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The enrollment process is as follows:

  1. Write to me at [email protected], telling a bit about you, your interest in the course, and your experience with Circling and/or compatible modalities i.e. NVC.
  2. I manage contacts through WhatsApp, so also (if possible) send me a note to WhatsApp at +1 (339) 231-4555 saying that you have written to me.
  3. Then, book a 20-30 minute discovery call with me here or with Sophie here. If none of these times work for you, write to me at [email protected]
  4. Americans please send your course fee or $50 deposit by PayPal to [email protected] using “friends and family”, by Venmo to @marcbeneteau or (339) 231-4555, or by Zelle to [email protected] or (339) 231-4555.
    Europeans please send money to Sophie Lemperle-McGrath, Account: IBAN: DE87 1001 1001 2086 5434 23 | BIC: NTSBDEB1XXX. Alternatively, if you have a Wise account you can pay using this link.
  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.
  6. Cancellations and Refunds: Deposits are  refundable up until 7 days prior to the start of the course. After this, the deposit becomes non-refundable and the balance of the course fees are due in full.  We do not provide refunds once the course has started.

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  • Free Workshop: The Art of Authentic Relating & Circling
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  • Free Webinar: Introduction to Authentic Relating in Community — Tuesday May 6, 11:30am Eastern / 5:30pm CET

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  • What happened when I fully committed to bringing Authentic Relating into all my relationships
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  • 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

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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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Marco’s Books and Blogs


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

 


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

 


As Lovers Do: a Manual for Men

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