I replied in the other thread before I realised you already started this one!

A Zoom is a great idea - although I'm in Australia so the time difference may be a bit difficult. Happy to just share my thoughts on this thread if we can't align with an appropriate time :)

Thanks Busybeebear!

That’s great, @internalbattlebear  and @hausfraubear  ! I think we should have at least 5 of us before committing to do it, though. I posted it on BearSaloon too, and nothing, not even one Rogans Up!  

That’s great, @internalbattlebear  and @hausfraubear  ! I think we should have at least 5 of us before committing to do it, though. I posted it on BearSaloon too, and nothing, not even one Rogans Up!  

Great, @briobear  and @jodie  ! @internalbattlebear  I’m so excited that you are reading it!

If we have a few more women we can put a group together. We have 5 of us, let’s wait a bit more to see if we have any more who want to join before we start. Thoughts on getting a few more of us? Maybe some husbands on here might want to tell their wives?

Great, @briobear  and @jodie  ! @internalbattlebear  I’m so excited that you are reading it!

If we have a few more women we can put a group together. We have 5 of us, let’s wait a bit more to see if we have any more who want to join before we start. Thoughts on getting a few more of us? Maybe some husbands on here might want to tell their wives?

@BusyBeeBear   I finished the book last night.. I tried to slow down and wait for the club but I couldn't stop reading. Can't wait to chat to you all about it once you get started!

My fiance and I have always had a really strong relationship, but after reading the book and adjusting some of my habits & understanding more about him, our relationship seems even better. 

I'll definitely be reading her other books!

Thanks so much for the suggestion. Sharing it to as many ladies in my life as possible!

Hello, everyone! I apologize for the delay in responding-- my work has been very intense for the last few weeks. Letting up now.

I am so excited about doing this! It seems like there are enough of us to get started. If you've already read the book, then YAY! We won't have that thing happen where we get on the call and nobody has done the reading-- LOL!

@internalbattlebear  @tariobear  @vanessa  @briobear  @jodie  @hausfraubear  That's 7 of us counting me... and I know a few more She Bears now IRL that may have ideas how to get the word out and get started.

@tariobear  the way Zoom works-- you click a link and it installs an app, then you join a meeting with all of us with webcams where we can interact and talk!

The question now would be-- when? Literally from all over the world, that gets complicated. But we will record these and you can watch them later... We need to figure that out. I have a pro Zoom account so can save the recordings and give a link.

I would be willing to lead a one-hour meeting at these times:  A weekday morning at 10am, a weekday afternoon at 1-2pm, a Saturday morning at 10am-- CENTRAL TIME USA. Here is a time zone calculator if you want to see what that would mean for you:  http://www.thetimezoneconverter.com/ 

Your thoughts?

@BusyBeeBear Sounds like a good idea! Time zones don't work out great for me, but if I'm feeling like a late night i'll try to pop in.. Otherwise I'm more than happy to watch the recording and post some comments here afterwards.

This is exciting, it's a fantastic book - can't thank you enough for the recommendation :)

Hi, Shebears! This is my first post on BearVibe, but I would like (to try!) to join y'all's discussions.

About me: I'm 33, married 13 years, mom of 6 (ages 1 - 12). I have a wonderful marriage, but I'm always open to improving myself. 

I live in central time zone in the US, and I'll do my best to make it to the zoom meeting, but with four kids currently in sports and homeschool activities, our schedule is ridiculous.

We have a decent group going now! This is great :) I mentioned it to the famous LadyQ as well so we may have another SheBear on board. 

@BusyBeeBear  let me know if you need a hand setting it up.

Hi everyone! I have finally had a chance this weekend to catch up with all of this and round back to our idea.

I would love to start our book discussion with these two Alison Armstrong books, and now I have a list of a whole bunch of other good book ideas that we could continue with if we wish!

Let’s do it. I’m setting a time knowing it definitely won’t work for everyone, but we need to start somewhere. 

Saturday August 1st ... 11am Central Time. I will record it and somehow figure out how to share that afterward. Basically you just download the Zoom app and click the link below, or enter the meeting ID. 

Topic: SheBears Book Discussion Group

Time: Aug 1, 2020 11:00 AM Central Time (US and Canada)

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Saturday is the day!  11am Central time. Zoom info is in the previous post above, but here is the main link again: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/87061746940

Here is some more info that might be helpful.

First book is Keys to the Kingdom, by Alison Armstrong. Please read the first two chapters-- The Covenant and The Beginning... that's about 50 pages. Let me know how that works for you as a goal each time we meet. Also, do we want to meet every other week? Something to discuss.

You can buy the book as an eBook download for $10 directly from her site, which I recommend: 

https://www.understandmen.com/products/bestsellers/kingdom.html 

After that we'll be reading The Queen's Code (MAJOR GRAVY!!!!!!!!!!):  https://www.understandmen.com/products/bestsellers/queenscodebook.html 

I don't want anyone to stress about "doing the reading," even though obviously that is the point. But we'd rather you SHOW UP regardless, and I will "teach" the content in a very summarized way so you won't feel totally lost. The important thing here is building community and learning from each other's wisdom.

As far as webcams, I am going to be on mine, but if you prefer to do audio-only and not be on camera, I understand. Also I would appreciate input from any of you about "internet safety" and considering how else we can share this experience without "doxxing" ourselves, etc. I am willing to put myself out there this way for this first time, but sharing the recordings might be vulnerable and a little too weird to just put on an open internet bulletin board. I may have people just request the recordings from me via direct message or email--? YOUR THOUGHTS?

SPECIAL REQUEST: Please share this with any  other lady Bears that you know and trust. If any of you are active on SG or other Bear/Vox platforms, please share this judiciously to those who will respect and appreciate what we're doing. 

Thanks, everyone! Looking forward to it!

BusyBeeBear

Today's the day! We are starting here in 30 minutes:  https://us02web.zoom.us/j/87061746940  Just click that link and it will have you download a small app (if you don't already have it) --then you'll be able to join.  You can be on your webcam or not, as you wish.

@internalbattlebear   @tariobear   @vanessa   @briobear   @jodie   @hausfraubear   @tariobear   @sunny-bear  @morningbear  @halfdozenbear  @bigfoot  @wanda-purvis  @vanessa    

I will record the meeting, but not sure how to distribute that. We can discuss this together. I want to protect everyone's privacy including my own, and I want this to feel like a place where we can be ourselves away from the rest of the internet.

See you soon!

WOW, what a great time! THANK YOU to @wanda-purvis  @briobear  @sunny-bear  @vanessa  and the two other women there (EZ & DM) that I didn't catch your Bear Names...  We had 7 of us there live!  

We ladled some serious relationship gravy from the Keys to the Kingdom book by Alison Armstrong. 

We are only two chapters in... and decided to meet again 2 Saturdays from now, so we'll be only 4 chapters in by then-- PLENTY OF TIME to catch up with us, and PLEASE DO!  All Bear women would love this gravy... to be a better wife, lover, partner, mother, friend, aunt, etc... to the men in our lives and appreciate and understand them better.

We made a few decisions:

• Zoom recordings will be available if you miss the meeting, but only by private messaging me to request. 
• We're going to meet every other Saturday at 11am Central Time, so the next meeting will be August 15th.
• We are going to read two chapters at a time of this particular book, and if you are not caught up on the reading, I am going to briefly summarize the reading at the beginning of our meetings so nobody will feel too behind or left out. We would rather have you THERE than miss for silly reading shame reasons.  :)

Next meeting Zoom link is here:  https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83926035418

How you can help:  Please invite selected, trusted female Bears who would appreciate some gravy.  We need to do it soon so people can catch up quickly with the reading.  Could we get Owen to announce it? Could we post it in other trusted places? I would recommend posting the URL to THIS THREAD, which is https://bearvibe.com/groups/59/discussions/307 

Open to your ideas and feedback!

Thank you, everyone!

BusyBeeBear

Hey All,

Lesley here,, in the Panhandle of Florida,  32 years awesome. Newly Single,  trying to get back to myself and God.  Looking forward to meeting some awesome ladies that enjoy reading and share the same values. 

Bummer I  Couldn't make the 1st one, but would love to be at the 2nd if I can.

Excited about the future! 

Thanks @BusyBeeBear  for setting it up! 

Hey lady bears!

Nikita from Houston, TX here! I started reading the book after meeting busybeebear this weekend in the Central TX meet up. So much gravy already.  Looking forward to reading more & getting to chat with you all on Saturday! 

Hi everyone! Reposting from above in our thread for your convenience... @narniabear-1   Yes, this Saturday is correct. Welcome! And welcome to @Holisticmamabear  and @felicia  and @lesley  ! 

BOOK WE ARE READING: Keys to the Kingdom book by Alison Armstrong, you can click this link to get it in PDF form on the author's site.  We are doing two chapters per week, so this session we will be at the end of chapter 4, which is roughly 100 pages of pretty easy reading.  Should be easy to catch up!

• Zoom recordings will be available if you miss the meeting, but only by private messaging me to request. 
• We're going to meet every other Saturday at 11am Central Time, so the next meeting will be THIS SATURDAY August 15th. You can go ahead and put the meetings on  your calendar every other Saturday for a while-- we are going to read The Queen's Code after this book is completed. 
• We are going to read two chapters at a time of this particular book, and if you are not caught up on the reading, I am going to briefly summarize the reading at the beginning of our meetings so nobody will feel too behind or left out. We would rather have you THERE than miss for silly reading shame reasons.  :)

This will be the Zoom link for this and all future meetings:  https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83926035418  

How you can help:  Please invite selected, trusted female Bears who would appreciate some gravy.  We need to do it soon so people can catch up quickly with the reading.  Could we get Owen to announce it? Could we post it in other trusted places? I would recommend posting the URL to THIS THREAD, which is https://bearvibe.com/groups/59/discussions/307 

Open to your ideas and feedback!

Thank you, everyone!

BusyBeeBear

@tariobear  @morningbear  @halfdozenbear  @bigfoot  Just went through this book club thread and noted anyone else who has expressed interest, wanted to personally mention you and invite you to join on Saturday!  Details above in the previous post in this thread, but do take the opportunity to catch up quickly on the reading so we can all stay together on these two books for a while. 

Saturday, 11am Central time, https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83926035418  

Keys to the Kingdom by Alison Armstrong is the book-- and we will discuss chapters 3 & 4 (I will teach a brief summary also).

I can provide a replay recording of our first meeting if you message me privately.

Cheers,

BusyBeeBear

@sunny-bear  So much gravy in that sermon, thanks for the link!

 If anyone else missed the link- 

Deirdre x

Awesome I-Know-That-My-Redeemer-Liveth-Bear!  I found it the most straight-forward explanation of all going on...

Here's my favorite article on masks, which summarizes many studies too.

https://www.greenmedinfo.com/blog/dr-blaylock-face-masks-pose-serious-risks-healthy11

-Sunny

@sunny-bear  Hah thank you! I read that a while back it's great! Here's to hoping & praying we can plant some seeds with that info. Yes the sermon was very straightforward and it warms my heart to see such a message from the pulpit. 

Deirdre x

Next Book Club Zoom Meeting Coming Up This Saturday, 8/29!

BOOK WE ARE READING: Keys to the Kingdom book by Alison Armstrong, you can click this link to get it in PDF form on the author's site.  We are doing two chapters per week, so this session we will be at the end of chapter 6, which is roughly 150 pages of pretty easy reading. (Kind of hard to put down, actually!) 

• Our group is no longer doing recordings due to privacy issues. Some extremely personal and vulnerable issues came up during our last conversation, and we stopped the recording and agreed not to share it. Apologies for any inconvenience-- and we are disappointed if people are unable to join us live-- but I'm sure everyone understands the privacy and safety issues that are very real when you start talking about our private lives.
• We're meeting every other Saturday at 11am Central Time, so the next meeting will be THIS SATURDAY August 29th. You can go ahead and put the meetings on  your calendar every other Saturday for a while-- we are going to read The Queen's Code after this book is completed. 
• We are going to read two chapters at a time of this particular book, and if you are not caught up on the reading, I am going to briefly summarize the reading at the beginning of our meetings so nobody will feel too behind or left out. We would rather have you THERE than miss for silly reading shame reasons.  :)
• For clarity, the chapters we are covering this time are:  "I Y’AM WHAT I Y’AM" and "COLOR IN A BLACK AND WHITE WORLD" which will bring us up to page 158.
• Any lady Bear is welcome to join, as we'd love to have you up-to-speed when we start the next book, which will probably be October 10.

This will be the Zoom link for this and all future meetings:  https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83926035418  

How you can help:  Please invite selected, trusted female Bears who would appreciate some relationship gravy.  Could we post it in other trusted places? I would recommend posting the URL to THIS THREAD, which is https://bearvibe.com/groups/59/discussions/307 

Open to your ideas and feedback!

Thank you, everyone!

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BusyBeeBear

it's 'central' time zone! pardon the late reply!

STARTING A NEW BOOK: Next Book Club Coming Up Saturday, 9/26!

GREAT time to join up with us if you haven't already! We'll be starting another book soon and discussing when we want the new meeting time to be, as we want to change it so it works better for more people. (Do you have input on that--? Please let me know!)

DIFFERENT MEETING TIME: This time, it will be at 12:30pm Central Time, Saturday, 9/26. It is the same regular day, just pushing forward the time a bit.

BOOK WE ARE FINISHING: Keys to the Kingdom book by Alison Armstrong, you can click this link to get it in PDF form on the author's site. We are reading the very last chapter and discussing it as a whole, summing it up, and discussing the scheduling for the next book we're reading, which is The Queen's Code.

• Our group elected to not provide recordings due to privacy issues. 
• Any lady Bear is welcome to join even if you have not done the reading.
  

This will be the Zoom link for this and all future meetings:  https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83926035418  

HOW YOU CAN HELP:  

1. Give me feedback on great times and days for you to join us. I would like to make it convenient for as many of us as possible.
2. Please invite selected, trusted female Bears who would appreciate some relationship gravy.  Could we post it in other trusted places? I would recommend posting the URL to THIS THREAD, which is https://bearvibe.com/groups/59/discussions/307 

Open to your ideas and feedback!

Thank you, everyone!

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BusyBeeBear

@BusyBeeBear  All good see you then, thank you!!

@hausfraubear  We'd love to have you. The teachings are excellent & really unique from other relationship books I've read. I think you'd enjoy it. I'm not married or anything & I'm still getting a lot out of it just for myself and also applying it to the men in my life (brothers, friends etc). It helps me understand them and myself better. And hanging with the bearettes is the best part because this kind of gravy is not to be found even on Owen's streams! :) 

Looking forward to the next book club, thank you Busy bee bear! Wanda/Bloomer, you will be missed!

Peggy hall is awesome @wanda-purvis ! So much gravy on her channel!

I also realized we have a first birthday party next Saturday afternoon. Super bummed to miss the last meeting with you lovely ladies. Thanks for being an exceptional leader @BusyBeeBear ! Excited for the next one. Keep us updated :)

Starting a New Book! Help Us Pick the Meeting Time

Trying out a polling tool I found online for a new and better meeting time for any lady Bears who want to attend as we begin our NEXT book, The Queen's Code!  @tariobear     @morningbear     @halfdozenbear     @bigfoot    @wanda-purvis     @briobear     @sunny-bear     @vanessa     @internalbattlebear      @jodie      @hausfraubear     @IKnowThatMyRedeemerLivethBear    @narniabear-1      @Holisticmamabear     @felicia      @lesley    

Please vote and we'll take this information into consideration as we decide the next meeting times. I tried to embed the code for the buttons to vote to show up here, but it wasn't working. Here is the link to go vote there on the Poll-Maker site:  https://linkto.run/p/F1VXTRFJ ;

- BusyBeeBear

@BusyBeeBear  Thanks for making the poll! I just voted for Every other Saturday morning 9am CT/10am ET,  but I figured I'd let you know my 2nd & 3rd choices which would be Every other Saturday morning 8am CT/9am ET, and Every other Thursday night 7pm CT/8pm ET respectively. I hope somehow one of these times will work for everyone! x

Just got The Queens Code!! 

TUESDAY, OCTOBER 13, 2020-- at 7pm CT/ 8pm ET is our first meeting for The QUEENS CODE!

The majority of people chose Tuesday evenings at 7pm CT for the new book club time.

This NEW Zoom link for the new meeting time will remain the same as long as we keep this Tuesday time:  https://us02web.zoom.us/j/87027083455

Download the book The Queen's Code  and read the first TWO chapters, please, so we can discuss!   :)

HOW YOU CAN HELP:  

Please invite selected, trusted female Bears who would appreciate some relationship gravy.  Could we post it in other trusted places? I would recommend posting the URL to THIS THREAD, which is https://bearvibe.com/groups/59/discussions/307 

Open to your ideas and feedback!

Thank you, everyone!

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BusyBeeBear

Hello SheBears! I just found this bearvibe but I’m also on Instagram, and I’ve been following  BB for 3 years now. I go by Mrs.Parcel_Bear and sometimes parcelbearswife, but my name is Brittnie, 29 years old and have been married almost a decade... I have Brought three boys into the realm and would love to be apart of a book club! I’m pretty quiet and very awkward around others, but I’d love to make some Bear friends:)

Hi Lady Bears,

Thank you for setting up the book discussion for Tuesday! I am new to the group. I'm hoping to make some friends and enjoy some gravy! 

Hugs!

Eletha

Aka Medicine Woman Bear 

Hi ladies-

I would love to join this book club; I'm a new "bear" and am eager to learn more. I know I'm starting late, but if you meet Tuesday nights, that's awesome!
I will start reading The Queen's Code :)

Hi She Bears!

I’m more than familiar with Understanding Men... I have found it helpful! I would enjoy connecting in a zoom call over this in the future with you all. 

My mom (75) , sister (33) and I (49) just moved to NorthCarolina, and we’re not rooted yet. I’m delighted to begin connecting online more anyway.  My partner/boyfriend is stuck in California for 6 months to a year. He’ll join me ASAP. My sister is getting a divorce. She wants a fruitful life! She’s ready to crush! Our mom and her boyfriend can’t seem to decide if they want to get married. This has been going on for YEARS, so I snagged our mom to homestead with me/us. If her man wants her, he has to make choices to do so! 

Beverly