Women's Forum organizes women’s groups so women can connect deeply, share life experiences, and support each other's growth. Chapters in Seattle, Aspen, and Naples, Florida.
Women today are busier and more digitally connected than ever, yet lonelier than they've been in decades. We have careers, families, friendships, and full calendars. What many of us don't have is a space where we can be fully, unapologetically ourselves.
A Women’s Forum group changes that. It’s not a book club or a networking event. It’s a trusted circle of women who know you and your real life; who hold your confidences, challenge your thinking, and show up for you month after month, year after year.
Women’s Forum has been building groups for more than a decade. We provide the structure, support, and materials for every group to be successful.
Today more than ever, women need community to share work, family, and personal experiences in an atmosphere of trust, confidentiality, and mutual support.
The experience is so profound that we believe every woman deserves access to a women’s group at least once in her life.
How Women’s Forum Works
Women's Forum is a nonprofit membership organization that creates small, carefully matched groups of women who meet monthly in a spirit of trust, connection, inspiration, and mutual support. Here's what the journey looks like, from your initial interest to your first meeting.
1) Tell us about yourself
Fill out a short application using the button at the bottom of this page. You'll share a little about where you are in life, what you're looking for, and which chapter interests you. There's no commitment. This is just a conversation starter.
2) We reach out to you
Someone from Women's Forum will contact you directly to learn more about you and answer your questions. We take care to make sure the group is a good fit for you and for the group.
3) You're matched with your group
We thoughtfully match you with women at a similar life stage in your area. Groups are small, typically 6 to 8 women, so every voice matters.
4) Show up and grow together
Groups meet once a month for about 3 hours. Members rotate as facilitators, sharing topics and coordinating the flow of the meetings. The commitment is to each other, and what you put in comes back to you many times over.
Where Would You Like to Begin?
Join an Existing Chapter
Seattle, Aspen, or Naples
We currently have active chapters in Seattle, WA, Aspen, CO, and Naples, FL. If you live in or near one of these areas, complete the application below, and we'll be in touch to find the right fit for you.
Start a Group in Your Area
New and Growing Chapters
Interested in bringing Women's Forum to your community? We support new group leaders with structure, guidance, and all the resources you need to get started. Tell us in the application, and we'll connect with you about next steps.
The Women’s Forum Experience
Finding Your Group
The right group changes everything. That's why we don't rush it. We have you complete an application so we can get to know you and what you’re looking for. Every Women's Forum group is carefully formed. We match women who are in similar seasons of life, living in the same area, and looking for the same kind of depth in a group. We keep groups small on purpose because real connection needs room to breathe. A group that fits well becomes a group that lasts.
Leading Together
The facilitator role rotates among all members, and it's one of the things that makes Women's Forum so special. Each time it's your turn, you get to decide the topic, the tone, and the flow of the meeting. Choose from our annually curated topic list or follow your own curiosity. Either way, you're bringing something of yourself into the room. Even your listening shapes the conversation more than you know. No one facilitates alone. Women's Forum provides a dedicated facilitator network, bi-monthly calls, and a growing library of shared resources. It's one of those roles that surprises you by becoming something you genuinely love.
Showing Up For Each Other
Groups meet once a month in person for three hours, unhurried, fully present. It sounds simple, and it is, but the consistency is the point. When women commit to showing up for each other, month after month, something shifts. There's something quietly powerful about a group of women who have agreed to show up for each other, no matter what else is going on. You leave feeling seen. You leave feeling useful to someone else. Over time, you stop thinking of it as a commitment you made and start thinking of it as something of value you would never give up.
What Becomes Possible
Every Women's Forum group begins as a relationship, and with the right intention, it becomes one that changes you. When women invest genuinely in each other's growth, trust builds in ways that are hard to describe until you've felt them. Conversations go deeper. Honesty comes more easily. The version of yourself you've been curating for the rest of the world gets a rest. Safety, it turns out, is its own kind of freedom. When you know you are held by a group of women who truly care about you and are rooting for you, you stop needing to hide. You relax into yourself. And that is where real growth begins.