Purley Baptist Church : Positive Life Courses

Positive Life Courses - Unlocking Potential

Our Positive Life courses are short, supportive sessions designed to build confidence and strengthen everyday life skills. Each one offers practical tools and insights around well-being, health, relationships, and work. It’s a safe, friendly space to explore real-life challenges, discover new possibilities, and take steps toward positive change at your own pace.

Everyone’s welcome and it’s all FREE

Sessions take place at Purley Baptist Church: Mondays 7:30–9:30pm or Wednesdays 10:00am–12:00noon.
Browse the course descriptions below or click a title for a quick summary.

The series of Positive Life Courses

WELLBEING COURSES #1 Boosting Life Skills: An Introduction #2 Boosting 7 Highly Effective Characteristics	HEALTH COURSES #6 Boosting the Benefits of Sleep #7 Eating & Drinking for Health
RELATIONSHIP SKILLS COURSES #3 Boosting Relationship Skills #4 Boosting Highly Effective Relationship Characteristics #5 Handling Conflict & Difficult People	WORK SKILLS COURSES #8 Professional Writing #9 Presenting for High Impact #10 Meeting Management #11 One Minute Praising & Redirecting #12 Deadline Management & Progress Tracking

#3 Boosting Relationship Skills: How to understand people and establish a strong connection

Course dates: Mondays 7.15-9.15pm, 7 weeks: 2025 April: 14,28 May: 12 June: 2, 23, 30 July: 7

This course is all about helping you connect better with the people in your life. Whether it’s friendships, family, work relationships or romantic ones, we’ll look at 20 key skills that can really make a difference in how we relate to others. It’s practical, down-to-earth, and designed to help you build stronger, healthier connections, because good relationships are such a big part of our mental health and wellbeing.

📘 Check out the full Course Syllabus for details.
📞 To sign up or find out more, get in touch with Nick Waters or contact the Church Office.

#4 Boosting Highly Effective Relationship Characteristics

Course dates: Mondays 7:15 -9:15pm | Sept: 29, Oct 13, 20, 27, 27 ( 4 sessions)

Become a More Effective Relationship Builder

This course is all about learning how to build strong, healthy relationships with all kinds of people. We’ll look at how to grow the qualities that make relationships thrive, improve your listening skills, and understand how different personality styles shape the way we connect.

📘 Check out the full Course Syllabus for details.
📞 To sign up or find out more, get in touch with Nick Waters or contact the Church Office.

#5 Handling Conflict & Difficult People

Course dates: Wednesdays 10am-12pm: 2025 Nov: 5, 12, 19, 26 (4 sessions)

We all face tricky people and tough conversations from time to time. This course gives you practical tools to deal with conflict in a healthier way—whether at home, work, or anywhere in between.

We’ll explore how to:

defuse tension and de-escalate conflict
restore and rebuild broken relationships
respond wisely to anger and understand 21 common “difficult” behaviour types

📘 Check out the full Course Syllabus for details.
📞 To sign up or find out more, get in touch with Nick Waters or contact the Church Office.

#6 Boosting the Benefits of Sleep

Course dates: Wednesdays 10am -12noon - Dec 2025 3rd & 10 (2 week course)

How to get a good night's sleep every night:

Good sleep ‘hygiene’ & sleep strategies.
Tackling insomnia.
The impact of not getting enough sleep.