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Most of us spend a large part of everyday life speaking from within a role — colleague, partner, mother, daughter, professional, friend — and following the social scripts that come with it.

WomenSpeak offers a space where women can step outside those roles for a while, speak openly about what is actually going on in their lives, and make sense of their experience in conversation with other women.

There is no set theme or programme. The content comes from the women who are there.
Conversations may include work, relationships, family, health, change, ageing, hormones, friendship, ambition, loss, identity, a difficult decision, a question, or simply something that has been taking up space in your mind.

You can speak about what is present for you, listen to other women doing the same, reflect, share experiences and hear how others make sense of their own lives.

WomenSpeak is not about finding the right answer by the end of the session. Sometimes conversation helps something become clearer. Sometimes another woman’s experience offers a different perspective. Sometimes the value is simply having had the space to say something out loud and feel heard.

Each session begins with a short check-in. From there, the conversation follows what the women present bring. The facilitator holds the structure, time and ground rules while also participating as part of the group. We close with a short check-out.

WomenSpeak is non-hierarchical, confidential and respectful.
It is not psychotherapy, counselling or treatment. It can sit alongside therapy or other professional support, but does not replace them when they are needed.

WomenSpeak meets online once a month and is free to attend.
Voluntary donations are welcome.

WomenSpeak is part of the wider Speak family, alongside MenSpeak and PeopleSpeak.

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Ground rules

Confidentiality - what is shared here stays here
We are free to speak outside the group about our own experience of WomenSpeak, but we do not repeat another woman’s story or identifying details.
We do not record, photograph or take screenshots of the session.

Listen to understand and connect
We give each other space to speak and listen without interrupting, debating or judging another woman’s experience.

Speak from your own experience
We speak from what we have lived, felt or noticed rather than telling another woman what her experience means.

No advice or fixing
When someone shares something difficult, we listen without trying to solve it or tell her what she should do.
We leave space for her to find her own way through what she is saying.

You can always pass
Participation is an invitation, never an obligation.
We are free not to answer, not to speak about something, or simply to pass.

Stay with what is present
There is no predetermined programme or theme.
We begin with what the women present bring and allow the conversation to develop from there.

There is room for difficult feelings
There is space for sadness, anger, fear, uncertainty, vulnerability and whatever else is present.
We do not have to hide difficult feelings or rush to make them disappear. Sometimes the group can simply stay with what is there and give it space to be spoken.

Share the space
We pay attention to how much space we take and leave space for other voices.

Be fully present
We join from somewhere reasonably private and give the conversation our undivided attention.

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