Do you face this challenge: how to express yourself fully and authentically without sounding “ aggressive”, "too much", "too emotional" and without negatively impacting the relationships with those you care deeply about? Are you longing for deeper and more connecting conversation where you can be your whole self?

In a society that values being nice, neglecting our own needs in the service of others, or always being in control of our emotions, we tend to accept and deny what truly does not work for us. And the risk is.... implosion!

Come to this one-hour workshop to discover Compassionate Communication, a system based on NonViolent Communication, to help us improve our ability to get in touch with our feelings and needs and find more ease in our relationships.

This approach can help you increase your capacity to express yourself with clarity, authenticity and have empathy for the other person’s experience.

This workshop is free, with the intention of allowing people to to discover the approach and the power of this technique. It is followed by a two-day workshop Saturday, Oct. 26th to Sunday, Oct. 27th.

There will be a question-and-answer session at the end of the workshop. Refreshments will be served.

Looking forward to meeting you!

MYRIAM VERZAT
Nonviolent Communication (NVC) has been a very important part of Myriam’s life since she was a teenager. It is a process and a way of relating to each other that her parents used in her family of four children, allowing deep and beautiful connections to unfold. She can see how much accepting emotions and listening to each other has helped tremendously in the quality of her relationships with her husband, child, friends, neighbours and co-workers. After reading and experiencing NVC by herself for many years, she studied and taught Nonviolent Communication in Montreal. She is now teaching NVC in Nanaimo and collaborates with Angela Walkley from Farthest Shore.

Myriam has the deep conviction that the way we relate to ourselves and to each other is at the core of the type of violence we observe and perpetuate in the world. She wants to support leaders, schools, organizations and families to contribute to the profound social and environmental shift that needs to happen if we want to survive as a species on this planet. Thanks to her past experience as environmental educator and an artist in dance theatre, she is teaching NVC through nature connection and artistic approaches. To know more about her, please visit: http://www.myriamverzat.com.