“In a gift economy, the more you give, the richer you are.” — Charles Eisenstein

Do you know what your gifts are? What’s the difference between gifts and skills? How can gifts help you find purpose and direction?

If you currently feel “stuck,” discovering your gifts can help you decide what to do – and how. You will also learn some quick ways to identify and appreciate gifts in others – a powerful team and community building skill.

Join us, Befriend Inc and Bruce Anderson from The Core Gift Institute, for this 1-day workshop that will provide you with a foundational understanding of gifts, and help you identify some of your own and others' gifts using five different gift-discovery tools.

Book now to secure your place and we'll see you on Zoom on Thursday 3rd March 2022, 9am - 4pm WST.

If there are no tickets left in your price-range, please contact the organiser nicola@befriend.org.au as additional tickets may be released.

You don't need to bring anything except your curiosity, nor do you need any prior knowledge or experience of Gift Discovery work. We are hosting a Free Introduction to Gifts on Thursday 10th February 2022, 9-10am WST, if you would like to come along to that prior to this workshop, however, this is entirely optional!

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Our Core Gifts Workshop Series

This workshop is one offering in a series of three, all of which are focused on how we, as individuals and communities, discover and use our gifts to live a life of meaning and purpose.

You are welcome to attend one, some, or all three sessions in this series! Please see below for the event links to our other offerings:

- Free Introduction to Gifts | 9am-10am WST, Thursday 10th February on Zoom

A one-hour introduction to the power of gift discovery for uncovering your deeper purpose and supporting more meaningful work and connections throughout your life.

- Become a Master Facilitator and help others discover their gifts! | 9am-4pm WST, Thursday 17th to Friday 18th March on Zoom

This 2-day training and the follow-up activities are designed for you to gain a Master Facilitator Certification in the Core Gift Discovery© process.

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What do we mean by 'gifts'?

Your Core Gift is a unique offering that you have to share with others. It is connected to and strengthened by your life experiences— including your challenges.

Knowing your Core Gift means you can better share it with others, focuses your sense of purpose and well-being, and guides your decision-making. It develops throughout your lifetime, touches all parts of your life, and becomes more impactful each time you face new challenges or give your gifts in service to others. Your core gift cannot be reduced to a skill or a talent - it's something so much more than that, something innate and fundamental within you and only you.

Understanding and using our gifts is both an old and a new idea. Many traditional cultures, wisdom traditions and faiths, centuries old, used specific methods to identify and grow gifts in their members.

Now, modern neuroscience and positive psychology have proven individuals find meaning in their lives and thrive by knowing and giving their gifts. The Core Gift Institute was established as a welcoming place for gaining in-depth information about gift theory, discovery and growth.

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Meet your Hosts

Bruce Anderson, founder of the Core Gift Institute, brings twenty-five years of experience to coaching people from all ages and walks of life who are at change points and want to integrate their gifts into the next part of their path.

Befriend is a non-profit social enterprise based in Perth, Western Australia. Together with local residents, organisations and government, Befriend are helping to spark inclusive, flourishing communities that welcome and celebrate everyone.

This offering is in partnership with The Jeder Institute and the Department of Social Services.

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Testimonials

“There is so much information about gifts from a variety of places—positive psychology, faith traditions, education, community organizing, mythology, and indigenous practice. To have examples and information from so many perspectives really helps to deepen my understanding of and commitment to integrating gifts into all parts of my life.”

- Karol, Educator

"Our society has always told us to follow the collective ideology of doing as we’re told. My Core Gift Interview dissolved that ideology completely and welcomed a new narrative of living in my purpose by listening to my inner voice. It unveiled an inner knowing that I have been carrying for years and solidified that my deepest moment of suffering was also my deepest moment of possibility. I believe to live in one’s purpose is to share your gift, not only for our own joy, but also because it is the only way our world will return back to a state of love and wholeness."

– Valerie, Community Builder

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For more information

If you have any questions about this opportunity, please reach out to Nicola at nicola@befriend.org.au for a friendly conversation!