Connectors Circle

The Connectors Circle Gathering

Conversations for People Who Want Deeper Understanding Across Difference**

The Connectors Circle Gathering is a calm, human-centred event where conversation becomes a practice — not a performance. It’s a space for people who think deeply, feel intensely, and want to understand themselves and others with more clarity, honesty, and care.

This isn’t networking.
It’s a guided environment for real dialogue — the kind that helps you feel seen, helps you make sense of your inner world, and helps you stay connected even when perspectives differ.

Here, your whole voice is welcome.
Your sensitivity, your depth, your ideas, your questions — nothing is “too much.”

What to Expect

This isn’t a seminar or a panel.
It’s an invitation to slow down, listen differently, and practise conversations that build understanding rather than tension.

We move between emotion and intellect, between the practical and the reflective. Tangents aren’t distractions — they’re clues about what matters.

Part 1: Conversations Across Difference

We begin with the foundations of meaningful connection — especially when difference is present, whether political, personal, cultural, or emotional.

Together, we explore:

• how to express yourself with clarity, steadiness, and honesty
• how to stay open when perspectives clash
• how to recognise the patterns that shape your reactions
• how to shift from self-protection to genuine connection
• how to replace correctness with curiosity

This part gives you practical relational tools you can use anywhere — at home, at work, or in community spaces.

Part 2: Big Topic Deep Dives (Member-Led)

In the second half, the group chooses the direction.
These are guided, member-led deep dives into topics that matter to the people in the room.

Themes often include:

• meaning, mortality, and how we make sense of life
• belonging, bias, culture, and identity
• joy and creativity as ways to stay human in complex systems
• personal stories, philosophy, or the ideas that shape who we are

These discussions are not debates.
They’re explorations — a chance to think together without pressure or performance.

What Makes This Gathering Different

The Connectors Circle is built on the belief that conversation is how understanding grows. When people bring their whole selves — emotion, intellect, vulnerability, and curiosity — something shifts. Tension softens, clarity emerges, and difference becomes easier to navigate.

This space is:

• neuroinclusive
• non-performative
• emotionally grounded
• designed for psychological safety

We’re not aiming to be right.
We’re aiming to be real.

Practical Details

📍 Location: PLATF9RM, Tower Point, Brighton — Floor 5
🕕 Time: 6:00 PM
💻 Hybrid: A Zoom link will be sent to online participants on the day.

Come As You Are

Curious, quiet, intense, reflective, overwhelmed, or unsure — you’re welcome as you are. Bring the parts of your voice that feel formed, the parts that feel confused, and the parts that are still finding words.

In the Connectors Circle, expression isn’t managed — it’s met.
And conversation isn’t small talk it’s the beginning of understanding.