VIRTUAL You Never Listen!

Leader: Jeanne Childs, Board-Certified Geriatric Chaplin

Tuesdays, April 7th to May 26th, 2026 (8 Sessions)

Humans yearn to be heard and understood. Yet, though we can speak, we may not know how to communicate skillfully. We may blunder around blindsided by arguments and cantankerous relationships that distress us … for days, months, or years! This distress pumps too much cortisol and adrenaline (stress hormones) through our bodies and can contribute significantly to many chronic conditions, i.e. heart disease, diabetes, high blood pressure, high susceptibility to illness. It also creates much needless emotional upset, estrangement and loneliness. We can do much to fix all that by developing skillful communication skills and good nurturing relationships. This course aims to develop these skills and enhance the health and happiness of the participants.

In this 8-week course ….

• learn how to navigate difficult emotions
• find out how to communicate and meet your own needs while respecting others
• practice making positive requests
• explore the art of successful negotiation
• try “re-dos” and “time-outs”
• experience the joy of more positive, smooth, nurturing relationships

The Zoom link will be sent one hour before the program begins.

Jeanne Childs is a Board-Certified Clinical Geriatric Chaplain. She served in that capacity at the D-H Aging Resource Center since it’s beginning until 2018 when she retired. She continues to teach “health and the human spirit courses and lead support groups for the Aging Resource Center (Lebanon NH) and at the Bugbee Senior Center (White River Jct. VT). Her work concentrates on helping seniors build the awareness, motivation and skills to keep themselves and their relationships healthy, positive and effective.