Relationships can be healed. Trauma and loss can be transformed. What is confusing can be understood.
Through Emotion Focused Therapy – we unlock the mysteries of healthy relationships so you can live, love, parent and lead from a place of whole-hearted connection. These scientifically based methods create lasting neurological changes you can feel.
How healthy are your relationships? Find out with my free and simple self-assessment tool. Plus, get tips and advice!
Unlock Your Potential for Meaningful Relationships and a Purposeful Life:
Living Brave Courses and Programs with Cynthia Benge
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Rising Strong Support
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Starting Sept 27th!
For living brave, connected, and meaningful lives
ONLINE SELF GUIDED COURSES:
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Do you long for a more meaningful life where your relationships are positive and powerfully connecting, but you just don’t know how? You are not alone.
Having healthy relationships is the number one determinant of happiness and life satisfaction and yet most of us don’t have the knowledge or experience to develop or sustain them. Relationships are the medium through which we live and breathe and have our being. When they go well- we experience happiness, contentment and productivity.
When they are in distress- our world falls apart. Whether that is between parent and child, spouse to spouse, co-worker to boss, or neighbor to neighbor. Becoming aware of your emotional needs and desires and learning to communicate that to others is the essence of emotional intelligence.
Science is now proving what we have intuitively known all along- that emotional intelligence is the key to healthy, productive , resilient and happy people.
And the good news is that emotional intelligence can be learned. The ability to identify and regulate our feelings, the ability to communicate our needs and desires in non-defensive methods, the flexibility and the resilience to learn new strategies for coping with change and stress – these are all skills that can be learned and developed.
With tested techniques and practice- you can learn the language your partner’s, family member’s and co-worker’s are speaking so you can decipher what it is they are trying to tell you. And more importantly you can learn to get to the heart of what is important in your own voice so you can communicate your truth in ways that will create the connection, understanding and meaningful relationships you are longing for….. I can show you how.
It is my passion to walk alongside individuals, couples, families and teams as they navigate the journey of living, working with, and loving each other well.
I was where you are – alone, discouraged in pain. Through diving deep and walking through my own journey of growth I discovered a passion for helping others. I’ve walked that path through 20 years of learning, growing and expanding. It is my privilege to walk that journey with you.
Transforming Lives one relationship at a time.
Reactive vs Responsive Communication Heart Talk Communication Series
The manner in which we speak to one another matters a great deal. We communicate daily with everyone we come into contact with—our values and beliefs—our influence on others, our children, our partners, our loved ones, and our communities are all affected by how we speak to one another.
Nonviolent Communication Heart Talk Communication Series
With Nonviolent Communication (NVC) we learn to hear our own deeper needs and those of others. Through its emphasis on deep listening—to ourselves as well as others—NVC helps us discover the depth of our own compassion.
Good Communication Starts with Self Awareness Healthy Communication
The manner in which we speak to one another matters a great deal. We communicate daily with everyone we come into contact with—our values and beliefs—our influence on others, our children, our partners, our loved ones, and our communities are all affected by how we speak to one another.
Communication 101 from the Heart Heart Talk Communication Series
Healthy communication is at the heart of healthy relationships. We all share the same, basic human needs, and most behaviors are strategies to meet one or more of those needs. To be seen and heard and understood is essential to our well being.
Living Brave the Daring Way for Men — April 4-5th in Seattle
How do we teach healthy masculinity? The kind where men don’t have to fit in a box labeled “masculine” that limits their choices and emotional expression?