Book Description

Authentic relating is a groundbreaking relational practice that creates profoundly enriching, enlivening, trustable, and vulnerable relationships in all social domains of life. It works at home and in business, among friends and colleagues, and between individuals and in groups by teaching people the practices and principles of skillful relationship and human connection.Authentic relating consists of skills and tools that are potent, versatile, and easy to learn and apply. It combines cutting edge research into the science of relationships with the timeless tenets of ancient wisdom to produce a relational practice that is non-dogmatic, eminently practical, and immediately accessible by a mainstream audience.Ryel Kestano has been at the leading edge of the rapidly expanding movement of authentic relating around the world, and the company he co-founded and still leads - Authentic Relating Training International - is the largest and most well-known of the world's many authentic relating schools and organizations. Ryel has trained thousands of people and dozens of companies in over forty locations on five continents, and is also a co-founder of The Realness Project, an organization dedicated to teaching the skills of authentic relating to inmates.