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, but many of us are lonelier than ever. We have careers, families, friendships, and full calendars. What many of us don't have is a space where we can be authentically 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 a unique group relationship that grows over time.
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, 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.
3) You're invited to participate
We invite you to participate in the founding of a group where you live. With your participation, we help you identify ideal group members, we provide the guidance and support to initiate, organize, and inspire women to join you with and partner with you to and initiate the founding of a group. are better able to support you. Your participation is essential Women who actively participate in the founding of a group are We take care to make sure the group is a good fit for you and for the group.
4) Show up and grow together
Groups meet once a month for 2-3 hours. We provide discussion guides on topics relevant to women’s needs and interests so that meetings have a structure, focus, an outcome, and a takeaway. 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 learn more about you and your interests.
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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 ask you to 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, live in the same area, and are 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
Women’s Forum groups are peer-led, so no one is “in charge,” and everyone plays a meaningful role. What makes Women’s Forum unique is that you’re not doing this alone. Behind each group is a dedicated facilitator network, bi-monthly connection calls, and a growing library of thoughtfully curated resources to support you along the way. We also offer meeting topics that open a doorway into deeper self-understanding and authentic connection with one another. With every gathering, you bring something of yourself into the room. Even your listening shapes the experience in ways you may not fully realize. Leading together is one of those experiences that will surprise you by becoming something you genuinely love.
Showing Up For Each Other
Groups meet once a month in person for 2-3 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, something shifts. There's something quietly powerful about a group of women who have agreed to be there for each other as a counterbalance to our busy lives. You leave feeling heard. You leave feeling seen. You experience the meaningfulness of being helpful to someone else. Over time, you stop thinking of it as a commitment you made and start thinking of it as something you value and would never give up.
What Becomes Possible
Every Women's Forum group begins as a relationship, and with the right intention, it becomes an experience 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.