Women's Empowerment Workshop

• Goal-oriented, outwardly successful, but emotionally submissive in relationships?
• Good at doing for others, but not good at nurturing yourself?
• Do you feel anxious, indecisive or confused when trying to confront important issues?
• In relationships, do you allow yourself to be put down, or verbally, emotionally or physically abused?
• Do you want to understand what draws you into difficult relationships and what you can do about it?

• Emotional Intimacy
• Express feelings without losing your head - move towards wholeness.
• Balance inner and outer realities.


• Guilt, Shame & Anger
• Make changes where needed and release your energy and creativity.
• A look at the masks we wear, the inner wound -- heal the negativity of the critical self.
• Dysfunctional Family of Origin Issues
• Identify the issues; evaluate their impact; heal the negative


• Emotional Submission
• Identify types of relationships - empowering, controlling/submissive, addictive.

• Identify and Communicate Your Wants and Needs
• Separate - clarify them from an "I" position.
• Create emotional boundaries within a relationship
• Learn to be an "I" and a "We" - 1 + 1 = 3

Birthing the Self Within

• Experience self-blame, self-consciousness, fear, anxiety, shame or guilt when attempting to express yourself?
• Come off as indecisive or confused when trying to talk to someone you care about?
• Get put down or cut-off emotionally or verbally in your relationships?
• Feel less important than others when attempting to present your point of view?

• Week I: Awareness and influence of Family of Origin issues on patterns of communication in relationships
• Week II: Communication sytles and Present Relations
• Week III: Assertive Communication: theory, technique, and practice
• Week IV: Assertive Communication Application