Awareness
Notice your thoughts, feelings, and longings—and the experiences of others—with curiosity, presence, and openness.
The Awareness, Courage & Love™ Global Project Belong deeply. Connect courageously. Live fully.
The future of health is relational.
ACL™ is a global learning community advancing relational health through evidence-based practices that help people deepen connection, live courageously, and share their unique gifts.
Why ACL exists
Connection is essential to human flourishing. Relational health makes it possible.
Loneliness, burnout, polarization, and social isolation are rising—affecting not only our wellbeing, but our families, workplaces, and communities. Research consistently shows that the quality of our relationships is one of the strongest predictors of health, resilience, and flourishing.
Relational health is our capacity to cultivate authentic connection, trust, and belonging—with ourselves, with others, and within our communities. Like physical health, it requires intention and practice. Its effects ripple outward, shaping who we become and what we make possible in the world.
Through Awareness, Courage, and Love, ACL™ brings these practices into everyday life—because stronger relationships don't just change lives. They expand what people are capable of becoming and contributing.
What we do
Building relational health through practice, community, and training
Three ways into ACL™ — learn the science of connection, practice it in community, and apply it in your work, leadership, and life.
Learn
Explore the evidence-based practices of Awareness, Courage & Love™ and develop the capacities that strengthen connection and belonging.
Explore the frameworkPractice
Join a global community where people support one another through authentic relationships, experiential learning, and shared growth.
Join the communityApply
Bring relational health into your professional, organizational, or community work through certification and leadership development.
Explore training- years of FAP/ACL research foundation
- 40+ years of FAP/ACL research foundation
- countries with active members, across 6 continents
- 69+ countries with active members, across 6 continents
- trained facilitators worldwide
- 220 trained facilitators worldwide
- participants impacted by ACL™ experiential meetings in 2025
- 3,500+ participants impacted by ACL™ experiential meetings in 2025
Organizations we've collaborated with
ACL™ Global has collaborated with universities, healthcare systems, professional associations, media organizations, and nonprofits committed to advancing relational health and human connection.
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The ACL™ Global Project
Advancing relational health worldwide through the science and practice of Awareness, Courage & Love™.
The ACL™ approach
Awareness · Courage · Love. The path to relational health.
Courage
Take meaningful risks to express your authentic self, deepen connection, and create the life you want to live.
Love
Give and receive care, appreciation, and compassion in ways that nurture trust, belonging, and growth.
Grounded in science
Built on 40+ years of peer-reviewed FAP research
The ACL approach translates decades of behavioral science and Functional Analytic Psychotherapy (FAP) research into practical skills for building healthier relationships.
Research and impactLópez-Pinar, C., Galán-Doña, D., Tsai, M., & Macías, J. (2024). Meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials and single-case designs on the efficacy of functional analytic psychotherapy. Clinical Psychology: Science and Practice. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1037/cps0000221
87%
of participants who completed feedback surveys in 2025 reported feeling more connected to others after an ACL experience.
