CONNECTED

Relationships can be challenging. Yet our relationship with ourselves – and one another – is all we truly have in this life.

Without a doubt, the greatest challenge is how we communicate with one another.

As women, how do we stay true to ourselves in a relationship and not give ourselves away?

How do we express our deepest emotions and vulnerability when we’re met with resistance, or a desire to “fix” us?

How do we find the courage to ask for what we want, especially in bed?

As men, how do you genuinely connect with a woman?

How do you make sure you say the right thing so that you don’t cause problems or get shut down?

How do you relate with a woman who’s strong and powerful in ways that allow you to still feel like a man?

How, as women and men, can we keep choosing one another, with kindness and love, over and over again?

How can we connect in ways that create a truly satisfying relationship: heart, body and soul?

We all want to feel safe, and we all want to love and be loved.

It’s time to get down to the business of communicating well so that we can move closer to one another, rather than further apart.

It’s time to reconnect with what truly matters.

It’s time to get CONNECTED…

Working with Tricia and the women was a powerful experience for me. A very safe container was created and held for us to open up and step into vulnerability, sharing in a way that I hadn’t before, and feeling very much seen and heard at a deep level. I felt a deep sense of compassion for and from women, which was very healing for me, and I believe everyone there. It was an honour to be part of a beautiful new way of seeing one another. Tricia is a brilliant facilitator and having an amazing impact on women and men alike. I’m very grateful for the experience!

John Holdway, UK

* Please note: All testimonials on this page are not from this specific program, but retreats and other programs I’ve run for women and groups of men and women

Is CONNECTED for you?

CONNECTED is for you if:

You long for genuine connection
You’re in a relationship and it feels stale or as though you’re simply co-existing, or you have trouble dealing with conflict, or you feel like you’re the one who’s always leading the way, or you’d love more intimacy and more sex. In a nutshell, you know things could be better and you want that
You’re not in a relationship and perhaps would love to be, and the idea of being able to connect with the opposite sex in ways that offer truth and depth and support excites you. Perhaps too you want to be better prepared for your next relationship, knowing that if you can approach it differently from last time it will set you up for the kind of partnership you’re longing for
You understand that learning new communication skills would make all your relationships – intimate or otherwise – easier and more satisfying
There’s resentment lurking in your current relationship or hanging around from past relationships, and you’re ready and willing for healing and to clean the slate so you feel lighter and freer – and be more loving
You’ve been in sacred space with other women or men, or would love to experience it, sharing truthfully and being heard, witnessed and lovingly received by the opposite sex. And you’d love to know what’s possible for relationships
A part of you has given up on the possibility of having the kind of relationship you know, if you’re honest with yourself, you’d love, and you’re ready to dip your toe in the water to discover what’s possible
You love the idea of getting involved in a program from the comfort of your own home and experiencing genuine connection between other men and women in a kind and supportive community
The idea of doing this terrifies you a bit! That’s perfect, it means it’s stirring something inside you that truly matters to you

You can expect to be challenged, have fun, laugh and cry, learn new tools that are easy yet make a big difference in how you relate with others, have a deeply fulfilling experience, and make beautiful connections and friendships.

There was trust between our group and love and vulnerability and human connection. I’ve discovered a new version of myself and it’s truly wonderful. I trust Tricia and she made us all feel safe. I’ll never forget this experience, and it keeps sustaining me in my life.

Michelle Kneebone, Australia

I attended one of Tricia’s retreats with a group of men to connect with the women at an authentic level. Tricia facilitated the event with such gentle, clear and loving space and everyone I spoke with afterwards said they felt so grateful and blessed to be there. I’ve run men’s circles for a number of years now and I know how important ‘safe space’ is and Tricia embodies this quality. I highly recommend her for anyone wanting to explore their inner world and do it with an authentic, loving and committed leader.

Dean Powell, Bali

What’s Included in the CONNECTED Program?

This program is for a small, intimate group, to ensure personal attention for everyone involved. There are a total of 10 spaces only, for five women and five men.

The program covers six modules of learning the most important communication tools for relating.

These will be taught by me in live online sessions/circles on Zoom – one session for women, and one session for men. In these sessions we’ll focus on your relationship with yourself, first and foremost, what you take into your relationships, and how to communicate in ways that allow you to genuinely connect.

Then we’ll come together as a mixed group in a sacred circle to share openly and honestly about these topics and our own experiences in relationships. Everyone will have the opportunity to speak their truth and be heard by the group.

This is a profoundly healing thing to do. You can expect to be truly heard without judgment, and experience news levels of understanding and compassion for other women and men. There’ll be a level of truth telling you likely haven’t encountered before.

You’ll attend two live online sessions/circles each month – a total of 12 in our six months together, that will run from 60-90 minutes. These will happen fortnightly.

We’ll cover six modules – one a month – together:

One & Two – Emotions

Being able to express what we feel is essential for truly satisfying relationships. Yet we can feel so vulnerable and worry that we’ll be judged, rejected or labelled “difficult”.

Women are terrified of being called “crazy” or shut down for showing their inner wildness, anger or rage. Men often aren’t comfortable with emotions because they’ve been conditioned to believe that emotions are a sign of weakness and not acceptable.

There’s a healthy way to express emotions, and there’s a way to be able to hold space for someone when they’re sharing what they feel.

That’s what you’ll learn in this module, as well as how to own and get comfortable with your own emotions, so that you’re not unnecessarily triggered by a partner’s behaviour.

We’ll cover conflict and how to deal with it when you’re in the eye of the storm.

We’ll also work on encouraging your partner’s self-expression. If you can do that, and even support it and ask for it, you’ll be an amazing partner and lover. If self-expression is stifled or threatened, or you punish your partner for it, your relationship won’t last – whether it takes a few months or more than 20 years for it to fall apart.

Three – Forgiveness

Forgiveness is one of the hardest things to practice when we’re hurt – and essential to keep our love alive.

You’ll learn an easy and beautiful tool for forgiveness that you can use regularly in any of your relationships. You’ll have the opportunity to practice this in our groups, to clear out old hurts and resentments and make way for more inner peace and love.

No-one can afford not to know how to practice forgiveness in a relationship.

Four – Listening

When someone truly listens to us we feel like the most important and loved person in the world. Yet listening done well is a skill we all need to learn, and that’s sorely lacking in most relationships.

It’s a frequent complaint of women that men don’t listen, but many men say the same thing too.

You’ll learn how to be the kind of listener who’ll open someone’s heart to you. That’s what you want, right?

Five – Sensuality & Sex

There’s a divide between what women and men want, and what we think one another want. Women tend to not speak up and ask for what they want for fear of hurting a man’s ego. They also have shame around owning and expressing their pleasure. This makes for a sexual relationship that isn’t based on truth.

Men tend to think they need to ‘perform’ or ‘achieve’ to make a woman happy in bed. They also have shame around expressing their desires.

We’ll get real about what women and men feel and want, and how to best communicate that to make for a more loving and juicier sexual connection.

Six – Devotion

This isn’t much talked about, and it needs to be. Most of us don’t understand what true devotion is in a relationship, and it’s imperative for the type of connection we say we want.

Devotion is most often associated with religious experience or spirituality, as we devote to a “higher source”.

We’ll explore what devotion is in a relationship and how to express it, so we can choose to move past petty and niggling issues and stay connected to the truth of our love.

Our Schedule

The women will meet fortnightly as a separate group on Tuesdays at 7pm (AEST). The men will meet as a separate group straight after, on Tuesdays at 8.15pm (AEST).

Our mixed group will meet together monthly on Tuesdays, a week later, at 7pm (AEST).

This means we’ll have a weekly session together, a total of 12 in three months.

All calls will be recorded in case you miss a session – AND, I ask that you please ensure you’re available for ALL the live sessions, to ensure the integrity of the group. Please commit to this. It matters.

This is our schedule:

Session 1 – Wednesday April 8, 2020