Is this you?
You are in a committed relationship and love your partner.* You want to build a foundation for a lasting relationship. Perhaps things are going well and you want that to continue. Or, perhaps you feel frustrated about getting caught in the same arguments again and again and can find yourself in blame and criticism. Either way, you are ready and willing to engage in experiential exercises with your partner to learn new skills that will support both a secure emotional bond and the ability to honor authenticity and autonomy.
How it works
You might have tried all sorts of ways to improve your relationship: spending more quality time, spending time apart, reading self-help books, and maybe counseling, and still return to the same conflicts, patterns of communication, or stuck places. You are not alone. Relating in a clear and self-responsible way requires many complex and subtle skills, very few of which have likely been modeled for you growing up. You need a comprehensive way forward that is concrete enough to make use of and subtle enough to adapt to your relationship.
About Mindful compassionate Dialogue
Mindful Compassionate Dialogue (MCD) naturally supports you in creating the relationships you want by integrating the wisdom and skills of three powerful modalities: Hakomi, Nonviolent Communication (NVC), and mindfulness.
Each modality contributes something unique to the process. Hakomi offers clarity about reactivity and healing. NVC provides a method for achieving self-responsibility, skillful communication, and agency. And mindfulness adds the stable attention and clear focus needed to continuously refine your understanding and skills.
It naturally supports you in creating an environment of emotional security while making space for differences. In the learning process you also cultivate self-compassion and a greater confidence that you can find your way to collaboration when conflict arises. With practice you learn to stay grounded through reactivity and set clear boundaries.
MCD is a system meant to provide access to agency, compassion, mindfulness, and wisdom. Personal transformation and skill building is achieved through practice with the 12 Relationship Competencies and 9 Foundations, which arise from a central, life-serving intention.
What to expect
In this one-day workshop, you will be introduced to the consciousness, framework, and tools of MCD. Each class will focus on presenting specific concepts and skills that you will get to integrate and practice with your partner in structured exercises.
We will do a couple of exercises in small groups to build rapport and safety in the whole group. For these small group exercises you can use examples from any part of your life and do not have to share something from your relationship. Other than these exercises, you will be working with your partner in 3-4 experiential exercises during each class. These exercises are highly structured to help you learn skills, address relationship issues, and remain nonreactive.
In this course, most students will be new to Wise Heart, but some may know one another from previous classes. Group size typically ranges from 8 - 12 couples.
Topics for this course include:
Appreciation: Learn how this tool of clear communication about what works that teaches you how to become more responsible and aware of your own needs as well as how to love your partner
Empathy: Learn to listen deeply while remaining self-connected
Honest Expression: Recognize and name feelings, needs, and reactivity, and take responsibility for your needs by making requests that open up a grounded and compassionate dialogue
Manage Reactivity: Gain a basic understanding of how and why reactivity comes up again and again and how you can make a change
Details
Trainer: Elia Paz
When: 10:00am - 5:00pm, November 9, 2025
Where: Rome, Italy
Contribution: $222 per couple USD
If finances are your only obstacle to attendance, please email us at info@wiseheartcommunity.org to talk about alternatives.