Healthy Relationships: Improve Empathy, Communication and Boundaries

Speaker Michael Jascz

This webinar is about cultivating and sustaining healthy, thriving, fulfilling and meaningful relationships. The key to this is greater awareness. And it doesn’t have to be so difficult. You will learn a dynamic set of communication and social skills to have more harmonious relationships.

You will also learn (learning objectives)

  • How to listen with empathy.
  • How to articulate your needs and feelings without blame and judgment.
  • The “T” exercise that will help you understand your feelings, and have greater empathy for others.

The quality of life and work is the quality of our relationships. Learn how to improve your relationships in this webinar!

About the Speaker: Michael Jascz

Michael Jascz is the Founder and Executive Director of The Relationship Foundation, an educational initiative on the forefront of a unique approach to Social and Emotional Learning with proven results. For over 14 years, Michael has dedicated himself to helping people build healthy and meaningful relationships. Michael has developed a groundbreaking program entitled “Healthy Relationships 101,” which has been introduced in New York City high schools since 2007.

Before working in the school setting, Michael studied the work of leading relationship authors and lecturers — Harville Hendrix and Marshall Rosenberg — whose work inspired the Healthy Relationships 101 curriculum and guidebook. He has given numerous relationship presentations and seminars throughout the United States and Europe, and he maintains a private coaching practice. Michael holds a degree in political science and anthropology from the honors program at Ohio State University.

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Cultivating Empathy

Speaker Stephanie Glaros

Stephanie Glaros has interviewed and photographed hundreds of strangers for her street photography and storytelling project, Humans of Minneapolis. In this webinar, Glaros will teach you her process for mindfully engaging people she doesn’t know and how it’s increased her capacity for empathy.

She will offer practical tips for how to make more meaningful human connections in order to encourage kindness and compassion, a beneficial approach for any human services professional!

Learning Objectives

  • How to mindfully engage with people you don’t know.
  • How to make meaningful human connections.
  • How to use empathy to show kindness.
  • How to use empathy and be compassionate towards others.

About the Presenter: Stephanie Glaros, Humans of Minneapolis

Stephanie Glaros is a teaching artist, author, and speaker based in Minneapolis, Minnesota. She spent eight years as the art director for Utne Reader magazine where she received accolades for her collaborations with illustrators, but she is best known for her blog and book, Humans of Minneapolis. Her work has been featured in the Star Tribune, Minnesota Monthly, City Pages, and on MPR.

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