Women's Group: A Place for Support and Clarity

If you feel like every day is a struggle you have a lot of company. The challenges facing women in the 21st century are many and varied. Our women's group provides a supportive, safe environment for you to connect with women in similar situations and to speak openly about the challenges you're currently facing.

There is medicine in the support of strangers. Strangers are blank, while traditional channels of support can be fraught with obstacles.

Ourselves: Self-reliance is a wonderful strength, but when taken too far it can be damaging. By turning inward (and only inward) we deny ourselves access to the advice of others who have dealt with similar struggles. This level of isolation leads people to believe that they are alone in the world, that their problems are unique. Part of being successfully self-reliant is knowing the boundaries of that reliance.  

Friends: The advice of a trusted friend is one of the great comforts in life, but there is only so many times you can go to that well before you start to feel like you are harping on the same subject over and over. Venting for the sake of venting can be wonderful too. And your friend may be more than willing to listen whenever you need that. But, do you want to put that kind of consistent support pressure on your friend? Having a separate support group allows you to vent and consider advice without overtaxing your more important friendships.

Family: This is a difficult group to discuss and a widely varied one. Some people have supportive and loving families, many do not. And often family (spouses, children, in-laws) are wrapped up in the causes of stress and struggle, making sensitivity a bridgeless divide.

Don't feel trapped by the obstacles of self, friends and family. Rely on all of those channels if you can, but branch out as well. Lean on the support of a women's group to let your voice be heard unfiltered. Gain clarity in the embrace of like minded women.