wellness &
communication

WELCOME!

WellComm – Wellness and Communication are a central part of both my private and working life. I love sharing the tools I have acquired over the last decades to support you to thrive: physically, emotionally, mentally and spiritually.

  • Do you have ‘Enemy Images’?

    Do you have ‘Enemy Images’?

    … and more importantly, do you want to dissolve them?Let’s start with exploring what I mean by ‘Enemy Image’. It’s the thought that strongly says…

  • Protective Use of Force

    Protective Use of Force

    I am so grateful that NVC entered my life, when our children were still young. Awareness of the difference between protective vs punitive use of…

  • ‘Sorry’ or a Giraffe Apology

    ‘Sorry’ or a Giraffe Apology

    “Say sorry” says the mother to her two year old son, after he accidentally bumped into another kid in the playground. “Sorry” says the boy,…

  • Who is to Blame?

    Who is to Blame?

    How is it possible that our brain is capable of instructing us to finger point at someone else, literally within a split second of an…

Joy-full Parenting
3 October 2025
Pohara, Golden Bay

Compassionate Communication
18 & 19 October 2025
Ruby Bay – Māpua

9-Day International Intensive Training – 3-12 April 2026, Taiwan

On request

Ruby Retreat
On Request
Ruby Bay – Māpua

What People Say

Somehow Irma managed to combine a workshop with complete strangers – into a safe environment for us to be vulnerable, while bringing in humour and strong connection. Not easy?! Thank you with all our heart. We are softer with each other, and are both keen to keep playing and practicing the tools NVC uses and provides.

— Jeanette Aspin, Tasman

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