Join this interactive, free monthly workshop dedicated to improving on important relationships and your own awareness and well-being.

How can you give honest feedback and still keep or improve a good relationship? What if your partner asks you "Do I look good in these pants?" and you think "No"? If a friend has started a business and is about to invest a lot of time and money into it, but you feel it is a bad idea: what do you say, if anything? What if someone you care about is entering into a romantic relationship that seems unhealthy to you: what do you do or say?

These are typical of what can be difficult but important choices in how we communicate, making a relationship deeper or creating stress in a relationship, and potentially helping others and ourselves along a good path in life, even through small interactions.

The goal in good communication is that all parties in the process can feel seen and heard, and come out with a stronger, positive connection to others. But honesty is a consideration that can complicate that process. On one hand, William Blake said "A truth that's told with bad intent beats all the lies you can invent." On the other hand, authenticity in communication is crucial for strengthening the profound connections that are part of a well-lived life.

The event is facilitated by David B. Alexander, LP. In it, we will discuss communication principles, and will also apply Nonviolent Communication (NVC) to issues or questions that the attendees bring in, and the facilitator will help guide the dialogue. There will be prepared scenarios to discuss, as well as time to look at situations that participants may bring in.

What is "nonviolent communication", and what is violence in communication? Violent communication can show itself in subtle ways that are hardly noticed, so the word "violent" might be surprising. However, the theme is that violent communication tends to disrupt empathy and relationships, while nonviolent communication is a win/win kind of communication that brings people together.

Nonviolent Communication is an approach to communication and relationships that is based on empathic connection, but that also provides a clear description and understanding of what kinds of communication help bring more joy and vitality into life, and what kinds of communication prolong conflict or separation.

As a psychotherapist, David has seen the great value of these principles, and has guided numerous couples and individuals to improve the quality of their communication and their relationships.

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The workshop meeting will take place online via Zoom. The meeting can be joined via ordinary phone, but for a full experience use of a computer will allow seeing all participants more easily.