Embracing Change provides events and services to assist people in developing what we call Heart Intelligence. Heart Intelligence is a broad term to describe a collection of important life skills that when integrated, create a grounded, powerful and fearless human being.

Two skill sets are required to develop Heart Intelligence: Internal Awareness & Relational Awareness.

Internal Awareness Skills

These skills develop a relationship with the internal world of our thoughts, feelings, emotions and the different parts within us. Through this inner reflection we begin to learn the art of discernment - the ability to separate our truth from our conditioning, so we can begin to know what it is we are truly wanting in life. But this is only half the battle. Once we know what we want, it is important to focus our attention on it, for where our attention is directed, our life experience follows.

It may sound easy to focus our attention, but often our attention is hijacked by thoughts, feelings and unresolved needs from the past buried deep in our sub-conscious. Anyone who has experienced the feeling of being stuck or depressed without being able to get out of it, knows exactly what is begin said here. Also, those who struggle with compulsive behaviour or addictions of any kind, know that it is not merely enough to think positively or use willpower to overcome their habits. Something more profound is required.

	Embracing Change offers skills that get to the root of the problem and give people the freedom to think, feel and experience what they choose.

The ultimate effect of practicing these skills is that individuals develop an ability to navigate life's challenges, obstacles and surprises with little or no resistance by following their heart, not their head. The skills provide a way to easily embrace change and to make decisions with confidence, clarity and with certainty, creating a new zest for life that becomes contagious to everyone around them.

Relational Awareness Skills

The second set of skills enhance and transform the way we connect and relate to each other. This involves practicing heart centered communication, conflict resolution, expressing authentically and learning to ask for what we want from others without being strategic or using code.

	Embracing Change helps people transform their experience of relationship by giving them skills to transform the way they relate.

It's one thing to express ourselves confidently, but it is another to actually speak from the heart so we are really received. The skills Embracing Change offers helps individuals express their truth in a way that is congruent. This means that the words and feelings match, as it is often the case that people speak without feeling what they are saying, or saying one thing and feeling another. When we speak congruently from the heart, people around us open up and we connect deeply. This may sound simple yet it isn't always easy as it requires a large amount of awareness to access what's underneath our intellectual veneer.

Another important aspect of this skill set is to learn how to respond effectively when strong emotions are present. What's the best way to communicate without causing pain, hurt or defence? When is silence needed? When is it prudent to add humour to a tense and heavy situation? These questions are examples of what we offer experientially through our events and services.