Our Workshops
Trauma-Informed Conversations for Healthier Relationships and Safer Communities
We offer trauma-informed workshops that create space for honest dialogue, reflection, and learning.
This work supports individuals and communities in strengthening relationships, improving communication, and addressing the root causes of gender-based, intimate partner, and family violence.
Our approach is grounded in lived experience and shaped by an understanding of trauma, disconnection, and the lasting impacts of colonial history.
We partner with organizations, Indigenous communities, and groups across the North to support healing, strengthen relationships, and contribute to ongoing efforts toward reconciliation and community well-being.
These workshops are not just about addressing challenges—they are also about prevention, helping people build the awareness and skills needed to create healthier ways of relating moving forward.
Each session is adapted to the needs of your community and can be delivered in-person or virtually.
A Facilitated Approach
These workshops are led by Dr. Lovingson Mtongwiza, whose work is shaped by both lived experience and years of community engagement across the North.
His approach focuses on creating spaces where people feel safe enough to engage, reflect, and participate honestly—without pressure, but also without avoiding the conversations that matter.
This is not about delivering information.
It is about creating the conditions for meaningful conversation, understanding, and change.
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⭐ Signature Workshop
Laughter as Medicine: Humour, Masculinity & Healthy Connection
This signature workshop uses humour and storytelling to engage men and boys in conversations that are often difficult to have.
Participants explore how humour shapes relationships and community culture, and learn to recognize the difference between humour that builds connection and humour that causes harm.
The workshop creates an accessible and respectful space for reflection, learning, and growth—meeting participants where they are while opening the door to deeper conversation.
Outcomes:
Increased awareness of how humour impacts relationships and community dynamics
Tools to use humour in ways that build trust, respect, and connection
Greater openness to emotional conversations among men and boys
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Emotional Regulation & Communication
Support participants in understanding their emotions and responding in healthier, more intentional ways.
This workshop creates space to explore how emotions are experienced in the body and expressed in relationships. Many people have not been given the tools to understand or manage their emotional responses, especially in high-stress or conflict situations. Through guided discussion and practical examples, participants begin to recognize patterns, build awareness, and develop more grounded ways of communicating.
The focus is not on perfection, but on building the capacity to pause, reflect, and respond with intention rather than reaction.
Focus areas:
Understanding emotional triggers
Managing reactions in high-stress situations
Healthy communication and conflict resolution
Outcomes:
Improved communication skills
Reduced conflict and reactive behaviour
Greater emotional awareness
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Healthy Relationships, Forgiveness & Reconciliation
Explore what it means to build safe, respectful, and balanced relationships within families and communities.
This workshop invites participants to reflect on how relationships are shaped by past experiences, learned behaviours, and community dynamics. It creates space to examine patterns of harm, accountability, and the possibility of rebuilding trust. Conversations around forgiveness and reconciliation are approached with care—acknowledging that healing is a process, not a demand.
Participants are supported in understanding how respect, boundaries, and responsibility contribute to stronger, healthier relationships over time.
Focus areas:
Boundaries and mutual respect
Accountability, forgiveness, and rebuilding trust
Recognizing patterns and cycles of harm
Outcomes:
Stronger understanding of healthy relationships
Tools for rebuilding trust and connection
Increased capacity for forgiveness and reconciliation
4
Men & Boys: Emotional Education & Identity
Create space for honest conversations with men and boys about masculinity, identity, and emotional awareness.
This workshop opens up dialogue around the expectations placed on men and boys, and how those expectations can shape behaviour, relationships, and emotional expression. Many participants have not had opportunities to explore these topics in a safe and respectful environment.
Through conversation, storytelling, and reflection, this session encourages participants to rethink what strength, responsibility, and connection can look like. It supports men and boys in building a healthier relationship with themselves and others.
Focus areas:
Emotional literacy for men and boys
Rethinking masculinity and responsibility
Building healthy relationship skills
Outcomes:
Increased emotional awareness
Healthier expressions of masculinity
Reduced harmful behaviours and patterns
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Gender-Based Violence Awareness & Prevention
Support communities and organizations in understanding and addressing the roots of violence.
This workshop goes beyond awareness to explore the underlying factors that contribute to gender-based and family violence. It creates space for honest, respectful conversations about how harm develops, how it is sustained, and how it can be prevented.
Participants are encouraged to reflect on their roles within families, organizations, and communities, and how collective responsibility plays a part in creating safer environments. The approach balances clarity with care—ensuring the topic is addressed without overwhelming or shutting people down.
Focus areas:
Recognizing warning signs and patterns
Understanding contributing factors
Prevention, early intervention, and shared responsibility
Outcomes:
Increased awareness and prevention strategies
Stronger capacity for early intervention
Safer environments for individuals and families
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Community Healing, Connection & Reconciliation
Support stronger relationships and trust within communities through respectful and trauma-informed engagement.
This workshop focuses on rebuilding connection in spaces where trust may have been impacted by past harm, disconnection, or systemic challenges. It recognizes that healing is not a single event, but an ongoing process that involves listening, understanding, and relationship-building.
Participants are invited into dialogue that honours lived experience, culture, and community knowledge. The goal is to create space for conversations that support healing while strengthening the relationships that sustain communities over time.
Focus areas:
Trauma-informed communication
Cultural awareness and sensitivity
Rebuilding trust and strengthening relationships
Outcomes:
Stronger community relationships
Increased empathy and understanding
Safer spaces for dialogue, healing, and reconciliation
Our Approach:
Grounded, Respectful, and Trauma-Informed
Our work is grounded in lived experience and a trauma-informed approach.
We recognize the impact of:
Colonial history
Cultural identity
Personal and intergenerational experiences
These realities shape how people communicate, relate, and engage.
We create respectful and inclusive spaces where participants can:
Engage at their own pace
Reflect on their experiences
Build practical skills that support healthier relationships
Our goal is not just awareness—but meaningful, lasting change.
Our Delivery Options
Flexible to Meet Your Needs
Workshops can be delivered in formats that work best for your organization or community:
In-person sessions (on-site in your community)
Half-day or full-day workshops
Multi-session programs
Custom workshops tailored to your needs
Bring a Workshop to Your Community
If you are looking to support healthier relationships, strengthen communication, and create safer, more connected spaces, we would be glad to work with you.
This work begins with conversation.
Contact Us
Call or Text Us
867-686-7171
Email
info@truebluecoaching.ca
Location
Based in Yellowknife
Available throughout the NWT