Fun and Play in challenging situations with adolescents or the elder – María Marta Suárez and Nanne Lotzkat

In this session, we will explore how we can step out of stuck communication settings when interacting with either our young or adolescent grand/children or our elderly grand/parents. We also hope educators will benefit from trying out new ways of connecting with their students.

After working on self-empathy and discovering which need/s of ours are involved in challenging situations, we will focus on how curiosity, playfulness and creativity can step into our interactions. Our hypothesis is that when we offer joy, fun and playfulness in “serious” conversations we can connect and find new strategies to fulfill our needs and those of the people we feel responsible for.

This session is open for beginners and experienced practitioners of NVC.

[Workshop organised in the frame of Time for Empathy 2024]

When: 5 March 2024, 16:30-18:00 CET (Berlin time)

How: ONLINE on ZOOM

Recording:

Most of the workshops during “Time for Empathy” are not recorded, so the only possibility to participate is to join the session. The sessions that will be recorded, we will make available to others if the quality is satisfying. We may also use parts of the recording for marketing and publicity across various media. If you do not wish to be recorded, switch off your camera and microphone for the whole duration of the session.

Language: English

Cost: FREE

Registration: 

To take part in this workshop, register for the “Time for Empathy” event here: https://www.empathiceurope.com/time-for-empathy/

NOTE: Register only ONCE for the whole event and receive access to all “Time for Empathy” workshops organised between 3 and 10 March 2024.

About the trainers:

María Marta Suárez

I am a licentiate in English Language and Applied Linguistics. Since I was introduced to Nonviolent Communication in 1996, I have been studying and sharing its principles in schools and language academies. Over the years, my focus has been on supporting teachers, parents, and students in transforming the traditional educational paradigm of right and wrong into one based on constructive feedback. In the last few years, as I have embraced a lifestyle within a permacultural community near Buenos Aires, Argentina, I have been offering online support through empathic coaching and NVC-based healing role-plays. Through this process, which I call “Talk to their heart through mine”, I help adults who speak English, Spanish or Portuguese, to have more tools to engage in difficult conversations.

Nanne Lotzkat

I am a freelance trainer and consultant accompanying people, groups and organizations to find better results. My special skill is helping people and groups to identify the obstacles that prevent them from giving their best and transforming them into resources.