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Authentic Relating is the complete guide to having better, deeper, richer connections and interactions with everyone in your life. Easy to learn and easy to apply, the skills and tools of authentic relating work in everyday life, from casual conversations to heated conflict.

Authentic Relating: A Guide to Rich, Meaningful Nourishing Relationships

by Ryel Kestano

“I wrote this book to share with people how easy it is to create deeply fulfilling relationships with others.

When I was first introduced to authentic relating as a student many years ago, I couldn’t believe these simple skills and tools weren’t already being taught to people everywhere. It seemed tragic to me – we’re in relationships of various forms throughout our lives, yet so few of us received any preparation for how to navigate them. Without a map or guidance, we get hurt and hurt others, and mostly just stumble along.

Authentic relating gave me the map and the critical skills I needed to learn to thrive in relationships.

I’ve now spent the last 10 years studying and teaching this life-changing practice to thousands of people around the world. I’ve given my life to the study and embodiment of this practice, because I really believe it is the most powerful and effective way to have beautiful, nourishing, soulful connections and relationships with people.

This book is everything I’ve learned exploring the endlessly fascinating world of authentic relating. This work has lifted me up to see the highest version of myself and it has brought me to my knees as I’ve turned toward my wounds and shadows. It’s reminded me how much I matter, how much we all matter, and how connection is everything.

I hope this way of relating serves you as it has served me, and you get to experience how enriching every relationship and conversation can be, and how good it feels to be truly seen and welcomed for who you are.

Wishing you an abundance of connection, and I hope we get to meet and connect in person sometime!”

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Conflict = Energy: The Transformative Practice of Authentic Relating

by Jason Digges

Guiding you through a full Authentic Relating curriculum including 32 tools and 12 games, these pages act as a comprehensive manual for connection. These practices can be used immediately to identify layers of truth and express them in a way that forges deeper bonds and paves the way for creative play with others.

Authentic Relating provides a framework to transform every aspect of our relationships, starting with the one we have with ourselves. Welcome to a journey of marrying truth and compassion to become more awake and aware. With this training, we can learn to alchemize conflict into clarity, connection, and creativity.

Join the human connection movement, composed of people across the globe cultivating the art of becoming a better human. It is together that we expand our capacities to listen, understand, and truly connect.

Authentic Relating provides a framework to transform every aspect of our relationships — starting with the one we have with ourselves. Welcome to a journey of marrying truth and compassion to become more awake and aware.

“Telling the truth just feels good—and that feeling of relief is the transformation of stagnant into useful and usable energy. Learning to do this in real-time is one of the most powerful skills you can master. Just as alchemists transform metal into gold, we can learn to transform conflict into love.”

Authentic relating is the universal language of human connection.

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