Doing a self-help book for book club night can be very rewarding; in fact, in my own book club of eight years’ standing, some of our best experiences have been with self-help books. If you decide to choose The Secrets of the Bulletproof Spirit for your book club, we have given you a great deal of information and inspiration to get you started. Since this book may be a little different from the books you usually discuss in your book club---it is not, after all, a novel or memoir---you will want to conduct your meeting in a slightly different but new and exciting way.
During this book club meeting, you will not only explore your insights about the book, you will also explore insights about your own bulletproof spirit and may find that you begin to connect with that resilient part of yourself in a very powerful way. While book club always stimulates the mind and provides special “connecting” time among friends, doing this book for book club night will also provide the host and all attendees with a very special and unique opportunity to connect with spirit. The preparation time for this meeting may take about an hour, but the results will be well worth it!
Here is an outline of the different elements of the meeting:
Preparation – Create a sacred space in which to hold your meeting (done by host/facilitator before group arrives)
Have the group work together to create an altar with sacred objects that each member brings to add to altar and share with the group.
Opening inspiration (often read by host/facilitator)
Welcoming the presence of our ancestors and other support people through a plant-watering ceremony.
Discussion of book using 30 questions we have prepared for your group.
A Releasing Ritual facilitated by the host and participated in by all group members.
Presentation of shells to members of group to bring home to use for continued inspiration.
Closing inspiration (again, often read by host/facilitator)
The following video details our recommended approach for using The Secrets of the Bulletproof Spirit for your book club, with extensive examples and exercises for getting the most from your experience. If no video is appearing below, it means that the video server is overloaded. Please try back again later, thank you.
Doing a self-help book for book club night can be very rewarding; in fact, in my own book club of eight years’ standing, some of our best experiences have been with self-help books. If you decide to choose The Secrets of the Bulletproof Spirit for your book club, we have given you a great deal of information and inspiration to get you started. Since this book may be a little different from the books you usually discuss in your book club---it is not, after all, a novel or memoir---you will want to conduct your meeting in a slightly different but new and exciting way. 
