exercise · all tools
Truths
In the full group, anyone may say to anyone: '(Person's name), when you ____ (identify a particular, unarguable moment or experience), I felt ___ (share an emotion).' Continue until the energy fades. An Austin tradition for closing every games night; the manual notes the option of asking whether someone is open to a truth before giving one.
Practical
- Time
- 10-30 min
- Group
- ?–∞ · small-group, large-group
- Settings
- in-person, online
- Mechanisms
- feedback-mirroring, dialogic-encounter, emotional-processing
- 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
Authentic World; Partial Truths by Sara Ness and Josh Sabik (Austin Love Juggernaut) — Authentic Relating (Authentic Relating Games Manual, 2025 edition)
In this directory via Authentic Relating Games Manual
Related: Withholds (pairs-with)
Variations in the manual: Withholds and Appreciations (adding what you would have preferred, or what you are taking with you), and Partial Truths — just the name and the feeling, invented for April Fools' and kept because recipients usually knew what was meant.
status: checked · added 2026-08-31