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May 2026 Newsletter

A  new discovery in this newsletter: Stemless is new entry in the space, a kind of radical-authenticity practice with some pretty interesting writing and concepts. I intend to check it out. 

I am currently in Denmark exploring a partly AR-inspired deep we-space, regenerative culture experiment called Regenera. I have booked Hannah Hirsh and Nina Chausow to contribute their fascinating stories to the Circling Guide 3rd edition (see below). Have your ever thought of moving in with your AR friends? Or even creating your own eco-village? Then stay tuned. 

Circling Guide Anthology (3rd edition) still needs your support

The Circling Guide Anthology is a bit behind schedule but I have decided it’s more important that it be good than on-time. So it’s now going to be an early June release. 

The good news is that many of the contributor articles are now in, and I am very impressed by the depth and range. Many well-known leaders in the movement have committed, including John Thompson on Surrendered Leadership,  Robert MacNaughton on business, Jordan Allen on spiritualty, Susan Campbell on The Roots of Authentic Relating, Jason Digges on the Architecture of Transformation, and more. It will be entertaining and informative to hear their stories and perspectives, and will bring more credibility and more depth to our beloved movement. 

As such, I am asking you to contribute generously. $10 donations will receive a kindle-compatible version, $25 and up gives you a print copy mailed to you, and $100 and up gives you 3-4 copies to give to your friends. Many people have given even more. 

Ours & Partner Events

  • 6-week Authentic Relating in Community with me and Sophie. 6-week closed containers are now scheduled according to people’s availability. Low-income pricing of just $300 with some scholarships available. Information here.
  • We-Flow is hosting an Online Immersion May 9-10 , plus another Nature Retreat in October which builds on the success of their March retreat. We-Flow is a program which combines AR and Zen state training to bring AR practice into execution container or creation containers. From my perspective this represents the cutting-edge of this work. 

What’s Happening in the Community

Transformational Connection

All events on the TC site.

ART International

All courses on authenticrelating.co.

In-person Level 1 — Save $100 on Early Bird (one month out):

Online Level 1 — six 3-hour weekly sessions:

Free Intro Session — May 4 (online). Register on authenticrelating.co.

Level 3: Relational Leadership — 7-day immersions:

  • 6–12 Jun — Crestone, CO (Blazing Mountain Retreat Center)
  • 28 Aug – 3 Sep — Europe
  • 5–11 Dec — Bali

Authentic Revolution

All offerings on authrev.org.

  • 8–10 May — Authentic Leadership Training, Bastrop, TX — pay-what-it’s-worth ($295–$375, down from $845–$925). 
  • Monthly Authentic Relating Games (free)
  • Bi-weekly Fight Lab & Facilitation Fight Lab (free)

Art of Relating (Belgium)

All events information here.

  • 22–25 May — Transformational Connection in Nature retreat
  • 25 May — Day Retreat at Kasteelhoeve Wange
  • 22–26 Jul — Mini Festival in the Semois valley

The Relateful Company

All offerings on relateful.com.

  • April 27, 10 weeks: Relateful Experiments in “Waking Up” is a new course & practice group which will dive deep deep into exploring awareness, nonduality, oneness, fundamental wellbeing, nonseparation, the world as illusion (and the perfectly helpful inadequacy and poor assumptions in of all these words and maps).
  • 14–17 May — Level Up Local Weekend, Austin
  • 29–31 May — Charlotte Immersion with Valerie Daniel & James Dial (early-bird deadline 15 May)
  • 13 Aug — Level Up Cohort starts (9-month program). Level Up is my Alma Mater and one of the highest-value Circling Trainings available. They have moved to a cohort-based program which means you start and finish together. 
  • 14 Sep — Coaching Training begins (4-month, early-bird ends 31 Jul)

Deep Play Institute

All events on deepplayinstitute.com.

  • 15–17 May — Circling Intensive, Philadelphia
  • 9–12 Jul or 16–19 Jul — Order of the Amethyst Heart 2.0 (LARP), 1.5 hrs from Portland OR
  • 6–9 Aug — Psychodrama Retreat, near Carson WA
  • 16–20 Sep — Bridging the Dream & Flesh Bodies, Elkenmist Retreat Center

Connection Institute 

Calendar & registration on theconnectioninstitute.net.

  • From 28 Apr — Relational Leadership Lab with Tania Shybko — 6 sessions, alternating Tuesdays, 12pm CST
  • Free Share-Feel-Request events, alt. Tuesdays 1pm CST
  • 5–7 weekly classes (Birthday Circles, Soul Circling, Parts Theatre, Refining Facilitation, etc.)

Stemless (welcome!)

All groups on stemless.substack.com.

  • 8-week closed groups starting May, “The Art of Blamership”:
    • Tuesdays 7–9pm CET / 10am–12pm PST (Harmony + Sahil)
    • Wednesdays 6–8pm PST (Harmony + Sahil)
    • Thursdays 6–8pm CET / 9–11am PST (James + Sahil)
    • Sundays 5–7pm CET / 8–10am PST (Harmony + Sahil)
    • Sundays 8–10pm CET / 11am–1pm PST (Harmony + Sahil)

Susan Campbell

Updates on susancampbell99.substack.com. 

  • 5 May, 10–11am PT — Free monthly webinar: The Five Stages of Relationship — Intimacy as a Spiritual Path
  • 9–10 May — Getting Real workshop, Sebastopol, CA — $395 (waitlist)
  • 16 Sep – 8 Nov — Honesty Salon Series, 8 sessions, $260

Megan Taylor Morrison

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