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Don’t Take the (Click) Bait: How to Respond When You’re Triggered Online
The internet doesn’t have to feel like a battleground, and protecting your peace doesn’t have to mean disappearing.
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In this prerecorded workshop, Direct Compassionate Communication Practice Guide Jen Gergen, and her guest, Social Media and Marketing Strategist Melissa Pagnotta explore how we can cultivate not only fortitude and resilience for engaging on social media, but how we may bring empathy to our online interactions.
Many of us are navigating grief, frustration, and fatigue in an increasingly polarized digital landscape. We long for meaningful connection and compassionate dialogue, even when the internet feels like a battleground.
We are overwhelmed. Caught between wanting to speak up and protect our mental health when we witness and/or experience harm. We are longing for meaningful connection and transformation, but also see the limits of our capacity and want to protect our fragile peace.
In this session, we’ll practice what it means to show up with authenticity, curiosity, and care… without abandoning ourselves to “empathy vampires” or taking the bait from trolls and bots.
Who this session is for:
- if you’ve ever felt drained by online conversations or unsure how to maintain your boundaries while still showing up with empathy
- if you’ve ever said “there’s no point going online” or “why try connecting on social media, you aren’t changing minds there” and need some help checking your ableism in that belief
- if you ever engaged with activating digital written communication like texts and emails (not just social media!)
What to expect:
Through the lens of Direct Compassionate Communication (rooted in the principles of Nonviolent Communication), we’ll focus on practices that support self-connection and empathetic (boundaried!) engagement online. You’ll gain tools to navigate social media with confidence, responding from a grounded place rather than reacting from stress, fear, and frustration.
We’ll use real examples (this isn’t just theory!) and interactive exercises to help you embody these practices, offering guidance on how to hold empathy and curiosity for yourself and others
You can care deeply, show up online with integrity, and protect your mental health.
Reminder: at Heal Your Way Forward, resource scarcity is never a barrier to attendance. If you need support, complete this form to request a scholarship.
“Grace for someone’s humanity is not permission for behavior.” ~Jen Gergen
