Join with other men to learn this essential relationship skill of listening from the heart

Thursdays 7:00 - 9:00pm, September 28 - November 16

Cultivating the nine foundations allows you to access skills when you need them most and count on them as your natural response.

Saturdays 10am-12pm PDT&PST, September 2 - November 18

April 21st 3:30-5:00 PST

April 14th 3:30-5:00 PST

Thursdays, April 6-May 25, 7:00PM-9:00PM

March 17th 3:30-5:00 PST

March 3rd 3:30-5:00 PST

Do you want confidence that you can engage in successful negotiation with others while staying connected to your own needs and respecting another's needs? Join us for this eight-week online series.

Setting boundaries is about being firmly grounded what works for you. It means making conscious decisions about how you will relate to another or behave in a particular situation.

You are ready to gain confidence that you can work with shame when it comes up for you. You want to learn practical tools for moving through shame to the vulnerable feelings underneath and then identify and take action on the needs to which shame is pointing.

Learn specific and concrete tools for managing reactivity in yourself and meeting reactivity in others. Begin to transform your inner dialogue to one of inner clarity and self-compassion.

Come spend an evening practicing Mindful Compassionate Dialogue in this drop-in practice group! Our topic is: Competency #3: Honest Expression. We will have an evening of structured exercises for you to practice with others.

Come spend an evening practicing Mindful Compassionate Dialogue in this drop-in practice group! Our topic is: Competency #2: Empathy. We will have an evening of structured exercises for you to practice with others.

You enjoy your relationship with your romantic or acroyoga partner and you want to continue to build a foundation of connection and good communication. You value physical play and building trust in new ways. Join us for this half-day workshop that integrates communication skills and partner acro yoga.

Come spend an evening practicing Mindful Compassionate Dialogue in this drop-in practice group! Our topic is: Competency #1: Appreciation. We will have an evening of structured exercises for you to practice with others.

Asking for what you need in a direct and specific way can be very vulnerable and challenging. In this one day workshop, you will have an opportunity to build confidence and skill in making requests.

This class series is for anyone who would like more confidence in effective communication and resolving conflict. In this series you will have the opportunity to learn and practice essential communication skills like: empathic listening, identifying core values/needs, making requests, setting boundaries, repairing hurt, & negotiating agreements. With these skills resolving conflict becomes a specific and predictable process.

This course is for anyone who has taken two or more classes or weekend workshops with LaShelle and would like to refine your skills and make Mindful Compassionate Dialogue a natural part of life.  This will be a small group of six to eight participants.  This series will be a combination of skills practice and deeper work that will allow you access your skills in the most challenging moments.   

Setting boundaries isn't just about what you want to keep out. It's about seeing a situation clearly and learning to decide what's truly nourishing for you in a particular context and being able to negotiate with others about that. This class series is for anyone who would like to learn to set boundaries from a place of self-connection.

This series will give you an opportunity to learn to listen from the heart. You will learn to connect to another's experience without losing yourself. 

Come spend an evening practicing Mindful Compassionate Dialogue in drop-in practice group! Our topic is: Thriving: Brainstorming Strategies for Difficult to Meet Needs. We will have an evening of structured exercises for you to practice with others.

This series will help you understand how the psychological system of attachment impacts your relationships and how you can take action to cultivate relationship skills that build emotional security in personal relationships.

Pre-requisites for this monthly drop-in practice group are that you’ve taken an introductory workshop with Wise Heart, an introduction to NVC with another trainer, or you have read Marshall Rosenberg’s book and have started to practice in your own life.

This series is for individuals who have taken two or more classes with me in the past and have a regular meditation/mindfulness practice.

Pre-requisites for this monthly drop-in practice group are that you’ve taken an introductory workshop with Wise Heart, an introduction to NVC with another trainer, or you have read Marshall Rosenberg’s book and have started to practice in your own life.