Joyful Relationships: The Art of Compassionate Communication
Class: Repeats in Spring | Registration opens Monday, January 5, 2026 9:30 AM MST
We all want joyful relationships. Sadly, many of our habitual patterns of communication lead not to deeper connection, but to disconnection. Compassionate communication skills allow us to create and maintain deep, meaningful, and yes, joyful relationships. We also learn how to repair the damage when we inevitably forget our skills and fall back on old habits, how to express our gratitude from the heart, and how to handle our anger and other difficult emotions in ways that preserve connection.
While not required, it is strongly recommended that students purchase Nonviolent Communication: A Language of Life, by Marshall Rosenberg, third edition. It costs about $12.
NO CLASS on Jan. 27 (Utah Tech Make-Up Day)
NO CLASS on March 10 (Spring Break)
Bruce Campbell
Bruce Campbell holds a Doctorate in Political Science (political behavior) studying public choice behavior. Since 2010, he has studied, taught and practiced Compassionate Communication, and has taught Compassionate Communication courses for ICL since 2012. Education: Oberlin College, BA, 1966 and University of Michigan, MA, 1968, PhD, 1971.