Switchboard Victoria: Celebrating 25 years of courageous conversations.
For 20 years, Melbourne-based psychotherapist Carol-Ann Allen has helped individuals and families find the courage to speak again. Following on from her moving Midsumma talk last year, Making Peace With Your Parents, Carol-Ann takes up the subject: How to begin a courageous conversation.Some of the most important conversations in our lives never happen. Perhaps we've waited too long, or stayed too frightened. Or we've adjusted to the rules of what should or should not be spoken - in our families, our relationships, our workplaces, even among friends. Perhaps we even believe it's up to someone else to break the silence that we ourselves maintain.
Talking can feel like too big a risk. Yet when we remain silent, over time we diminish our presence and influence in the relationships that may matter to us most. In effect, we are choosing to disappear.
Where: Magnet, Lvl 2, 640 Bourke St, Melbourne 3000
Cost: Free
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Midsumma Festival Courageous Conversations
Website: https://midsumma.org.au/k2event/courageous-conv
Proudly sponsored by Switchboard Victoria and the Victorian Government. Celebrating 25 years of courageous conversations with the LGBTIQ community.