conscious connectivity: creating dignity in conversation: Volume 1 - Softcover

Brenner, Michelle; Clark, Kahu Kauila

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1453815171 ISBN 13: 9781453815175

Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 2011

Synopsis

This book is a comprehensive approach to assertiveness and its role in communication. The author, Michelle Brenner, draws on extensive experience as a mediator and conflict resolution consultant. The book offers a framework for understanding the history of assertiveness as well as the role that assertiveness plays in communication. By introducing a holistic paradigm and a set of tools for practical engagement, 'Conscious Connectivity' reveals ways for creating dignity in conversation. Dignity that relates to the interaction of cultural and personal moral perception. With contributions from academics to capture a wide persepective of holistic practices and their application. The forward, by Hawaiian traditional healing practitioner, Kahuna Kauila Clark affirms the value for 'making things right'.

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About the Author

Michelle has been working for over 20 years in the field of conflict resolution. She was one of the first to do post graduate work in Conflict Resolution in Australia and one of the first to have a full time job as a mediator in local government. She has since worked as a mediator and confliict analyst within the government, health area, police force, family practice and non-for-profit organisations. She draws on her work experience, multi disciplanary research, life experiences and her Chassidic community of scholars and literature.

Edition details

• Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
• Publication date: 2011
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1453815171
• ISBN 13: 9781453815175
• Binding: Paperback
• Illustrator: Adamus Marc
• Number of pages: 318