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What If…
Each person shares an imagined future as a question — 'what if I loved myself just as I am?' — then takes time to feel how it would be if it were already true, and says so, before passing the turn. The manual describes it as the Noticing Game played on imagined future states, and suggests pairing it with Next….
Practical
- Time
- 15 min
- Group
- 2–∞ · pairs, small-group
- Settings
- in-person, online
- Mechanisms
- narrative-identity, cognitive-reframing
- 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
Mike Blas (Austin community) — Authentic Relating (Authentic Relating Games Manual, 2025 edition)
In this directory via Authentic Relating Games Manual
Related: Next… (pairs-with)
Variation in the manual: See Me Now — state the future as already true, and be witnessed by the group as if it were.
status: checked · added 2026-08-31