The Art of Relationship

The Art of Relationship is a learning group that examines the successes and challenges in all types of relationships; parent and child, parenting, co-parenting, intimate partners, friends, family of origin, nuclear family, and work relationships including with direct reports, staff,  colleagues, and other stakeholders.

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Group Focus
Group members will be invited to share relationship experiences that illustrate breakthroughs in connection, as well as challenges that resulted in heart ache or discord. Based on the participants shared experiences, the theory, practice and skills from the disciplines of leadership, family systems, organizational psychology and spirituality will be presented.

Format
Eight weekly 90-minute in person sessions with information presentations, group member relationship experiences, small and large group discussions, self-reflection exercises and leadership journal entries.

Topic Areas

  • Boundaries (including when to step back, hold your ground or step in)

  • Self-regulation

  • Being strategic,

  • Triangulation

  • Leading from self,

  • Building a personal team

  • Constructs of relationship (including biological, genetic, emotional process, mental and spiritual).

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The Challenge

  • Why are some relationships easy and other relationships difficult?

  • What are the common threads to all relationships?

  • What are the learning opportunities embedded in relationship experiences?


Group Purpose

To establish a learning community to examine the successes and challenges in all types of relationships; parent and child, parenting, co-parenting, intimate partners, friends, family of origin, nuclear family, and work relationships including with direct reports, staff, colleagues, and other stakeholders.

Intended Outcomes

  • Identify best practices and strategies that apply to all relationship situations

  • To noticeably increase one’s personal power and leadership to achieve your desired outcomes

  • To identify barriers to success and to create strategies to address them

  • Identify action steps during each group to be applied during the next week


Date: Days and times to be determined

Cost: $400 plus GST. $600 + GST for two individuals (family or friends). Extended medical may apply. 

Facilitators

Eliot Lowey, MA, ABS, RPC
Clinician, High Conflict Divorce, Relationship, Leadership and Spiritual Coach, Facilitator

Thea Lowey, MIOP, BA
Coach, Facilitator, OD consultant

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