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About Marc “Marco” Beneteau

Marco is an author, Authentic Relating leader, intentional community activist, and sexual educator. He is a self-described “love revolutionary” and “prior relational idiot” which is, according to him, not a bad qualification for being a relational leader. He started Circling in 2016 and found his home there. This occurred after a lifetime of “seeking”, of joining in every type of therapy, self-help community, Large Group Awareness Training (LGAT), and New Religious Movement (NRM) he could find and could afford. He calls  this “the 40-year war against myself and against the world, trying to make a buck and get a little love, mostly unsuccessfully“.

His latest project is the Circling Guide Anthology (3rd Edition), scheduled to be published in April 2026. It is the sequel to the original Circling Guide, which became the most popular book on the Circling within the Authentic Relating tradition. The latest edition of the book is designed an an anthology, containing both an updated version of the classic Circling Guide, and articles from about 20 influential leaders of the AR movement. 

Marco has also written a love and sex manual for men entitled As Lovers Do , and a memoir entitled Broke, Single, Crazy and Old: The Redemption of a Sex and Love Addict. Read about his latest adventures on his Author Substack, email him at [email protected], or contact through Facebook. 

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  • January 2026 Newsletter
  • Support the new Circling Guide, 3rd Edition; Podcasts, Connections Games, We-Flow
  • More We-Flow; Evolve Relating sale; Circling Guide 3rd Edition

RSS We Space Letters on Substack

  • Jokes, marriage, and dismantling my tragedy story
  • All-star Joke Collection 2
  • An Invitation into a Story About Love, Obsession and Becoming Yourself
  • On life’s “Epochs” or developmental cycles
  • We-Flow, Part 3: What is the Stewardship Program?

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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

Recommended Books

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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Marco’s Books and Blogs

Circling Guide Anthology

 


Broke, Single, Crazy and Old: The Redemption of a Sex and Love Addict

 


As Lovers Do: a Manual for Men

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