Most of us are drowning in contacts and starving for support. We have group chats, follows and likes, but still wonder who we could call at 2 a.m., or who would tell us the hard truth before we make a mistake. The Circle Audit is a practical guide to running a gentle relationship audit on your life: seeing clearly who fuels you, who quietly drains you, and who is missing from your corner. Blending reflection exercises, real-world scripts and tiny experiments, Soraya Fenwicke shows you how to draw a simple social circle map, recruit mentors and truth-tellers, and set friendship boundaries without blowing up your history. You will learn how to find mentors nearby instead of waiting for a hero, ask for help without awkwardness, and build reciprocity in relationships so generosity flows both ways. Along the way, she offers ideas for small group dinners, warm introductions and a realistic gratitude practice that keeps important ties warm even when life is full. This is not a book about working the room or collecting business cards. It is for thoughtful people who want their relationships to feel truer, kinder and more useful, without turning into professional networkers or abandoning their day ones. Whether you are craving a personal board of advisors, trying to repair old tensions through gentle conflict repair, or simply longing for three people you trust completely, The Circle Audit gives you a clear, compassionate process. One conversation, one boundary and one new connection at a time, you can turn your circle into a quiet engine for the life you actually want.
The Circle Audit
SKU: 9789376553136
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- Soraya Fenwicke is a writer and facilitator of honest conversations about how people really live. For years she has listened to workers, parents, founders, artists and elders describe the gap between the relationships they have and the support they quietly wish for. Those stories, collected in kitchens, corridors and late-night messages, have shaped her conviction that most people are not short of goodness, but of structure. Her work sits at the meeting point of friendship, ambition and care. She is particularly interested in the small, practical moves that make it easier to ask for help, say no with kindness and stay loyal to the people who knew you before your business card or bio. Soraya has long been fascinated by the informal networks that sustain communities, from neighbourhood aunties to mutual-aid groups that spring up in moments of crisis. The Circle Audit grows out of that attention: an attempt to give readers a gentle, rigorous way to see their circles clearly and tend them more deliberately. Soraya writes in a warm, editorial voice, offering scripts, reflections and stories that feel like sitting down with a thoughtful friend who is willing to ask you better questions than you usually ask yourself.
