Sorry y’all, my AI news digester failed this month, so this is mostly from last month, although see some interesting new AR writers below. Better luck next time.
The Circling Guide (3rd Edition) Crowdfunder is continuing and has now raised $2500 of its $3000 target. I am really heart-warmed at the enthusiastic community response to this initiative. I have also published the first 3 chapters of the new book to the web here.
Ours & Partner Events
- Sophie and I are starting our next cohort of Authentic Relating in Community on Feb. 17, with a Connection Game tomorrow, Tuesday February 10.
- Stephane Segatori’s We-Flow has a free taster event on Feb. 19, and there is still one spot available for Naturing Interflow retreat in France March 22-29. Only 800€ (at cost, essentially). All event descriptions and registration links here.
What’s Happening in the Community
Transformational Connection
All events here, including:
- 14–15 Feb — London Weekend Immersion — Details
- 7–8 Mar — Amsterdam Weekend Immersion — Details
- 28–29 Mar — Brussels Weekend Immersion — Details
- 13–14 Jun — Amsterdam Weekend Immersion — Details
- February — SAS Facilitator Training (London) — Details
- April — SAS Facilitator Training (Oslo) — Details
- 22–28 Jun 2026 — Surrendered Leadership Week (Malmö) — Details
- 4–9 Jul 2026 — UK Transformational Connection Festival — Early bird tickets
- 15–20 Aug 2026 — International Transformational Connection Festival — Early bird tickets
The Relateful Company
- Apr 15–19, 2026 — Relateful Camp (Trinity, Texas, USA): a five-day immersive Relateful retreat at Camp Olympia, with traditional Relateful focus and flow sessions, movement, games, and camp life together. Details.
Authentic Revolution
- February 17: Truthwork. “Saying what’s real, a step-by-step structure to actually share it the hard thing”. Details.
- February 23: Games Night, Details
- March 26 – May 14: Authentic Relating, Practice and Play. Details.
- March 3 – April 21: The Art of Difficult Conversations. Details.
- April 29 – August 5: Master Facilitation Skills. Details.
- Every Wednesday: Weekly Fight Lab. Details.
ART International
- ART offerings. Details
AR-Go
- February: AR-Go ONLINE Event Schedule — Schedule
The Connection Institute
- February: There is a full schedule of classes and events happening. Details here.
Deep Play Institute, with Aaron Finbloom and Netta Sadovsky
- February: All events here.
AR Articles & Podcasts
- Marco Beneteau’s [Part 1] Authentic Relating, A Map of the Territory (Practices, Lineages, and Communities) is the first of a series exploring the AR landscape, culture, providers and effective ways to engage
- The Container Podcast: “Using Myth to Build Strong Families” (with Sean Wilkinson) — Watch here | Listen here | Podcast page
- The Container has a new newsletter, see Circling’s Art of Change and subscribe there (at the bottom).
- The Container with Angelo DiLullo: Live the Hero’s Journey. Youtube | Spotify
- The Container The Book of Circling with Marc Beneteau (me!). Youtube | Spotify
- The Whole Leader Podcast with Sean Wilkinson. Youtube | Spotify
AR Writers & Creators
Anisha Pandya of the (new to me) Authentic Communication Group in Mumbai has a new book, Integrating Process Work, DEI, NVC & IFS. Blending Nonviolent Communication, Internal Family Systems, and Here-and-Now Process Work with a social justice lens, this book equips facilitators to navigate group dynamics with courage, compassion, and authenticity.
Liv Kissper wrote WANTING ILLUSION: How to Find Direction in Life Without Losing Yourself to Identity, Fantasy, or Fear. It is available March 3.
The book exposes a single mechanism: how humans—even after “insight” and “understanding”—avoid aliveness by replacing contact with identity, clarity-seeking, and substitute desire.
In Wanting Illusion, Liv shares her own story of exposing overthinking, anxiety, addictions, and even self-improvement—that serve as decoys, shielding us from our real desires. It is a book for intelligent overthinkers who are tired of waiting for clarity before moving. It points to a kind of Radical Aliveness where desire stops being managed and starts feeling dangerous, alive, and real again.
Liv Kissper, MSc. is a post-self-improvement desire and identity coach with a background in Transpersonal Psychology that writes and speaks about what happens when self-improvement stops working
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