Helping people build connection in modern life, one gathering (or fight!) at a time.

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For twenty years, Priya has helped people navigate the space between each other: families in conflict, executives facing tough decisions, communities trying to hold together across difference. She teaches people how to gather with purpose, fight well, and build healthy, vibrant groups that last.

The Art of Fighting: The Transforming Power of Conflict 

NEW BOOK

We say we want community, but most of us were never taught the one skill that actually holds a group together: how to fight well. The Art of Fighting shows you how.

Out September 8, 2026 

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WORK WITH PRIYA

Advisory

Priya mentors a select number of leaders in public, political, and social movement-building, advising them as they design and facilitate high-stakes gatherings, navigate challenging conversations, and lead through complex moments.

Facilitation

Priya designs and leads gatherings where the stakes are real. She helps groups have the honest conversations and make hard decisions most of them keep avoiding.

Speaking

Priya brings her research on gathering and conflict to CEOs, nonprofit leaders, students, and community organizers, combining real stories with practical tools for gathering well and navigating challenging moments together.

COMMUNITY

Group Life is part newsletter, part training ground where Priya teaches what she knows as a facilitator: how to design meaningful gatherings, hold conflict with more confidence, and build belonging across difference through newsletters, bi-weekly webinars and voice memos. 

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RECENT CONVERSATIONS

PODCAST

Priya joins Ezra Klein to talk about why so many of us feel lonely even when we're busy, and what actually helps.

PODCAST

Priya explains what a Magical Question is and how to ask one that actually works to connect a group.

ARTICLE

Virtual Meetings Are Killing the Vibe. Here’s What to Do About It: Priya on why virtual meetings feel so empty, and what to actually do about it.

PODCAST

Small Ways to Make Your Life Fun & Exciting: Priya sits down with Mel Robbins to talk about why gatherings need a real purpose.

WHAT WE ARE HEARING

  • “Priya’s gathering framework has helped me to see opportunities for reimagining human connection everywhere, from team meetings to political rallies, including settings that I wouldn’t have traditionally thought of as gatherings.”

    —KATIE R.

    Art of Gathering Digital Course Student

  • “I feel this in your Zooms, and it helps me access it, too. The other thing is that your focus for each Zoom is so digestible that I walk away able to apply it instantly. They serve as reminders (oh! I can give people roles!) and often contain a solution that unlocks something for me.”

    —MELINA

    Group Lifer on Substack

  • “Priya was an absolutely wonderful speaker who appealed to each person in the room. She was engaging, funny, wise, and inspiring. She was exactly what we all needed. We have received dozens of notes this past week expressing how much people loved hearing from Priya, how inspired they were, and how seen they felt by her.”

    —AUSTIN TOGETHER

    Speaking Client

MAGICAL QUESTIONS

A Magical Question is one everyone wants to answer—and hear others answer, too. It’s a tool, a superpower, shifting any group from polite to present.

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