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More We-Flow; Evolve Relating sale; Circling Guide 3rd Edition

December 5, 2025 By marc Leave a Comment

In this issue: 

  • Stéphane Segatori & team’s We-Flow is on the move! So much to experience in the next few months, including a number of free taster events.
  • Damien Bohler has an amazing offer: a 6-month course for men, women and couples called Awakened Relating. It starts on Feb. 1st. Furthermore, the pricing is only $1050 under a Black Friday deal until Dec. 8
  • I am launching crowd-funder for a project dear to my heart (and long overdue): A Circling Guide 3rd edition, which is designed as the first Authentic Relating anthology. 

We-Flow is on the move!

Stéphane Segatori & team’s We-Flow is on the move! It’s an action-packed schedule for the next 2 months. To read my earlier article on what makes We-Flow a breakthrough modality in the AR space, click here.

I will be in Amsterdam on Jan. 15–17 for the first weekend of the Stewardship Course! Join me there, or maybe I will see you at some of the events listed below.

Free Tasters (Online — December)

Taste the practice, receive clarity, and get supported by community. Register for any of the following dates:

  • Tuesday, December 9 — Register here
  • Thursday, December 11 — Register here
  • Wednesday, December 17 — Register here

See all tasters here.

Immersion Weekend + 2-Month Support (Amsterdam + Online) — Jan 10–11, 2026

Two full days of immersion plus 8 weeks of integration support.
Register & More info here · Book 1–1 taster here

Stewardship Long Course (5-Month Training) — 3 Seats Left

Jan 15–17, 2026 — Amsterdam. A train-the-trainer immersion integrating full-life mastery, purpose alignment, group leadership, and on-demand support.

Program details here · Schedule a call here · Apply here · WhatsApp Stéphane here

NEW — Naturing Interflow Week (French Alps)

March 22–29, 2026 — Gap, France: A week-long co-living and co-flow experience combining outdoor resourcing with deep collective practice.

Register here · More info here

NEW — Life Partner Course

Goal: Find a life partner in 3 months.
Start: March/April 2026 (online)
Pre-requisite: Participation in a We-Flow event.

Request private invite by emailing Stephane at [email protected]


Damien Bohler’s program for men, women and couples

I am a long-time fan of Damien Bohler. I have been tracking him as a writer for a while and I can  hardly believe the things that come off of his pen. His writings combine Authentic Relating, sexual polarity, attachment style, trauma awareness and more. Damien is a true “renaissance man” of human potentials, with a particular focus on sexuality — an area which many of us, me included, find challenging.

His latest program however, entitled Awakened Relating, really takes things over the top. One 6-month program, three different sales page: for men, women and couples (yes, perhaps we all want the same thing, but we say it in different ways… and the language is important). It’s also priced crazy-cheap for an intensive (twice weekly), 6 month program. Only $1050 (or 6 payments of $200). But only until Monday night, Dec. 8 under his Black Friday deal. 

Check out Awakened Relating here. You can read about his other courses and membership platform here. 


Crowd-funding the new Circling Guide, 3rd Edition!

Circling has changed thousands of lives, but the introduction book which most people read is a decade old. People are still confused what it’s actually about, with negative impacts on group attendance, and experiences that are not optimal.

The original Circling Guide has become the most widely used introduction to Circling in the Authentic Relating tradition. Dozens of people have written to me to share how useful it was to them in understanding the practice, developing their skills or even getting into leadership. It’s now time to create the book that will reach a global audience. We need to elevate Authentic Relating from a small cult-practice to worldwide movement. 

This campaign directly funds the writing of the Circling Guide, 3rd Edition. Your contributions buy three focused months of my time at a modest rate of $1,000/month to research, write, and edit a vastly expanded, up-to-date guide which will be the first anthology of Authentic Relating. 

You can find a preview of the book here.

What your support makes possible

  • Part I — Circling Bootcamp (updated): A tight, 30,000-word, read-in-one-sitting manual so anyone can walk into a circle anywhere in the world, contribute meaningfully and feel safe.
  • Part II — Authentic Relating: Chapters from about 8 founders and senior leaders of the AR and Circling movement, sharing what actually works in practice.
  • Part III — Applied We-Space: New, AR-derived practices from 7 leaders for bringing AR into business, community, dating & sexuality, addiction recovery, family, social justice, spirituality and daily life.

Confirmed contributors so far include Robert MacNaughton (AR in Business) and Damien Bohler (embodied sexuality), with more leaders to be announced as the project unfolds.

Why now

The project is already underway: I’ve completed a full draft of Part I and begun assembling contributors for the anthology. This is a significant amount of work. Your support now lets me solicit and edit contributions, look for a commercial publisher, and market the book.

If Circling or AR has impacted your life, this is a concrete way to give back and help create a resource the whole movement can point to — a book you can hand to friends and clients instead of trying to explain it from scratch.

Rewards and Perks

  • $10 — Early-release PDF of the 3rd Edition when it’s published.
  • $25 — One print copy mailed to you anywhere in the world.
  • $100 — Three copies to seed in your local community.
  • $250 — Five copies plus your name listed in the Acknowledgments as a supporter.
  • $500 — Everything above + one ticket to our Authentic Relating in Community (ARC) 6-week course (runs four times a year).
  • $1,000 — Everything above + a second ARC ticket for a friend, and recognition in the book as a Founding Supporter.

If this work matters to you, please help bring the 3rd Edition to life.

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Authentic Relating Organizations

  • Circling Institute (San Francisco and Global)
  • The Relateful Company  (previously CircleAnywhere). Global
  • Transformational Connection (previously Circling Europe), Europe
  • ART International (Global)
  • Authentic Relating Go (Global)
  • Connection Institute (Boston & Global)
  • The Connection Movement (New York City)
  • Austin Circling Studio (Austin, TX)
  • Evolutionary Relating (Australia)
  • Circling Cornwall (UK)
  • Let’s Be Authentic (Philadelphia, PA)
  • Realness Project (Prison work)
  • The Awkward Leadership School (Toronto)
  • Integral Centered Leadership (Boulder, CO)

Local communities can be found on Meetup.com and on the Authentic Revolution communities map

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Quotes

  • “There is no place to get to but more here” — Decker Cunov, co-founder of Circling
  • “You will always outlive my concept of you. And I will always have a concept for you to outlive” — Guy Sengstock, founder of Circling
  • “Pain is not a punishment, pleasure is not a reward… good and bad, happy and sad, all thoughts vanish into emptiness” — Pema Chodron
  • “If we were all to sit in a circle and confess our sins, we would laugh at each other for lack of originality” — Kahlil Gibran
  • “No one cares how much you know, until they know how much you care” — Theodore Roosevelt
  • “Most people do not listen with the intent to understand. They listen with the intent to reply” — Stephen Covey
  • “Trust that people move towards wholeness, and we just have to follow” — Alexis Shepperd, co-founder of the Authentic Woman Experience
  • “Depression is the reward we get for being ‘good’ ” — Marshall Rosenberg
  • When we are angry, killing people is too superficial — Marshall Rosenberg
  • “You don’t need to get what you want if you can express what you want” — Strephon Kaplan-Williams

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