Meeting Details:Where: Sir Sandford Fleming Park, Halifax, NS
(I will pin exact location in WhatsApp group 30-45 mins prior).
When: Sunday, June 1st, 2025. @10am -12:30pm (2.5hrs)
What & Why?: Keep Reading :)
I believe (this is all MY belief, not THE truth) we're live in a world starving for realness. Surface-level has become the default. People talk without saying anything, listen without hearing, and smile while scrolling past each other’s lives. It’s all so polished, so pleasant, so profoundly dead. We’ve learned to trade authenticity for acceptance — to be agreeable instead of true. But under all that posturing, there’s a part of you that remembers: connection doesn't feel like this. This is one layer of the reason Behind The Front was created.What happens at these events?Well I can't give away too much surprise and mystery but roughly following the principles of "Authentic Relating?" (yes it's an actual modality).Most conversations skim the surface. We say we’re “good,” even when we’re not. We nod, smile, perform, and leave feeling like we didn’t really connect.Authentic Relating is a practice that flips that. It’s about showing up as you are - messy, clear, uncertain, excited, tired, quiet, and being met there. It’s the art of speaking your truth, listening with presence, and creating moments of realness between people who are tired of faking it.No spiritual bypassing. No forced vulnerability. Just honest, grounded, human-to-human connection.What are Authentic Relating Games?They’re guided exercises designed to help us remember how to actually relate. Some are light and playful. Some are deep and revealing. All of them are built to bring us into the present moment with ourselves and with each other.You’ll ask questions you don’t usually ask. You’ll be listened to without interruption. You’ll see people, and be seen, in ways that most of us rarely experience.These “games” aren’t about performing or getting it right. They’re about dropping the "front". And maybe, for a moment, remembering that feeling of just "being" with someone.Hi, my name is Chase, I grew up with a stutter and a lot of fear around it. For years, I thought my inability to speak fluently was the thing holding me back from connection, from belonging, from being understood. I believed that once I could finally talk like everyone else, the gates would open. Connection would just... happen. But when the words finally came easy, the disappointment hit harder. Because the truth was, most people weren’t really listening anyway. People who could speak "normally" were often just as disconnected as I was. I realized that what I wanted wasn’t just the ability to speak — I wanted something real. To speak into a space that could actually hold something real. That’s what this is about. Not polished speech. Not perfect delivery. Just presence.Rough Structure:10am - Welcome/intro
10:10 - Group grounding
10:20 - Authentic Relating games (usually in randomized pairs switching every 5 minutes or so)
11:20 - Authentic Conversation prompts (usually random groups of 4 switching every 20 minutes)
12:20 - Wind down
12:30 - GoodbyeSo What Do You Get With Your $7 Ticket?Well obvs you get to come to the event, but you also get access to the events WhatsApp group where you can continue on good feeling connections after the event. Plus this group will be added to the community BTF (Behind The Front) WhatsApp channel, with everyone from past events in there (lots of cool people looking to connect and do fun things) We have sub communities attached too for specific interests like pickleball, cold dips, weekly dinners, etc.But zooming out, what do you get from a $7 ticket? Community.
How To Attend? Important AF.1. Feel into if you're drawn to this event.
2. If so, grab a $7 ticket through the button that says "Claim My Spot GUMROAD".
3. **Now, since this is my first time collecting payment through Gumroad, I must manually send out email with WhatsApp group in it (instead of it being automated right after purchase). Because of this, I will send out email daily at 8pm with the new members who purchased a ticket. So don't worry if you don't get an email right away, it will come next time the clock strikes 8pm.
4. Write the date in your calendar and see you soon.
Welcome, very nice to have you joining us.Below is a button to press that will bring you to the events WhatsApp group where I will drop the exact pin location the day of event & where you can connect with others before and after event. There are 3 guidelines to the WhatsApp group to make it as much as a safe place as possible without controlling too much. To join this WhatsApp group you are agreeing to (also posted in description of whatsapp group):1. No private messages unless you met in person first.
Don’t DM someone from this group unless they’ve clearly opened that door. This group isn't Tinder, although probably the best place to meet intimate partners. If you met in person (not just looked at profile picture), and are interested in connecting more, then by all means send a message, but "no's" are honored fully here and always.2. What happens in this group stays in this group.
No screenshots or sharing with your friends, we want this to be a private container.3. Keep it relevant.
This is a space for authentic connection, not memes, self-promotion, or endless side chats. Share intentionally.All in all, just be real, respect boundaries, and honor self and other, and you'll be good.To join the WhatsApp group click the button below and I'll see you in there. Peace.Chase Gillis.