There are moments in life when the way we’ve been making sense of the world stops working quite the same way.
Nothing may be obviously wrong. The work still matters. Our values still hold. But something feels strained, as if the identity or framework that once guided us no longer quite fits the complexity of what we’re facing.
Developmental psychologists describe these moments as thresholds—places where our existing way of understanding ourselves and the world begins to reach its limits.
Crossing a threshold doesn’t mean abandoning who we are. It means expanding how we hold our identity, our values, and our perspective.
At the same time, these changes rarely happen in isolation.
This Circle Lab invites us to explore how personal development and collective cycles intersect.
Together we’ll explore:
How developmental thresholds appear in our lives and leadership
Why identities that once served us can begin to feel constraining
How individuals and organizations move through cycles of growth and renewal
What becomes possible when we recognize the season we’re actually in
This conversation also marks the final Circle Lab of this season.
As always, Circle Lab is a space to slow down, reflect with peers, and notice what life might be asking of us now.
Circle Lab: Making Meaning in Seasons of Change
📅 June 10
🕓 4pm – 5pm PST USA
🌐 Free & Online
Circle Lab is offered free of charge. Donations are welcome and help support our nonprofit work of reweaving community and cultivating spaces for collective learning and connection.
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What Is Circle Lab?
Circle Lab is a monthly space to pause, reflect, and connect with peers navigating complexity, change, and impact in their organizations and communities. Each session explores a shared inquiry related to leadership, collaboration, and human systems through dialogue, reflection, and collective sensemaking.
At Open Circle, we believe meaningful change begins not with rushing to act, but with learning how to listen—together.