Appreciation Dyads

Depth · what it can open●●○○2 — reflective

Holding · facilitation1 — host

Trust · group readiness★any

Disclosure · what is sharedoptional

Five minutes of 'being with you, I appreciate…' — about yourself, the other, or both, in the present moment — then swap. People run dry after a couple of minutes, the manual notes, and the digging for something new is where the connection happens. Its contributor's favourite way to end a night.

Practical

Time: 7-10 min
Group: 2–∞ · pairs
Settings: in-person, online
Mechanisms: dialogic-encounter, open-awareness
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

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Origin

Ross Cooper (Authentic Houston) — Authentic Relating (Authentic Relating Games Manual, 2025 edition)

In this directory via Authentic Relating Games Manual

Related: The Noticing Game (variant-of)

status: checked · added 2026-08-31