A lit candle and an open book on a rustic wooden table near a fireplace.

Welcome to the Lioness Den

A Monthly Circle for Women Who are Done Performing "Fine"

A self-leadership circle where you practice choosing how you show up — for yourself and others — one honest conversation at a time.

If you’ve been holding more than usual — and doing it through gritted teeth — you’re not alone.

We’re living through a moment of profound disruption. Women are carrying the collective weight of it all, while still being expected to show up, hold themselves together, and keep moving forward as though nothing has changed.

What's needed right now is a room where you can put down what you've been carrying, get honest about where your power has been quietly leaking away, and practice consciously choosing differently.

Gather with Us in the Den

Tuesday, June 2

7:00–8:30 PM

2nd floor, community room
Dryden Center for Community
$30 investment
Limited to 12 women

Pre-registration and pre-payment are required to hold your spot. Space is limited to preserve the integrity of the circle.

What happens in the Den

The Lioness Den is a self-leadership circle. A space to tell the truth about your life, notice where you've been quietly handing your power away, and practice deliberately choosing how you show up for yourself and others. You'll be witnessed with honesty and compassion — not managed, not fixed, not rushed.

Each gathering moves through arrival, reflection, and open sharing. Speak when you want. Listen when you don't. There is no pressure to perform, explain, or be anything other than honest.

And when the weight of the world starts pulling you off center, we'll help you get your crown back on.

Community as Medicine

There's something that happens when you speak honestly in the presence of other women who are doing the same.

When you hear them name experiences that sound exactly like your own, you stop feeling like the problem. The patterns you've been carrying alone begin to make sense in a larger context. Something that felt like a personal failing reveals itself as a shared and deeply human experience.

Being seen and heard this way loosens long-held assumptions about yourself. It makes it easier to meet your own experience with compassion instead of relentless self-judgment.

Women have always known this. We've always gathered. This is how we return to ourselves.

The Den is for you if...

You're a woman, or you've moved through the world as one — carrying the weight of that lived experience in your body, your history, and your relationships.

You value honest conversation and real connection over advice or admiring problems.

You're ready to stop reacting and start choosing — how you spend your energy, where you direct your attention, and what you're no longer willing to carry alone.

No prior experience with circles or coaching is needed. Each gathering stands on its own. Come when you can, and trust that it will meet you where you are.

Seasonal Wisdom

The Den doesn't follow a fixed curriculum. Each gathering is shaped by the season we're in — what's alive in the room, what's weighing on us collectively, what wants to be spoken and what needs to be sat with.

You don't need to arrive prepared. You already know more than you think. The circle will help you hear it.