Join this interactive, free monthly workshop dedicated to improving on important relationships and your own awareness and well-being. This month we focus on leadership and how to handle situations where leadership (ours or someone else's) seems to lead to an undesirable experience such as social or financial hardship.

Each month we look at new aspects of effective communication, including situations brought in by the participants.

How can we handle the challenges of difficult decisions by others that affect our circumstances negatively? There is, indeed, a deep pool of peace and insight that allows us ultimately to handle the many challenges presented by life with others--and with ourselves!

All of us are meant, eventually, to be leaders, and in some aspects of our lives we are leaders from the moment of birth. When an infant cries, she or he is trying at a visceral level to lead others to respond in a way that helps the infant.

More relevant to how we usually conceive of leadership, how do we respond as adults to different strategies that others use to lead? And how do WE lead when we are in such a position? How do we lead even when others do not call us a "leader" officially?

Issues we may explore include "power with" vs. "power over", ideas of protection vs. punishment, and the strength of vulnerability along with empowerment.

The event is facilitated by David B. Alexander, Licensed Psychotherapist. In this event, we will practice with interactive, experiential exercises to make it easier for us to feel satisfaction in a variety of power dynamics ranging from who cooks a meal or takes out the garbage, through who makes life-changing decisions.

We will also apply Nonviolent Communication to issues or questions that the attendees bring in, and David will facilitate the dialogue.