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The Art of Listening is an amazing way to listen to:
The Art of Listening is an interactive course on Zoom, designed to help you be the best listener you can be! You will learn and practice, practice, practice Companioning, a strategy from The Virtues Project. Dates to be determined. Email [email protected] to be on the wait list. Sign up now! $249 includes handouts, recordings and resources. Special discount if you've previously taken this course from Betsy. See below. Payment plans are available. See below. |
Listen to Master Facilitator Betsy Lydle Smith talk about this course.
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Companioning is learning to listen deeply and communicate more lovingly and effectively.
Companioning allows us to be fully present and to listen with Compassion and Detachment.
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- Companioning is holding space for a person to be heard without judgment and to feel validated through affirmation.
- Companioning is a strategy from The Virtues Project designed to help in problem-solving and conflict resolution, without rescuing, advising, or telling your own story.
Companioning allows us to be fully present and to listen with Compassion and Detachment.
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"Betsy is a wonderful teacher and Companioning is a highlight in what she teaches. She has mastered the skill and the art of this intimate process and is able to convey it so well, using metaphor and her years of experience. I highly recommend her course." - Linda Kavelin-Popov, co-founder of The Virtues Project™ |
The Art of Listening: Companioning
This course focuses on learning, practicing, deepening, and facilitating Companioning through exercises, talks, discussion and practice. You will be a better listener and able to facilitate this strategy at the end of this course!
Learn through:
- 4 live webinars, connecting through Zoom.
- Developing your skills and knowledge base with exercises, guided practice and homework.
- Connecting with other Companions from around the world.
- Practicing between sessions with colleagues.
- Resources from other practitioners.
Master Facilitator: Betsy Lydle Smith
Tuition: USD$249 includes handouts, recordings and resources.
Payment plans are available. See below.
Discount for previous customers. See below.
Questions? Email [email protected] or call 425-753-6498.
Sign up today!
If you have previously taken this course, see discount below.
"Companioning is about going into the wilderness of the soul with another human being: It is not about thinking you are responsible for finding the way out." - Dr. Alan Wolfelt
Betsy Lydle Smith has been a Virtues Project Facilitator since 1992, and Master Facilitator since 2002. She was fortunate to learn from and be mentored by Virtues Project co-founder, Linda Kavelin-Popov, and a group of friends and colleagues who have companioned each other regularly for many years. Betsy and her husband Pete consider Companioning to be the best tool they've had in their marriage of 53 years.
D Here's what people are saying:
Participants rated this course 9.8 out of 10.
Betsy was an excellent Facilitator. Her way of being and coaching quickly established an environment of trust and respect. Her experience, commitment to the group and material provided us with the best coaching experience to lead us to success.
- Anastasia Loza, Ontario, Canada
Betsy's facilitation skills are excellent and the four two-hour sessions were informative. entertaining and flew by. While I may have understood the theory of companioning prior to the course, I have a long way to go to master it. However the heightened awareness that I gained from the course is already reaping benefits. -Dee Wilson, Taupo, New Zealand
I am observing the deep effect of what I've learned from this course is having on me. In particular, it helps me to call on the virtues of Detachment and Trust in various situations, which is to Respect others' process and not to take on their spiritual work myself. In return it relieves me of a sense of responsibility and self-importance and leads me to the virtue of Humility.
-Yayoi Y., Singapore
I always learn so much from you, Betsy. You ARE the Master Teacher. Whatever you teach is so comprehensive, and well-prepared with excellence. I feel so cared for. This course is 10 out of 10! -Diana Hudson, HI
I hope you continue to offer your specialized courses such as Companioning and other strategies.
Keep up the excellent work as you have a unique touch and experience with it. -F.M.
I appreciate your graceful wisdom. You are so easy and approachable. -Jody Kaiser, HI
"Thank you so very much for your determination to get this training out there for more and more people to take advantage of. Thank you for your guidance, your availability, your skill, your dedication, your encouragement."-K.M.
"The facilitator, content and materials were excellent!"- VP Facilitator Webinar participant
"Betsy has the creativity, presence, communication skills and expertise to teach effectively via the webinar format."-B.M., CA, USA
"In the over 20 years I have known and worked with Betsy Lydle Smith, I have had the honor and pleasure of experiencing her depth of knowledge and skill as not only a Master Facilitator for the Virtues Project, but also in the practice of the art of Companioning in groups, workshops and everyday life." - P.J., British Columbia
REGISTER NOW! SPACE IS LIMITED.
If you have previously taken this course, see discount below.
- Would you like to be a BETTER LISTENER?
- What does it mean to be FULLY PRESENT and how do you do it?
- Would you like to help family members resolve their own problems?
- Would you like to listen deeply instead of feeling helpless?
- Do you need more CONFIDENCE to companion others?
- Would you like to PRACTICE companioning with a mentor and encouraging colleagues?
- Learn BEST PRACTICES FOR TEACHING Companioning.