Really Saying Something

As even a casual glance at the Greystones Open Forum will tell you, getting to the real truth behind our words has never been quite so difficult in these highly-opinionated times…

Often, it ain’t what you say, it’s the way that you’re saying it. To misquote the great philosopher trios Fun Boy Three and Freud favourite, Bananarama.

Telling it like it really is, and learning how to read between the sighs, is at the core of an upcoming workshop, off-puttingly-titled Connecting In Conflict, organised by the unfortunately-titled Nonviolent Communications, the global organisation created in the 1970s in, of course, a post-hippy movement America. Founder Marshall B. Rosenberg is a firm believer in talking through our troubles, and by seeking out what we truly mean, true happiness should follow. 

Or, as one wry wit put it, ‘Out beyond ideas of wrongdoing, and right-doing, there is a field. I will meet you there‘.

Simply put, it’s about stripping all the bullshit away. Hey, if it works for Larry David…

Taking place on Saturday, September 30th and Sunday, October 1st, this intriguing weekend boasts healthy snacks and lunches provided by The Happy Pear as well as, of course, the two-day workshop up at the Gorse Hill centre on Bray Head, led by Yoram Mosenzon. This is the man who recognised early on the importance of injecting some humour and self-deprecation when delivering such weekends of theory, demonstrations and practice. Which may explain why his March, 2015 TEDtalk has over 42,000 hits.

You can find out more about the big day on Facebook here, on The Centre For Nonviolent Communication here, and guest speaker Yoram Mosenzon’s work here. You can also email [email protected] for further info.

In the meantime, we sat down with the lovely Yesim – one of the two people behind getting Yoram to Ireland – to talk through the fine art of talking true…