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Thriving In The ‘New Normal’: A COVID-19 Recovery Series

1. ABCs of COVID-19: It Is OK To NOT Be OK — Does it seem like if everyone else is coping except you? Do you struggle to keep up with the impact of COVID on your mental/emotional; relational and work lives?

Join us in destigmatising the mental health impact of COVID-19 and experience the healing power of the shared story.

2. Looking beyond ‘Normal’ — Do you yearn for your life to return to ‘normal’ – the way it was before COVID-19? Does the thought of accepting the ‘new normal’ make you sad or scared?

Join us in discussing the life-giving possibilities of the ‘new normal’ and creating a roadmap to thrive in this environment.

3. Soaring over… — Are you ready to set aside your doubts and fears? To roll up your sleeves and do the work of implementing a new normal?

Join us for this interactive discussion, as we harvest the collective experience of the group and the facilitator to build a toolkit of strategies that will  strengthen your resilience and capacity to thrive in difficult circumstances. .

For Better Or Worse: Strengthening The Bonds Of Couplehood

1. Beyond ‘happily ever after’ – What are your beliefs about couplehood and married life? Are you tired of being disappointed and hurt?

Join us as we discuss the myths of love, marriage and commitment and the importance of seeking ‘wholeness’ before and during marriage, as we co-create a roadmap for finding and maintaining healthy, life-giving relationships.

2. Moving Beyond Brokenness — Infidelity? Silence? Neglect? Abuse? Do you feel stuck, unable to move under the weight of broken expectations, hurt, pain and feelings of betrayal?

Forgiveness is often conflated with reconciliation and a decision to stay, however, they are not synonymous.

Join us as we explore the myths about love and forgiveness, its healing power as a pathway toward mental/emotional freedom and becoming the best version of yourself.

3. Beyond ‘I’ – Balancing the ‘I’ and the ‘We’ — Do you constantly fight about how much time should be spent with your partner vs. family/friends? Whether it’s ok to pursue independent hobbies and interests? How to maintain your uniqueness whilst giving way to being part of a relationship?

The transition from the ‘I’ to ‘We’ is often difficult, as the individual makes room for the responsibilities of couplehood and parenthood. Join us as we discuss the dangers of the dominance of the ‘I’ over the ‘We’ and vice versa, and how to create balance, to enrich and strengthen the individual and the wider family unit.

Strengthening the Family Bond: A Family Life Series

1. Becoming ‘Good Enough’ — Tired of wearing the crown of perfection and failing to live up to the unrealistic parenting expectations that you and others impose upon yourself?

Discover the freedom of ‘good enough’ parenting and how to become a ‘good’ parent through the power and discipline of being ‘good enough.’

2. The Parenting Team — Together, separated or divorced, the strength of your children lies in your functioning as a parenting team to meet their needs.

Join us as we discuss how to attain agreement when parents have different expectations and styles, in order to strengthen your capacity for good enough parenting.

3. Empowering Our Youth: The Gift of Love

Tired? Overwhelmed? Feeling broken? Scared? How do you positively parent in the face of adversity?

Join us as we discuss parenting through the furnace of the ‘real world’ of job, relationship and family stress, which draws down on your internal resources and capacity to give more of yourself. Explore tangible ways to transform your sacrificial love for your children into life-giving solutions that meet their needs and enable them to soar…

Reclaiming Your Power: An Organisational Life Series

1 ‘Power To:’ How Workplace Relationships can Transform the Performance of Your Team

An interactive discussion to highlight the difference between ‘power to’ and ‘power over’ dynamics and strategies that can be used by each team member to strengthen their ‘power to’ achieve their work outcomes through harnessing the transformative potential that arises from authentic, engaged and positive workplace relationships.

2. Power of Resilience —

Have you been struggling with motivation, concentration, problem-solving and achieving your work targets? Do you become angry more easily and are experiencing more conflict at home and the workplace?

The mental health impact of the pandemic has sometimes manifested itself as an increased vulnerability to stress, anxiety and depression.

Learn how this can impact your personal wellbeing and organisational performance. Join us as we add to your toolkit of coping strategies and strengthen your power of resilience (available in 1 full day workshop or 3 two hour modules only)

3. Power of Agility: Responding to Radical Change in the Workplace —. The impact of the Pandemic has been to further increase the need for versatility and agility, as workplaces are called upon to respond with adaptability and creativity for survival.

‘Insecurity,’ uncertainty, and changing work demands and processes have become part of the everyday reality that employees confront.

This interactive programme aims to take participants through an exploration of how this change environment has impacted them and how embracing mindsets that are open, solution-focused and responsive to radical organisational change will position them to positively navigate this difficult time. (available in 1 full day workshop or 3 two hour modules only)