Art of Mindful Communication
Listening, Responding, and Sticking Up for Yourself
Mindful Communication is the ability to engage in a conversation, an argument, or a confrontation effectively, responsibly, and with empathy. This course will engage participants in learning and practicing the skills shown to short-circuit potential power struggles in personal and professional situations.
In the best of times, a conversation with family members, colleagues, or friends can turn into an unintended power struggle. Add to this situation recent events in politics, business, and entertainment, and we are more and more finding ourselves embroiled in conflict instead of conversation. Surprisingly, many of our commonly accepted ways of talking to one another inadvertently promote conflict. This is a timely and essential course for everyone.
The course will include:
- Two most important ingredients of a conversation
- Ways we unintentionally turn a discussion into a power struggle
- Most important skill that promotes a mindful discussion
- Skills for avoiding the drama
- Additional skills for defusing conflict
- Incendiary questions and ways to ask questions to promote meaningful conversation