About us
From Brisbane, to Saigon and beyond! Join us online from wherever you are in the world. :Come hang with us in person if you happen to be visiting Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam 😊
In love with personal development? In love with reading? Well, then, this is the group for you! This is a space for real and raw discussions, where you are invited to bring your whole self to the table, not just the 'good vibes only' version. Even if you feel like absolute crud on the day and just want to giggle at our lively discussion with your camera off, that's cool too 😁.
We discuss a featured personal development book every month and outline strategies for implementing key take-aways for the betterment of our own lives as well as for the lives of those around us.
Are you writing a personal development book? Well, this is a great opportunity to connect with a community of readers interested in the genre!
These meetings are facilitated by a full-time Life Coach (yours truly) and former university educator with over a decade of international experience in facilitating discussions across groups from various cultural backgrounds and beliefs. We value inclusivity 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️✊🏽🖤💛❤, and insist on respect discussion of differing views.
Wanna suss me out ahead of time to see if we'll 'gel'? Then feel free to have a snoop here:
- YouTube - Youtube.com/c/LeslieVCoaching
- Insta/Facebook - @leslievcoaching.com
Looking forward to meeting you all :)
Upcoming events
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The Year I Met My Brain, by Matilda Boseley | Meeting #55!
·OnlineOnline==We've moved our April meetup to May due to many clashing international public holidays! Details below==
Attention fellow ADHDers, suspected ADHDers, and people who love an ADHDer! This book explores a topic that is often absent from personal development media, so we're going to put it in the spotlight 😎. Join us for meeting #55 in May to discuss The Year I Met My Brain: A travel companion for adults who have just found out they have ADHD, by Matilda Boseley!
@mattieunofficial on instagram
Join us online or in-person at The Loop in Thao Dien, HCMC Vietnam.
You don't even have to read the book to participate!From the book jacket:
Matilda Boseley's adult ADHD diagnosis was a massive, earth-shattering event. She was given a prescription but had no idea what ADHD meant for her identity, her relationships or her future. Twelve months of confusion later, journalist Matilda embarked on an epic voyage to figure out what's really happening in the stormy seas of the ADHD brain and write the guide she wished she'd had.
The Year I Met My Brain is the ultimate travel companion for navigating and enjoying life as an ADHD adult, covering: what adult ADHD symptoms look like, why so many ADHDers (especially females) are missed as kids, how the disorder impacts our relationships, careers and self-esteem, why we unfairly treat ourselves like failures and how to find self-forgiveness and healing, practical tips for social and organisational wins, and most importantly, how to make our lives work to fit our brains rather than trying to force our brains to fit our lives.
This meeting will be facilitated by a full-time Life Coach (me!) and former university educator with over a decade of international experience in facilitating groups from various cultural backgrounds and beliefs. We insist on respectful and inclusive interactions! 🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈✊🏽 We're also not into 'positive vibes only'--we want real and raw discussion, so we welcome ALL the vibes. It's more fun that way 😁.
Wanna suss me out ahead of time to see if we'll 'gel'? Then feel free to have a snoop here ☺:
- YouTube: LeslieVCoaching
- Insta/Facebook - @leslievcoaching
- Podcast: Thriving Between the Lines - Examining personal development books through the lens of intersectionality (wherever you get your podcasts)
At this meetup, we will discuss Boseley's insights on life with ADHD and how they may relate to our lives as ADHDers or people with close ties to ADHDers. Do you agree with her perspectives? Do you disagree? Either way, we WANT your insights 😁
Looking forward to seeing everyone!
Time/Date: Saturday May 2rd - 3-5 pm AEST (12-2 pm ICT)
Location: Online or in person in Vietnam - The Loop, 49 Thao Dien, Ho Chi Minh CityAny questions? Please don't hesitate to ask!
With gratitude,
Leslie Crudup Villagarcia
-Your No-Nonsense Life Coach-Learn more about our book club by watching the video at bit.ly/LeslieVBookClub
Visit leslievcoaching.com to book a free online life coaching consultation.
15 attendees
Are You Mad At Me?, by Meg Josephson |
·OnlineOnlineDo you have people-pleasing tendencies? Do you get so caught up in what other people think that it distracts you from living your own life? Maybe you're not a people-pleaser, but still want to chat about the topic. Either way, join us for meeting #56 and a lively chat about the New York Times Bestseller Are You Mad at Me? How to stop focusing on what others think and start living for you, by world-renowned psychotherapist Meg Josephson.
@megjosephson on instagram
Join us online or in-person at The Loop in Thao Dien, HCMC Vietnam.
As always, you don't have to read the book to participate!Publisher description:
Are you constantly worried about what people think of you, if they like you, if they’re mad at you? This book will help you understand why. We’ve all heard of fight, flight or freeze. Psychotherapist Meg Josephson reveals a fourth common yet overlooked trauma response: ‘fawning’, or people-pleasing. If you ever:
• Leave social situations overthinking something you’ve said
• Overlook your own boundaries to make other people happy
• Struggle to say what you really want – even to yourself. . . you might be fawning. In Are You Mad at Me?, Meg explodes the idea that people-pleasing is a personality trait, exposing it to be an instinct learned in childhood to become more appealing to a perceived threat in order to feel safe. Yet many people are stuck in this way of being for their whole lives.
Weaving her own moving story with case studies and thought-provoking exercises, Meg will show you how to identify your needs, rethink conflict and build stronger connections: empowering you to stop focusing on what others think and start living for you.
~This meeting will be facilitated by a full-time Life Coach (me!) and former university educator with over a decade of international experience in facilitating groups from various cultural backgrounds and beliefs. We insist on respectful and inclusive interactions! 🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈✊🏽 We're also not into 'positive vibes only'--we want real and raw discussion, so we welcome ALL the vibes. It's more fun that way 😁.
Wanna suss me out ahead of time to see if we'll 'gel'? Then feel free to have a snoop here ☺:
- YouTube: LeslieVCoaching
- Insta/Facebook - @leslievcoaching
- Podcast: Thriving Between the Lines - Examining personal development books through the lens of intersectionality (wherever you get your podcasts)
At this meetup, we will discuss Josephson's insights on ending people-pleasing habits and how they may relate to our own lives. Do you agree with her perspectives? Do you disagree? Either way, we WANT your insights 😁
Looking forward to seeing everyone!
Time/Date: Saturday June 20th - 3-5 pm AEST (12-2 pm ICT)
Location: Online or in person in Vietnam - The Loop, 49 Thao Dien, Ho Chi Minh CityAny questions? Please don't hesitate to ask!
With gratitude,
Leslie Crudup Villagarcia
-Your No-Nonsense Life Coach-Learn more about our book club by watching the video at bit.ly/LeslieVBookClub
Visit leslievcoaching.com to book a free online life coaching consultation.
1 attendee
Different, Not Less, by Chloé Hayden
·OnlineOnlineWe're putting Autism/ADHD at the center of the conversation again, because the self-help world can't keep ignoring neurodiversity! 😎 Join us for meeting #57 and an epic discussion about Different, Not Less: A neurodivergent's guide to embracing your true self and finding your happily ever after, by actor, social media star and disability advocate, Chloe Hayden!
@chloeshayden on instagram
Check out her TED talk: The Autism Spectrum Isn't What You Think It IsJoin us online or in-person at The Loop in Thao Dien, HCMC Vietnam.
As always, you don't have to read the book to participate!Publisher description:
An empowering lived-experience guide to celebrating and supporting neurodivergence from 24-year-old actor, social media star and disability advocate Chloé Hayden.
'Fierce, unapologetic and joyous . . . This book is a marvel.' -Jordon Steele-John, Disability Rights Advocate and Australian Senator
Growing up, Chloé Hayden felt like she'd crash-landed on an alien planet where nothing made sense. Eye contact? Small talk? And why are you people so touch-oriented? She moved between 10 schools in 8 years, struggling to become a person she believed society would accept, and was eventually diagnosed with autism and ADHD. When a life-changing group of allies showed her that different did not mean less, she learned to celebrate her true voice and find her happily ever after.
This is a moving, at times funny story of how it feels to be neurodivergent as well as a practical guide, with advice for living with meltdowns and shutdowns, tips for finding supportive communities and much more.
Whether you're neurodivergent or supporting those who are, Different, Not Less will inspire you to create a more inclusive world where everyone feels like they belong.
~This meeting will be facilitated by a full-time Life Coach (me!) and former university educator with over a decade of international experience in facilitating groups from various cultural backgrounds and beliefs. We insist on respectful and inclusive interactions! 🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈✊🏽 We're also not into 'positive vibes only'--we want real and raw discussion, so we welcome ALL the vibes. It's more fun that way 😁.
Wanna suss me out ahead of time to see if we'll 'gel'? Then feel free to have a snoop here ☺:
- YouTube: LeslieVCoaching
- Insta/Facebook - @leslievcoaching
- Podcast: Thriving Between the Lines - Examining personal development books through the lens of intersectionality (wherever you get your podcasts)
At this meetup, we will discuss Hayden's insights on navigating neurodivergence and how they may (or may not) relate to our lives. Do you agree with her perspectives? Do you disagree? Either way, we WANT your insights 😁
Looking forward to seeing everyone!
Time/Date: Saturday July 25- 3-5 pm AEST (12-2 pm ICT)
Location: Online or in person in Vietnam - The Loop, 49 Thao Dien, Ho Chi Minh CityAny questions? Just ask!
With gratitude,
Leslie Crudup Villagarcia
-Your No-Nonsense Life Coach-Learn more about our book club by watching the video at bit.ly/LeslieVBookClub
Visit leslievcoaching.com to book a free online life coaching consultation.
3 attendees
Past events
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