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Free Workshop: The Art of Authentic Relating & Circling

May 15, 2025 By marc Leave a Comment

Tuesday May 20, 11:30am Eastern / 5:30pm CET

Discover How Authentic Relating (AR) & Circling Can Transform Your Personal Relationships and Communities

Watch this 50 minute recording to get a taste of what the ARC is about. It’s a 50-minute recording of a workshop that we ran on May 20. 

Why Attend? 

Do you ever feel like your conversations lack depth? Like you’re stuck in small talk, craving real connection but unsure how to create it?

Or maybe you’ve noticed that misunderstandings and emotional friction keep showing up in your relationships—leaving you frustrated, disconnected, and lonely?

What if you had a powerful way to:
✅ Deepen your relationships—with friends, partners, family, and even strangers
✅ Communicate in a way which leads to depth and transformation
✅ Turn conflicts into connection—instead of tension or resentment
✅ Feel more alive in conversations
✅ Lead and influence by being fully present, rather than …

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April/May Newsletter: Integral Circling. EU Circling™ trademark challenge

April 15, 2025 By marc Leave a Comment

Headline news (a lot happening!)

  • Jason Digges launches the Integral Circling School! See full section below.
  • European group initiates a legal challenge to the Circling™ trademark.
  • The Connection Project launches a new, peer-to-peer Facilitation Training Program.
  • I am also adding a full section on AR-inspired Intentional Communities and Eco-Villages.

Note: on alternate months, the Circling Guide newsletter highlights offers from the smaller providers. This is one of those months. If you want to be included in a future newsletter, just reply to this email. 

1. What’s happening in the community?

  • Integral Circling is reborn! See below
  • The Connection Project launches a new, peer-to-peer Facilitation Training Program. See below.
  • Sophie and I are starting a new cohort of Authentic Relating in Community (ARC) on Tuesday May 13, with a free introduction on Tuesday May 6. This is an AR experience specifically intended for people joining or creating Intentional Communities
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Free Webinar: Introduction to Authentic Relating in Community — Tuesday May 6, 11:30am Eastern / 5:30pm CET

April 14, 2025 By marc Leave a Comment

This event has expired. We are offering another webinar on Tuesday May 20, 11:30am Eastern / 5:30pm CET. Sign-up here. 

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Full schedule of AR events in Brattleboro — starting March 12

March 14, 2025 By marc Leave a Comment

Sophie and I are staying at an IC (Intentional Community) in Brattleboro Vermont called HERI House, and are running a full schedule of AR event here starting Tuesday March 11. For details see https://smilingspaces.org/calendar/…

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Authentic Relating courses starting next week

February 26, 2025 By marc Leave a Comment

We had a great call yesterday with Jason, Sophie and I. We played some games (noticing game! my favorite), and more. We did record the final 12 minutes presentation (short and sweet!) of what the two courses are about and the differences. You can watch that recording here:

Alternatively, read the transcript here.

Are these courses for me?

The two courses both start next Tuesday March 4: 

  1. Authentic Relating in Community (ARC) starts Tuesday March 4, 11:30am Eastern / 5:30pm CET for 6 weeks 
  2. Practical Relational Leadership in Community (PRLC) starts Tuesday March 4, 2pm Eastern / 8:00pm CET for 6 weeks

If you are an active community-builder (or want to be one), are already living in community, or simply want to improve your relationships across-the-board, we would love to have you.

We have some scholarship money available, so if that’s of interest reach out to me via reply …

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One more week to join Authentic Relating courses (starting March 4)

February 23, 2025 By marc Leave a Comment

You have just over a week left to join one of two transformative Authentic Relating (AR) courses starting on March 4, brought to you by our friends at the Global Eco-Village Network.

This email will help you understand your options and how these courses can benefit you.

Not Sure Yet? Join Our Free Webinar

We invite you to our last free webinar in the series on Tuesday, February 25, at 11:30 AM Eastern / 5:30 PM CET. This is a great opportunity to experience Authentic Relating firsthand. Sign-up here.

If you’re new to AR, we also recommend watching the 8-minute introduction video below before attending.

What is Authentic Relating (AR)?

Authentic Relating is a powerful approach with life-changing applications in:

🏡 Intentional communities & co-living spaces
👨‍👩‍👧 Family relationships
🏢 Workplace collaboration & leadership
🎓 Education & personal growth

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  • Free Workshop: The Art of Authentic Relating & Circling
  • April/May Newsletter: Integral Circling. EU Circling™ trademark challenge
  • Free Webinar: Introduction to Authentic Relating in Community — Tuesday May 6, 11:30am Eastern / 5:30pm CET

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  • Marco and Sophie, v2.0
  • What happened when I fully committed to bringing Authentic Relating into all my relationships
  • Getting married and moving to Germany!
  • My discovery of Transformation at the Speed of Light (TSL) and its extension called TSL2
  • Trauma is good for you: Authentic Relating and "karma acceleration"

Upcoming Events

Upcoming events below and on our Google Calendar

Communities Map

Authentic Relating Organizations

  • Circling Institute (San Francisco and Global)
  • The Relateful Company  (previously CircleAnywhere (Global)
  • Circling Europe (Europe and North America)
  • 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

Free Circling Video Course

Signup to the new free Circling course at CircleAnywhere!

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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Relational Power: Win Friends, Influence Others, and End Loneliness Through the Practice of Authentic Relating

 


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