This communication class will help you to learn the skills, techniques, and understanding of how to express yourself more assertively, whether in your own personal family/friend relationships, in the workplace and within your community.  Be prepared to learn, have fun, laugh, and participate in this empowering class that will change your life!

Topics will include the following:

• Identifying the 4 types of communication (assertive, passive, aggressive and passive-aggressive)
• The components of communication
• Gender differences in styles of communication
• The difference between thinking and feeling
• The basic assertive message
• Power and victim language
• How to power up your job interview language
• Identifying your "blocks" to communicating assertively
• Self-talk
• Centering and mindfulness
• How to keep and maintain personal power
• Creating your own personal bill of rights, 
• How to say "NO", conflict and negotiation
• Criticism vs. constructive feedback 
• Listening skills