Learn how to build skills to really connect, listen
and be with people
Our Story
What allows us to feel less alone and feel connected to the human race?
Living in a world that is increasingly busy, we can feel disconnected and alone. Knowing that someone cares enough to notice and enquire about how you are, and actually mean it, is incredibly important …
Testimonials
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“Introduces participants to practice and also experience the joy of feeling seen and heard as well as feeling connected to another human being.”
Anonymous
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“[An] opportunity to think about having conversations with others and ways to make them more helpful to the other person.”
Anonymous
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"I knew people that enjoy meaningful relationships have less inflammation/disease but I never thought about improved immunity before!"
Anonymous
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“It’s a workshop on how to develop and practice better listening and build a better relationship with ‘the talker’ as well as yourself”
Anonymous
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The Principles
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Our Instructors
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Greg is a social worker who has nearly 40 years experience in adult education and training (with many years working in Neighbourhood Houses and Community Centres).
In the past 20 years, he has worked as a counsellor and educator, mostly in the field of grief, loss and trauma, with agencies such as Grief Australia, Red Nose and Support After Suicide.
He has a passion for building capacity in communities through building social connectedness and feels that everyone has a role in supporting each other with life's challenges.
He has trained in experiential listening approaches such as Validation Therapy (Naomi Feil) and Focusing (Eugene Gendlin).
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Sonja is a highly experienced social worker, teacher and trainer with over 20 years of experience in mental health.
She has worked in a senior position at several headspace centres leading clinicians working in and with a range of schools.
For many years Sonja has advocated for, trained and supported communities and schools that had been impacted by suicide.
She is an accredited ASIST and safeTALK trainer (Livingworks) and also offers training in Mental Health First Aid.
What’s beneath the surface?
People are like icebergs — we show a little, but carry so much beneath the surface.
Behind every smile is a story, a struggle, a quiet resilience. We all have unseen layers - worries, hopes, memories, fears - and they matter.
That’s why connection matters. When we take the time to listen, be present, and really see each other, we create space for what lies beneath to gently rise.
