In this week’s book club discussion of Rick Hanson’s Resilient, Laura Boggess helps us consider a third way of meeting our needs and building resilience, through regulating our thoughts, feelings, and actions.
Resilient Book Club: Part 2—Resourcing
In this week’s installment of our book club of Resilient by Rick Hanson, Laura Boggess discusses the role of resourcing ourselves to build resilience, and reflects on grit, gratitude and confidence.
Resilient Book Club: Part 1—Recognizing
In this week’s first installment of our book club of Resilient by Rick Hanson, Laura Boggess discusses the role of recognizing in meeting our needs, and considers the inner strengths of compassion, mindfulness and learning.
The Book of Delights Book Club: Listening by the Lake
In this final installment of our book club discussion of The Book of Delights, Ross Gay writes of the small town wave and common decency.
The Book of Delights Book Club: Simply Called Sharing What We Love
In this week’s book club discussion of The Book of Delights, Ross Gay riffs on the delight (and ethics) of simply sharing what you love.
Book Club Announcement: Resilient by Rick Hanson
In August, Laura Boggess leads our next book club discussion of Rick Hanson’s Resilient: How to Grow an Unshakeable Core of Calm, Strength, and Happiness. Join us!
The Book of Delights Book Club: High Five from Strangers
In this week’s book club discussion of Ross Gay’s The Book of Delights, we are finding delight in a sleeping gecko, an umbrella, a green bottle, high fives, and more.
Wild Words Book Club: Ending to Begin
A season of finishing can also be a time for a beginning. And seasons of retreat can be opportunities for turning outward. Callie Feyen concludes her book club discussion of Nicole Gulotta’s Wild Words this week.
Wild Words Book Club: Finding And Using Your Wings
In this week’s Wild Words book club discussion, Callie Feyen considers the liminal spaces we find ourselves in, and how we emerge from them to new ways of being.
Wild Words Book Club: Return to Yourself
In this week’s Wild Words book club discussion, Callie Feyen considers the role of our feelings in moving our writing forward. Join us!
Wild Words Book Club: Make Believe
In this week’s Wild Words book club discussion, author Callie Feyen invites writers to imagine their lives as a poem, in a reflection on the seasons of going back in time and discontent.
Book Club Announcement: Wild Words by Nicole Gulotta
Author Nicole Gulotta introduces our next book club, Wild Words, a book that serves as a gentle guide to navigating the writing life through its seasons.
Deaf Republic Book Club: Act One
In our first installment of the Deaf Republic book club, we consider hope’s impossibility in the midst of unending devastation.
The Silver Chair Book Club: A Pattern That Others Made
In this final installment of our book club discussion of The Silver Chair, our trio rescue the Prince, and make their way back to Narnia, but not before discovering an important truth about the others with whom we share space in the world.
The Silver Chair Book Club: The Darkness Around Us Is Deep
In the dramatic escape scene of a children’s story, we discover important truths about staying awake to our lives and the world around us. Join us for the latest installment in our book club discussion of The Silver Chair.
The Silver Chair Book Club: The Circus Won’t Find the Park
Our young heroes continue their quest to rescue the Prince, and discover a hard learned secret about being in it together as our discussion of The Silver Chair continues.
The Silver Chair Book Club: Horrible Errors of Childhood
In the first installment of The Silver Chair book club, we consider the errors of childhood that haunt us in our efforts to good in the world.
Book Club Announcement: The Silver Chair
What we remember can be the key to finding our way, completing a task, maybe even saving the world. Join us for our new book club, where remembering is the way through the dark: The Silver Chair by C.S. Lewis.
The Jungle Effect Book Club: The Basics of Indigenous Diets and How They Work
In this week’s book club discussion of The Jungle Effect, Charity Singleton Craig considers the benefits of an indigenous diet, relying on locally available foods.
Adjustments Book Club: Homecomings
In the final installment of our book club discussion of Adjustments, Rick Maxson reflects on what makes a home, and what makes it possible for a person to come home again.