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Home / Events / Personal Transformation Through Respectful Confrontation

Personal Transformation Through Respectful Confrontation

March 16, 2019 by Open Center

Personal Transformation Through Respectful Confrontation

Date & Time
03/16/2019
10:00 am - 5:30 pm

Joe Weston

What does it take to stand in your truth and get your needs met without harming yourself or others? This day-long workshop introduces more effective, resilient ways of authentic expression based on respect, courage, and collaboration.  You will leave with tools that bring deeper insight into the self and a noticeable shift in behavior, allowing you to tackle challenging situations with integrity and understanding. Deepen relationships and tap into new internal energy resources with an integrated approach that includes embodied techniques, interactive exercises, and martial arts practices, with modern extensive research on neuroscience.

A One-Day Workshop
Saturday, March 16, 2019, 10:00 am – 5:30 pm
Members $140/ Nonmembers $175
19SP12S

Additional Class with Joe Weston:
Friday, March 15, 2019, 7:00 – 9:00 pm

Cultural Transformation Through Respectful Confrontation

Location
New York Open Center

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Joe Weston

Joe Weston is an international workshop facilitator, author, consultant, coach, and advocate for lasting peace. His book, Mastering Respectful Confrontation, is selling throughout the world. Joe has more than 30 years of experience in providing training to corporations, government agencies and non-profits around the world addressing conflict prevention and resolution, leadership development, transforming work/social culture and deeper levels of collaboration. He is currently adjunct professor at Georgetown University, School of Government, Department of Conflict Resolution, teaching a course: Body-based skill building for navigating stress and confrontation. Born and educated in New York, Joe lived in Amsterdam for 18 years and now lives in Washington DC. Joe brings a wealth of insight to his work based on many teachings, including Tai Chi Chuan, mindfulness and a variety of traditions—plus his experience in theater and various organizational trainings, to create a unique style of training and coaching that combines theory with somatic exercises. His clients include NASA, The World Bank, Oxfam, KLM, Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Mitsubishi Motors and various government and educational institutions. Joe works with women’s rights and other humanitarian organizations in the Middle East and the US, focusing on empowerment and leadership, reframing power/masculinity, and overcoming gender-based violence. He has also worked with different veterans organizations, supporting returning and wounded veterans in their process of integration and healing, and has also volunteered for the Liberation Prison Project, teaching meditation and leadership to inmates.

Website: respectfulconfrontation.com

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