The Westfeldt Institute for Emotional Hygiene Presents:
A Workshop on Constructive Conflict
This three hour workshop will consist of education about conflict followed by three series of paired partner exercises to give you an evaluation of what shape your conflict skills are at right now, leaving you with a skillset to discover where they can grow. Our final exercise will give you the opportunity to practice conflict in a way that creates safety while effectively delivering a charge. We will demonstrate what conflict is, how it arises, and how healthy conflict can add peace, stability, and even increased love and connection to your relationships.
Our Take on Conflict:
Conflict is an unavoidable part of our lives. It ends up being required for human happiness - especially when done well. Conflict’s job is to create safety, and when it is allowed to unfold successfully as it arises, it has the side effect of fostering persistent peace. It also is one the most powerful ways we express love - in families, communities, or intimate partnerships!
Through paired partner exercises participants will learn:
What conscious or unconscious boundary strategies you currently operate with
How safe it currently is for you to use varying levels of conflict
How to safely take charge in situations when safety options are few
How to safely express triggered anger in a way that people can safely hear and receive so that conflict is consistently constructive
How to take responsibility for our triggers