ANTI-CAPITALIST LOVE CLUB

Here, love is a skill we practice together. We celebrate clunky beginnings, slow connections, and people just starting to explore love on their own timeline.

This is an anti-capitalist approach to dating. We’re not here to treat people like transactions. We do our best, we are kind, and we move through the world with care—whether someone is your person or not.

We don’t have to date alone. we’re doing this together.

Remember when meeting someone new just happened?

A friend of a friend, a classmate, a party, a glance across the room— where connection could unfold without pressure?

These days, dating can feel like a job. Hours of swiping, guessing, hoping. You show up, you open up, you walk away thinking: that wasn’t my person (and now I have to start all over again).

This space is different.

This is for people who want to be in a room where everyone is open—not just to romance, but to kindness. Curiosity. Community.

Here, we are matchmakers for each other. We get to know and love your friends in the community and keep your eyes open for their match too.

This is a place where getting to know someone doesn’t feel like a high-stakes interview, but a slow unfolding of who you are. Where we treat each other well, spark or no spark.

And you. You have power here. You shape every room you walk into. You set the tone. You make dating feel different—more generous, more human, more kind.

Potlucks

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Game Nights

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Book Clubs

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Parties

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Potlucks • Game Nights • Book Clubs • Parties •

Let’s make dating kind again

This is an invitation to say yes—to co-create spaces that center and celebrate single people and support partnered people in loving better.

Columbus
Circle

$100/mo, $1000/yr

Rachel’s Trustfall (a monthly newsletter)
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Classifieds & chance to shape this space
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Discounts on all IGC events/merch
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Community forum organizing book clubs, walks & parties
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Monthly invite to an experience in Columbus
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***With an annual membership, you get a Private 1:1 date coaching session with Rachel.

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Columbus
Square

$550/mo, $6000/yr

Everything included in the Columbus Circle Membership PLUS…
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Weekly group office hours with Rachel & experts — including hot seat coaching
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Member-to-member introductions
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Exclusive Invitations
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***With an annual membership, you get
2 private 1:1 sessions with Rachel, which can be used for a dating app audit, date coaching, or a photo session.

*Want to be part of this community but need an alternate way of exchanging energy? Example: trading skills instead of money, let’s talk! I’m a think outside the box, solution-oriented human, where there’s a will we find a way.

  • “Don't be afraid to take a risk and a chance meeting new people and trying a new approach! Dating or not, you'll make deeper connections with a trust fall than you will on Tinder or the typical single's meet!”

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  • "I wasn't necessarily expecting a romantic connection but I was hoping for human connection and that is exactly what we got. It was so nice to be in an intimate setting that was safe, loving, and curious.”

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  • "In a world that feels so fast paced, it was a space to rest in each other’s company and feel grounded in the connected experience of dating."

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  • "It was magical. The energy was perfect, everyone there was lovely and kind, I felt folks were able to be their full selves, whatever that means."

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Co-host with Us

We make sure you are fully supported, prepared and have a chance to shine. You’ll receive pre-event support & a post-event debrief.

$1250+

Prefer a more personal, discreet, or curated experience?

Discover personalized matchmaking designed with you in mind, rooted in care and connection.

Rachel Joy Barehl— part camp counselor, part coach, part love warrior— is highly connected and ready to help.