The Belong Center Blueprint™
Learn to build community
& heal disconnection

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

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Build a home for belonging. Our method, your way.

Join the movement to end loneliness, foster meaningful connections, & build community — where you live, work, & play.

FAQs

  • 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 5 video episodes – from finding belonging within yourself, to becoming a community catalyst, to learning how to sustain your Circle and community over time. You’ll have a free workbook you can print out or use digitally and follow along. And if you complete all 5 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. 

Created in friendship with

Radha Agrawal

Dr. Julianne Holt-Lunstad

Karine Plantadit

Michael Clark

Belong Circle Facilitators Squad

Becca Bernstein

  • "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!"

  • "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 have a lot of friends, but we are surface level, and I’m really craving meaningful connection. I decided to launch a circle in my town to expand my network and make new friends. We started sharing and supporting each other in ways that really made a difference. Before, I was missing the skills to connect with others, I'm so happy I found this blueprint!"

  • "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 has given me purpose! Each month, I look forward to facilitating and hosting a circle for my local community. Connecting with new faces, experiencing positive transformation, and being present with others in person gives a new, much deeper, meaning to my life."

  • “This training helped me get to know myself better and to be intentional about choosing community. By learning to evaluate and define my community core values, I can now set better boundaries aka to “know if it’s my thing, and if it’s not.” I also loved the concept of selecting new friends and designing community as an act of “thoughtful energy curation.”