You don't have to go it alone.

 

Join a group. Encourage each other, learn, and grow. Koteries are peer support for thoughtful people with goals.

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masterminds without masters.

Everything is easier with a group of people who are behind you, with you on your journey, and helping you stay accountable to yourself.

As adults, when we move, leave college, start a family, work odd hours, or leave a job, or just start to have new goals and interests, it’s hard to find that sense of community and connection.

But we literally need a sense of belonging.

When we have a sense of belonging, we feel life has meaning and we matter. Without it, we have negative mental and physical health effects and even die sooner.

Belonging is an active process. It isn’t easy but it is simple. We help people take the right actions in spaces that fit into busy and disparate schedules. We help people to have frequent, positive interactions within ongoing, substantial relationships online and in-person, which is the research-backed route to feeling a sense of belonging.

Once we have that, we can do amazing things, find a sense of purpose, and make a life with meaning and intention, and our groups help with all of those things, too!
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Connect

You come with your own unique perspective, as do the other members of your group. Find lifelong friends you'd never have met in your usual circles.

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grow

Conversations instead of posts. Real connection instead of feeds. With regular interaction with your group, you will know yourself and others more fully.

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support

We all need someone to listen. Koteries are safe spaces where you'll learn how to give support in ways that will benefit every relationship you're in.

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belong

Join others with similar goals who are ready to learn, grow, and show up with intention. Our small groups work for different kinds of communicators.

small groups make a big difference.

"When people join groups where change seems possible, the potential for that change to occur becomes more real....the power of a group to teach individuals how to believe happens whenever people come together to help one another change. Belief is easier when it occurs within a community."
Charles Duhigg, The Power of Habit
Charles Duhigg
The Power of Habit
"Generally speaking, humans each have one to two special friends, five intimate friends, 15 best friends, 50 good friends, 150 “just” friends and 500 acquaintances. Our relationships form a series of expanding circles of increasing size and decreasing intensity and quality of the relationship."
Robin Dunbar
Emeritus Professor of Evolutionary Psychology, University of Oxford
"The Pew Internet Personal Networks and Community survey found that the average American has about two discussion confidants...Only half of Americans have anyone in their core network who is not a family member. There is abundant evidence that having a diverse discussion network made up of people from a variety of settings, such as neighborhood and community contexts, brings people benefits by ensuring them access to different types of social support and exposure to diverse ideas and opinions."
Pew Research Center
Social Isolation and New Technology (2009)
"Membership in small groups allows people to feel similar and different at the same time: similar because they are a part of a group in different because the group is separate from the masses."
Alexandra Robbins
The Geeks Shall Inherit the Earth
Hero Women

Frequently asked questions

Koteries are peer-based groups that help you find compatible people to:

  • Support one another in reaching goals
  • Form lasting friendships
  • Develop skills that apply to all your relationships

We call them “masterminds without masters” because every member in a Koterie contributes and participates in the way that matches their own style. Koteries are private and personal, to provide a place to find acceptance and space to be yourself.

The initial program commitment is for 60 days. Your group can continue afterward or you can join a new group.

You’ll submit a matching survey, complete some basic assignments, and be matched with a group.

In your introductory group, you’ll get weekly content to help you level up on your communication.

Participation is reflected in a score, kind of like a credit score that reflects your participation . When your score is high, you’ll be able to create groups and communities. When your score is low, you may lose access to your groups.

We support and reward participation and the contributions you make to your group. Most groups have a daily check-in, and talk throughout the week when it’s convenient.

Relationships require time and intention.

If you can’t commit to the program in a particular period, please wait to join when you’re more available.

If something comes up unexpectedly, we will work with you to find a solution.

Once you have established your own trust rating (your K-score) on Koteries, you will be able to create new groups and communities or join new groups.

As a community organizer, you’ll be able to list events, share information to all your members, and even take payments and donations.

We have not committed to pricing just yet. Koteries will not sell user data and will be subscription-based.

Merriam-Webster defines a coterie as “: an intimate and often exclusive group of persons with a unifying common interest or purpose.”

Koteies are currently accessible by invitation only. Contact Us