Start a Fully Fertile Book Club

I know that I keep tempting you with a full book review of Fully Fertile: A 12-Week Plan for Optimal Fertility, but the more I read, the more I think it makes sense to share some of the “a ha!” moments it provides to me, as they are happening. Look for several of these this week.

If you haven’t noticed, I am loving this book. Just loving it. It is at my bedside. I read at least a few pages every day. It soothes me. It makes me feel just a little more in control of my destiny by allowing me to accept that I am not in control of some aspects of it. Does that make sense? When I first received a copy to review, I had every intention of using it as a future Freebie Friday gift.

I am really sorry ladies, if you want this book you will have to pry it from my hands, or get one for yourself. Because I refuse to part with it.

I love the actual feel of the book. (Sorry, I do judge a book by its cover, and the quality of paper it is written on, and the size and the heft of it in my hand…) I love the things I have learned about my body and my self. Most importantly, I love the way reading Fully Fertile makes me feel. Peaceful. Content. More ready to accept a child into my life, even if its not in the way I originally dreamed.

When I showed the book to my (very pregnant) best friend when she was over for a visit, she remarked, “This feels like something that reaches beyond fertility. These lessons feel like they are for your whole life.”

Holistic = whole body = whole life

Beth Heller, one of the three authors of the book and founders of Pulling Down the Moon recently emailed me when she noticed Fully Fertile mentioned here at Fertility Notes to let me know that:

we’re encouraging women across the country to read our book together in Fully Fertile Book Groups.  We piloted the program in Chicago last October and it was great!  We have another group up and running in a Chicago suburb and lots of inquiries from folks interested in starting groups across the country.   In the book clubs, women agree to meet for 13 weeks and work through the book together.  They can meet at a coffee shop, the library, someone’s home…wherever.  Each week a woman from the group “leads” the chapter.  We provide a journaling exercise, discussion questions and a group exercise/”ritual” for each week.  What unfolds is a really unique support group experience as women find motivation, friendship and discover their inner goddess.

One of our biggest missions at the Moon is to provide community and sanctuary for women who are struggling to build family.  Folks can contact us through the website if they’d like to start a group or find one in their area.

These reading groups are peer-led and free and participants receive additional discounts on PDtM products and services.

I heart these ladies.

I’m feeling like I should add some sort of note here that lets you know that I am not affiliated with PDtM in any way and I’m not receiving any sort of compensation for my mentioning or promoting their book. I did receive a complimentary copy of Fully Fertile to review, which I feel has been a priceless gift.

Stay tuned for more thoughts on Fully Fertile and how I am incorporating it’s lessons into my current cycle and beyond.