Get closer to the love you want.
A membership for people who are ready to date with more courage, clarity, and connection. Live singles events, weekly dating strategy sessions, The Authentic Dating Course, a private AI dating coach, community, and curated matchmaking consideration.
Now hosting live events in Denver · Online membership available anywhere
Why Closer exists
Dating can bring up everything: hope, attraction, uncertainty, longing, self-protection, excitement, disappointment, and courage.
Most people are trying to navigate all of that alone. They swipe, message, overthink, go on dates, lose momentum, repeat old patterns, and wonder why something that matters so much can feel so disconnected.
We created Closer for people who want something more real. A return to real human connection, real depth, real intimacy, real aliveness.
Closer is a membership that gives you places to meet, people to practice with, guidance when you feel stuck, tools for building genuine connection, and a private network where real and authentic human connection is front and center.
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You'll learn practical ways to bring more honesty, curiosity, and real connection into your dating life, from the moment of initial contact, through the first date, and beyond.
We'll also send occasional reflections, teachings and practices, event announcements, and invitations from Closer. Unsubscribe anytime.
Your membership includes
Closer combines the things that usually live in separate places: singles events, dating coaching, course training, community, on-demand AI support, searchable archives, and matchmaking consideration. Come for the events, the guidance, the community, the introductions, or the personal growth. Most members use all of it.
Curated, expertly facilitated singles gatherings designed for both skill-building and real connection. Twice a month, members come together for guided conversations, relational practices, and social time that goes far beyond small talk, plus one-off gatherings in local public spaces with the wider community.
Now in DenverExpert-led live online gatherings where your real dating life becomes the material. Bring your questions, situations, patterns, messages, first-date nerves, attraction dilemmas, heartbreaks, hopes, and confusion. Get coaching from relational experts and learn from members practicing the same things.
Full, ongoing access to a 23-lesson video course by Ryel Kestano, co-founder of ART International and author of Authentic Relating. The skills that turn dates into genuine connection: presence, curiosity, emotional honesty, attraction, boundaries, and meeting another person without performing.
Every past session and Q&A, recorded and searchable. Wondering how to handle ghosting? Confused about chemistry? Nervous before a first date? Unsure whether to send the text? Search the archive and find guidance from real coaching conversations.
Private text and voice support built on hundreds of actual coaching sessions with real clients. It is 9pm and you are getting ready for a date. Ask how to open, what to wear, how to calm your nerves, or how to follow up afterward, and get grounded, relationally intelligent guidance trained on the Closer approach.
Join a private network of vetted singles who are available for connection and dating. Your information is never public, never sold, and never shown as a swipe profile. Professional matchmakers may consider you for personal introductions based on values, lifestyle, emotional readiness, attraction, and real compatibility.
A member community for singles who care about connection, growth, intimacy, honesty, and curiosity. Create a profile, ask questions, share wins, get perspective, meet people from your own and other cities, and stay connected between sessions and events.
The practice behind Closer
Closer is built on authentic relating, a relational practice developed over decades. It maps every conversation across three levels of intimacy.
"I work in HR at an insurance company downtown."
Facts, logistics, small talk. The newspaper of your life. Useful, but nobody falls for a resume.
"Honestly, I'd rather spend my life doing something I love."
Feelings, values, what actually matters to you. The diary of your life. This is where a person starts to appear.
"I notice how lit up I feel telling you this."
The present moment, spoken out loud. This is where people feel truly seen and where real chemistry lives. Our facilitators guide every event here.
You'll practice this at every event, and it will change more than your dating life. Members tell us it changes how they relate to everyone.
"I wish dating always felt like this."
"I felt safe being vulnerable because everyone else was doing it too."
"I loved getting to the juicy stuff instead of staying stuck in surface conversation."
of participants said they learned something that will make their dates better
mutual matches created at a single Closer event
would recommend a Closer event to a friend
"By the end, I felt like I hadn't made meaningless small talk or robotically evaluated people with checklists. I was getting to know them in real life."
Membership
Join from anywhere with the online membership, or choose the live-event membership if you're near an active Closer city. Denver live events are open now, with San Diego and Los Angeles planned next. Cancel anytime.
Online
For members anywhere who want dating guidance, course access, community, AI support, and matchmaking consideration.
Best for members outside an active live-event city, or anyone who wants the online experience first.
Live + Online
For members in an active Closer city who want the full experience, including in-person events.
Best for members in Denver or another city where Closer live events are available.
Founding member pricing. Rates will rise as new cities open, and founding members keep their rate.
How it works
Choose Closer Online or Closer Live. Create your member profile and tell us more about who you are and what you want.
Watch The Authentic Dating Course, join the community, ask your AI dating coach, search the archives, and bring your real questions to the weekly strategy sessions.
Attend live events if you are in an active city. Participate in online sessions and community. Join the matchmaking database so the team can consider you for thoughtful introductions.
Use Closer before dates, after dates, during confusing moments, and whenever you want support moving toward the relationship you want with more courage and clarity.
Who it's for
You want a real relationship and want to date with more intention.
You are tired of dating feeling private, confusing, and unsupported.
You want to meet people in environments that feel more human.
You want help understanding your patterns.
You want to become more confident expressing attraction, desire, and boundaries.
You value emotional maturity, curiosity, and real conversation.
You want more than tips. You want practice, support, and community.
You are willing to show up, participate, and be known.
Closer is for people who want dating to become a path of connection, growth, and courage.
Founders & resident experts
Authentic Relating
Co-founder and former CEO and Senior Course Leader of ART International, and author of Authentic Relating: A Guide to Rich, Meaningful, Nourishing Relationships.
Matchmaking
Founder of Sophy Love and the professional matchmaking team behind Closer's vetted, curated guest experience and personal introductions.
Where we gather
Not near an active city yet? Join Closer Online now, and founding member pricing will apply to live events the day we open near you.
