Listening with the Heart: Using Empathy for Deeper Connection and Understanding
AUDIENCE: beginner
“Your presence is the most precious gift
you can give to another human being.”
- Marshall Rosenberg
It makes miracles happen.
Connection thrives.
And people heal.
Welcome to…
Listening with the Heart: Using Empathy for Deeper Connection and Understanding
An empathy experience for all people
(whoever you are, wherever you are, however you identify)
who want to:
❤️ Be heard and understood and feel the emotional relief that follows these experiences
❤️ Learn how to lift others so you can transform your world, one interaction at a time
❤️ Help your relationships thrive so they become more enjoyable for all involved
❤️ Increase your capacity for compassion to nurture greater understanding of others
❤️ Heal past hurts so you can move forward feeling greater joy in life, and help others do the same
❤️Practice in a safe, judgment free space
This is a beginner’s course in Nonviolent Communication
That coaches you to really, truly, deeply LISTEN
LET GO of right and wrong thinking
Help you UNDERSTAND others
And MOVE FORWARD in creating HEARTFELT CONNECTIONS
What brings you here today?
If you found your way to this page, you probably already know that relationships do not thrive when they are filled with frustration, misunderstandings, tension and judgments.
And you already know that jumping straight into solutions does not often go well.
The way we are socially conditioned to ‘listen’ often teaches us to:
⚡ correct the other person
⚡ judge others or those they are speaking about
⚡ try to be right
⚡ say the ‘right’ thing
Sometimes this stems from mis-guided good intentions.
And so often it involves saying something, anything, to avoid the other person’s pain.
That’s where Listening with the Heart comes in.
We don’t do finger-pointing, shaming or people-pleasing.
We’ll unlearn. We’ll listen. We’ll connect.
Listening with the Heart
teaches you the connection-creating skill of empathy
TO LIFT PEOPLE UP.
Including yourself.
💗 Experience the healing power of being truly heard
💗 Receive individual and group empathy coaching
💗 Enjoy heart-felt connection with others
💗 Learn an effective empathy framework centered on nonviolence
💗 Share this unique learning experience with people from multiple cultures
💗 Enhance your skills for empathic connection through practicing in a safe environment
| ❤️❤️ Build a new foundation Mary will teach the Nonviolent Communication (NVC) framework for empathy — you will hear how this transformative communication style shows others you are truly, deeply, hearing them. |
🧡🧡 Get in the moment Empathy starts with being present. If you’re already familiar with NVC, you’ll strengthen your empathy muscles. Whatever stage you are at, you’ll practice using empathy to show other people you’ve heard them. |
| 💛💛 Get empathy Every session will include opportunities to receive empathy for whatever you are going through in life. We expect you’ll experience the profound effect of being truly heard and understood by someone. |
💚💚 Give empathy As you learn the Nonviolent approach to empathy, you’ll have opportunities for individual and group empathy coaching. You’ll practice your new skills on your course-buddies and witness the transformative shift that can occur in someone when they receive real empathy. |
| 💙💙 Take your empathy to the next level By developing the skills to understand another person’s perspective, you’ll be better equipped to see challenging conversations through to peaceful resolutions. |
💜💜 Practice With support, you’ll work in pairs and small groups to practice giving and receiving empathy. Expect to build your confidence, deepen your skills and find your own natural way of integrating Nonviolent Communication based empathy to your own voice in a way that feels natural to you (not formulaic). |
Meet your Trainer, Mary Mackenzie
Mary has witnessed and experienced the magical healing effect of empathy countless times.
It’s part of her life’s mission to share this magic with others.
Having practiced Nonviolent Communication for over 20 years, and being a Certified Trainer for 21 years, Mary can’t count the number of times that she’s seen listening for feelings and needs - key components of the Nonviolent Communication process - transform rage into openness, deep sadness into clarity (or relief), and hurt into connection … in a heartbeat.
Mary has healed layer upon layer of personal trauma and pain by receiving empathy from her empathy buddies and other members of Nonviolent Communication practice groups.
She considers her personal healing a miracle — a gift way greater than she ever imagined. The first time she experienced the healing effect of Nonviolent Communication she felt vulnerable, in awe, and it almost took her breath away.
Empathy is part of Mary’s everyday life. She regularly gives empathy to family members, her mechanic and the grocery store clerks who look tired and need a little TLC. She’s known to give empathy to anyone she crosses paths with! Her experiences of supporting her aging parents through empathic listening were so moving that she’ll cherish them for the rest of her life.
Mary believes that learning empathy is an essential skill for navigating our human world. And that once learned, we can take its healing power anywhere.
Payment Information
Registration Fee:
Early Bird 20% discount: $171 until May 16 ($213 after)
NVC Library members: $137 until May 16 ($171 after)
**NVC Library members: use code NVCL at time of checkout
Dates
Thursdays, June 6-27, 2024 (four sessions)
9:00-11:00 am Pacific (California) Time • What time is it in your location?
Online via Zoom
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TRAINING FOCUS:
- Conflict Resolution
- General
- Health & Healing
- Intimate Relationships
- Mind-Body-Spirit
