About us
In our skill building community, we
- practice the listening and speaking skills that will deepen your existing relationships
- cultivate new friendships rooted in compassion & integrity.
# You're wondering, Is this group for me?
#### This is for you if:
- you are willing to learn with others in community
- you are willing to take full responsibility for your well-being
- you are curious in getting to know yourself more fully
- you are ready for deeper connections
- you are interested in aligning your IQ with your BQ (body intelligence) via movements and embodied practices.
Relational & Communication Skills we learn and practice together:
- Taking 100% responsibility for your own feelings & actions.
- Listening with the intention of genuinely understanding the experience of the other person.
- Listening for accuracy of emotion and for the deepest longing, using your whole body.
- Speaking your authentic experiences in a way that is unarguable (without blaming the other person), knowing that your perspective is subjective.
- Making clear, direct requests instead of generalized complaints.
Please check out my website www.maianhchen.com for more information about me (your host) and about our upcoming events to see if our purpose and values align.
Upcoming events
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Conversations that Connect Workshop
Old Town Parking Structure, 130 N Lemon St, Orange, CA, USOUR PURPOSE:
- practice the listening and sharing skills that will deepen your existing relationships
- cultivate new friendships with kind & thoughtful people you genuinely want to stay in touch with.
RSVP & More Details here:
https://www.maianhchen.com/consciousconnectionDO SOME OF THESE CHALLENGES RESONATE?:
• You’ve left an important conversation thinking, “That didn’t land the way I wanted it to.”
• You enter a conversation with an intention, but you leave feeling more confused, disconnected, or stuck overthinking about what was said.
• When someone you care about shares something vulnerable, you’re unsure how to best be there — do you listen, give advice, or say something else entirely?
• You want to communicate your needs and boundaries more clearly, without guilt or blame.
• You find yourself stuck in familiar communication patterns where nothing truly gets resolved, and you don’t feel better after “talking it out.”
• You crave deeper, more meaningful conversations — without things feeling heavy, awkward, or overly intense.HOW IT WORKS:
I provide the activities, tools and the space.
You are invited to practice and reflect on the 5 key skills that will elevate any existing or new connection:- Taking 100% responsibility for your own feelings & actions.
- Listening with the intention of genuinely understanding the experience of the other person.
- Listening for accuracy, emotion and the deepest longing, using your whole body.
- Speaking your authentic experiences in a way that is unarguable (without blaming the other person), knowing that your perspective is subjective.
- Making clear, direct requests instead of generalized complaints.
THE APPROACH:
- fun, light-hearted NOT heavy
- involve light movements (walking, stretching, guided breathing, etc.) so that not everything is being intellectualized.
- kind, gentle, compassionate & understanding
- clear, firm & encouraging
RSVP & More Details here:
https://www.maianhchen.com/consciousconnection10 attendees
Past events
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