SessionSix005

Congruent communication is the primary change agent in the Satir system. Accordingly, it is both a means and an end to quality in relationships, performance, health, and spirituality. Congruent communication arises from your personal and contextual system of validation and esteem, and demonstrates that system to other people. Virginia Satir wrote in The New Peoplemaking (p. 369-370):

I wonder what would happen if suddenly during one night, all five billion persons in the world learned the essentials of congruent living:

To communicate clearly with directness and honesty
To cooperate rather than compete
To empower rather than subjugate
To enhance individual uniqueness rather than categorize
To use authority to guide and accomplish 'what fits' rather than force compliance through the tyranny of power
To love, value, and respect themselves fully
To be personally and socially responsible
To use problems as challenges and opportunities for creative solutions

I think we would wake up in a very different world, a world in which peace is possible.

Participate in this session and learn how to approach congruence, deal with incongruence, and convert incongruence to congruence.

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Updated: Friday, October 20, 2006