A series of workshops dedicated to identifying skills that increase the effectiveness of workplace communication for new hires.

Participate in an energetic, interactive exploration of interpersonal conversation tools directly related to what is important to you. Topics that frequently surface include: Listening more effectively; asking questions that get the answers you need; managing your emotional responses; and leveraging non-verbals.

Every conversation is two conversations: Conscious and unconscious; spoken and unspoken; verbal and nonverbal. Before you are even aware of the words being spoken by your interpersonal conservation partner, you've observed and are unconsciously responding to their unspoken, nonverbal behavior. This "body language" behavior results in up to 88% of the outcome of your workplace interpersonal conversations. Learning to appreciate and manage unconscious behaviors is key to fine-tuning interpersonal conversation results at work.

"...the first and most important rule for taking control in a stressful situation is this: get yourself under control first..." says author, psychiatrist and hostage negotiator, Mark Goulston. How often, in the midst of a interpersonal conversation at work, have you felt trapped by another's resistance, fear, hostility or apathy? Learning how to monitor your emotional temperature enables you (more often than not) to reduce the emotional intensity of the conversation; and to refocus it on the issue rather than the emotion.

Extensive research shows that stimulating the neural pathways in your brain can protect against dementia. A combination of split-second decision making and physical motion can help us learn new things and avoid the same old brain patterns. Good brain health will help you age well, and it is never too early to start.

Every conversation is two conversations: Conscious and unconscious; spoken and unspoken; verbal and nonverbal. Before you are even aware of the words being spoken by your interpersonal conservation partner, you've observed and are unconsciously responding to their unspoken, nonverbal behavior. This "body language" behavior results in up to 88% of the outcome of your workplace interpersonal conversations. Learning to appreciate and manage unconscious behaviors is key to fine-tuning interpersonal conversation results at work.

Visit our Laughter Yoga booth at the NAMI Lane County (National Alliance on Mental Illness) Mental Health Awareness Month Celebration, May 20th from 1 to 4 at Alton Baker Park, Eugene.

Registration for this Laughter Yoga session is now closed. You are invited and encouraged to join us for the July 12th Laughter Yoga session.

"Customer Service Training" through Oregon State University's Professional and Continuing Education Department; Wednesday, June 20th, 2018.

Extensive research shows that stimulating the neural pathways in your brain can protect against dementia. A combination of split-second decision making and physical motion can help us learn new things and avoid the same old brain patterns. Good brain health will help you age well, and it is never too early to start.