Compass Circles
Join our November Compass Circle:
"What comes next?"
Monday 2, 9, 16, 23 November 2026
8.00-9.30pm 🇬🇧 UK - 3.00-4.30pm 🇺🇸 USA ET
Live online - limited places
With Kimberley and Phil
$129 USD (approx £97 GBP)
A space to be. A place to navigate.
Sometimes what we need isn't more advice.
We need somewhere to stop. Somewhere we can say how things really are, be listened to without being fixed, hear from other people and have time to work out what we need for ourselves.
That's what a Compass Circle is for. It's a place to pause and be heard, but also somewhere to learn a simple practical framework that can help you find your bearings and decide what comes next.
Compass Circles are small facilitated learning groups that bring together practical ideas, honest conversation, thoughtful reflection and the simple framework of The Compass.
Join our November Compass Circle:
"What comes next?"
Perhaps you're wondering what comes next.
You might be approaching retirement, adjusting to a change you didn't choose, feeling ready for something different, or simply realising that the life you're living no longer quite fits.
Over four weeks, we’ll explore one part of The Compass each week:
🧭 I set my destination - getting clearer about what you want or need now
🧭 I feel it, see it bright - bringing that direction to life and noticing what becomes possible
🧭 With baby steps I journey - finding manageable ways to begin moving forward
🧭 I trust my inner light - noticing your own inner wisdom and developing greater trust in yourself
We’ll introduce ideas and simple practices, then give you plenty of space to explore what they mean in your own life. You don't need to have a big problem to solve. And you don't need to know what the answer is.
What happens in a Compass Circle?
A Compass Circle brings together a small group of people - often around 6–12 - with a facilitator who helps create and hold the space. There is time to check in, reflect, listen and talk about what's happening in our lives.
The Compass gives us a simple framework for exploring where we are now, what matters to us, what might be possible and the next steps we might take.
Each session includes some short, practical teaching and simple activities, with plenty of time to reflect, talk and apply The Compass to your own life. This isn't a course where you simply sit and listen. We learn together through ideas, conversation, reflection and shared experience. There is no pressure to answer. You can share when you want to, and you can pass when you don't.
There may be laughter. There may be emotion. There may be moments when nobody has anything to say. All of that is okay. A Compass Circle is about creating the conditions in which people can hear themselves and each other a little more clearly.
Listening without fixing
One of the simplest agreements in our Circles is: We listen to listen.
Most of us have learned to help by offering advice, reassurance or solutions. In a Compass Circle, we practise something different.
We give people room to finish their thoughts. We allow silence. We don't assume we know what's right for somebody else.
That doesn't mean sitting silently whatever happens. The facilitator helps hold the boundaries of the Circle and makes sure there is space for different voices and experiences.
But nobody is expected to arrive with the answers - including the facilitator.
Who are Compass Circles for?
The same underlying approach can be used in many different communities.
A Circle might bring together people who are:
- caring for or supporting someone else;
- navigating change, uncertainty or a difficult period;
- experiencing a particular life transition;
- part of the same organisation or community;
- or simply wanting to live with greater intention and connection.
Sometimes everyone in the Circle shares a similar experience. Sometimes they don't.
What connects them is the opportunity to pause, find their bearings and discover their own way forward alongside others.
The Compass
Within the Circle, we come back to four simple ideas:
I set my destination.
I feel it, see it bright.
With baby steps I journey.
I trust my inner light.
The Compass gives us something practical to take away from the conversation and use in everyday life.
Experience a Compass Circle
We run Compass Circles ourselves and also work with organisations and communities that would like to create them for the people they support.
Some Circles are open to anyone. Others bring together people with a shared experience or who are part of the same community.
Our next Circle is below, but if you want to hear about future Circles you can join, leave your details here and we'll let you know what's coming up.
I'd like to bring The Compass to my community
If you're part of an organisation, charity, community group or network and you're wondering whether Compass Circles could be useful for the people you support, find out how we can work together.