Staying Connected to Yourself Over the Holidays
Enjoy your family gathering without getting lost in your childhood

A Telephone Course (Telecourse)
with Rita Hertzog, CNVC Certified Trainer
from Cleveland, Ohio, USA

Saturday November 10 , 2007
9:00 AM—11:00 AM PST (Los Angeles)
9:00 AM in Los Angeles | 12:00 PM in New York | 5:00 PM in London | My Time Zone?

As a child, I did not hear my family talk about feelings, so I was seldom in touch with my own emotions. I learned not to ask for what I wanted, as a way to protect myself from disappointment. Gradually I lost contact with my needs, my wishes, my dreams, my heart's desire. Practicing NVC has helped my to reclaim my identity as a unique human being.  Now I can use my feelings as clues to uncover the deepest, most treasured part of me -- my needs, what I value, how I want to live my life.

Now comes the holiday season and with it, family visits. What happens when my family only sees me as the person I was in the past, and the old patterns of the family system start to emerge alive and well? And my hard-won sense of self starts to melt away?

Many of us react in one of two ways to this dilemma:

1) Without meaning to, we can lapse right back into the family dynamics we have struggled to overcome, and lose our sense of self in the process.
  or
2) We protect the persons we have become by staying distant, and lose the chance to create the family closeness we are longing for.

I am interested in exploring an NVC alternative - how do we learn to stay grounded in our own needs and values, so that we feel free to reach out with empathy to deepen our family connections?

We will practice identifying our needs and values, especially those which seem to be in conflict with each other, and experience the shift in our power to enhance our connections with loved ones.

Intended Outcomes for this Telecourse

• Find easier access to your deepest needs and values
• Learn to prepare yourself for a family gathering so you won't get lost in the process
• Practice when and how to use silent empathy when words won't work
• Learn how to stay relaxed and find more pleasure in family gatherings

Fee: $19 USD: All registrants receive access to a recording of the course.

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