Women face a variety of challenges as they move into their older decades. Many women feel isolated and lack a place to have meaningful discussions and receive support for the issues they face. Wise Women Group provides older women with a safe place to share, explore possibilities, and find creative solutions to the difficulties of aging.
Women Sharing Wisdom: A Facilitator’s Guide to Starting a Wise Women Group provides the specific guidance you need to organize and run a successful, helpful support and discussion group for older women. This step-by-step manual addresses every stage of developing and facilitating a Wise Women Group, including assessing the need for such a group in your community, attracting potential members, structuring group meetings, and ways to handle problems that may arise in the group. This manual includes 158 original discussion topics for leaders to choose from when facilitating the group. If you wish to help older women navigate life’s challenges with wisdom and grace, this book will help you realize your goal.
“Women Sharing Wisdom: A Facilitator’s Guide to Starting a Wise Women Group”
5.0 out of 5 stars – Beautiful and Practical Tool
Reviewed October 25, 2022 – Verified Purchase
“Women Sharing Wisdom is a beautiful and practical tool that enables even novice group leaders to form gatherings of mature women and facilitate the sharing of experience, friendship, and thoughtfulness.
Much has been written around the phenomenon of becoming invisible as we age. Loss and isolation both affect older women. When, however, there is a path to making new friends and sharing our thoughts we continue to grow and thrive. This book provides such a path.”
Jacquelyn Ward
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5.0 out of 5 stars – A Useful Guide to Sharing Reflections on Life with Wise Women
Reviewed July 26, 2022 – Verified Purchase
“I can highly recommend this book! As a member of the Wise Women group facilitated by its author, Dr. Beth Firestein, I can confidently say that the model Dr. Firestein describes brings older women together to reflect on life, build relationships and provide support to one another, which is especially helpful at this stage of life. For anyone interested in creating a Wise Women group and facilitating these discussions in their communities, this book lays out all of the skills one might need and steps one might take to make this happen. Even if you are not interested in starting a Wise Women group, the Food for Thought topics for discussion are quite interesting and thought-provoking. I thoroughly enjoyed reading this book and sharing insights from it with others. I heartily recommend it!”
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5.0 out of 5 stars – Support and Discuss
Reviewed November 2, 2022
“Comprehensive and designed to enhance self-growth, Women Sharing Wisdom: A Facilitator’s Guide to Starting a Wise Women Group is a must-have for anyone interested in forming a Wise Women group or in simply perpetuating personal growth. In addition to facilitator instruction, the manual includes Food for Thought material comprised of beautifully composed essays and accompanying questions on topics such as “Self-Pity and Self-Compassion,” “Changing Our Expectations,” and “Dealing with Health Issues.” Wise Women groups provide support for older women who want to further their understanding of themselves and the world around them. Many thanks to Dr. Firestein for creating such an invaluable program and sound guidance.”
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