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“Listening is a lifelong practice we devote ourselves to every day.”
The creation of the Sidewalk Talk Training Programs was a collaborative process of over 40 Sidewalk Talk Listeners, Listening Scholars, and Researchers. Sidewalk Talk founder and relationship and listening expert, Traci Ruble was at the helm driving the creation. All training sessions empower individuals to discover the art of connection and the power of listening.
Listener Training (Pay what you can donation)
Even the most compassionate people can struggle with heart-centered listening. That is if they haven’t learned the skills behind this concept. In partnership with communication experts, the Listener Training program teaches; how to stop judging and fixing everyone else, empowering your friends and strangers alike, crisis intervention, how to listen on the sidewalk, becoming the best listener possible, and much more.
"I have sent some of my corporate coaching clients to take this training. I think it is so good." Julie - Veteran Corporate Trainer and Coach
Wish You Knew Me (By Donation)
Learning to listen across the political, religious, and social differences that threaten to tear us apart is an act of love. Love for one another, and love for our broken, beaten, and battered selves. Participants will learn how to constructively and empathetically talk to others about their beliefs, gaining techniques to empower their conversations with centered listening and deeper understanding.
"My mother and I were having a lot of difficulties talking about politics and it was harming our relationship. We used the conversation guide and it really helped us learn new things about one another and have more respect and understanding for one another's views." Laurie - Yoga Instructor
HEAR Live Group Coaching ($595 - all profits support Sidewalk Talk mission)
HEAR is a course to sharpen your interpersonal and listening skills, but more importantly, it’s a community of people all working towards the shared goal of a more empathetic, hearing, and inclusive world, together. Within this 11-week live group coaching, you will learn; how to truly HEAR others, connecting with others on a deeper level, understanding how emotions impact the body, managing stress and reactivity, setting boundaries when we listen to guard against empathy fatigue, being inclusive, work with our own bias and much more.
“I had the great fortune to join a HEAR by Sidewalk Talk cohort group to learn additional and extremely valuable skills around listening. I learned about What a Top Dog and Underdog is versus the desired centered self. I learned how to name body sensations, keeping compassionate boundaries, our natural bias and the importance of receiving from others. All of these skills will help me listen with more presence, compassion, and respect.” Job well done! -Susan Steinbrecher:President/CEO Steinbrecher And Associates
HEAR Couples Community ($965 - all profits support Sidewalk Talk mission.)
Ever noticed it is easier to listen with care to a total stranger than your partner? You are more normal than you think. We all do this with our partners because different parts of us get stirred up.
Unlike therapy, the HEAR Couples Community is a safe space to just be real, grow, and untangle old patterns with the bonus of humor. For twelve weeks you will feel so relieved to know "oh I am not alone" "other couples struggle too" and "wow I can really shift this" You both get to work with a veteran couples therapist, Traci Ruble, whose going rate for coaching couples is $275 an hour - weekly for 12 weeks. And all you men who are totally turned off by couples therapy, the men who have attended are fans of this process.