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Join us for a fun and relaxed evening of games, laughter, and great conversations at[ Miramar Shisha & Cocktail Bar ](https://www.instagram.com/miramar_shisha_cocktailbar/)on **Tuesday, April 21st in Piramide.** Expect cozy vibes, curated cocktails, aromatic shisha, and friendly group games designed to help everyone connect. Perfect for expats and internationals looking to meet new people in Rome. There’s an **€18 entrance fee**, which includes food and drink plus ***FREE drink for newcomers.*** 𝗙𝗼𝗿 𝗺𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝗶𝗻𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗺𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗼𝗿 𝘁𝗼 𝗺𝗮𝗸𝗲 𝗮 𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗲𝗿𝘃𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻, 𝗽𝗹𝗲𝗮𝘀𝗲 𝗰𝗹𝗶𝗰𝗸 [here.](https://app.heartbeat.chat/expatsinitaly/events/1F546A)

If you like books and meeting new international people you are welcome in The Pignetismi Book Club :) *(Scroll for english)* Se cerchi un posto dove condividere la passione per la lettura, chiacchiere e trovare nuovi amici internazionali a Roma, dovresti unirti al Pignetismi Book Club:) Un appuntamento dedicato ai libri, alla condivisione e all’incontro tra persone, in un’atmosfera informale ma curata. 🗓 Martedì 21 aprile 2026 ⏰ 19:00 – 21:00 (puntuali, il book club è guidato) 📍 The Goethe Hotel - Via del Fiume 14 Roma La serata si terrà presso il The Goethe Hotel, una struttura elegante e raffinata nel cuore di Roma, caratterizzata da ambienti curati, design contemporaneo e un’atmosfera intima e accogliente. Avremo a disposizione una sala riservata tutta per noi, perfetta per vivere al meglio l’esperienza del book club in tranquillità. **⚠️ Info consumazione** **La consumazione è obbligatoria, ma sarà possibile scegliere liberamente alla carta dal menù ([consultabile qui](https://thegoethehotel.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/ALL-DAY-DINING.pdf "https://thegoethehotel.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/ALL-DAY-DINING.pdf") ).** 🎟 Posti limitati Un’occasione davvero unica e speciale — consigliamo di prenotare in anticipo. Se fai parte della nostra chat WhatsApp, sai che questo mese leggeremo: 📖 *La stanza di Giovanni* – James Baldwin Un romanzo intenso e profondamente umano che esplora temi come l’identità, il desiderio, la paura e il senso di appartenenza. Ambientato nella Parigi degli anni ’50, racconta la storia di David e del suo rapporto con Giovanni, mettendo in luce le complessità dell’amore e dei conflitti interiori. Puoi leggerlo sia in italiano che in inglese — la nostra community è internazionale e durante l’incontro potrai anche confrontarti con persone che parlano altre lingue, oppure cogliere l’occasione per praticare il tuo italiano. Il book club sarà guidato in modo libero e non accademico, attraverso giochi, domande e spunti di riflessione. Non è necessario aver finito il libro: ogni contributo è benvenuto. **✨ Rituale di Book Swapping al buio** **È fondamentale portare almeno un libro per poter partecipare allo swapping.** 📚 Il libro deve essere: – incartato (senza titolo visibile) – accompagnato da una frase che ne descriva l’atmosfera – nuovo o usato (non è importante) – appartenente alla narrativa, romanzi o saggi **⚠️ Non sono ammessi manuali o libri tecnici poco affini alla lettura di piacere.** **⚠️ ATTENZIONE: se non porti un libro da scambiare non potrai prenderne uno durante lo swapping :)** **Seguici su Instagram per non perderti nessun aggiornamento: [Pignetismi](https://www.instagram.com/pignetismi/ "https://www.instagram.com/pignetismi/") e [Pignetismi Book Club](https://www.instagram.com/pignetismibookclub/ "https://www.instagram.com/pignetismibookclub/")** **[Leggi la nostra newsletter per review, libri, film aggiornamenti](https://pignetismi.substack.com/ "https://pignetismi.substack.com/")** **A presto! :)** \-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\- If you’re looking for a place to share your love of reading, chat, and make new friends in Rome, you should join us :) A relaxing evening talking about books and meeting new people with the Pignetismi community. 🗓 Tuesday, April 21, 2026 ⏰ 7:00 PM – 9:00 PM (please be on time, the book club is guided) 📍 The Goethe Hotel The event will take place at The Goethe Hotel, an elegant and stylish venue in the heart of Rome, known for its refined interiors, contemporary design, and intimate atmosphere. We will have a private room exclusively for our group, creating the perfect setting for a cozy and engaging book club experience. **⚠️ Consumption info** **A minimum order is required, but you’ll be free to choose from the à la carte menu ([available at the link](https://thegoethehotel.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/ALL-DAY-DINING.pdf "https://thegoethehotel.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/ALL-DAY-DINING.pdf")).** **🎟 Limited spots** **A truly unique and special occasion — booking in advance is highly recommended.** **This month’s book is:** **📖 *Giovanni’s Room* – James Baldwin** A powerful and deeply moving novel exploring identity, desire, fear, and belonging. Set in 1950s Paris, it follows David and his relationship with Giovanni, shedding light on the complexities of love and inner conflict. You can read it in either English or Italian — our community is international, so you’ll also have the chance to connect with people who speak different languages or practice your Italian. The book club will be guided in a relaxed, non-academic way, through games, questions, and discussion prompts. You don’t need to have finished the book — every contribution is welcome. **✨ Blind Book Swapping Ritual** **Bringing at least one book is essential to participate in the swapping.** 📚 The book must be: – wrapped (no visible title) – include a short sentence describing its atmosphere – new or used (both are fine) – fiction, novels, or essays **⚠️ Technical manuals or non-recreational books are not allowed.** **⚠️ IMPORTANT: If you don’t bring a book to swap, you won’t be able to take one during the swapping :)** Follow us on Instagram: [Pignetismi](https://www.instagram.com/pignetismi/ "https://www.instagram.com/pignetismi/") and [Pignetismi Book Club](https://www.instagram.com/pignetismibookclub/ "https://www.instagram.com/pignetismibookclub/") [Read our newsletter for more books, movies, updates](https://pignetismi.substack.com/ "https://pignetismi.substack.com/") A gathering to read, listen, share, and feel a little more at home. 📚✨ See you soon!

Check our Vibe in IG: https://www.instagram.com/onlyfriendsrome?igsh=dXAxanY4bnpwZjRv whatsapp "Welcome group" https://chat.whatsapp.com/KTjDID9jBE1BV0SzaDd772 to enter the main group, you need to meet in person the admins. we are a international group most people are 23-35 yrs old english-italian language is always available.

This April, start speaking Italian with Expats Living in Rome 🇮🇹 Join our beginner-friendly classes designed for expats—small groups, flexible schedules, and real conversation practice. Choose morning or evening sessions and learn at your own pace ✨ Spots are limited, so book now and don’t miss out! Spaces are limited, so book fast — [reserve your spot now.](https://app.heartbeat.chat/expatsinitaly/events/4b51b604-3250-46dc-9b1d-a594cf135af7/20260415T090000000Z) 📌Need help moving, living or loving Italy? Let the host at the event know so they can connect you to others or email us at [info@expatslivinginrome.com](http://info@expatslivinginrome.com/) we assist worldwide! Thank you Expats living in Rome Team Instagram: [https://www.instagram.com/expats.living.in.rome/](https://www.instagram.com/expats.living.in.rome/?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTAAc3J0YwZhcHBfaWQQMjIyMDM5MTc4ODIwMDg5MgABHiOOk9EqLjRSh1-7b6ESEc18IX5vYGHuWRdZOFPNSo_HAcuJK-04QltH0P0I_aem_ho6BrmrnH9uOuBMa-26jYA) Website: [www.expatslivinginrome.com](http://www.expatslivinginrome.com/?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTAAc3J0YwZhcHBfaWQQMjIyMDM5MTc4ODIwMDg5MgABHmJnXE3P7poOrqO-QxCYr0eNarAqtQREbibaGXzfpeSHe9bwS4OkSy8HcQ9y_aem_6mon6UhtKRGVfy-s94X4Hw) Email: [info@expatslivinginrome.com](http://info@expatslivinginrome.com/)

DESCRIPTION: Join us on an unforgettable tour where we'll explore Rome's iconic sites. Since most of these sites are well-known, the focus will be on lesser known aspects. The goal is the gain insight but keep the info limited so the tour ends in 90 mins. Participants will likely remember the presentations and won't feel overwhelmed with TMI that can easily be found on wikipedia or through AI. ITINERARY : Spanish Steps, Sallustian Obelisk and the revolution of Rome's city planning, Aqua Virgo, Trevi Fountain, Galleria Alberto Sordi, Pantheon Piazza Navona DISTANCE: 1\.87 km \| 1\.16 miDuration: 2 hrs TIP-BASED tour: You pay what you want at the end. If you pay based on your satisfaction, you encourage quality work and discourage substandard work.

## 🥗 English Happy Hour @ Malama Pokè - I Granai 🌮 **The Only "English-Only" Happy Hour in Town!** Ti aspettiamo da **Malama Pokè** per un aperitivo internazionale unico! Che tu sia un italiano che vuole allenare l'inglese o un expat appena arrivato in città, questo è il posto giusto per fare networking, mangiare bene e parlare rigorosamente in inglese. ### 🕒 Quando * **Ogni Martedì e Venerdì** * **Dalle 17:00** (Perfetto per un break post-lavoro o studio!) ### 📍 Dove **Malama Pokè - Centro Commerciale I Granai** Un ambiente fresco, moderno e accogliente dove il cibo sano incontra la conversazione globale. ### 💸 Il Format: 15 Euro All-Inclusive Con la tua partecipazione avrai diritto a: * **A scelta:** 1 Poké Bowl personalizzata **OPPURE** 2 Tacos gourmet. * **Drink:** Una bevanda a scelta (Alcolica o Analcolica). * **Language Exchange:** Un tavolo di conversazione guidata dove l'unica regola è: **No Italian allowed!** 🚫🇮🇹 *** ### 📢 Perché partecipare? 1. **Zero stress:** Non è una lezione di scuola. Si parla, si ride e si impara davanti a un drink. 2. **Global Vibes:** Incontra persone da ogni parte del mondo. 3. **Healthy Food:** Gusta il miglior pokè della zona mentre espandi il tuo vocabolario.

🔥 **LA RIVOLUZIONE INTERIORE: Il tuo primo atto di resilienza** **…“Viviamo in un mondo dove siamo tutti interconnessi, e quindi il bene o il male che facciamo a un altro finiamo per farlo a noi stessi. Bisogna quindi imparare a cooperare invece di competere indiscriminatamente. E se non ora quando?”... Federico Faggin** **Perché farlo:** Difronte alla **disintegrazione e al cinismo** la nostra risposta è **una rivoluzione interiore** che si esprime in **solidarietà e resistenza nonviolenta.** Qui alleniamo **azioni valide,** quelle che rafforzano l’unità interna e riducono contraddizione e sofferenza, dentro e fuori di noi. ### **🌱 IL NOSTRO PERCORSO SETTIMANALE è l'allenamento per la Doppia Rivoluzione: Interna e del mondo che ci circonda.** * **Pratiche di consapevolezza:** Impariamo a connetterci con la parte più vera e profonda di noi. * **Autoconoscenza:** Conosci te stesso, fai **pace** con il passato, **trasforma** il presente**, costruisci il futuro**. Qui rompiamo le catene della paura e della violenza che ci tengono bloccati. 🫂 **LA FORZA NELL'UNIONE: si cresce insieme!** * **RELAZIONI AUTENTICHE:** Spazi di ascolto sincero, condivisione e mutuo sostegno. **Non c’è rivoluzione senza comunità.** Ci alleniamo a compiere azioni che rafforzano l’unità e riducono la contraddizione, dentro e fuori di noi. * **PROGETTAZIONE E AZIONE SOLIDALE:** La nostra consapevolezza interiore si trasforma in **azione nonviolenta e solidale**. Insieme pensiamo e costruiamo iniziative concrete e comunità che sfidano la logica del potere e del consumo, riportando l'essere umano al centro. ### **Cosa troverai qui** * **Un cammino,** non un corso da seguire. Non si viene solo a “prendere”: qui si cresce insieme. **La Regola d’Oro come bussola etica.** * Un contesto del tutto non-confessionale e aperto a ogni forma di ateismo, spiritualità e provenienza religiosa. * **Un ambiente libero** dove puoi crescere davvero, uno spazio in cui crescano la gentilezza, il buon umore e la sincerità interiore. * **Persone con cui praticare, dialogare, fare nuove esperienze, condividere momenti di festa e di silenzio.** **🚫 Cosa NON è** * **❌ Non è psicoterapia** *** ### **🔄 Come partecipare** **Ci incontriamo ogni settimana a Roma e online.** **COME PRENOTARE: se interessati, oltre a segnarvi nell'evento, è FONDAMENTALE PRENOTARSI SU TELEGRAM o WHATSAPP al +393461476543** **POSTI: 20 (RSVP obbligatorio)** **QUANDO si svolge**: tutti i sabato dalle ore 11,00 alle 13,00. **A CHI E' RIVOLTO**: **a giovani fino a 30 anni di età.** **GLI EVENTI SONO GRATUITI**: tutte le attività sono gratuite, ma si richiede, dopo il primo incontro di prova, un contributo annuale di 20€ per coprire le spese per i materiali, i social, la sala e spese varie. **COSA PORTARE:** curiosità, rispetto, un quaderno dove annotare le difficoltà e i progressi. Questo sarà il vostro vero libro di bordo. Inoltre è consigliato indossare un abbigliamento comodo. **IL LUOGO**: Oxygene - Via san Tommaso D’Aquino 11a **Prenota ora il tuo posto, non rimandare.** **ACCADEMIA DELLA BUONA CONOSCENZA – Roma**

Join us for an **online discussion** of *Persepolis* by Marjane Satrapi (2000–2003). While our in-person meetings are usually limited to 15 participants to keep the conversation focused and give everyone space to contribute, this online format allows for a bit more flexibility. For this session, we’ll be opening up to a **maximum of 20 participants** to make the most of the virtual setting while still keeping the discussion engaging and inclusive. **IMPORTANT DETAILS** * By signing up, you are expressing a genuine intention to attend. We understand that things can change, but we kindly ask you to be considerate of others and only reserve a spot if you plan to join. * This is a shared discussion space, and we welcome participants from different countries, backgrounds, and cultural contexts. Please approach the conversation with openness, respect, and curiosity. We expect all participants to engage in a **non-judgmental and respectful way**, especially when discussing experiences that may differ from your own. * Before joining, **please make sure to read [OUR RULES AND ETIQUETTE](https://feminismbetweenthelines.com/)**[ ](https://feminismbetweenthelines.com/)from our website www.feminismbetweenthelines.com * We encourage you to read the book beforehand so you can actively participate in the conversation. * To help everyone prepare, all **event materials will be shared 3–4 days before the discussion** via Meetup messages. This will include: 1. The Google Meet link 2. A document with discussion questions and prompts 3. Any final practical details for the session As this is our first online edition of the book club, we see it as a learning experience. We’ll do our best to create a smooth, engaging, and meaningful discussion, but we also ask for your patience and understanding as we experiment, adjust, and improve future online sessions based on what works best. Looking forward to sharing ideas, perspectives, and a great conversation together!

Sarà possibile sperimentare *rilassamento fisico*, *distensione mentale,* *esperienze energetiche e spirituali* di riconciliazione, ispirazione e pace che ci permettano di incontrare in profondità noi stessi e gli altri. Il contesto è del tutto **non-confessionale** e aperto a ogni forma di ateismo, spiritualità e provenienza religiosa. Ci ispiriamo al *Messaggio di Silo*. Per qualsiasi dubbio o se non ci trovi non esitare a chiamare o scrivere: 347 0932392 **Instagram:** zioeracle **Youtube:** https://www.youtube.com/user/zioeracle/videos **Il Blog:** https://meditazionealparco.blogspot.com/

Nella vita di ogni persona accadono delle coincidenze particolari. Questo evento si rivolge a coloro che sono curiosi di conoscere storie di coincidenze affascinanti e spesso miracolose. Avremo a disposizione dei libri che raccolgono decine di storie VERE di coincidenze. Sceglierò per voi le più belle. Tranquilli, nessuna noia: si leggono in tre minuti ciascuna! E le risate sono assicurate. Anche io racconterò le mie esperienze (non a caso ne sono molto appassionato) e daro' alcuni suggerimenti per avere qualche vantaggio. Ogni partecipante se vuole potrà farlo. L 'evento non ha scopo né di lucro né di vendita libri. Di solito possiamo occupare gratuitamente il tavolo della caffetteria; a volte basta consumare un semplice caffè. ( * Può sembrare una iniziativa strana, ma già anni fa il direttore di rai notte Gabriele La Porta raccoglieva le esperienze dei telespettatori, molte delle quali ha poi pubblicato in un libro).

[English at the bottom] Nuovo incontro Mellon per giocare e condividere momenti intorno ai giochi da tavolo in ottima compagnia Melloniana! Le prenotazioni per l'evento saranno aperte fino a 24h prima dell'evento. La partecipazione all'evento è gratuita, vi ricordiamo però che il locale prevede una spesa minima. Vi chiediamo infine di mantenere un comportamento amichevole e rispettoso verso gli altri membri e partecipanti e di non causare danni alle infrastrutture e ai giochi da tavola messi a disposizione, da noi e da altri eventuali membri, pena il rimborso del danno Durante l'evento verranno scattate delle foto da condividere sui Social per pubblicizzare il gruppo, nel caso in cui non vogliate essere ripresi/comparire fatecelo sapere e provvederemo di conseguenza. Dite Mellon ed entrate! / Mae govannen mellon nin! \-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\- New Mellon meeting to discover, play and enjoy boardgames with your your best Mellonish company! RSVP open till 24h before the event. Event is free of charge, even though the venue may require minimum order per person. We kindly ask you to maintain friendly and respectful behaviour towards all people attending and not to cause any damage to the venue and the games offered by it or by other participants, otherwise we will ask you to reimburse the article. We may take a few pictures/short videos during the event to be published on our Socials, in case you do not agree with this please let us know! Say Mellon and enter! / Mae govannen mellon nin!

🫖 Tra tè, dolci e pratiche esperienziali, in un salotto accogliente, esploreremo insieme le diverse parti di noi, ci prenderemo il tempo per ascoltarci, riconoscerci e crescere.🥧🍵🫖 🧘🏻 Un ciclo di incontri di psicoeducazione e pratiche guidate, condotti dalla psicologa e psicoterapeuta Giovanna Mangione, pensati per coltivare il rapporto con sé in modo autentico e gentile. Un percorso delicato e potente sull’autostima, intimo e profondo, da vivere passo dopo passo. 🏅Ogni incontro è una tappa, ogni tappa un gesto di cura.💖 🎁 E ogni appuntamento porterà con sé un piccolo omaggio a tema, simbolo del percorso. 📅 Domenica 15 e 29 marzo, 12 e 19 aprile 🕔 Dalle ore 17:00 📍 Cabaret Voltaire Roma Via Panisperna 87 – Rione Monti 🩵 Ogni appuntamento è un’esperienza completa: puoi scegliere di partecipare a un solo evento o a più incontri, seguendo il tuo tempo e il tuo sentire. 🌱 15 marzo – Radici Emozioni e tecniche di psicoterapia a mediazione corporea. 🌿 29 marzo – Fusto spinoso Protezione e rispetto di sé. Cenni di terapia cognitiva. 🌸 12 aprile – Petali Fiorire in sé, bellezza e autostima. Autoritratto creativo. 🌬 26 aprile – Essenza Autenticità, spiritualità e sistema valoriale. Cenni di ACT - Acceptance and Commitment Therapy. Ogni incontro è una tappa, come le parti di una rosa. Come nel celebre dipinto di Dalí, una rosa sospesa nel silenzio diventa simbolo di forza, bellezza e trasformazione. ✨ Sconto dedicato per chi acquista l’intero percorso 🪪 Tesseramento compreso nella quota di partecipazione Un cammino per ritrovare equilibrio, presenza e autenticità. Come una rosa: dalle radici alla vera essenza, senza fretta. galleriacabaretvoltaire@gmail.com https://www.instagram.com/p/DUDuw1niG99/?img_index=3

Dear friends, I am happy to invite you to the Yoga at Sunset near one of the most astonishing places in the world✨ Spend your time in a relaxing atmosphere, unwind after a busy day and get ready for a peaceful evening in a soft sunset light. We will do a classic hatha yoga sequence that will calm your nervous system taking away all the stress🧘🏼‍♀️🧘🏻‍♂️ Please take with you your own yoga mat (essential!) and a bottle of water. Be sure your clothes are comfortable enough. The practice is being made on a paid basis, 15€ per person. See you on the mat!

ASH is Atheists, Skeptics and Humanists of First Unitarian Universalists of Columbus Ohio TBD Snacks are usually available, and you are welcome to bringing something to share!

Bienvenue! Columbus French Conversation group invites you to our Saturday morning French conversation club. Expect a casual and welcoming atmosphere in which to learn french! I will bring my laptop so we can look up new vocabulary as needed! The venue is a beautiful French restaurant so you can really get into the zone :)

Private Group. Closed to the Public Knowing ourselves and understanding our abilities is the first step toward wielding our gifts with control and accuracy. In subsequent classes we will verify and hone our talents with activities and discussion. These are hands-on workshops and participation is expected. The goal of our series will be to develop expertise in areas of particular interest such as mediumship, channeling, divination, healing and, etc.. Our ultimate directions will be determined by class members as we evolve. I look forward to sharing and discovering with you. - Cynthia

If you are interested in selecting investment choices for your 401(k) or other workplace savings plan, minimizing your income tax liability, or identifying the most effective investments for your brokerage account, we are the group for you. We are a local chapter of Bogleheads, whose investment strategy can be found here: https://www.bogleheads.org/wiki/Bogleheads%C2%AE_investment_philosophy Or you can peruse the Boglehead forum here: https://www.bogleheads.org/index.php I look forward to seeing you there. Mark Vonder Haar

Walk for Children - 2026 Save Soil Walkathon in Columbus 🌍 Over 52% of the world soil is degraded and scientists warn we may have only a few decades of fertile soil left. As Sadhguru shares, soil is a living system—and when it degrades, our food, health, and future are at risk. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hyT-6qiubd0 🚶‍♂️🌎This Earth Day, Join the Walk for Children-2026 SaveSoil 5K Walkathon here in Columbus and help raise awareness about soil for the future of our children! Every step you take helps: ✔️ 1. Raise awareness in your communities about protecting and restoring soil. ✔️ 2. Supports sustainable food systems. ✔️ 3. Helps secure our children’s future. 📅 Date: April 26, 2026 📍 Location: Scioto Audubon Metro Park Check-in address 400 W Whittier St, Columbus, OH 43215 ⏰ Time: 8:30 a.m. check-in event starts at 9:30 a.m. 👉 Register here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/walk-for-children-2026-save-soil-walkathon-in-columbus-registration-1986596534713?aff=oddtdtcreator 👉🏼Free and Open to All. Share this message and bring your neighbours, friends & family along to celebrate our planet! Let’s make it happen!

This is a free, in-person meeting on the subject of betrayals, losses and how to get over them so you can build lasting relationships. Burdened by a stressful relationship? Unhealthy relationships can trigger feelings of anger, despair or self-doubt. They can create dwindling spirals of fights and seeking to make-up, or trying to “pin the blame” on someone or something. If you don’t find the RIGHT reasons, or select the correct sources of the problem, the problem can just get worse and worse. Whether in love or personal ties, with friends or at work, our life really IS affected by the quality of our relationships. Good ones can promote pleasure and survival while less optimum ones can lead to annoyance, anger, self-doubt, stress, or even affect our health and ability to survive well. Whether you are suffering from a divorce, or a painful break-up, don’t know who to trust (or who to CHOOSE) as a partner, friend, boss or employee - the anxiety of relationship troubles can really make a mess of things. Maybe you’ve suffered a betrayal, or are dealing with hostility or criticalness or invalidation. Dwindling relationships can involve destructive behavior, where we hurt those we love, or start succumbing to self-destructive thoughts, attitudes or behaviors that spiral out of control and affect much more than our immediate relationship. Past losses in love or life can affect how we act or react to new people and situations and hold us back from even starting to create new, possibly great relationships! How can one get back onto a saner course of action? Come to our Meetup, where we can introduce you to some of the knowledge, tools and techniques of the breakthroughs in the field of the mind that we can apply to this ever important area of life: human relationships! Break free from self imposed limitations Here we will discuss: • How to “erase” the trauma of past hurts and betrayals so that one isn’t always repeating past mistakes. • Why and how do the negative emotions of others affect you? • Why is my partner withdrawing and what can I do about it? • Why do we sometimes feel compelled to hurt the ones we love? • Fights & arguments - what's really behind them? • What underlies “corrosive criticism” or the need to invalidate self or others? • How one can stably change one’s outlook on life so they can affect positive change? • Where do compulsive destructive behaviors come from and what can be done about them? • How to form closer bonds & keep growing the relationships with the people you care about? • How to enhance one’s own ability to survive and create positive healthy relationships whether in love, family & friendships or in work, business or one’s career? Relationships can be hard and life itself IS challenging. Why not arm yourself with the knowledge and breakthroughs that have been made about the mind, mental reactions & interpersonal relationships, so that one has better awareness and control over themselves and life in general. Learn where painful experiences are “stored” and how they can unknowingly affect us. You will also find out how one can “erase” those past painful experiences so that one is free to move forward without being tripped up by the past. Learn too, about what can lead some people to become “toxic” personalities and how to identify those traits in others so you won’t be tripped up trusting the wrong person. Our free Meet-ups occur in a safe environment where one can learn, without fear of judgment or criticism, and without the recommendation of harmful mental techniques or therapies, just how YOU can get yourself onto a happier & more successful path: in love & in life. We look forward to having you join us! This class is sponsored by the Dianetics & Scientology Life Improvement Center of Central Ohio.

Jimmy V's Grill & Pub in Grandview Heights. We meet in the bar in the room on the right (the cigar shop). You are responsible for your own meal/drinks. We usually don't have any agenda other than eat, drink and talk. :) If the weather is nice we will be on the back patio, otherwise we are in the cigar room. This group has been meeting every Tuesday evening for over a decade. Many attendees do not RSVP on meetup. Please don't let the small number here discourage you. Anyone/everyone is welcome to come. We'd love to have you join us. COTA bus #5 comes to W. 5th and Wyandotte Rd. And it's a minute walk to the restaurant. *** Did you know that there are atheists everywhere?!?! You may not know it, but we are! We're in your schools, diners, police force, military, government, and some are even still in your churches! So come and join us and meet other local atheists, along with agnostics, heathens, humanists, skeptics, and anyone else who's 'hell bound'! Vision: a Central Ohio that accepts atheism as a viable alternative in all areas of public and private life. Mission: grow, support, and provide community for atheists in Central Ohio. Social meetings held most Tuesdays at a local pub/restaurant at 7:00 PM (and often into the wee hours). Attendees call themselves agnostics, skeptics, humanists, non-theists, deists or even theists. All attendees are welcome but should support our vision. Atheists of Columbus (AoC) is part of Omnipresent Atheists (OA). AoC members are invited to join this OA meetup and/or OA Facebook group ( https://www.facebook.com/groups/omnipresentatheists/ ) but are free to continue conversations on the AoC Facebook group ( https://www.facebook.com/groups/columbusatheists/ ). AoC was founded in 2012 as a networking, social group for Central Ohio area humanists, skeptics, atheists, agnostics, nonbelievers, freethinkers, and the curious. It was a member of Columbus CoR and held weekly meetings, mostly on Fridays, for several years but then operated as an online only group for some time. In November 2018, Omnipresent Atheists (OA), a group that routinely meets on Tuesdays, invited AoC to merge. Omnipresent Atheists is a member of the Columbus Coalition of Reason (ColumbusCoR.org). Omnipresent Atheists is a member of the Columbus Coalition of Reason ( http://www.ColumbusCoR.org ). Omnipresent Atheists endorses the mission of the Secular Coalition for America ( http://secular.org ).