Enhancing Connection:
A Nervous System Approach

A live, 2-day intensive course to help you shift from disconnection to deeper connection.

Understand the role your nervous system plays in every relationship.

If you’ve ever asked yourself...

“Why does it feel so hard when I care so much about someone?”


“Why do we keep having the same fight?”


“Why do I shut down when things get tense at work?”

You're not alone. So many of us struggle to feel connected in our closest relationships at work and home — not because we don’t love or try hard enough, but because we don’t understand the deeper, unseen forces that shape how we relate.


This course offers a powerful lens: your nervous system.


When we learn how to work with it, not against it, everything begins to shift.

The Invitation

Join me, Dr. Jeffrey Rutstein, trauma specialist and clinical psychologist, for this gentle, eye-opening workshop that helps you:

  • Understand what’s really happening beneath disconnection, miscommunication, and conflict

  • Build the tools to return to connection—even when things feel hard

Feel more empowered, hopeful, and clear in your relationships

This isn’t just about communication skills.

It’s about healing the root patterns of nervous system dysregulation that silently erode connection—and learning how to create more trust, resilience, and closeness with the people who matter most.

What You’ll Learn

How your nervous system responds to relational stress (fight, flight, freeze, and shutdown)

The role of trauma, family dynamics, and personal history in shaping how you relate

Practical ways to recognize your triggers and shift into connection

How to stay grounded and open, even when the other person isn't

How to bring more compassion, flexibility, and choice into every relationship

  • Jeffrey has an extraordinarily calming voice and a warm, grounded presence. People go deep in his care and feel safe to discover what has been buried. Accepting, insightful, and funny, he is a truly gifted teacher whose presence is a healing space.

     - Tami Simon, Founder, Sounds True

  • Dr. Rutstein brings a quiet depth and seasoned wisdom to the field of healing. With decades of experience and a presence shaped by mindfulness and compassion, he teaches with both gentleness and clarity. His presence is a refuge, his guidance one of reverence and restoration – a hand for those seeking a more grounded and integrated life.

    – Ruth King, author, Mindful of Race: Transforming Racism from the Inside Out

  • Jeffrey Rutstein brings a rare and remarkable combination of focus and freshness to his teaching. He brings passion and intelligence to his topics, which he extends to his students with a seriousness of purpose, warmth, and humor.

    - Dorrie C., participant

  • Jeffrey Rutstein’s teaching style and approach are truly transformative. From the moment you engage with him, he embodies the principles he teaches, helping to regulate and guide you in real time. I’ve seen people come in unsure, disconnected, or struggling, and over time—through Jeffrey’s skillful presence—they begin to find themselves, and to access strength and regulation that they didn’t know was possible. He has an incredible capacity to be a healing presence, hold space, listen deeply, and provide insightful reflections that guide you to your next steps. Unlike much of the content out there that promises change but doesn’t deliver, Jeffrey’s work genuinely fosters lasting transformation. I can’t recommend Jeffrey enough for anyone looking to understand and transform their relationship with themselves. His teachings are a journey that truly helps you become the person you want to be.

    - Steve Lessard, Program Director, The Healing Trauma Program

  • I have learned more about myself, my life, and my healing from Dr Rutstein than any other teacher. His programs and teachings have been life-changing and transformational for me. His teachings, offered with a combination of deep wisdom and experience, care, compassion, humor, and insight, are a rare and precious gift. His presence and grounded steadiness create a safety to learn and grow truly. I have recommended his teachings to all of my friends and family. Anyone who checked him out on my recommendation has returned to thank me. If you want to grow into your full potential as a human being, to deepen your connection with yourself and with others, to live a more balanced and free life, especially if you have experienced trauma, you will be glad you have a chance to learn, grow, and heal with him. I wholeheartedly, and without any reservation, recommend him to you.

    - Richard W., satisfied student

Who It’s For

This course is for you if:

  • You feel distant or disconnected from someone you care about

  • You’re stuck in looping conflicts or tense communication patterns

  • You long for emotional intimacy but don’t know how to get there

  • You want to feel more secure and empowered in how you relate to others

  • You’re in a relationship where only one person is doing the work—and you wish that could change

  • You keep finding yourself in the same relationship struggles

Whether you’re navigating challenges with a partner, family member, friend, or colleague, this course gives you a powerful new understanding—and the tools to make meaningful change.

Course Schedule

Session 1: Why Connection Gets Hard - Sunday, June 29th, 11 am to 2 pm ET

Integration Period - 14 days between sessions to apply the material from Session 1 to your life

Session 2: How to Create Connection that Lasts - Sunday, July 13th, 11 am to 2 pm ET

What’s Included

✅ Interactive Live Online Workshop with Dr. Rutstein (2 days, 3 hours/day)

✅ 6 Hours of Insightful Teachings and Practical Tools

✅ Reflection Prompts Between Sessions

✅ Interactive Q&A with Dr. Jeffrey Rutstein

✅ Learn with a Worldwide Community

✅ 1-Year Access to Recordings

You don’t have to stay stuck in the same patterns.

With greater understanding and the right tools, healing is possible!