What we’re about
If you enjoy reading and discussing personal development books, please join us! Each month we'll discuss a different personal development book and how the ideas impacted our lives. We'll read both new and classic authors. We'll meet at a coffeehouse or a library.
Announcement 10/17/2022:
Dear Members,
It's been almost two years of reading inspiring personal development books together and having great conversations! It's wonderful that we have created a community of like-minded people interested in personal development and improving their lives.
I wanted to announce some changes to the Meetup group. Unfortunately, Meetup is not free. In order to help defray the Meetup costs, the group will now have a $5.00/year membership starting in December. Should we be able to cover our costs and have extra, 100% of the remaining will be donated to local library and literacy programs, such as Friends of the Public Library.
For the cost of a cup of coffee, members can have a year of personal development community and support local literacy programs for children (assuming we have extra).
Friends of the Public Library provides summer reading programs for children, organizes monthly library book sales for the community, and has adopt-a-library projects. More information is available on their website: https://www.friendsofthepubliclibrary.org/about
Thank you for your support & see you at the next book,
India Dytzel
Upcoming events (4)
See all- Yoga Offerings for Our Members! 🧘♀️🌸Sunset Canyon Park, Albuquerque, NM
Our Sister group, Yoga for Living Community Initiative has free yoga sessions that you are most welcome to enjoy! 🌺🙏
Yoga for Living Community Initiative
This Fall, we're offering the following sessions.
September:
A Full Moon yoga session Friday 9/29 at 7:15 pm in the park
Sunrise Yoga sessions in the park (early mornings, check event page)Next Month's Special Event:
Yoga, Chai & Hot Air Balloons! Saturday 10/7 at 7:15 am at North Domingo Baca ParkAll the yoga sessions are free, and we're collecting donations for the Road Runner Food Bank.
- October: "Attached. The New Science of Adult Attachment: Finding & Keeping Love"O’Bean’s Coffee, Albuquerque, NM
Our October book is: "Attached. The New Science of Adult Attachment and How it Can Help You Find and Keep Love" by Levine & Heller.
Don't miss this fascinating book on adult attachment theory! Attachment styles show up in our closest relationships and can have a big impact.
We'll start the book club with everyone sharing their name and one thing they found helpful or interesting about the book, and then have open discussion.
It's okay if you don't have time to read the whole book, come anyway for the discussion.
Do you know your attachment style? Here's a quiz available from npr:
What's Your Attachment Style? Take This Quiz & Found OutHere's the Amazon review of the book:
"We already rely on science to tell us what to eat, when to exercise, and how long to sleep. Why not use science to help us improve our relationships? In this revolutionary book, psychiatrist and neuroscientist Dr. Amir Levine and Rachel Heller scientifically explain why why some people seem to navigate relationships effortlessly, while others struggle.
Discover how an understanding of adult attachment—the most advanced relationship science in existence today—can help us find and sustain love. Pioneered by psychologist John Bowlby in the 1950s, the field of attachment posits that each of us behaves in relationships in one of three distinct ways:
• Anxious people are often preoccupied with their relationships and tend to worry about their partner's ability to love them back
• Avoidant people equate intimacy with a loss of independence and constantly try to minimize closeness.
• Secure people feel comfortable with intimacy and are usually warm and loving.
Attached guides readers in determining what attachment style they and their mate (or potential mate) follow, offering a road map for building stronger, more fulfilling connections with the people they love."
