With

Clare O'Sullivan

EMBODYING EMPATHIC RESONANCE

Nonviolent Communication Facilitator

Certified With the Centre For Nonviolenece

"Recognise that you have been activated and flood that moment with slowness, mercy, and tend to the  experiment. A holy invitation.  Open to a new way as you ask: What is it that I need right now: What have I abandoned in myself? What is being asked to be tended to, right here and right now, with a storm of loving kindness?  Why have you come, I am listening, I will not forsake you. 

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In this the seeds of empathy are planted in your nervous system and scattered within the cells of your heart, watered and soothed with new forms of self-care as compassion pathways are grooved and brought alive.  Suddenly there is so much space.  Breath where none was to be found.  You are already held by something vast."

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Matt Licata

TESTIMONIALS

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When I arrived for the workshop I expected to learn and share with like minded individuals, but the day surpassed my expectations thanks to the sensitive facilitation of Clare and the support team. Clare's skill at creating a warm, safe space meant the group experience was authentic allowing insight and exploration to take place at a deep and personal level.  Clare's light touch and humour made sure the theme of the day (our contradictory heart) was absorbed slowly and discussion did not become too theoretical or removed from our own journey. A wonderful day that nourished and grounded me.

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My first meeting with Clare was in May 2019. It was a taster session of NVC at an event and I have to say that moment changed my life. I was suffering with anxiety and panic attacks because stress and pain of the past was very much over spilling into my present. This brief introduction gave me immediate relief through the technique taught which was gentle and kind and I have to say I've not suffered since!

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I have experience of individual and group sessions. I started with one-to-one sessions. I was keen to join the group offerings but needed more safety around what to expect and how my vulnerability would be met. I soon understood from being with Clare that groups facilitated by her style would hold me. I have found previously that even groups with the best intentions can have communication styles that are challenging. Clare facilitates at a pace and style that is compassionate and clear. ......the work is very rich. It feels simple but with the power to bring about so much change. I have felt shifts in how I relate to situations through exploring what I need, this has brought me relief. 

WORKSHOP

THE CONTRADICTORY JOURNEY OF THE NATURE OF THE HEART

NOVEMBER 2019

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TASTER SESSION

MAY 2019

ONE TO ONE SESSIONS AND EMBODYING NVC WEDNESDAY MORNING GROUP SESSIONS

2019

BIO

I have been integrating Nonviolent Communication into my life for ten years and I am a Certified Trainer with The Centre For Nonviolent Communication Founded by Marshall Rosenberg PhD.  My background is that I was born and raised in Southern Ireland.  My father was a violent alcoholic, and I loved him so much and wanted him to love me.  This, mostly, wasn't possible for him.

The most important thing that my journey with NVC has given me is the possibility of choice.  I have learnt to mediate my inner experience and my reactions to life in such a way that I can live more fully according to the values I hold dear. I did not want to repeat the pattern of alcohol dependence and physical violence that is in my line of ancestry.  Learning to live compassionately with an understanding of my needs has helped me to make sense of the grief and suffering held in my system since childhood and has made it possible for me to bring my authentic self into my relationships, more and more.    

I have had a lifelong question - what happened to my father that this was the only way he could tell us he was in pain and what could have been done to support him and to restore peace in our home? I am now dedicating my life to living and teaching the practice of empathic resonance, which in my experience is the key to peace in our times. The ancestral line of violence stops with me to the best of my ability in any given moment. I am my father's daughter, I sense his passion and beauty in me. I am grateful for any resilience I may have in this life which is partly inherited from my loving mother who stayed to take care of me and my six siblings.  I sense both my parents with me every step of the way.  They did not have the resources or support they needed.  I am now resourcing myself and sharing what I am learning with you.

CONTACT

For any enquiries, please contact Clare O'Sullivan

Tel: 07534 688752  | email:

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