Membership in Women’s Forum
Why Join
As a Women’s Forum member, you will be supported in a variety of ways and enjoy the following benefits:
A sounding board of trusted advisors who have your best interests in mind.
Knowing that whatever comes next, you don’t have to face it alone.
Practical support with an infrastructure to ensure meetings provide a meaningful takeaway.
Leadership and charter opportunities.
Retreats, workshops, and special events for play, connection, and fun.
Expanding your friendships and community connections.
Personal growth with women who will stretch your thinking.
Resources that reflect a decade of learning, experience, and wisdom.
What to Expect
There is something very liberating about forming a new relationship with others who know little about you. Yet, you all come together with the same trust, desire, and vulnerability to share life experiences. Trust and confidentiality are established quickly and underpin the Women’s Forum experience.
Groups are typically formed with women at a similar age stage. We carefully consider membership and seek women whose values align with the wForum value of being there for other people, not just for yourself. Because group chemistry is so important, we meet all prospective members in person.
You are probably wondering, what happens in Women’s Forum meetings? There is a simple structure to meetings so that members know what to expect and what is expected of them. With a combination of personal updates and discussions that add to your toolkit, the monthly meeting flies by.
Discussions vary from career, family, work-life balance, parenting, life transitions, loss, empty nest, money, elderly parents, health, aging, and more. Yet these themes are background to the real needs you feel, such as:
A yearning for meaningful connection
Time to ponder the missing pieces in your life
The opportunity to speak free of judgment, criticism, or advice
Encouragement to aspire and grow in new ways
The comfort of knowing you’re not alone
A reminder of good people and positive forces at work in the world
Playmates for creative self-expression and fun
Confidantes who preserve your dignity when life gets messy
Advocates for your next chapter, wherever it may take you
Women’s Forum Groups develop their own special personality as members explore a variety of experiences relevant to the group.
wForum as an organization works behind the scenes to provide the structure, processes, and a menu of proven tools to support groups as they grow over the years and decades!
What We Ask of Each Other
Women's Forum works because every member shows up. Not perfectly, but intentionally. These are the commitments that make a group feel safe.
Commitment. You attend monthly meetings and invest in becoming a group. Not just a collection of women who meet once a month, but a circle that is curious about the full picture of who you are, not just the highlight reel. That only happens when everyone keeps showing up for each other.
Confidentiality. What is said in the group stays in the group. This is the foundation upon which everything is built. Without it, nothing else works. Every member makes this promise completely and keeps it without exception.
Respect. Everyone in your group is carrying something you can't fully see. We come in with that understanding — that beneath every put-together exterior is a full human life, with all the complexity that involves. We hold each other accordingly.
Participation. Life is serious. Living should be fun. Bring yourself fully — your humor, your curiosity, your hard questions, your bad days. All of it is welcome.
