You know you want deeper connection. Knowing hasn't been enough.
You've read about belonging. Saved the posts. Listened to the podcasts. And you're still waiting for connection to find you.
This experience is for you if —
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You want stronger adult friendships
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You wish making friends felt easier
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You want to stop overthinking reaching out
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You struggle with maintaining relationships consistently
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You want more community in your life
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You'd like to host, gather, or bring people together — but don't know where to begin
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You're tired of waiting for connection to happen on its own
What we do together
Four weeks. One belonging skill at a time.
A lived experience. With a community. With accountability. With me.
1. Reach Out
We'll identify the people already around you and practice initiating connection.
You'll learn how to:
· Reach out without overthinking
· Reconnect with dormant relationships
· Start conversations that actually go somewhere
· Stop waiting to be chosen
3. Handle Rejection and Deepen Connection
One unanswered message shouldn't stop your social life.
We'll practice:
· Not taking rejection personally
· Managing social anxiety
· Becoming more open and vulnerable
· Moving beyond surface-level conversations
· Creating trust and emotional safety
2. Invest Wisely
Not every relationship deserves equal effort. We'll figure out where yours actually belongs.
We'll explore:
· Who to invest in
· Who to let go of
· Green flags in friendships
· How to identify reciprocal relationships
· How to build your relationship portfolio
4. Invite & Gather
Connection grows when someone goes first.
This week you'll:
· Create your own connection opportunity
· Make invitations
· Design a simple gathering
· Learn to create emotionally furnished spaces
· Host one meaningful evening, meet-up, walk, coffee, or dinner
Every week you will recieve
📖 Weekly lesson
Understand the week's belonging skill deeply before you practice it.
🎯 Weekly challenge
One specific real-world action. Not optional. This is the whole point. Connection is built by doing, not reading.
📝 Reflection prompts + tracker
So the practice lands in your body, not just your head. Simple. Designed to fit into a busy life.
💬 Personal feedback from Kasturi
Every week. Based on your reflections. Not automated. Actually me...reading what you write and responding.
🌿 Private WhatsApp community
The people doing this alongside you. Your summer village. The place where the practice becomes real.
🔥 Accountability to actually do it
The hardest part of belonging isn't knowing what to do. It's doing it. This experience is designed around that.
Real conversations around Summer Of Belonging
This is not a programme you complete and forget.
It's a month of practice that changes how you move through your relationships. So by the end of 30 days, here are outcomes you can expect
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You will have reached out.
To people you've been meaning to contact for months. Not planned it. Actually done it.
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You will have had at least one real conversation.
The kind that goes somewhere. That leaves you feeling less alone. That you think about afterwards.
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You will have created a moment of connection.
A gathering. A dinner. A chai. A catch-up. Something that wouldn't have happened without this.
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You will have stronger relationship skills.
Greater confidence initiating. Real-life evidence that belonging is something you can build — not just hope for.
Why a Relationship Therapist built this?
Kasturi M
Founder, Village Of Choice
Kasturi is a globally acclaimed relationship therapist, researcher and author.
People ask me why I talk about loneliness and community instead of attachment styles and red flags.
Here's why.
Most of the relationship problems I see have nothing to do with the relationship. They have everything to do with the village.
When you don't have a support system - you make one person your entire pillar. You over-give because you have no safety anywhere else. You stay too long in the wrong places because you have nothing to return to.
Support systems create better decisions. Support systems create better relationships.
Summer of Belonging is not therapy. It's practice. Four weeks of building the village, one small act at a time.
I'll be with you the whole way.
- Kasturi
✦ August Cohort · Third-Circle
$67
The Summer cohorts sold out pretty quick.
Autumn Edition is your chance at crafting belonging.
4 weeks of weekly lessons and challenges
Personal feedback from Kasturi every week
Reflection prompts and tracker
Private WhatsApp community
Lifetime access to all materials
✦ Third cohort · Limited spots · Personal access closes when full