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P.I.E.S.
Each person gives a one-to-ten number for how they are, then says how they are doing physically, intellectually, emotionally and socially or spiritually, thirty to sixty seconds a category, while the others only listen. An answer to 'how are you' that cannot be 'fine'. Add R for relationally to make P.I.E.R.S.
Practical
- Time
- 10-20 min
- Group
- 4–7 · small-group
- Settings
- in-person, online
- Mechanisms
- somatic-awareness, narrative-identity, dialogic-encounter
- Change scope
- state → skill · recurring-practice
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
Submitted by Jessie Reilley (Brisbane Authentics), learned from Franziska Curran, who used it with engineering students — Check-in practice; codified in Authentic Relating (Authentic Relating Games Manual, 2025 edition)
In this directory via Authentic Relating Games Manual
Variation in the manual: each category answered with a metaphor or image.
status: checked · added 2026-08-31