret having said.
• How to express concerns in a non-threatening way.
• The power of vulnerability.
• Ways of diminishing or avoiding the expression of judgments, threats, or accusations, all of which prevent mutual understanding.
• Ways of expressing needs or desires without activating defensiveness.
• What is “committed listening” and how to practice it.
• The importance of setting a context for a successful conversation.
• The crucial difference between a request and a demand.