REAL Foundations

REAL (Relational & Emotional Agility Leadership)

What is REAL?

The REAL (Relational and Emotional Agility Leadership) Program, as a function of our wrap-around support, is crafted to enhance the entire post-secondary journey, connecting students meaningfully with peers while unveiling personal strengths that go beyond the classroom.

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Step #1: REAL Foundations

A three-day experience exclusive to the Beedie Luminaries community.

Over the course of the three days, you will improve your communication and relationship-building skills while learning to navigate challenging conversations with curiosity & openness. Together, we explore models that look at managing stress and external pressure. You will develop a deeper awareness of group dynamics and emotional literacy.

During this time, you will uncover personal strengths and learn to give and receive meaningful feedback from your peers. Upon completion, you will be practiced in perspective-taking & relational leadership.

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Step #2: REAL Teams

A small, committed community within the Beedie Luminaries program, meeting throughout the semester to support and hold each other accountable.

Over the course of the semester, you will choose a goal that matters most to you — social, personal, or academic — and explore it alongside 6-10 fellow Luminaries. Together, we engage with additional activities and models that deepen personal and social awareness. You will navigate challenges as they arise, using team meetings as a space to share openly and ask for feedback from peers who understand the journey.

During this time, you will practice showing up authentically in an atmosphere of empathy, honesty, reliability, and connection. Upon completion, you will be grounded in a sense of community, accountability, and self-awareness — supported by people who know you and are invested in your growth.

HOW DOES IT WORK?

Over the course of the three days, you will improve your communication and relationship-building skills while learning to navigate challenging conversations with curiosity & openness. Together, we explore models that look at managing stress and external pressure. You will develop a deeper awareness of group dynamics and emotional literacy.

During this time, you will uncover personal strengths and learn to give and receive meaningful feedback from your peers. Upon completion, you will be practiced in perspective-taking & relational leadership.

Intro to REAL Community

Our opening session sets the tone for an engaging and meaningful experience. We collaboratively establish community guidelines that shape a respectful, supportive space.

Through structured icebreakers, students connect with one another and begin building trust. The session concludes with a guided discussion where participants identify the topics, challenges, and successes most relevant to their relationships and personal lives—helping to shape the direction of future conversations.

Exploring a Map of the Self

You will learn the Haven Selves Model, which looks at our ideal self vs our actual self, the self-critic cycle, the process of striving and the challenging behaviours that go along with it, as well as the self-compassion process and making new choices.

Uncovering Motivations & Yearnings

Learn how to use the Satir Personal Iceberg model to explore the motivators underneath some of their behaviours, while examining yearnings, expectations, beliefs, feelings, feelings about feelings, coping and behaviours.

Examining Communication Styles

The group explores different reasons for and styles of communication. They discuss direct vs indirect communication as well as vulnerable vs protective communication. Students examine their need for connection and defences/behaviours that may help or hinder them.

Identifying Social Patterns

Identify their patterns of reacting vs responding, explore congruency, and the four Satir coping styles we often adopt when we’re uncomfortable.

Practicing Group Feedback

To conclude the training, students engage in a feedback process with each other to reflect on their time together and the changes they have experienced.