Well-being: Let’s Connect!

This two-hour workshop is designed for people who would like to take a closer look at skills to develop their own wellbeing and ways to better support their loved ones. Strong human connection improves our psychological health. Through interactive processes, we will look at practices to promote positive mental health for self and tools on how best to connect with others. 

Managing stress: We all experience some degree of stress in our day-to-day lives. However too much stress can make us feel over-whelmed and can even lead to problems. This module helps participants to identify the things that can cause them stress and the things they do to manage them.

Self-Compassion: Being kind to others is something we recognise as fundamental to being human. Self-compassion is simply showing the same kindness to ones own self. In this module we consider ways to being supporting and understanding towards ourselves when we’re going through a hard time rather than self-critical. When we’re able to be gentle with ourselves, we’re more likely to reach out, empathise and connect with others.

Listening with presence: A short conversation can go a long way to support a person who is going through a difficult time in their life. By creating a safe space to share, we consider skills such as effective questioning, use of silence, paraphrasing, body language, being attentive  to practice being present in communication with others.

Showing empathy: Empathy means taking the perspective of someone else and treating that person according to your understanding of how they feel. Showing empathy helps to create a safe and nurturing environment of trust. But knowing what to say in difficult conversations is not always easy. This module takes a look at some of the ways that empathy can be demonstrated through language and actions.

Follow up: Participants are invited to a Session the following week to evaluate their skills in practice and share their experience with others.