Empathizing w/the “Enemy” — The Holiday Dinner Table Edition — FREE

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Over the holidays, we can find ourselves in conversation with family, friends, and others whose views seem in radical opposition to our own. It might sometimes feel hard to see how we're even living on the same planet! In our desire to make things right, we often slip into this U.S. culture's default: Making others wrong.

Even if we're convincd someone else IS wrong, proceeding from this stance rarely transforms anything.

However, empathy can.

In this highly participatory1-hr workshop, you'll learn and practice how to:

• Settle your nervous system and lay down new neural pathways for beginning transformational rather than polarizing conversations
• Cultivate curiosity about the "other" viewpoint
• Turn polarizing conversations online to more connective ones
• Play the "long game" of cultivating connection over time that allows for lasting change
• Keep a tried-and-true shortcut in your back pocket for any time you freeze up in the moment

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This 1-hour workshop is part of the Mendful Conflict Resolution: The Heart of Repair series of workshops. It is offered twice in winter 2025-26, and also recorded and made available on the Mendful.world website. See all events and recordings on our website here or on Eventbrite here

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These modular 1-hr online workshops present an abbreviated version and preview of the full 2026 in-person Mendful Core Training Immersion — see more here

The training can lead to certification as a Mendful Conflict Resolution Coach (MCRC). Once certified, MCRCs can work within the Mendful app, earning money providing conflict resolution sessions to Mendful customers.

Again, each online session is recorded, and the recordings will be made available to all registrants of that session, and on the Mendful website.