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SUMMARY:The Comfortable Race Conversation Process
DESCRIPTION:  \n\n  \n  \n\nThe Comfortable Race Conversation Process – Starting October 4th\n  \nA course for socially responsible people who want to learn about anti-racism\, diversity\, equity and inclusion\, by having real conversations so they can make the uncomfortable\, comfortable. \nInterested in participating? Contact Leigh Mitchell at leigh@leighmitchell.ca for more details. It is possible to have comfortable conversations about race! \nIf you want to TRANSFORM your ability to connect through difference and create the change without division….check this program out! \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n6 Modules Dropped starting October 4th\, 2024\n6 Live Practice Circles from 10:00 am – 11:30 am EST\nOntario Mental Health Professionals Association Approved\n\nWhen?\n\n6 FRIDAYS STARTING\, October 11th\, 2024 from 10:00am-11:30am EST\n\nRegistration\nRegister now \n\n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nYou might avoid having a conversation about race because….\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nYou anticipate your feelings and experience will be dismissed or minimized again \nYou worry you will unintentionally say the wrong thing and will be called out for not knowing\nYou fear you will hurt someone’s feelings\nYou are worried they will say something that you will feel uncomfortable to address\nYou imagine people will leave the conversation\nYou get anxious just thinking about having a real conversation about race\nYou feel frustrated when you imagine explaining the reasons you feel the way you do…again\nYou fear you will be judged if you make a mistake or if you get emotional\nYou just don’t know how to have a conversation about race\n\n\n\n\n\nAnd even though…\n\nYou believe in a racially equitable society.\nYou want to do something about the divisiveness that you see in the world\nYou want to learn about diversity\, equity and inclusion\nYou have lived experiences of racism and bias\nYou may have even taken courses\, read articles\, books and listened to podcasts and have learned a lot.\nYou may have relationships with people of all races and…..\n\n\n\n\n\nYou still feel uncomfortable having a conversation about Race with other races.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n \n\nAs a past participant\, I enthusiastically recommend Natalie’s course\, The Comfortable Race Conversation Process. This course was deep\, valuable\, and because of its experiential grounding\, also personally transformative. Natalie’s course helped me to develop my attunement to difference\, and to move more deeply into my commitment to work through the unconscious biases that are part of what we inevitably internalize from the social context. This is important to me\, as a psychotherapist\, because these biases are blocks in my practice to connecting and collaborating with racialized clients. \n\n– Kristin Casady\, RP\, MA\, CTP Dipl (she/her)\nFaculty Member\, The Centre for Training in Psychotherapy\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nWhy Should I Learn to Have Conversations About Race?\n\n\n\n\nBecause you…..\n\nHave taken the courses or have lived experiences and you are still unsure what to say if the topic of race comes up with colleagues\, clients\, vendors\, friends and family\nWant to know how you impact others in conversations about race so you do not unintentionally hurt someone\nWant to know how to respond if someone makes a mistake with you\nWant to know what to do and say if you make a mistake\nWant to be able to show up as your full self so you can confidently and effectively communicate with others\nWant to understand why you feel so uncomfortable with this topic \nWant to feel like you CAN have conversations about race in an embodied\, present and courageous way\nWant to be a part of the change required for a racially equitable society\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n“Not everything that is faced can be changed\, but nothing can be changed until it is faced.”\n\n– James Baldwin\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nWhy Should I Take This Course?\n\n\n\n\n‘The Comfortable Race Conversation Process’ not only provided me with a greater understanding of the individual actions I can take\, it also gave me the courage to remain active & consistent in bringing forward systemic improvements to policies and practices in my workplace.\n\nKelly B. – Organizational Leader and Mother of 2\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nYou want to have conversations about race because bridging the gap of diversity is important. You want to lean in and engage in conversations because they need to happen and your discomfort gets in the way. I want you to know that you are not alone. The emotional\, physical and psychological discomfort that emerges when talking about race gets in everyone’s way. \n  \nWe need our humanity at this moment.\nOur human emotions\, feelings\, physical and psychological responses are where we are more the same than different. Our unique experiences are vastly different\, but our humanity\, which is where we are the same\, is where contact is possible. \nWe need a common ground.\nHow will we collectively make a change for our children\, our communities\, our workplaces and our society\, if we are not able to talk to each other?   so that everyone\, who wants change\, can connect\, hear and understand each other. \nWe need a common language.\nThis program is about creating that common ground and language so we all can find a new way to meet each other. \nCreating the space and awareness for the emotional\, physical\, psychological and relational energy that is ALWAYS PRESENT between humans\, especially when speaking about the subject of race\, is a key element of this process. \nIf you want to be able to lean into conversations about race – then this course is for you. \nLearn how to have conversations about race by having conversations about race.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n“When you know better\, you do better”.\n\n– Maya Angelou\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nWho Will Teach Me?\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nHi!  I am Natalie Haynes and I have been a Training Consultant\, Workshop Facilitator and Psychotherapist for over 10 years.  I became a therapist because I was a client and I became a client because of my anxiety.  I love what I do.  I teach people how to be with their emotions in a new way\, so they can have more permission and compassion for themselves. \nMy relationship with my racial identity wasn’t always a good one. Having conversations about race was difficult at best\, until I understood what the emotional turmoil I avoided was about. When I changed my relationship to my racial identity and embodied the emotional responses I resisted\, everything shifted. I created this program because I want to change how people feel about talking about race so they can have the awareness about how they interact and engage in the places and spaces they live in. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nListen to Our Previous Livestream/Podcast Episode \n \n\n\nPowered by RedCircle \nIn this episode\, Natalie shares invaluable strategies for practicing positive mental health techniques at work. Discover methods to cope with stress\, burnout\, anxiety\, and other professional challenges\, with actionable tips to help you stay balanced and resilient. \nNatalie is a Registered Psychotherapist specializing in Emotional and Mental Wellness and DEIB Training\, certified by the Ontario Association of Mental Health Professionals (OAMHP) and serving as the President of the Board of the Gestalt Institute of Toronto. \nWe also delve into the stories we tell ourselves about professional situations. How do we interpret and internalize events like not receiving a callback or missing out on a sale? Natalie helps us understand the personal meanings we attach to these experiences and how to embody more empowering narratives. \nTune in for an insightful conversation on maintaining mental wellness and fostering a positive mindset in your professional life. \n  \n 
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