The Belong Center Blueprint™

The Belong Center Blueprint™ is a community training platform to help people build & sustain meaningful connections.

Learn to build belonging & create your own circles where community can thrive!

5 self-guided video trainings, exercises, & tools to:

  • Deepen connection with yourself

  • Strengthen existing relationships

  • Build the communities you crave

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Learn to build belonging where you live, work, & play.

Our method, your way!

Live Community of Practice

The Blueprint is more fun when done in community.

Join a nation of community catalysts and learn together! Sessions may include reflection exercises, embodiment practices, movement tools, special guests, breakouts, and more.

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  • 100%. A Belong Circle is connection made easy: less networking, more genuine joy. It’s a space where people of any age or identity feel safe enough to be silly and brave enough to be real. Our Circles come in many forms - whether it's arts and craft nights, game nights, or shared airtime and meaningful conversation. This community training platform is an invitation to connect with what brings you joy while building meaningful connection with others.

  • We’ve built this to be as easy and exciting to access as possible. No schedule coordination → you can engage with The Belong Center Blueprint™ at your own pace, on your own timeline. There are 4 video episodes – from finding belonging within yourself, to becoming a community catalyst. You’ll have a free workbook you can print out or use digitally and follow along. And if you complete all 4 episodes, you get Belong Center-certified, with the opportunity to join our exclusive community of practice for people building community and belonging all across the globe.

  • Fun, meaningful, engaging guidance, support, and tips of the trade from everyone from leading researcher and social connection expert, Dr. Julianne Holt-Lunstad, to acclaimed author of Belong: Find Your People, Create Community, and Live a More Connected Life, Chief Community Architect of Daybreaker, co-founder of THINX, and more, Radha Agrawal.

  • Belong Center is a 501c3 nonprofit and we work to keep all of our offerings as low-cost and accessible as possible. All donations are tax-exempt. Want to support the growth of this work? Donate to the Daybreaker Giving Circle or via the donation page of our website, www.belongcenter.org. 

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Radha Agrawal

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Dr. Julianne Holt-Lunstad

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Karine Plantadit

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Michael Clark

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Belong Circle Facilitators Squad

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Becca Bernstein

  • “I was craving deeper connection but had no idea how to actually bring people together. This blueprint showed me that building community is a skill anyone can learn. Now I host a monthly circle in my neighborhood—and watching people open up and connect has been one of the most meaningful experiences of my life.”

  • “This training helped me understand myself better and be more intentional about the communities I choose. Clarifying my core values gave me the confidence to set better boundaries and recognize what truly aligns. I loved the idea of designing community as an act of thoughtful energy curation.”

  • "Wow! Thank you for the tools (and confidence boost) to start a simple circle with people in my community. Every month we are so excited to meet because of the support and joy we get!"

  • "I came to a circle not knowing what to expect. I was actually going to go back home. I went in there and my experience helped me grow and let me know that there are people who have something in common with me and there's no judgment. If everyone in the world could just talk and not jump to conclusions, this world would be a better place."

  • "I attended my first Circle and it was an AHAAAA moment. I've not felt so secured and belonged in a long time. Thank you!"

  • "The greatest belonging I feel in my life is with a group we call the Witches. 6 women, all super busy, who gather at each other’s homes for a simple, low-cost potluck one time a month. Half the group is moms. Several of us have gone through job loss or uncertainty. Many of us have gone through grief. But no matter the season, no matter what any one of us is carrying, this group holds, creating a sacred space where each and every person feels like they belong."

  • "Becoming a Community Catalyst changed how I see my role in the world. The training gave me the skills to gather people with intention. Now I host a meet-up in my community, and seeing strangers become friends reminds me how powerful it is when we choose to show up for one another.”

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