Facilitating Authentic Communication Groups

Integrating Process Work, DEI, NVC & IFS

Discover practical tools and transformative insights to inspire equity, connection, and change in groups.

About the Authors

We share a passion for deep connection and dismantling systemic barriers.

Anisha Pandya

Anisha Pandya is a psychotherapist, and transformational facilitator based in Mumbai, India. As the CEO of the Authentic Communication Group, she leads the organization, and is happiest when she’s facilitating. She drives powerful, cutting-edge interventions that blend therapeutic and coaching approaches like Transactional Analysis, Appreciative Inquiry, Nonviolent Communication, Emotional Intelligence, NeuroLinguistic Programming, and Process Work.

Martha Lasley

Martha Lasley founded the Authentic Communication Group and works with movers, shakers and changemakers to advocate for social justice. She facilitates small groups to explore power dynamics and transform the domination culture. She has authored three books: Coaching for Transformation; Facilitating with Heart; and Courageous Visions. She supports social justice activists to realize their visions and develop heart-centered authentic relationships.

Behind the Pages

Discovering the Content

Step into the power of the present moment. This chapter invites you to explore how real-time awareness reveals hidden dynamics, deepens authenticity, and creates space for transformation. Discover how to anchor your group in what’s alive, right here, right now.

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Apr, 2025

An Evening of Authenticity: Live Book Launch in Mumbai

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Apr, 2025

Creating Space for Authenticity– Authors in Conversation (Online)

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Apr, 2025

Authors Talk: Anisha Pandya and Martha Lasley In Conversation (Online)

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May, 2025

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What Readers Are Saying

A groundbreaking guide for facilitators seeking to inspire change through empathy and equity.

Roxy Manning
Roxy Manning

Author and Trainer

A bold, timely guide to the ‘how’ of here-and-now process work—just when deeper expertise is needed most to navigate the complexity of human relationships. This book is a rare invitation into powerful, confronting, and compassionate conversations that can change the world from the inside out.

Giles Barrow
Giles Barrow

A treasure trove of hard-to-find skills and understanding about emotional and systemic pitfalls that takes competent group facilitators and gives them wings.

Sarah Peyton
Sarah Peyton

Your Resonant Self

An intimate guide for navigating the conflicts and polarization of our times. With compelling narratives and practical wisdom, this book equips facilitators to lead meaningful change.

Manish Srivastava
Manish Srivastava

Author, Coach, and Facilitator of Social Transformation

Packed with tools sorely needed for grappling with the profound challenges and opportunities of our times, this book offers grounded, transformative practices for real connection.

Karl Steyaert
Karl Steyaert

Change Catalyst

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Facilitating Authentic Communication Groups takes you into the belly of transformation—where real conversations challenge the status quo, deepen connection, and support healing. Integrating Nonviolent Communication, Internal Family Systems, Here-and-Now Process Work, and DEI in Relationships helps facilitators to navigate group dynamics with courage, compassion, and authenticity. Whether you’re surfacing hard truths, untangling power dynamics, or nurturing collective liberation, this guide offers the tools to move beyond dialogue into vulnerable, embodied relationships. Get ready to disrupt, connect, and co-create a more just and liberated world.

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