The Outlier Gang: a meetup to share stories that matter

Sunday June 29th

Find us in the Hotel Lobby of the Clyde Hotel (formally the Ace Hotel). We will be in the loft area directly above the hotel lobby front desk.

The Clyde Hotel (Formerly the Ace Hotel)
1022 SW Harvey Milk St, Portland, OR 97205

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.........