Page by Page: Women's Reading & Coaching Circle

For our first circle we take The Let Them Theory by Mel Robbins. You don't have to finish the book. Read all of it, some of it or none. I will open with the key ideas, and then we talk about our own lives.

About the book

The Let Them Theory by Mel Robbins is built on one idea in two steps.

1. "Let them": stop spending your energy on what other people think, say or do. Their opinions, moods and choices are not yours to control.
2. "Let me": put that energy into the one thing that is yours, which is what you do next.

Robbins applies this to the situations most of us know: worrying about other people's opinions, comparing ourselves to others, friendships that change, family that won't, and relationships where we keep trying to fix someone.

It is an easy read and works well as an audiobook, narrated by the author.

You don't need to finish it to join the conversation.

What we will do
- Key ideas discussion
- A facilitated conversation: where "let them" works for you and where it doesn't
- A short group coaching exercise
- One small step you choose to try before the next circle

Where: [venue to be confirmed], Milan
Cost: [free, you pay for your own drink] Spots: [10] For: women only, in English

What if being tired is not a time problem?

December is when most of us run on empty. For our second circle we take 'The Power of Full Engagement' by Jim Loehr and Tony Schwartz, and look at where our energy goes and how to get it back.

You don't have to finish the book. Read all of it, some of it or none.

I will open with the key ideas, and then we talk about our own lives.

About the book
The authors spent years training top athletes and then brought the same approach to people with demanding jobs. Their claim: energy, not time, is what we really run out of.

• We have four kinds of energy: physical, emotional, mental and spiritual (a sense of purpose). Each can be drained and each can be trained.
• We are built to work in sprints, not marathons. Effort needs recovery, and most of us skip the recovery.
• Lasting change comes from small, specific rituals, not from willpower.

The book was written for executives, so we will translate it into real life: work, family, friendships and the time that is just for you.

What we will do
- Key ideas
- A simple energy check across the four areas
- A short group coaching exercise
- One small ritual you choose to try through the holidays

Cost: [free, you pay for your own drink]
Spots: [10]
For: women only, in English

This is a coaching-style group conversation, not therapy.