The Wholehearted Self-leadership Book Club next gathers together to take a deep year-long read together of Wholehearted and the Companion Workbook in December 2022! So get on the waitlist so you don’t miss out! Here’s why I created it, what it is, how it works, how to access it and why you might want to.
About me and my Wholehearted books
I’m Terri Connellan – an author, creative transition coach and personality type practitioner.
I wrote two books Wholehearted: Self-leadership for women in transition and the Wholehearted Companion Workbook over 4.5 years as I went through a major life transition. Shifting from long-term government employee of 30+ years, I now enjoy a more creative life focused around writing, coaching, personality type, wellbeing and inspiring others.
My books written from the midst of transition, share the journey and the learning on the way to inspire your creative transition. The books chose me if you like because of the particular set of experiences I’ve been through and learned from that enabled me to write and share my story with heart.
I know how uncertain it seems, how lost and alone we can feel, when making major change. So I share my experiences to support you to be more wholehearted and shape the self-leadership skills to create what you desire.
The why of Wholehearted
The WHY of Wholehearted is to support women to develop the self-leadership skills to live more creative, wholehearted lives.
This WHY helped me to make sense and structure what was happening into something useful for myself and for others from this time of major change. And I offer this learning to you to help you shift to what is more positive to you.
If you haven’t read or bought Wholehearted yet, you can download Chapter 1 for free. This also provides an overview of the contents pages so you can see what’s in the book as a whole.
It was always my dream and desire to create support and a space for discussion about transitions people are going through based on the insights of the books. That’s why I’ve created the Wholehearted Self-leadership Book Club for a year-long read of the books together.
So why a book club to support you in transition?
So you might be asking, why a book club to support me as I contemplate or go through change?
If you are going through a major change in your life, you’ll know it can feel VERY destabilising! The transitions can be many and varied such as:
- job change
- retirement
- redundancy
- retrenchment
- wanting to write a book
- making space for creativity
- making art more central in your life
- working for yourself instead of others
- tree change
- sea change
- moving house
- becoming an author
- stepping into a new phase of creativity or writing or art
- kids leaving home
- relationship change
- leaving paid employment
- learning new skills you want to shape a business or practice around
And so much more. You might not even know exactly what it is but that where you are is not where you want to be.
Navigating change can take time and leave us feeling lonely at times as we re-create a new identity. Our networks might change. We are building on the foundations of what we have already created and working with our personality strengths in new ways which is positive but takes work. It is often about how we have defined ourselves so it means looking at ourselves in new ways.
So the Wholehearted Self-leadership Book Club is a way of processing all of these experiences in a structured, supported way. Wholehearted is full of rich insights and resources! It’s the wisdom of a lifetime distilled. People are telling me they are savouring it, meandering, going down side tracks, reading other books mentioned within its pages. And that is exactly what I envisaged the reading experience to be like: something we carve out time for. It is a practical book above all; that’s why there’s an accompanying Wholehearted Companion Workbook.
About the Book Club + how to join in
So yes, it’s a book club, because book clubs are an awesome way to reflect and connect around reading. But it’s also a community/group coaching program with 90-minute monthly live calls with me as your coach asking questions to prompt growth, support you in transition and creativity, suggesting just the right resources, and guiding you to the best outcomes. Plus you get to learn from others, tap into my experiences of transition and writing the books and ask me anything you want!
We’ll work through the book and workbook one section at at time in a deep, guided read you can apply immediately in your life. So whatever change is happening (or not happening) for you, I hope you’ll join me in the book club.
This is a cost-effective way to get coaching guidance and commit to change with support and community. There is a monthly payment plan and an annual upfront one where you can save as well as 50% scholarship options for Black Indigenous Women of Colour, women with disabilities and LGBQT women and non binary people to encourage participation and equity. Apply here for to be considered for the scholarship option.
So head to the Wholehearted Self-leadership Book Club enrolment and info page to find out more and join us. And join the waitlist to be the first to know when enrolment is open for our December 2022 into 2023 start!
I hope you will join me and the community of women that is gathering. You can DM me on social media too if you have any questions.
Want to read more?
Wholehearted: Self-leadership for women in transition
Wholehearted Companion Workbook
Wholehearted Book Walk-through
Wholehearted Virtual Book Launch 1
Wholehearted Virtual Book Launch 2
Wholehearted Book Club Notes – generic Book Club notes, but they give you an idea of what we will cover over the year!
