Liberating Painful Dynamics in Relationships: Switzerland

Intention

Anger (including judgment and blame) and demands are often at the heart of dynamics that slowly—or suddenly—break relationships apart.
In my view, (The Art and Skill of) ‘Mourning’ is a key to freeing ourselves from these painful patterns.

In this workshop, we will move gently and deeply through these elements, touching on core relational dynamics that often lead to lasting distance and separation.

I will share fresh perspectives, practical skills, and greater clarity on how to compassionately navigate these moments differently—with mourning at the heart of the practice.

Working as a mediator, I see again and again that one of the biggest killers of relationships is “demand.” Demand is not only when we outwardly do not accept the “no” of another person, but also, in a more subtle way, when the other’s “no” brings pain in us—a sense of desperation or rejection.
I often see people fall in love, their eyes shining with excitement in the first months: their new partner feels like a gift to their life. Yet after some time, a certain grayness can replace that shine… Demand is often quietly present beneath this shift.
When my “no” is not welcome, it means I cannot fully be honest or myself with you. And if I cannot fully be myself, then there is no one here to love you… And distance begins.
I see this between lovers, with children, among friends, and within families

We will practice:

❀ The clear difference between a request and a demand
❀ How to receive ‘demanding energy’ and navigate challenging dialogues while staying honest and connected
❀ How to trust the signals that come from our bodies and never betray them
❀ How to work with painful stories (such as “rejection” or “desperation”) and reconnect with reality as it is—rather than the painful stories we tell ourselves
❀ How to take a “time-out” and why it can be so life-serving
❀ How to receive a “no” (and stay alive and connected).

Anger (including irritation, frustration, and impatience) often arises unexpectedly in our interactions with those we care about most. It is a powerful energy asking to be expressed. And yet, acting on it often creates more harm. Anger is a powerful and beautiful life energy expressed in a tragic language that rarely serves its true purpose.
How can we navigate anger in a way that supports connection? Why is it risky to express it—and even riskier to suppress it? What is its deeper message?

We will practice:

❀ How to express (rather than suppress) anger in ways that serve connection

❀ How to enjoy (!) others’ anger directed at us

❀ How to repair connection after anger has caused harm

Mourning is a daily practice: 
Mourning doesn’t only happen when we lose someone. Mourning exists on a spectrum, in different sizes, shapes, intensities, durations, and forms:
Mourning is a certain kind of pain, a contraction in the body. 
There are intense forms, where it feels like our heart is being ripped apart; we can’t breathe, or we feel like we won’t survive the immensity of the pain. These can take weeks, months, or even a lifetime to digest…

❀  What ‘mourning’ really means
❀  How to “mourn our favorite strategies,”
❀  Why “being with the unknown” is key in dialogue

Definitions we will work with:

❀ Mourning = the capacity to be with pain—mine and yours—and to trust the gentle movement that unfolds when pain is welcomed and experienced
❀ Mourning = the time needed to move from imagination into reality
❀ Mourning = a bodily process, a digestion that allows acceptance, new creativity, and the development of new habits.
❀ Mourning = a core skill for living in an ever faster-changing world, the capacity to adjust and evolve
❀ Mourning = a key to discovering the very nature of being human

Nonviolent Communication (NVC) is widely used all around the globe as a tool for communication, conflict resolution, mediation, coaching and self-development.

NVC takes you from your meditation cushion into real life—it helps you live your deepest values in relationships and in countless day-to-day situations.
It deeply transforms your communication with yourself and others, moving it toward a quality of profound compassion.

NVC is successfully used in organizations, teams, businesses, politics, prisons, schools, families and relationships in millions of everyday life situations.

You will be invited to work on examples from your own life in an interactive and safe learning environment. We will practice Nonviolent Communication through demonstrations, role-play and exercises in order to integrate NVC values and language more into our daily lives.
The way we teach is: 30% Theory and 70% of Practice/Demonstration/Learning from LIVE situations that are happening in the here and now. Our focus is very much on the Embodied aspect of ‘Nonviolent Communication’, so be ready to dive.

Assistants: We will have assistants accompanying us during this course. They’ve already completed the Basic, Intermediate, Advanced and Year Courses with us and some are engaged in their steps toward teaching/sharing NVC.

When:
14–15 November 2026
Each day, 10:00–18:00

Where:
Address: Kappeli-Saal, Schule Kappeli Primar
Badenerstrasse 618, 8048
Zürich

10:00-18:00
With a 15-minute break every 1.5 hours, and a 1-hour-15-minute lunch break at 13:30.

For more information:
Lucie:  lucie@interbeing.ch

Choice between CHF 350 – CHF 700 (or between € 380 – € 760)

→  The choice of fees depends on your income and free will. The idea behind a sliding scale is that we all have different current financial situations, and we like to be flexible so that your financial contribution fits your financial situation as well as your personal wish to support us.

→ When paid by a business, it is the highest fee on the scale

We wouldn’t want money to prevent anyone from learning NVC! We see money as a strategy to care for the sustainability of our giving. It’s important for us to have a sense of mutual contribution. ‘Receiving’ supports us in meeting our practical stability (money), as well as supports us emotionally to be in balance and keep our hearts open to more giving. While we stand firmly for our need of mutual contribution, we’re flexible about possible strategies on how to meet this need. Money is our preferred strategy, as it’s easy for us to transfer it to the exact things that contribute to us. That being said, if the amount we ask would prevent you from joining, we can offer the following:
1. If you’re coming from a country where the income/currency is lower than the prices in euros, we’re open to finding a price that makes sense and keeps hearts open.
2. If you’re currently having a challenging period financially, you can pay us at a later date when your finances are better. Sometimes people even pay us a few years later.
3. We’re open to brainstorming other ways you can contribute to us, though it’s not always easy to find things that both you would enjoy contributing and that would actually be contributing to us.

To book your place, simply follow the 3 steps below. If you have any questions please contact us at:
lucie@interbeing.ch

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