exercise · all tools

Angels In The Closet

Depth · what it can open●●○○2 — reflective
Holding · facilitation1 — host
Trust · group readinessany
Disclosure · what is sharedrequired

For three to five minutes each, talk about the angels in your closet — what you are proudest of, as boastfully as you can bear and a little more — and hear back what struck the listeners most. The manual recommends it for leadership trainings and ongoing groups, and pairs it with a skeletons round for the things one is ashamed of.

Hold with care
  • The Skeletons and Angels variation opens with what people are most ashamed of and is a depth-3 exercise; the manual itself suggests a Hot Seat afterwards to go further, which says something about where it leads

Practical

Time
15-45 min
Group
2 · pairs, small-group
Settings
in-person, online
Mechanisms
narrative-identity, dialogic-encounter
Change scope
state → skill · repeatable

Instructions

Where
authrev.org/ar-games-manual Authentic Relating Games Manual, paid
Availability
In the source document — the instructions live inside the material linked, on its terms
Licence
CC BY-SA 4.0 (Authentic Relating Games Manual)

Source link checked 31 Aug 2026 — unchanged since we recorded it on 29 Aug 2026

This directory describes and points home; the instructions stay with the people who made them.

Origin

Sara Ness (Authentic Revolution / Austin Love Juggernaut) — Authentic Relating (Authentic Relating Games Manual, 2025 edition)

In this directory via Authentic Relating Games Manual

Variation in the manual: Skeletons and Angels, using the One Time… format for the skeletons.

status: checked · added 2026-08-31