The Art of REPAIR: Foundations for Navigating Conflict

A 4-hour experiential workshop

Fulfilling relationships are not defined by the absence of conflict, but by our ability to meet rupture with skill, care, and courage.

This 4-hour workshop offers a focused introduction to the first three steps of the six-step Art of REPAIR process: Resourcing, Empathy, and Permission. These foundational steps set the conditions that make real repair possible. They help us slow down, stay present, and create enough safety to approach difficult conversations without escalation, collapse, or avoidance.

Rather than jumping straight into fixing or explaining, this workshop teaches you how to prepare your nervous system and your relational field so that conversations can unfold with more clarity, mutual understanding, and trust.

* Please note this workshop is the 1st workshop in a series of 2. The second workshop is The Art of REPAIR: Clearing the AIR on May 10th. You do not need to attend the both workshops, however, it is strongly encouraged.

What this workshop is about

• Have you noticed a backlog of unresolved tensions in your relationships?

  
  

• Do hard conversations feel overwhelming or easy to postpone indefinitely?

  
  

• Do you long for more ease, honesty, and connection, but are unsure how to begin?

  
  

This workshop introduces a practical and compassionate roadmap for approaching conflict differently. Drawing from somatics, trauma awareness, neuroscience, and attachment theory, Dr. Hazel-Grace’s Art of REPAIR methodology offers a grounded alternative to blame, shutdown, or power struggles.

Together, we will focus on the essential groundwork that allows repair to happen at all.

In this workshop, you will learn how to:

• Resource yourself during moments of tension
  Learn practical tools to calm your nervous system so you can stay present, oriented, and choiceful rather than reactive or overwhelmed.

  
  

• Cultivate empathy without self-abandonment
  Practice listening in ways that build understanding while staying connected to your own experience, boundaries, and truth.

  
  

• Establish permission and consent for hard conversations
  Learn how to invite dialogue in a way that increases safety and willingness rather than defensiveness or withdrawal.

  
  

This workshop is experiential and skills-based. You will have opportunities to practice what you are learning through guided exercises using lower-intensity, real-life scenarios. The emphasis is on integration, pacing, and building confidence step by step.

This workshop is for you if you:

• Want more ease and confidence around conflict

• Tend to avoid hard conversations or feel flooded by them

• Desire deeper connection with partners, family, or community

• Want skills that support both current and future relationships

• Are single, partnered, monogamous, polyamorous, or somewhere in between

Come solo, with a partner, with friends, or with your polycule. These skills apply to every kind of relationship.

What participants are saying:

Past participants share that The Art of REPAIR gave them a clear, usable framework for moments that once felt overwhelming. They describe walking away with practical tools they could immediately apply in family, work, and intimate relationships. Many note that their confidence grew, their communication softened, and they discovered that conflict could actually create more intimacy instead of distance.

“This is by far one of the best classes I have ever taken in my whole life. I’ve studied for decades and earned multiple degrees, and I can say nothing has impacted the way I relate to others as much as this work.” – Amina

“Before learning this method I was terrified of conflict. I would keep things in and let resentment grow. Now I no longer run from conflict, and I feel equipped to face conversations I used to avoid.”

“I’ve used these tools with my family, my clients, and even my tribal community. They have helped us move through deep ruptures and find greater cohesion. This work is not only practical, it is powerful and healing for entire communities.” – Sherika Tenaya

Participants often leave with:

• Greater nervous system awareness and self-trust

• Clear, usable tools they can apply immediately

• More confidence initiating and staying present in challenging conversations

• A felt sense that conflict does not have to mean disconnection

What participants are saying

Past participants share that The Art of REPAIR gave them a clear, usable framework for moments that once felt overwhelming. Many describe feeling more confident, less reactive, and more capable of meeting conflict as an opportunity for connection rather than rupture.

“This is by far one of the best classes I have ever taken in my whole life. I’ve studied for decades and earned multiple degrees, and nothing has impacted the way I relate
to others as much as this work.” – Amina

“Before learning this method I was terrified of conflict. I would keep things in and let resentment grow. Now I feel equipped to face conversations I used to avoid.”

“I’ve used these tools with my family, my clients, and my community. They’ve helped us move through deep ruptures with more cohesion and care.” – Sherika Tenaya

Want to go deeper?

If you’d like an overview of the full six-step process, check out the 20-minute Art of REPAIR mini-course, where Dr. Hazel-Grace shares the complete framework along with practical insights you can begin using right away.

About Dr. Hazel-Grace Yates

Dr. Hazel-Grace Yates is a relationship and intimacy educator with over 14 years of experience teaching skills that transform conflict into connection. They are the creator of The Art of REPAIR, a six-step methodology that blends somatics, trauma awareness, neuroscience, and attachment theory. Hazel-Grace is known for making complex concepts accessible, grounded, and immediately usable, and has taught workshops, retreats, and trainings nationwide.

Qualifications include: PhD in Human Sexuality, Trauma-Informed Somatic Sex Educator, Certified Sex Coach, Sexological Bodywork Practitioner, Certified Circling Facilitator, Shadow EFT Practitioner in Training, and Queer Competency Certification.