Understanding the Opposite Sex–A Relationship Study Group

Limited to 20 participants.  Please RSVP by email with Kaliani to attend: <kalianidivine@yahoo.com>.

Want to find out what you don’t know about the differences between the sexes that may be sabotaging your relationships?  Have you always wanted the Secret Decoder Ring to understand women?  Have you been longing for the dictionary and thesaurus for “MENglish?”

Take nine months to transform your understanding of the opposite sex and the way YOU show up in relationship–in every relationship in your life–with romantic partners, parents, siblings, children, co-workers, bosses, clients…the list is endless.

Our group will meet twice a month.  At the first monthly meeting I’ll present a distinction/concept/new perspective from the PAX Programs’ curriculum (http://www.understandmen.com).  We’ll talk it over, ask questions, and figure out how we may apply the distinction in our lives. Then, at the second meeting, we’ll reconvene to discover what we’ve learned, and share how the concept changed the way we relate to others. The discussion deepens with our new-found awareness, and the topics build on one another.

As part of the Community Education outreach of PAX Programs, this support group is offered free of charge.  It’s an inexpensive way to be introduced to many basic PAX distinctions in a safe, small group setting with individual attention.

The full schedule of dates is posted below.  We’ll meet between June 2010 and March 2011.

Is it time to birth a new way to be in relationship in your life?  Is it time to learn how to create healthy, fulfilling and meaningful relationships with yourself and others? Do you want to understand yourself better? Do you wish you had more patience and compassion for others? This is the group for you.

You may join us at any time.  Should you miss a meeting, don’t worry, there will be recordings posted online that you can listen to, so that you can “catch up”.

Topics will include:

How men and women literally see the world differently;

How our listening styles are different; New listening strategies;

The provider and the supporter, How our assessment of ‘the bigger’ and ‘the stronger’ influences behavior;

Our different reactions to feelings and opinions;

The effects of appreciation and criticism;

The effects of attraction and chemistry;

Pitfalls of objectification;

Creating safety for men and women;

What “love”, “support”, “respect”, and “affection” look like to men and women; What each provides for us and our partners.

Here are the dates we’ll be meeting.  Remember the first date is a TEACHING meeting; the second is a DISCUSSION meeting.  You may join the group at any time. The classes run from 7:30 to 10 p.m., at Casa Kaliani.  Please RSVP for address and directions (see above).

June 15 & 29

July 13 & 27

August 10 & 24

Sept. 14 & 28

Oct. 12 & 26

Nov. 16 & 30

Dec. 7

Jan. 11 & 25, 2011

Feb. 8 & 22

Mar. 8 & 22

If you are unfamiliar with PAX Programs and the work of Alison Armstrong, here are some links:

To watch Alison talk about “The Two Important Questions That Can Save Your Partnership,” click on the link below or copy and paste it into your web browser:

http://abclocal.go.com/kgo/story?section+view_from_the_bay/sex_relationships&id=6811339. 

The segment title is “The Key to Understanding Men.”  There are also many segments of Alison teaching posted on YouTube.  For further information, please visit the PAX Programs website at http://www.understandmen.com.

PAX’s Mission Statement:

“PAX is passionate about altering our society’s culture by transforming the way women relate to men.  We provide extraordinary information with which women can profoundly affect their relationships with men of all ages and in all circumstances.  We are dedicated to having this priceless information in the hearts and minds of one million women.  We intend to accomplish this with fun, integrity, courage and in partnership with both masculine and feminine forms of power.”