Quarterly Online Book Study & Discussion Groups
New! In 2023, we're hosting quarterly online book study & discussion groups facilitated by Adjunct Faculty Angela Joy Eby. Learn more below or use this button to register for the current/upcoming book study!
Registration for Spring 2023 book study on The Way of Integrity by Martha Beck is now open!
WELCOME FROM ANGELA
Angela (she/her/hers) is a personal and spiritual evolutionary, pushing the boundaries of current perceptions in culture and religion. As Adjunct Faculty for Evolving Enneagram, Angela brings a deeply wise, powerful, and compassionate presence to her work as a Spiritual Tutor for Evolving Enneagram and a facilitator of transformational book studies and retreats.
FAQs
Facilitated online via Zoom; recorded only for limited reference by registered participants who might miss live sessions. Session date/times are set forth on the Schedule below.
Tuition: $100/pp or $150/household (per book study). A limited number of partial scholarships are available upon request. Please email info@evolvingenneagram.com before registering if you are requesting a scholarship.
As a group, we will discuss the monthly reading, sharing our questions and insights. To get the most out of your experience, we suggest that you purchase the book on your own before starting the group and read the notated chapters in advance of each our meetings. Participation in group discussion is always welcome but never mandatory. You are welcome to attend each meeting regardless of how much reading or "homework" you have completed.
Knowledge of the Enneagram NOT mandatory: These gatherings will be Enneagram-informed in that Angela will be offering Enneagram-related reflections and the space will be welcoming of your own Enneagram-related insights. Note, however, that Enneagram knowledge is NOT mandatory for participation.
The Way of Integrity: Finding the Path to Your True Self by Martha Beck
Bombarded by cultural messages, relational expectations and our own lifelong patterns, it is easy to lose touch with what truly makes us feel whole. Our connection to truth and meaning can be found on this pilgrimage of the self–the way of integrity. Along the path, Martha Beck breaks it down into manageable steps, creatively structured within the framework of the hero’s journey, specifically Dante’s The Divine Comedy. Practical, spiritual, humorous and profound, Beck challenges us to discover (or rediscover) the parts of us that make us whole.
SCHEDULE:
In this online book study & discussion group, we will read and discuss:
May 10, 6-8pm CDT & May 11, 10am-12pm CDT:
Introduction and Stage One: The Dark Wood of Error
May 24, 6-8pm CDT & May 25,10am-12pm CDT:
Stage Two: Inferno
June 7, 6-8pm CDT & June 8, 10am-12pm CDT:
Stage Three: Purgatory
June 21, 6-8pm CDT & June 22, 10am-12pm CDT:
Stage Four: Paradise
Required Reading: The Way of Integrity: Finding the Path to Your True Self, by Martha Beck, published 2021 (buy on your own)
BOOK STUDY 2023 SCHEDULE
Winter 2023
4 sessions meeting every other Wednesday 5-7pm CST/CDT starting Feb 8 ending Mar 22
Book: Atlas of the Heart by Brene Brown
Spring 2023
2 options: 4 sessions meeting every other Wednesday 5:00pm CDT starting May 10 6-8pm CDT ending June 21 AND/OR 4 sessions meeting every other Thursday 10am-noon CDT starting May 11 ending June 22
Book: The Way of Integrity: Finding the Path to Your True Self by Martha Beck
Summer 2023
4 sessions meeting every other Wednesday starting Aug 2 ending September 13
Book: TBA
Fall 2023
4 sessions meeting every other Wednesday starting Oct 4 ending Nov 15
Book: TBA
Past 2023 Book Studies (for your reference)
Atlas of the Heart: Mapping Meaningful Connection and the Language of Human Experience by Brené Brown
Every person has a story and each of us bears the burden and the privilege of being our own storyteller. We share these stories because we want to connect, we want to be understood, we want to be seen and we want to belong. But many of us lose our way as we begin to try to find the words to speak about our emotions, our experience, our own narrative. How do we find our way through the telling of our tale? How do we listen to the telling of another’s? Like the places on a map, language can help us connect to one another as we journey through our human experience and give us the tools we need in naming our truth.
SCHEDULE: 5-7pm CST on . . .
February 8, 2023: Intro, Chapters 1-3
February 22, 2023: Chapters 4-7
March 8, 2023: Chapters 8-10
March 22, 2023: Chapters 11-13, and Cultivating Meaningful Connection
Required Reading: Atlas of the Heart: Mapping Meaningful Connection and the Language of Human Experience, by Brené Brown, published 2021.
Reading brings us unknown friends.
Honoré de Balzac
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