This post is from our free workshop held in May 2024 led by founders David Morin and Elisa Ramos. Check out our linktree to stay up to date on our upcoming events!
Compassionate Communication
By David Morin and Elisa Ramos
This workshop on Compassionate Communication will consist of the most important lessons David has learned from serving others through active listening and communication from the past ten years, from volunteering with the Peace Corps in South East Asia to successfully managing a multimillion international sales territory in Corporate America.
In more recent years, I’ve discovered many more layers to listening as a Poet, Death Doula, and Prison Program Manager.
Join us for a unique and grounded approach on navigating the different layers to listening and how witnessing others can help improve not only our relationships to each other, but to ourselves as well.
This workshop will teach how we can communicate compassionately with others and how that allows us to maintain healthy relationships and boundaries. Listening in layers allows you to create and maintain deeper connections. It also helps you to hold space for the people you care about while maintaining the boundaries necessary for your own peace of mind and self care.
Webinar Summary: Compassionate Communication
Introduction and Reflections on Compassionate Communication:
David introduces the session, recapping the ABCs of listening: Allow, Believe, Clarify. He invites participants to reflect on how backgrounds and differences affect communication and how vulnerability and authenticity impact connections.
David’s Insights:
Backgrounds and Differences: David shares experiences from the Muscular Dystrophy Association and Peace Corps. He recounts a moment from East Timor when a simple question about rocks highlighted differing worldviews.
Vulnerability and Authenticity: David explains how writing poetry and embracing his vulnerabilities have deepened his relationships, noting the value of leading with authenticity.
Alisha’s Insights:
Backgrounds and Differences: Alisha discusses learning to navigate cultural differences in praise with her staff, adapting her communication to fit different cultural expectations.
Vulnerability and Authenticity: Alisha describes her approach to leadership and vulnerability, emphasizing that admitting to not knowing everything and sharing personal struggles can build stronger, more trusting relationships.
Audience Q&A:
Listening Between the Lines: David advises on observing non-verbal cues like hesitancy or mismatched energy to understand unspoken concerns.
Listening to People with Disabilities: Alisha highlights the importance of patience and genuine attention. She describes the need to take time and avoid focusing on disabilities, promoting genuine communication.
Conclusion:
David and Alisha emphasize the importance of sincerity and seeing individuals beyond their circumstances. They encourage genuine and respectful engagement to improve communication and relationships.
Next Steps:
David announces that the webinar recording will be available on YouTube soon for further reference or sharing.
