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Many Introductions to Mastermind Circles – Starting Tue. Nov. 16

November 10, 2021 By marc 1 Comment

We are doing 2 weeks of back-to-back Introductions to Circling Masterminds, starting Nov. 16! The goal is to start committed groups in December. See the EventBrite registration links below.

What is the purpose of Circling Masterminds?

“You don’t need to get what you want if you can express what you want” – Strephon Kaplan-Williams

  • Are you looking for a “band of brothers” (and sisters) who know you, who care for you, and are rooting for your success?
  • Have you experienced Authentic Relating and Circling practices, become excited at their potential for personal and social transformation, and want to explore?
  • Do you find that you need to know people and feel safe in order to go deep with them?
  • Do you have personal goals (money, love, health, passion) that you KNOW are within reach, and yet you are your own worst enemy?

Then join us at the next Introduction to …

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Community News Roundup – Nov. 2021

November 5, 2021 By marc Leave a Comment

What’s happening in the community?

  • The Circling Institute is now doing Drop-in Circling events on some Saturday mornings Pacific time (a better time-match for Eastern and European time zones). Please join me tomorrow, Saturday Nov 6 at 10am Pacific! (I have been wanting to check out their events for a while). They also offer Thursday evening circles, and Weekend Intensives, both online and in-person for the Bay area.
  • Authentic Revolution has a new course, The Authentic Facilitator, which begins November 30. In addition there  are the 3 levels of their famous Authentic Life Course and the vibrant monthly-membership Connect Community
  • ART International has so much going on I feel dizzy reading about it! This includes Intimacy for Couples, the Authentic Relating for Professionals Webinar (Part 2 coming up Nov 11!), the Internal Family Systems and Shadow Academy Mini-Courses for those doing deep psychotherapeutic work, Authentic Dating
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May 2021 Newsletter

May 10, 2021 By marc Leave a Comment

In this issue of the Circling Guide Newsletter (a lot to cover here):

  1. The Circling Federation is being formed!
  2. Circling Guide, 2nd Edition release (please do me a favor and review it)
  3. ART International and Circling Europe resume in-person courses
  4. Join me at Level Up Circling Facilitation training
  5. Authentic Relating, Intentional Community and Eco-Villages: a personal check-in
  6. New connection entrepreneur networking group launches: VYVE

1. The Circling Federation is now formed

The Circling Federation, holding the newly awarded trademarks for Circling™ and Circling Method™, is now formed as an association between three major circling schools: The Circling Institute, Circling Europe, and Robert MacNaughton’s Integral Centered Leadership.

The trademark application was approved in April of 2020 and led to considerable controversy in the community. In the end and as a result of these discussions, the Circling Institute who requested the trademark agreed to transfer it to an association …

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Developmental Circling Introduction – Monday Feb. 1, 7-9pm

January 28, 2021 By marc Leave a Comment

Get ticket on EventBrite
Suggested donation $5-$15, but I will accept any amount.

If you have already experienced Circling, you know how powerful it can be for getting into connection with people. Circling Masterminds builds on the fundamental Circling practice in helping you to build a team, a tribe, a dependable support network. And who can’t use that, these days?

Circling Masterminds looks pretty much like any other type of Circling, with the exception that we pay more attention to time constraints, like to hear everybody’s voice at each round (especially check-ins, aliveness round, and check-outs), encourage the sharing of developmental goals, and prefer to run them in private (committed) groups. This introduction is, obviously, not a private group, but we will try to model the structure for you. This includes breaking out to the optimal group size if necessary, which is 6 participants. The room will be locked 5

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January 2021 Newsletter

January 5, 2021 By marc Leave a Comment

Community News & Events

CircleAnywhere, the world’s largest online Circling group which is now under management by Jordan Allen and the Austin Circling Studio, has a new high-level training / certification program called Level Up. Way to go, Jordan!

Peter Benjamin’s Connection Institute is also starting a new certification program, specifically targeted towards developing facilitators in European time zones, and is therefore very affordable. Their online platform is also growing, with 3 or more events per day now.

The Circling Institute has a beautiful new website and some great new free training, How to turn any conversation into a life-changing event and Courageous Conversations

There are several new online A/R groups (at least new to me — I will be adding them to the book and the website). Check out:

  • Authentic Relating Go (Montreal, QC)
  • Evolutionary Relating (Australia)
  • Circling Cornwall (UK)
  • Let’s Be Authentic (Philadelphia, PA)
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Developmental Circling Introduction – Saturday Jan. 9, 1-2:30pm EST

January 4, 2021 By marc Leave a Comment

Get ticket on EventBrite: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/developmental-circling-introduction-jan-9-tickets-135338640517
Suggested donation $5-$15, but I will accept any amount.
(This may be the last open introduction until February as I have two private groups ready-to-go)

If you have already experienced Circling, you know how powerful it can be for getting into connection with people. Circling Masterminds builds on the fundamental Circling practice in helping you to build a team, a tribe, a dependable support network. And who can’t use that, these days?

Circling Masterminds looks pretty much like any other type of Circling, with the exception that we pay more attention to time constraints, like to hear everybody’s voice at each round (especially check-ins, aliveness round, and check-outs), encourage the sharing of developmental goals, and prefer to run them in private (committed) groups. This introduction is, obviously, not a private group, but we will try to model the structure for you. This includes breaking out

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  • Transformational Connection (previously Circling Europe), Europe
  • ART International (Global)
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  • Let’s Be Authentic (Philadelphia, PA)
  • Realness Project (Prison work)
  • The Awkward Leadership School (Toronto)
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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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