TABLE OF CONTENTS

Foreword: When Did We Forget This?

Preface: The Origin of the PeerSpirit Circle Process

Part One: The Circle Way

Chapter 1: Where Circle Comes From and Where It Can Take Us

Chapter 2: The Components of Circle

Part Two: Circles at Work in the World

Chapter 3: The Power of Preparation, Invitation, Intention, and Center

Chapter 4: Rotating Positions of Leadership in the Circle

Chapter 5: Accountability Through Agreements, Practices, and Principles

Chapter 6: Circle, Step by Step

Part Three: The Art of Presence in Circle

Chapter 7: Story as Core Communication

Chapter 8: Activating and Responding in a Social Container

Chapter 9: Why Circle Takes us to the Shadow

Chapter 10: Circle as Support for Collective Healing

Part Four: Circle as Paradigm Shift

Chapter 11: Organizational Experiments in Circle Governance

Chapter 12: Circle as a Way of Life

Afterword: Circle in the Heart of Stone

Glossary

Notes

Bibliography and Resources

Acknowledgments

About the Authors

Index