Susan Wildin, MD, CPC invites you to Dialogues for Social Change.

In these difficult times when everyone seems to be taking sides, I want to support people working together to separate our perceptions and judgments from our deepest longings. I believe if we act from these longings, change can happen more effectively and without alienating others. To create this connection to longing and a space of mutual connection and understanding between people across barriers of belief and judgment, I use a process I call Dialogues for Social Change which is based on the work of Marshall Rosenberg, PhD and Jim and Jori Manske.

I will be sharing this process and basics of Nonviolent Communication online in 3 two-hour, weekly workshops.

Learn by doing.

We can think of no better way to learn the elements of connecting communication and get them into your bones at the same time than to pick a “live” conflict and role-play with someone how you might navigate to a solution that met the needs of all.

We use Nine Skills for Conflict Resolution based on work of CNVC certified trainers, Jim and Jori Manske.

If you are interested in this 3-hour workshop for any level of NVC folks, contact Bren or Susan.

When we have 8 or more interested, we’ll create a class.

Do you long to be truly heard? Do you long to hone your skills of listening in a meaningful way to others? Now imagine how having this skill could prevent miscommunication, deepen personal relationships, communicate across differences, and foster a more compassionate future for all of us.

Hard-wired into our brains is the capacity for empathic understanding and yet most of us have not been trained to listen well.

Empathic listening builds connection, honesty, trust and may stem the growing epidemic of loneliness. Find 3 or 4 other people and we’ll form a LISTENING CIRCLE to grow your skills and have fun at the same time.

These can be in-person Listening Circles or electronic gatherings on Zoom. They can be around a set topic or ask each person to talk about “whatever” is on their heart.

Click here for a camera-ready flyer about Listening Circles.

Contact Bren at bbhardt@gmail.com for more information.

Create an opportunity to enjoy a 2 to 3-hour interactive workshop and learn to use the skills and precepts of Compassionate Communication to foster trust, kindness, learning, and cooperation. When we prioritize connection and empathy, we meet the needs of both children and parents.

Would you like your children to:

• Contribute and listen to what you value?
• Form life-long bonds with you?
• Learn how to attend to their needs?
• Respect your needs for rest and self-care?

WHAT PEOPLE SAY ABOUT BREN:

“Bren’s dynamic and empowering workshop taught me profound skills for peaceful parenting with respect tenderness and love”. Laura Licato, PhD, mother of two.

WHAT PEOPLE SAY ABOUT THIS SKILL:

“Compassionate Communication gives people a way of listening to so others feel not just heard but understood.”—Dr. Thomas Gordon, author of Parent Effectiveness Training

Contact Bren Hardt to arrange a presentation anywhere.

For an informational flyer, click here

Want to embody Peace, Compassion, & Wisdom in your words and actions?

Want to join an online learning community for 12 weekly 90-minute calls to explore life using a powerful resource: The Ongo Book: Everyday Nonviolence?

Woven into this soul-engaging and practical resource book are daily practices of Mindfulness, Nonviolent Communication, and more. Each participant holds the intention to do 5 solo practices per week (scripted in the book) and to telephone another pre-selected & rotating participant to do the scripted buddy exercise for that week.

For a peek inside the guide: www.zenvc.org/ongobook/

Email Susan@wildins.net if interested. As soon as we have 12 participants, we will convene a session. A small fee will be requested + each person will purchase the book.

According to author Dr. Bruce Perry “Empathy underlies virtually everything that makes society work—like trust, altruism, collaboration, love, charity”— and we have the ability to increase our empathic skills for ourselves and others.

Join us for empathy building games and exercises. Come have fun while practicing the art of connection and supercharge your relationships with empathy.

You will learn skills to re-frame your communication in a way that creates connection and peace. Facilitated in an interactive, fun learning environment, we will practice these transformational processes – self-connection, empathy for others, and expressing ourselves with a balance of authenticity and care.

For more information, email Power of Compassion

This group practice is designed for people of all ages, to play through strategies of practical and enjoyable games that create and strengthen connections.

For more information, email Power of Compassion

A three part exploration of Compassionate Communication:

• Overview of Compassionate Communication
• Self-compassion: the first step to healing
• Communicating Compassion in family relationships

Contact Susan Wildin at susan@wildins.net, or info@powerofcompassion.org

A training to explore Compassionate Communication. It will focus on how participants can share their practice of compassionate communication in their own lives, schools, communities, workplaces, groups and among people.

For more information, email Power of Compassion

Let’s explore what “power” means to all of us. Is it possible to share power with others without giving up on what is precious to us as individuals?

Topics may include:

• Understanding personal power and systemic power;
• Engaging in dialogue for shared understanding;
• Entering agreements with care and curiosity;
• Making effective collaborative decisions;
• Cultivating practices for transforming conflict and restoring relationship;
• Creating sustainable, effective and life-serving systems and processes and much more

For more information, email Power of Compassion

An interactive workshop on Community, Power and Privilege.

CEUs are provided for this course for Mental Health Workers and Family and Marriage Counselors.

For more information, email Power of Compassion

Learn about the process of creating Restorative Circles and using Restorative Systems, while practicing using NVC, to resolve conflicts. Everyone will bring an example of a conflict in their lives, and we will choose one or two to role play in a Semi-Simulated Restorative Circle format.

Please contact Tina Michel at tina.michel8@gmail.com or info@powerofcompassion.org

This International Intensive Training (IIT) is a 9-day, Nonviolent Communication “immersion experience.” Offered as a residential workshop, and led by a team of experienced CNVC certified trainers. The purpose of this IIT training is to offer people the opportunity to live the process of Nonviolent Communication in community with others over an extended period of time, in order to develop a deep understanding of Nonviolent Communication through skills and consciousness.

Please contact CNVC at https://www.cnvc.org/training/iit

You are invited to the continuation of the workshop series, Living Peace, an Experience in
Connection to Others and to Yourself. The workshops are conducted by Susan Wildin, MD,
Certified Professional Coach, and are based on the work of Marshall Rosenberg on Nonviolent
Communication. Each workshop stands alone so anyone can participate.

Susan requests $20 per session to support her work and any amount would be appreciated.
Preregistration is required, so I can send the meeting URL and handouts.

You can ask questions or register by contacting Susan at susan@wildins.net.

Join Susan Wildin MD, CPC for Heart Centered Parenting. Heart Centered Parenting is for
parents of children of all ages (even adult children), grandparents, educators and anyone else
who has contact with children. Using principals of Nonviolent Communication, we will explore
connecting with children in our lives in ways that are nourishing to everyone. The sessions are
designed to build on one another, and you can come in at any time. The format will be 1 hour of
topical teaching and practice and one hour of role play with real life issues in each session.

Susan is a retired developmental behavioral pediatrician and a transformational life coach with
12 years of experience in Nonviolent Communication.

Contact Susan Wildin at susan@wildins.net, or info@powerofcompassion.org

Join Susan Wildin MD, CPC, for an opportunity to practice Nonviolent Communication at home in community with others, exploring the curriculum in The Ongo Book: Everyday Nonviolence – Daily practices in Mindfulness, Nonviolent Communication and More, for individuals, couples, and groups by Catherine Cadden and Jesse Wiens.

The program consists of group sessions weekly, led in turn by each group participant using the scripts in the book, weekly empathy buddy sessions (buddies change monthly), and daily solo practices.

Susan requests $20 per participant for the entire 12-week session to support her time and work in organizing and doing the tech work, as well as the cost of the Zoom program. She is open to dialogue if this amount is a problem for anyone. You will also need to purchase The Ongo Book.

Contact Susan Wildin at susan@wildins.net, or info@powerofcompassion.org

Susan Wildin MD, CPC invites you to Relating to Your Adult “Children”

Do you see the oxymoron in the title? We will explore this and more in three 2-hour online workshop sessions in which we will mourn the loss of childhood, celebrate the growth of the adult, find purpose for ourselves, and creatively transform our relationships with our offspring. We will also practice dialogues around real life issues or concerns.

Contact Susan Wildin at susan@wildins.net, or info@powerofcompassion.org

Join me, Bren Hardt, for an interactive course in the art of empathy, a true Superpower & the “glue” of our entire society.

                 ** First class is complimentary for everyone.**

So many of us and so many of our neighbors are trying to cope with multiple stressors… even trauma.    Trauma is unaccompanied overwhelm, so listening with our full hearts can heal that because our neural pathways are wired to have “accompaniment”.  Then we can thrive, not just survive.

OUR CURRICULUM

• Increase clarity of what empathy is and is not
• Enhance your skills for empathic connection  
• Explore “touching the dream” in empathy
• Find out what prevents you from listening with empathy and learn ways to access choice in moments when you are triggered
• Explore different styles of empathy to fit a variety of situations
• Explore natural expressions of empathy
• Learn the benefits of empathy to brain and body

 For more information, you can reach Bren at bbhardt@gmail.com