The Outlier Gang: (New Venue, see Address & Directions in the Description below)

Monday, Nov. 3rd edition. Yes, this is a Weekday Time Slot. Fenix is hosting. Let's try a week day to mix it up.

Find us at the following address:
The Center for Philanthropy
221 NW 2nd Ave. (Third Floor)
Portland, OR 97209

https://www.thecenterforphilanthropy.org/

DIRECTIONS and Elevator Code:
The elevator access code for 11/3 is 45106#
Attendees should go to the third floor and then to the Arthur room, which is just passed the larger meeting room.

out·li·er: Noun

“a person or thing situated away or detached from the main body or system”

As life travelers, in body and spirit, we all have deeply personal burdens and struggles that we carry. Some of our burdens are named ones: depression, anxiety, loss, addiction, shame, religious guilt, codependency, physical illness, etc….. Some of our pains are unnamed. What they all seem to have in common, however, is that they make us feel like we don’t belong, tearing us away from the present moment and the 'now'.

Eventually, we seem to figure out somewhere along the journey that it is better to embrace openness and vulnerability in dealing with these challenges, rather than trod a path of hiddenness and repression. Though this road is not necessarily easy, its travelers slowly begin to feel and claim their purpose and connectedness………

The Outlier Gang is a meetup that allows us to safely share our stories about how we deal with named or unnamed struggles, what tools, guides or practices have helped us along our journeys, and how to explore potential creative ways that help turn any seeming weaknesses into strengths for us and others…………

The only agenda is to listen, share, and honor each story, with some good tea or coffee............Note that we aim to balance our conversation between "head" and "heart", but may occasionally stray toward either direction at times.........