Saturday, September 19 · 11am – 1pm ET

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 to you seems unhealthy: 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.

On one hand, as 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. We will explore how to be authentic and empathetic at the same time.