Wicked Sober Book Club 📚✨ Monthly Meetup & Book Swap

Name: Wicked Sober Book Club 📚✨ Monthly Meetup & Book Swap
Start: 2025-08-25T17:30:00-05:00
Location: Pipers Tea & Coffee

Schedule

Mon, 25 Aug, 2025 at 05:30 pm

UTC-05:00

Location

Pipers Tea & Coffee | Paducah, KY

This month we’re reading ✦ 𝘿𝙖𝙧𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙂𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙩𝙡𝙮: 𝙃𝙤𝙬 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝘾𝙤𝙪𝙧𝙖𝙜𝙚 𝙩𝙤 𝘽𝙚 𝙑𝙪𝙡𝙣𝙚𝙧𝙖𝙗𝙡𝙚 𝙏𝙧𝙖𝙣𝙨𝙛𝙤𝙧𝙢𝙨 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙒𝙖𝙮 𝙒𝙚 𝙇𝙞𝙫𝙚, 𝙇𝙤𝙫𝙚, 𝙋𝙖𝙧𝙚𝙣𝙩, 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙇𝙚𝙖𝙙 ✦ by Brené Brown. If it doesn’t catch your interest, read what does and tell us about THAT book. All books and all people are welcome, for real.
Also, let’s do a 𝙱𝙾𝙾𝙺 𝚂𝚆𝙰𝙿! Bring books you’re ready to pass on, and perhaps take a few home.
(っ◔◡◔)っ ☆ 𝗔 𝗕 𝗢 𝗨 𝗧 𝗧 𝗛 𝗘 𝗕 𝗢 𝗢 𝗞 ☆ 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝗦𝘁𝗼𝗿𝘆𝗚𝗿𝗮𝗽𝗵 :
Based on twelve years of pioneering research, Brené Brown PhD, LMSW, dispels the cultural myth that vulnerability is weakness and argues that it is, in truth, our most accurate measure of courage.
Brown explains how vulnerability is both the core of difficult emotions like fear, grief, and disappointment, and the birthplace of love, belonging, joy, empathy, innovation, and creativity. She writes:
"𝘞𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘸𝘦 𝘴𝘩𝘶𝘵 𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘷𝘦𝘴 𝘰𝘧𝘧 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘷𝘶𝘭𝘯𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘣𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘺, 𝘸𝘦 𝘥𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘷𝘦𝘴 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘦𝘹𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘣𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘱𝘶𝘳𝘱𝘰𝘴𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘮𝘦𝘢𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘰 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘭𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘴."
Daring Greatly is not about winning or losing. It's about courage. In a world where "never enough" dominates and feeling afraid has become second nature, vulnerability is subversive. Uncomfortable. It's even a little dangerous at times. And, without question, putting ourselves out there means there's a far greater risk of getting criticized or feeling hurt. But when we step back and examine our lives, we will find that nothing is as uncomfortable, dangerous, and hurtful as standing on the outside of our lives looking in and wondering what it would be like if we had the courage to step into the arena--whether it's a new relationship, an important meeting, the creative process, or a difficult family conversation. Daring Greatly is a practice and a powerful new vision for letting ourselves be seen.