About us
The Reading Room is a facilitated, book-based space for reflection, clarity, and conscious living
The Reading Room is a women-centered reading and discussion space rooted in personal growth, self-awareness, and intentional living. We read one book at a time, in full, and use literature as a catalyst for honest reflection, meaningful dialogue, and real-life application.
This is not a drop-in discussion group or a casual book club. The Reading Room is facilitator-led and designed for women who want to think clearly, relate consciously, and move through life with greater integrity and agency.
Our 2026 Theme: From Insight to Embodied Action
Each year, The Reading Room follows a cohesive arc. In 2026, our focus moves through:
- illumination and self-awareness
- intentional creation and direction-setting
- internal mastery and emotional responsibility
- relational intelligence and communication
- courageous, aligned action
Books are selected intentionally and read sequentially, allowing the group to deepen together rather than skim concepts in isolation.
How It Works
· We read one book at a time, in full, typically over 6–8 weeks
· Meetings are held weekly, with structured, facilitated discussion
· Conversation emphasizes reflection, discernment, and integration — not fixing, diagnosing, or advising
· Participants are encouraged to engage honestly, think critically, and apply insights to their own lives
Participation & Entry
The Reading Room is designed as a cohesive, relational space. Because discussions build in depth and trust over time, new participants may join only during the first two weeks of each book cycle.
Once a reading cycle is underway, the room remains closed until the next book begins. This structure is intentional and is what allows the Reading Room to remain intimate, focused, and meaningful.
Who This Is For
The Reading Room is for women who:
- want to deepen self-trust and emotional intelligence
- are interested in personal growth without spiritual bypassing or self-help hype
- value meaningful conversation and shared learning
- are ready to examine patterns, assumptions, and choices with curiosity and courage
This space is not therapy, coaching, or a support group — though many find it supportive. It is a space for women who are willing to reflect, take responsibility, and grow in community.
2026 READING LINEUP
In 2026, The Reading Room will read and discuss the following books, one at a time, in full. The sequence follows a cohesive arc designed to support insight, intentional living, relational intelligence, and embodied action.
• Lean Into Your Light — MaryEllen Whitton
Illumination, reflection, and truth-telling
• Beyond the Vision Board — Tanya Thompson
Intentional creation, identity, and direction-setting
• Loving What Is — Byron Katie
Inquiry, responsibility, and freedom from distorted thinking
• The Untethered Soul — Michael A. Singer
Inner awareness, presence, and emotional steadiness
• Attached — Amir Levine & Rachel Heller
Attachment patterns and relational self-awareness
• Nonviolent Communication — Marshall B. Rosenberg
Needs-based communication and conscious dialogue
• 10 Seconds of Boldness — Shawn Langwell
Courage, momentum, and aligned action
Exact timing may shift slightly to honor the pace and needs of the group, while maintaining the integrity of the overall arc.
Upcoming events
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- $118.00
The Grounded Self | A Guided Perspective Experience
·OnlineOnlineTHE GROUNDED SELF
Return to yourself.Where in your life would you welcome a little more steadiness?
Maybe that means trusting your judgment when the next step is uncertain, being able to speak honestly when emotions are high, or giving yourself time to choose when everything feels urgent.
What could that make possible in how you navigate a change, approach a decision, or move through your day?
The Grounded Self is a live, 3.5-hour Guided Perspective Experience on Zoom — part reflection, part guided practice, part meaningful conversation — where we explore those questions together and discover practical ways to cultivate steadiness, awareness, and choice.
Across our time together, you’ll:
🌱 Discover what steadiness feels like for you. Get to know your own experience of being grounded, so you have something personal and recognizable to return to.🌱 Find more room in a situation that’s been getting to you. Explore how a shift in perspective can open up choices in a conversation, relationship, or recurring frustration.
🌱 Experience a pause that gives you a say in what happens next. Practice meeting a familiar reaction with enough awareness to choose a response that reflects how you want to show up.
🌱 Take that experience into your everyday life. Leave with a simple practice and a personal reminder you can reach for when you want to reconnect with yourself.
✨ Space to settle into yourself.
✨ Room to feel deeply and choose consciously.
✨ An invitation to meet life with greater steadiness and self-trust.“I am having a profound shift in my awareness around my patterns, what they are while they are happening, and how to interrupt them to help move me forward to who I really am.”
— Cathy M. | The Grounded SelfCommunity Member Investment
$118The Self Series is a collection of four Guided Perspective Experiences designed to help you see yourself, your stories, and your possibilities through a new lens.
This experience is one of four in the series:
🌿 The Liberated Self (Nov 1) — Choose YOU.
🦋 The Expanded Self (Nov 8) — Explore what’s possible.
🌱 The Grounded Self (Nov 15) — Return to yourself.
👑 The Sovereign Self (Nov 22) — Reclaim your authority over your life.Each experience stands on its own, so you’re welcome to join whichever experience calls to you. To explore the full series, including the Complete Series bundle, visit Community Member Registration.
Reserve your spot today. 📍
1 attendee - $118.00
The Sovereign Self | A Guided Perspective Experience
·OnlineOnlineTHE SOVEREIGN SELF
Reclaim your authority over your life.Do you ever know what you want, then find yourself looking for someone else to tell you it’s okay?
Have you said yes when you meant no — or talked yourself out of a decision because someone else might not understand?
What would you choose differently if you trusted your own values, needs, and judgment enough to let them guide you?
The Sovereign Self is a live, 3.5-hour Guided Perspective Experience on Zoom — part reflection, part values exploration, part guided practice — where we explore those questions together and examine what it means to become the authority in your own life.
Across our time together, you’ll:
👑 Notice where you look outside yourself for permission. Explore the moments when approval, expectations, or someone else’s certainty carries more weight than your own knowing.👑 Reconnect with what matters to you now. Give yourself room to recognize your current values, needs, and wants — including the ones that may have changed.
👑 Look at where your choices and values meet. Notice where your life feels aligned and where you’re making compromises that no longer feel right for you.
👑 Explore choosing from your own authority. Through guided visualization, meaningful conversation, and experiential exercises, consider a choice through the lens of what matters to you.
👑 Bring self-trust into practice. Identify a decision, boundary, or commitment that gives your values a clearer voice in how you live.
✨ Space to hear your own wisdom.
✨ Room to choose what honors your values, needs, and desires.
✨An invitation to live as the authority in your own life.“It’s allowing me to more fully be my authentic self and no longer compromise on my needs and wants.”
— Cathy M. | The Sovereign SelfCommunity Member Investment
$118The Self Series is a collection of four Guided Perspective Experiences designed to help you see yourself, your stories, and your possibilities through a new lens.
This experience is one of four in the series:
🌿 The Liberated Self (Nov 1) — Choose YOU.
🦋 The Expanded Self (Nov 8) — Explore what’s possible.
🌱 The Grounded Self (Nov 15) — Return to yourself.
👑 The Sovereign Self (Nov 22) — Reclaim your authority over your life.Each experience stands on its own, so you’re welcome to join whichever experience calls to you. To explore the full series, including the Complete Series bundle, visit Community Member Registration.
Reserve your spot today. 📍
1 attendee
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