Dr. Birgit Trauer

How prepared are you to succeed in the world of relationships?

How skilful are you in navigating relationship challenges?

How fit are you to enjoy heart to heart connections? 

Come and join me and strengthen your relational capacity.

Dare to Care and Connect

 

Develop Your Relational CORE Fitness

Elevate your awareness and understanding of your relationship aspirations and dynamics.

Re-ignite your excitement and capacity to contribute to a shared sense of love and care.

Get to know yourself anew as an individual and as partof life’s old and new relationships.

Get in touch with your thoughts, emotions, and unconscious and unquestioned behaviour patterns.

Develop your relationship skills to be a champion and successful leader in all your relational spheres.

Generate a butterfly effect for individual, relational, and collective wellbeing and a culture of peace..

Relational CORE FitnessFoundational Courses

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RELATIONAL INTELLIGENCE FITNESS Insight Matters for Clarity and Connection

Relational CORE Fitness -Foundational Courses
Course highlights
  • Explore mindfulness through a relational lens.
    Shift your focus from individualistic thinking to relationship thinking — where mutuality and connection shape awareness and growth.

    Map the diversity of your relationships.
    Discover where each one fits and how it nourishes your daily life — from family and intimate bonds to friendships, teams, and communities.

  • Expand your definition of love.
    Move beyond romantic ideals and explore the many ways love is expressed and experienced across different life contexts. Discover how love shows up in friendship, family, community, and the everyday moments that connect us.

    Reframe intimacy as “into-me-see.”
    View intimacy as a window into authentic connection — where curiosity, courage, and vulnerability meet. Explore the diverse kinds of intimacy and how each one enriches your relationships and emotional fitness.

  • Flex your wise mind.
    Recognize the subtle relational dynamics at play and learn to spot the signs of healthy — and unhealthy — connection. Strengthen your relational awareness as part of your emotional and communication fitness practice.

    Explore your self-esteem and behaviour patterns.
    Uncover how unconscious habits shape your romantic and platonic relationships. Discover the powerful link between self-awareness, emotional regulation, and the quality of your relational fitness.

  • Remember love and kindness.
    Value boundaries as bridges — not barriers — that help you connect with care and protect what matters most. Nurture a healthy relational biosphere where respect and empathy can thrive.

    Strengthen your relational core.
    Integrate proven strategies that build emotional strength and foster authentic, mutually nourishing relationships. Keep your heart open, your mind flexible, and your connections grounded in conscious love.

RELATIONAL INTELLIGENCE FITNESS – Insight Matters for Clarity and Connection

Relational CORE Fitness -Foundational Courses
Course highlights
  • Explore mindfulness through a relational lens.
    Shift your focus from individualistic thinking to relationship thinking — where mutuality and connection shape awareness and growth.

    Map the diversity of your relationships.
    Discover where each one fits and how it nourishes your daily life — from family and intimate bonds to friendships, teams, and communities.

  • Expand your definition of love.
    Move beyond romantic ideals and explore the many ways love is expressed and experienced across different life contexts. Discover how love shows up in friendship, family, community, and the everyday moments that connect us.

    Reframe intimacy as “into-me-see.”
    View intimacy as a window into authentic connection — where curiosity, courage, and vulnerability meet. Explore the diverse kinds of intimacy and how each one enriches your relationships and emotional fitness.

  • Flex your wise mind.
    Recognize the subtle relational dynamics at play and learn to spot the signs of healthy — and unhealthy — connection. Strengthen your relational awareness as part of your emotional and communication fitness practice.

    Explore your self-esteem and behaviour patterns.
    Uncover how unconscious habits shape your romantic and platonic relationships. Discover the powerful link between self-awareness, emotional regulation, and the quality of your relational fitness.

  • Remember love and kindness.
    Value boundaries as bridges — not barriers — that help you connect with care and protect what matters most. Nurture a healthy relational biosphere where respect and empathy can thrive.

    Strengthen your relational core.
    Integrate proven strategies that build emotional strength and foster authentic, mutually nourishing relationships. Keep your heart open, your mind flexible, and your connections grounded in conscious love.

EMOTIONAL EMPOWERMENT FITNESS Feelings Matter for Love and Care

Relational CORE Fitness -Foundational Courses
  • Emotional know-how to feel empowered and alive. Elevate your emotional insight and skills and feel confident in all your relationships.

    Expand your emotional vocabulary. Strengthen your emotional capacity to connect with greater mindfulness and intention.

  • Explore the emotional experience cycle. Discover how reflection and awareness shape your emotional energy and relational fitness.

    Uncover the emotions- needs-values relationship. Create the emotional blueprint that powers understanding, empathy, and connection.

  • Exercise your emotional empowerment fitness . Raise your awareness of your triggers and glimmers to stay grounded in connection and love.

    Tap into your empathy power. Shape your natural capacity to nurture meaningful connections and relationship dynamics.

  • Grow your emotional empowerment through courage. Discover how to adapt and face life’s challenges and joy with self-compassion and optimism.

    Reframe setbacks as opportunities. Practice gratitude and strengthen your capacity to bounce back with confidence and care.

COMMUNICATION INTELLIGENCE FITNESS Language Matters for Understanding and Empathy

Relational CORE Fitness -Foundational Courses
  • Conscious communication fitness grounding
    Discover why language matters in strengthening understanding and empathy in our relationships at home, at work, and in the world.

    Practice Conscious Communication Fitness Every Day
    Explore simple practices — from mindful pauses to active listening — that help you express yourself clearly and respond with empathy and integrity.

  • Differentiate between assertive, passive, and aggressive verbal and non-verbal communication styles.

    Build a new language of human experience, expressing needs and wants and personal boundaries with compassion and confidence.

  • Learn to mindfully notice and track tone, tension, and triggers in conversations and draw on soothing communication strategies.

    Shape your verbal and nonverbal communications style to more effectively influence your own stories and others to connect authentically heart to heart.

  • Reframe conflict from a problem to an opportunity – to connect and protect – your personal and your personal growth, relational health, and wellbeing.

    Develop your personal communication fitness plan, including your winning boundary strategies to build bridges and nurture healthy nourishing relationships.

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Relational CORE Fitness – What it is

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Relational CORE Fitness – Its Benefits

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