Practical Relational Leadership in Community (PRLC)

Create a powerful network of fun, love and transformation for yourself through the practice of Authentic Relating (AR)

PRLC courses are also fundamental training for creating an AR community or even an AR household in your locality

“If you really want to master something, teach it” — James Clear

Introduction to the PRLC

This online program offers 6 sessions of 2 hours to introduce people to the powerful practice of Relational Inquiry (similar to Circling™). Held with the support of 2 experienced facilitators, up to 8 people are very reliably welcomed into deep connection spaces, provided with tools and practices, and guided on a profound journey of deeper self-knowledge, greater insight and compassion for other people, and more skillful and loving communication.

The course is designed for people without prior experience in Authentic Relating and wanting more love, more fun, and deeper connection and collaboration in their lives. 

You should consider this experience if: 

1. You are an active community-builder and want to learn how to effectively express relational leadership and maybe monetize it. This may include acquiring confidence and skill to create an AR household or residential Intentional Community.
2. You simply want to expand your circle of influence and care, make new friends and deepen existing relationships.

Note: the PRLC course is the next generation of a prior course called the PRL. The difference is that the PRLC (new course) is 6 weeks (versus the PRL only 4 weeks) and has two leaders, Sophie and myself, and hence is a bit more expensive. The context of the PRLC is, however, the same context as the PRL. So I am including the link here to PRL history and context. Essentially its about creating a “family of choice” for yourself and expanding Authentic Relating into every one of your relationships, be they personal or business. This has the potential to create a situation for you which I am calling Transformation at the Speed of Light.

What is Authentic Relating?

Authentic Relating is many things: a thriving global practice community, 30,000+ strong, with four major schools and 50+ local, peer-led communities. It is an open-source, global movement for social transformation based on the idea of prioritizing connection, showing up powerfully for other people, and injecting more love into the world. And finally, it is a powerful practice called Relational Inquiry (similar to Circling™) which will help you to show up with more truth and care in all the contexts of your life and navigate differences and conflicts with more ease and joy.

What is Relational Inquiry?

Relational Inquiry within the Authentic Relating tradition is, ultimately, a “presence” practice, a non-verbal way of being and an attitude towards life and towards other people. While it is, of course, a lifelong game (very much like love), this introduction frame of 6 sessions has proven effective in launching people into a lifelong process of learning and growing our relational effectiveness, compassion and empathy.

Marco’s 3-minute introduction to Relational Inquiry

Watch this 3 minute video for what you will learn in the PRLC course and what makes Authentic Relating such a breakthrough, powerful way of being in community.

Is this like therapy? Or maybe “encounter group”?

Not exactly, but it can be very therapeutic! Relational Inquiry is a deep process of inquiry into the joys and sorrows and fundamental challenges of our humanity, as these challenges show up directly in a group of people committed to bringing more love and harmonious connections into their lives. However, there is a structure to it and set of guidelines, the most important ones being what we call “commitment to connection” and “own your experience”. The structure does, ideally, make the group safer, more fun and potentially more transformational than either therapy or encounter group.

Introducing Transformation at the Speed of Light (TSL) and its extension, TSL2

We believe that love and sex are very powerful forces for human transformation. Thus, for the first time, at the next round of PRLC courses we might introduce a powerful lifestyle practice called Transformation at the Speed of Light (TSL), and its extension called TSL Squared (or TSL2). TSL is good for amplifying the quality of love in your relationships. TSL2, which is an extension of TSL, is effective for creating deep love and deep sex between men and womenm and/or attracting an opposite-polarity partner. 

Ongoing developmental opportunities, and where to find out more

Everyone who completes the course will also be invited into the free monthly gathering and circle of the global PRLC graduates community. Currently this meeting happens on the first Tuesday of each month at morning time Eastern US.

For questions, feedback or concerns, please write to [email protected]

Registration information & Logistics

PRLC courses are $300. We don’t want money to influence your decision, so if the cost is a problem, please write to me at [email protected] to discuss possibilities, including reduced tuition and payment plans. You may also book an appointment at the link provided below.

The enrollment process is as follows:

1. Write to me at [email protected], telling a bit about you and your interest in the course.
2. I manage contacts through Whatsapp, so also (if possible) send me a note to whatsapp at +1 603 631 4271 saying that you have written to me and naming your time zone. 
3. Then, book a 20-30 minute discovery call with me here. If none of these times work for you, write to me at [email protected]
4. Send your course fee or deposit via Paypal to [email protected] using “friends and family”, or else use Venmo to @marcbeneteau or (603) 631 4271. Course fees and deposits are refundable up to a week before the course starts, minus $50.  
5. Attendance is requested at all 6 sessions, in principle. If you can’t make a session, we’ll consider whether its best for you to join another group, or miss a session.

About the Facilitators

Marco Beneteau (course leader).  Marco is the author of the Circling Guide, the most popular book on the practice of Circling within the Authentic Relating tradition, along with its draft sequel Relational Power. Both books are offered on the gift economy. He has been running these groups for 7 years, representing about 1500 hours of practice to date. Many of these groups were ongoing, including a weekly men’s group that has been running continuously for 5 years. He is also the author of 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.

Sophie Nicole Lemperle-McGrath (co-leader) is the founder of Connecting circle (in German), a Gestalt facilitator, mediator and “Getting Real” Coach.

All of her life Sophie has been fascinated by interpersonal dynamics and the question of what constitutes a strong foundation in all kinds of relationships – private or professional. Can we learn to love? How do we use conflicts as learning opportunities and convert the conflict energy into more connection? ​Her work is deeply influenced by the teaching and love of Martin and Annette Rubeau. She has also learned from and with Susan Campbell PhD, and through her work: “Getting Real”. 

Other opportunities in Authentic Relating

Sign-up to the Circling Guide newsletter to get a monthly digest of events in the global AR community, read-up about the History of Authentic Relating, and more. 

You may also reach out directly to [email protected] if you want us to produce a course for your community or organization. You can book a 20 minute discovery call with Marco here.