The Selfish Bookclub - next book revealed!

Is it time for you to step up and start to play BIG?

“At last this important book has been written… it will empower legions of women to step into their greatness”.

Elizabeth Gilbert

What an endorsement above, from the writer of the last book, BIG MAGIC to the next book in The Selfish Bookclub - PLAYING BIG by Tara Mohr! It’s almost like I planned that but in truth I only noticed Liz’s endorsement for our new read when I picked up the book again the other day to start making plans, even though it has sat on my desk for several years now. But I’m taking it as a sign that this is a great next step on from BIG MAGIC which so many of you love.

And no, the word BIG won’t always be in the title of selfish bookclub books ;) but here it is again… perhaps there’s a message in that for now!

PLAYING BIG is a call to women to step into their power. it looks at some incredibly important areas such as dealing with fear, unhooking from both praise and criticism, how to end good girl/ student habits, taking leaps of faith, tapping into our wise self our intuition, how to stop hiding our talents and oh… so much more!

All too often, talent women hide way, feel unable to take risks, articulate what they want and hold back from taking action that could really serve them for fear of criticism perhaps or an inability to deal with their own inner critic.

But ask yourself; what could you achieve if you were confident enough to take some risks? How much more fulfilled would you feel if you were more able to ignore other people's perceptions and forge your own path?

PLAYING BIG is a book to take your time with, embed the learning, start showing up for yourself to do the work so that you can shift and grow - all in the company of The Selfish Book Club community* and me!

Tara Mohr is a leadership coach and writer and she and I trained with the same coaching company (Co-active Training Institute,) so both what she covers in the book and her approach has always felt familiar to me and I really endorse her thoughts around and her passion for how women can start to play bigger in their lives and their work. I want all of this for you too.

I’m really excited to work with you on it all! If you’re not already in the membership, now’s the time to upgrade - it’s currently £7.50 a month or £65 for a whole year.

We start 9 August, and throughout August, September and most of October, we will be working through PLAYING BIG and squeezing out all the juice.

Every chapter, I will send you a new worksheet or workbook with thoughts, ideas and journaling prompts to help you make the most out of that chapter. There will probably be voice notes too for those who like them - I love a voice note post when I am cooking dinner or tidying up!

In addition this time there will be THREE workshops to help us explore the wisdom in the book further. These are live and recorded and are as follows:

Your Inner Critic- live on Sunday 8 September at 4-6pm UK time

Your Inner Mentor - live on Sunday 6 October at 4-6pm UK time

Fear Setting - live on Sunday 20 October at 4-5.30pm

There will also be a midpoint bookclub chat session and another as we finish the book. These will be weekday evenings as there are only so many Sundays I can do ;)

Tuesday 17 September 7pm UK time

Tuesday 29 October 7pm UK time

I hope you are pleased with the choice and already curious as to what a difference it might make to your life, work and creativity.

Please do try to get the book from your local independent bookseller - in the UK you can use this website and in the US this website if you’re not lucky enough to have a great indie near you.

And remember, your membership to Gather & Grow also allows you to attend monthly journaling get togethers and to receive regular resources around productivity, habits and creativity.

See you soon!

With love,

Sarah x