Educator
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Communication is at the heart
of all personal, social and professional activities. Our relationships
are as good as our communication and our ability to communicate
effectively is the key to excellence in personal and professional
relationships.
Carmel Wynne is
an educator who gained national recognition for facilitating Relationships
and Sexuality Education all over Ireland. Her interest in Neuro
Linguistic Programming developed when she found how difficult it was to
find a common language to communicate with parents, teenagers and
teachers.
Most people take it for granted
that if two people speak the same language they will both attach the same
meaning to the words they use. They don’t. For a teenage girl, ‘A ride’
could be a description of a good-looking boy. For a parent it meant sex
and for a teacher some form of transport.
In reality language is
incredibly unreliable. We are constantly communicating by what we do and
by what we don’t do, by what we say and by what we don’t say, by the
messages we intend to convey and by a host of mainly unconscious
non-verbal signals. It is clearly in your interest to understand the
communication process as far as you can and to be educated in verbal and
non-verbal communication.
Make an appointment for one-to-one coaching on how to become an
effective communicator.
Half day and One day
Business Seminars that teach participants in how to achieve more effective verbal and
non-verbal communication through practical exercises, group interaction
and feedback.
Learn to
become confident in using ‘soft skills’ to
present your message, increase your chances that
people will hear what you intend them to hear and learn how to give
maximum impact to a request or statement without fear of conflict or
accusations of bullying.
RELATIONSHIPS
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Couples.
Exploring why it is
difficult to be honest about intimate behaviour leads to an awareness of
poor self-esteem and lack of self-worth. Saying what you want to do and
don’t want to do in a relationship is a powerful way of focusing on the
importance of honest communication. Knowing how to express your feelings
honestly builds self-confidence and the freedom to ask for what you want
from others.
Sex Education
Parents and Teachers need to take account of the information
children have and allow them to ask curious question. Often children
prefer to talk to their peers about sex because they are concerned about
how the parent may react to their new found knowledge. It helps to have
any understanding adult, parent, teacher, or medical person, who will
answer those questions in a simple and respectful way.
Carmel
believes that sex education is most useful when no questions are taboo.
When students are confident that their questions will be answered in an
atmosphere of confidentiality and respect they will open up and look for
accurate information. Honest answers give teachers the opportunity to put
the information within a moral and spiritual framework.
Face
Up
Carmel writes the Advice
Column for the teenage magazine Face Up for teens who want something
deeper.
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