Kind Conversations: Communicating with Care - Workshop

Kind Conversations: Communicating with Care

Dates & Times

• Saturday 1st November 2025 – 2pm to 5pm
• Sunday 2nd November 2025 – 10am to 1pm
• Saturday 8th November 2025 – 2pm to 5pm
• Sunday 9th November 2025 – 10am to 1pm

Location: Private Wellbeing Studio, Winscombe

About the Workshop

Join us for a relaxed 3-hour workshop all about making conversations kinder, clearer, and more connected.

Led by Elia Matteis, this session introduces simple tools inspired by Nonviolent Communication (NVC) and compassionate communication. These approaches help us to:

• Listen so others feel truly heard
• Speak honestly without creating conflict
• Build trust and understanding in our relationships
• See differences as opportunities for connection rather than division

Through gentle group exercises, pair work, and reflection, you’ll get to practise new ways of listening and expressing yourself in a safe and supportive space.

The atmosphere will be friendly and informal — you don’t need any experience, just curiosity and openness.

Who is it for?

This workshop is for anyone who wants to:

• Improve everyday communication at home, work, or in the community
• Strengthen relationships with friends, family, or colleagues
• Find more ease in difficult conversations
• Explore new ways of building understanding and connection

Whether you’re looking to bring more kindness into your family life, ease workplace tensions, or simply communicate with more confidence and care, this workshop is open to you.

Benefits of Attending

By the end of the session you will have:

• Practical skills to make your conversations calmer and clearer
• A better understanding of how to express your needs with care
• Experience in listening with empathy
• Tools you can carry into everyday life to help build stronger, kinder relationships

Donations

This workshop is offered as part of a gift economy. There is no set ticket price, instead, you are warmly invited to contribute what feels right for you. Your donation supports Elia’s work and helps Mudita Salus CIC continue offering community-based well-being projects.

We want this workshop to be accessible to everyone, so please know that no one will be turned away due to lack of funds.

About Elia

Elia Matteis is a facilitator, trainer and mediator with a lifelong curiosity about human connection and communication. His path has taken him from martial arts and scientific study, to meditation and a monastic year in Japan, to years of exploring conflict, leadership, education, restorative justice and activism.

Inspired by Marshall Rosenberg’s Nonviolent Communication, Elia has supported schools, communities, families, and organisations in developing ways to listen, speak, and relate with honesty and care. In 2022, he embarked on a remarkable “Trust Experiment” — giving up money and possessions to live entirely by gift economy while travelling and helping others. This journey deepened his belief in kindness, empathy, and the power of communication to heal and connect.

Today, Elia shares workshops, training, and mediation to help people find peace in their relationships and courage in their conversations.

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