Using Compassionate Communication and Conscious Empathy to grow connections with the self and others.
Three years ago I attended a Relationship Dissolution Ceremony, where a couple was transitioning away from enmeshed lives to single lives. Standing next to me was a close friend whose divorce had been painful. I was so struck by the contrast of a loving and graceful transition next to a painful and angry one, that I knew that I had to help change society’s standard narrative, and help couples at the transition stage either come back together or separate gently. Since then it has been my passion to help people through the pain in their relationships, and I have been developing Conscious Empathy and Compassionate Connections as my primary tools.
Conscious Empathy is the process of deliberately moving into a deep state of quiet so that one can feel in the body and heart whatever pains, joys, fears or loves are there. It’s an essential process to deeply feel what is going on within oneself, and then to feel what the other might be feeling, in order to create the trust within and without to allow healing.
Compassionate Connections, developed by Scott Catamas, is the process of diving into the feelings and needs in self or other relationship, and releasing feelings, behaviors and experiences that do not serve those needs. It is a powerful extension of Non-Violent Communication.
I work with individuals as well as couples. I’m poly and LGBT friendly. And I can help you find the love in your life, whether you’re looking, working through a transition, or healing from a breakup.
