WyseWomen Circle: Maiden, Mother, Crone

Hello Wonderful Women,

I want to take a moment this morning to clarify with everyone the intent of WyseWomen Circle. It is a circle that is in support of adult women. The sharing that takes place, varies from meeting to meeting, however the content is centered around adult themes. Our intent, though we share many things, from tears to laughter, is to share our wisdom, strength, and what is right in our worlds. We come to share as women, from all walks of life, and different ages, 18 to 80 (and older). Some of us are older and our kids our grown, some of us are younger with younger children. We come to circle as a space to share and nurture ourselves without our significant others.

In some cases it is one of the few times in our busy weeks that we take time for ourselves - no husbands/partners, our kids at home with another loved one. The things that we share are personal, sometimes painful, and we need that space to be able to share openly, without concern for young ears, minds, and hearts.

I applaud parents who desire to support their children and share what a community of strong, caring, and compassionate women can look like, however the WyseWomen Circle, because it's focus is for adult women, is not that place.

There are lots of wonderful communities for our children and young adults to gather, be that through a local religious or spiritual community, or local parks and recreation or the YMCA. I share this from my heart. The women who come to circle desire to be able to share openly.

I also feel it is important that I share that The WyseWomen Circle is NOT therapy and the things that each women may share are not meant to be taken as advice or a substitution for a professionals care when it might be needed. There are some kinds of pain where caring, competent professionals are needed, in addition to whatever else one might choose to do. Books, DVD's and the like might be wonderful as an aid, however they are NOT a substitute for a caring professional therapist. We are each responsible for our personal well being. I look forward to seeing your smiling faces on Tuesday evening!

Wishing you well and many blessings,

Nellie

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I've been working with Circle gatherings for many years now as a wellness coach and healer. It's a natural extension of my passion to support others. As much as I am calling the Circle and acting as facilitator, I see myself as helping to hold the rim with everyone. The gifts, blessings, and wisdom of the Circle happen because of the people who attend and share their stories. It is community that is being called through the Circle. Care, compassion, respect, honoring, listening and being heard are parts of what we bring as community.

For women (not that I am excluding you guys and all that you do) our roles, and the hats that we wear are many.

We may find ourselves rolling out of bed at 2:00a.m because one of our kids is crying from a nightmare or has a 24 hour bug and has thrown up for the 2nd time in three hours. Follow that by getting up for the day at 5:30 (if we have even gone back to bed) to get the older kids ready and off to school. You will not be going to work today at your state social service agency because your daycare will not take a sick child, nor do you want your baby to be there when she is sick.

You go about the day fielding phone calls from teachers, plans for a baby shower for your sister-in-law, and worrying about an ominous phone message from your sister that your dad is acting kind of odd lately, forgetting things . . .

Does any of this sound familiar? You might be a single women who does not have a partner/husband/wife right now, yet you can still relate to what I have written above because even though the characters are different - non the less - the day to day stress is still present.

How are you taking care of yourself? Who supports you when seem to be so busy supporting everyone else? Are there caring and supportive women in your life? Are you reaching out so that they can support you, even as you have supported them? Do you laugh and play together? Do you cry and grieve together?

Do you go off on a women's day or night out, or a weekend retreat together?

That is the idea behind WyseWomen Circles. This is a community where we can come together as women and support each other in all of the ways that I have mentioned above. Young, old, and in-between. Each of us has wisdom to share and a story to tell, and in the telling and sharing, we find love, compassion, caring, and community.

The purpose of this community is to offer support to women and is specifically for women only.

There is no fee to attend these Circles though there will be a donation jar if you have the ability to contribute something. There is no requirement to do so for you to attend Circle.

I've been working in health care and wellness for over thirty years now and I am still always in learning mode with a beginners mind so that I can hold space as a healer and support others.

I am an ordained non-denominational minister, Licensed HeartMath (R) 1 On 1 Provider, Licensed and Certified Wellness Inventory (R) coach, and I've been trained and worked with therapeutic massage, Therapeutic Touch, Reiki, DISR, hypnosis and meditation. I have apprenticed with a Curendero, Shamans, and Shamana (medicine people in native traditions) and I am a full mesa carrier and Shamana in the Q'ero tradition of Peru.

Our first WyseWomen Circle gathering will be Tuesday, August 2nd from 7:00 to 8:30pm at Earth Angels Coffee House, 321 N 2nd St, River Falls, WI 54022 Call Earth Angels for directions at (715) 425-7504 or you can use an on-line mapping tool.

If you have any questions please let me know. Drop me a line at [email protected] and I will do my best to answer them.

I hope that you are able to join us. I'll see you there!

Many blessings,

Nellie