How to Apply the GPS+I Framework to Community and Belonging: The Advanced Version

The GPS+I framework at its advanced level applies not just to the individual’s relationship with community, but to the community itself as a practice arena for transformation.

Goal (Advanced)

At the advanced level, the goal isn’t just “find community” — it’s to use community as the primary practice arena for the nervous system work that transforms the patterns that have been limiting your work and life.

The goal: a community engagement level that produces genuine nervous system updating through regular authentic contact with people who are doing similar work.

Problem (Advanced)

The advanced problem is not “I don’t have community” — it’s “I have community but I’m not letting it do what community can do.” The specific patterns that prevent this:

• Performing rather than contributing authentically
• Giving without receiving
• Engaging from a distance rather than genuine presence
• Treating community as information delivery rather than relational experience

Solutions (Advanced)

The advanced solutions involve specific relational experiments:

• Sharing something in community that’s genuinely vulnerable (at a manageable activation level)
• Asking for something you actually need
• Responding honestly rather than diplomatically to another member’s contribution

Integration (Advanced)

The advanced integration looks at: what has the community practice produced in the broader work and life? What patterns have shifted? What has become more accessible outside of community through the practice inside it?

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