
The Container: A Circling and Authentic Relating Podcast
Focusing on the Relational Arts, including Circling, Nonviolent Communication, and Authentic Relating.
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Jun 24, 2024 โข 39min
Repair Connection with Dr. Hazel-Grace Yates
Dr. Hazel-Grace Yates comes on the podcast to teach us about the REPAIR process, a powerful tool for connection. It's exciting. It's informative. It's practical.To learn more about the REPAIR Process, go here.To sign up for the 8-week course starting July 2, go here.Grow With Us ๐ฆ Get relational coaching with Sigh (https://www.thecontainerpod.com/radiantrelating) ๐ Deepen your spiritual practice and attainment with Jonathan (https://www.thecontainerpod.com/coaching) Support Our Work๐ Like, subscribe, rate, and review๐ Become a patron on Patreon๐ Subscribe for free to our newsletter Connect and Learn More About the Relational Arts๐ฅ๏ธ Our website (www.thecontainerpod.com) ๐บ Our YouTube (www.youtube.com/@TheContainerPod) ๐ฅ Our Facebook group Keep it namaste ๐

Jun 17, 2024 โข 31min
Going Beyond Circling with Melody Indigo Markel
Melody Indigo Markel joins us again to outline the world that awaits us when we go beyond circling.She talks about embodied leadership, a way that the skills we develop while circling turn into a fully integrated life path.Find Melody Indigo Markel at her: WebsiteInstagramGrow With Us ๐ฆ Get relational coaching with Sigh (https://www.thecontainerpod.com/radiantrelating) ๐ Deepen your spiritual practice and attainment with Jonathan (https://www.thecontainerpod.com/coaching) Support Our Work๐ Like, subscribe, rate, and review๐ Become a patron on Patreon๐ Subscribe for free to our newsletter Connect and Learn More About the Relational Arts๐ฅ๏ธ Our website (www.thecontainerpod.com) ๐บ Our YouTube (www.youtube.com/@TheContainerPod) ๐ฅ Our Facebook group Keep it namaste ๐

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Jun 10, 2024 โข 59min
The Joys of Integral Circling with Melody Indigo Markel
Melody Indigo Markel joins us to discuss Integral Circling, a potent form of the practice. She was part of the generation of facilitators that helped create the foundation for the circling world from the magical Integral Center in Boulder, Colorado. Today, she has used that basis of self-knowledge and capacity for welcoming everything to develop a powerful coaching practice that creates embodied leaders.Visit Melody Indigo Markel's website here.Video on "What Is Circling?"Grow With Us ๐ฆ Get relational coaching with Sigh (https://www.thecontainerpod.com/radiantrelating) ๐ Deepen your spiritual practice and attainment with Jonathan (https://www.thecontainerpod.com/coaching) Support Our Work๐ Like, subscribe, rate, and review๐ Become a patron on Patreon๐ Subscribe for free to our newsletter Connect and Learn More About the Relational Arts๐ฅ๏ธ Our website (www.thecontainerpod.com) ๐บ Our YouTube (www.youtube.com/@TheContainerPod) ๐ฅ Our Facebook group Keep it namaste ๐

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Jun 3, 2024 โข 34min
Trauma-Informed Circling with John Thompson
In this podcast, John Thompson from Circling Europe discusses trauma-informed circling and surrendered leadership. They explore creating safe deep circling spaces, evolution of Circling Europe, importance of trauma-informed practices, transformative power of circling, and announcement of International Circling Festival.

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May 27, 2024 โข 34min
The Essence of Surrendered Leadership with John Thompson
In this second part of our interview with John Thompson of Circling Europe, we discuss the concept of Surrendered Leadership. The full depth of the idea really popped us, expanding from a way to run a circle to a true path to spiritual awakening.Check out the Circling Europe website here.Grow With Us ๐ฆ Get relational coaching with Sigh (https://www.thecontainerpod.com/radiantrelating) ๐ Deepen your spiritual practice and attainment with Jonathan (https://www.thecontainerpod.com/coaching) Support Our Work๐ Like, subscribe, rate, and review๐ Become a patron on Patreon๐ Subscribe for free to our newsletter Connect and Learn More About the Relational Arts๐ฅ๏ธ Our website (www.thecontainerpod.com) ๐บ Our YouTube (www.youtube.com/@TheContainerPod) ๐ฅ Our Facebook group Keep it namaste ๐

May 20, 2024 โข 45min
The Magickal Path of Circling with John Thompson
None other than John Thompson of Circling Europe joins us to talk about his journey from seeker to circler. We talk about the magickal path that circling opens up, and John shares his wisdom as an adept in the field.Check out the Circling Europe website here.If you would like to learn more about circling, authentic relating, nonviolent communication (NVC), and other Relational Arts, visit our website.More stuff is going up on our YouTube all the time, so keep an eye out. That includes a video version of this very episode!To support our work, become a patron on Patreon.Music Credit:- "Clot" by SupertaskGrow With Us ๐ฆ Get relational coaching with Sigh (https://www.thecontainerpod.com/radiantrelating) ๐ Deepen your spiritual practice and attainment with Jonathan (https://www.thecontainerpod.com/coaching) Support Our Work๐ Like, subscribe, rate, and review๐ Become a patron on Patreon๐ Subscribe for free to our newsletter Connect and Learn More About the Relational Arts๐ฅ๏ธ Our website (www.thecontainerpod.com) ๐บ Our YouTube (www.youtube.com/@TheContainerPod) ๐ฅ Our Facebook group Keep it namaste ๐

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May 13, 2024 โข 48min
Men, Porn, and Intentional Relationships with Robert Kandell
Our Eros Series concludes (yes, concludes) with the second half of our conversation with Robert Kandell. We discuss major topics affecting the male erotic world, including the rise of free streaming video pornography, rediscovering intimacy, and liberating your power with intentionality both in your relationships and your life.To find more Robert Kandell, check out his website here.His book Unhidden: A Book for Men and Those Confused by Them can be found online โ including the audiobook read by the author!Find his business mastery and forecast work at Your Financial Forecast.If you would like to learn more about circling, authentic relating, nonviolent communication (NVC), and other Relational Arts, visit our website.More stuff is going up on our YouTube all the time, so keep an eye out. That includes a video version of this very episode!To support our work, become a patron on Patreon.Music Credit:- "Clot" by SupertaskGrow With Us ๐ฆ Get relational coaching with Sigh (https://www.thecontainerpod.com/radiantrelating) ๐ Deepen your spiritual practice and attainment with Jonathan (https://www.thecontainerpod.com/coaching) Support Our Work๐ Like, subscribe, rate, and review๐ Become a patron on Patreon๐ Subscribe for free to our newsletter Connect and Learn More About the Relational Arts๐ฅ๏ธ Our website (www.thecontainerpod.com) ๐บ Our YouTube (www.youtube.com/@TheContainerPod) ๐ฅ Our Facebook group Keep it namaste ๐

May 6, 2024 โข 41min
It's Time to Be Seen with Robert Kandell
Our Eros Series takes us to none other than Robert Kandell. His path is winding oneโfrom the American dream to psychedelic exploration to orgasmic meditation to thought leading to life as a fractional CFO.He tells us how he left his standard, boilerplate life at 28 to discover a world of profound authenticity and fulfillment.To find more Robert Kandell, check out his website here.His book Unhidden: A Book for Men and Those Confused by Them can be found online โ including the audiobook read by the author!Find his business mastery and forecast work at Your Financial Forecast.If you would like to learn more about circling, authentic relating, nonviolent communication (NVC), and other Relational Arts, visit our website.More stuff is going up on our YouTube all the time, so keep an eye out. That includes a video version of this very episode!To support our work, become a patron on Patreon.Music Credit:- "Clot" by SupertaskGrow With Us ๐ฆ Get relational coaching with Sigh (https://www.thecontainerpod.com/radiantrelating) ๐ Deepen your spiritual practice and attainment with Jonathan (https://www.thecontainerpod.com/coaching) Support Our Work๐ Like, subscribe, rate, and review๐ Become a patron on Patreon๐ Subscribe for free to our newsletter Connect and Learn More About the Relational Arts๐ฅ๏ธ Our website (www.thecontainerpod.com) ๐บ Our YouTube (www.youtube.com/@TheContainerPod) ๐ฅ Our Facebook group Keep it namaste ๐

Apr 29, 2024 โข 38min
Let the Anger Out with Sara Ness and Geof Krum
We welcome Sara Ness and Geof Krum once again to the Eros Series. This time, we discuss the power of hot anger and the gifts we receive when we work with this force. Hand in hand with Eros, these two energies have a lot of potential to radically change our lives and relationships for the better.We also dive into the relationship between Sara and Geof, how they've negotiated being two Authentic Relating facilitators in love, and what it's like battling dangerous insects in their rural home.Interested in everything these two have to offer? Find them at:Authentic RevolutionSara Ness on SubstackGeof Krum on SubstackIf you would like to learn more about circling, authentic relating, nonviolent communication (NVC), and other Relational Arts, visit our website.More stuff is going up on our YouTube all the time, so keep an eye out. That includes a video version of this very episode!To support our work, become a patron on Patreon.Music Credit:- "Clot" by SupertaskGrow With Us ๐ฆ Get relational coaching with Sigh (https://www.thecontainerpod.com/radiantrelating) ๐ Deepen your spiritual practice and attainment with Jonathan (https://www.thecontainerpod.com/coaching) Support Our Work๐ Like, subscribe, rate, and review๐ Become a patron on Patreon๐ Subscribe for free to our newsletter Connect and Learn More About the Relational Arts๐ฅ๏ธ Our website (www.thecontainerpod.com) ๐บ Our YouTube (www.youtube.com/@TheContainerPod) ๐ฅ Our Facebook group Keep it namaste ๐

Apr 22, 2024 โข 38min
Fight Better, Love More with Sara Ness and Geof Krum
Our Eros Series continues with two highly influential leaders of the Authentic Relating movement, none other than Sara Ness and Geof Krum!They talk to us about their backgrounds and what it is like to use those well-honed skills of authenticity in their relationship. We end up focusing on healthy conflict and how fighting better can lead to loving more.Next week, we talk about red-hot anger and how it can build stronger relationships.Interested in everything these two have to offer? Find them at:Authentic RevolutionSara Ness on SubstackGeof Krum on SubstackIf you would like to know more about circling, authentic relating, nonviolent communication (NVC), and more Relational Arts, check out our website.More stuff is going up on our YouTube all the time, so keep an eye out. That includes a video version of this very episode!To support our work, become a patron on Patreon.Music Credit:- "Clot" by SupertaskGrow With Us ๐ฆ Get relational coaching with Sigh (https://www.thecontainerpod.com/radiantrelating) ๐ Deepen your spiritual practice and attainment with Jonathan (https://www.thecontainerpod.com/coaching) Support Our Work๐ Like, subscribe, rate, and review๐ Become a patron on Patreon๐ Subscribe for free to our newsletter Connect and Learn More About the Relational Arts๐ฅ๏ธ Our website (www.thecontainerpod.com) ๐บ Our YouTube (www.youtube.com/@TheContainerPod) ๐ฅ Our Facebook group Keep it namaste ๐