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Not Your Typical Book Club

CIRCLE OF HOPE

The Wisdom Book Club That Changes Everything

Where ancient wisdom meets cutting-edge thought. Where high achievers find soul depth. Where spiritual seekers become a soul family. This is the book club you've been searching for.

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✨ 12 Transformative Books

🎓 Expert-Led by Mitch Deutsch

👥 Soul Community

💎 From $29/Month

This Isn't Your Grandmother's Spiritual Book Club

We're reading the classics (Eckhart Tolle, Pema Chödrön, Lao Tzu) alongside cutting-edge voices you won't find anywhere else.

Indigenous wisdom. Visionary fiction. Social justice meets spirituality. Neuroscience meets mysticism. This is wisdom for the whole person— mind, body, heart, and hands in service.

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Science + Spirit

From Holocaust survivor Viktor Frankl to trauma expert Bessel van der Kolk to PhD botanist Robin Wall Kimmerer—you won't have to check your brain at the door.

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Science + Spirit

From Holocaust survivor Viktor Frankl to trauma expert Bessel van der Kolk to PhD botanist Robin Wall Kimmerer—you won't have to check your brain at the door.

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Science + Spirit

From Holocaust survivor Viktor Frankl to trauma expert Bessel van der Kolk to PhD botanist Robin Wall Kimmerer—you won't have to check your brain at the door.

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Indigenous Wisdom

Decolonizing spirituality with authentic voices like Robin Wall Kimmerer's "Braiding Sweetgrass"—where ecology meets indigenous knowledge.

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Indigenous Wisdom

Decolonizing spirituality with authentic voices like Robin Wall Kimmerer's "Braiding Sweetgrass"—where ecology meets indigenous knowledge.

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Indigenous Wisdom

Decolonizing spirituality with authentic voices like Robin Wall Kimmerer's "Braiding Sweetgrass"—where ecology meets indigenous knowledge.

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Activism as Practice

Reading adrienne maree brown's "Emergent Strategy"—because personal awakening without collective transformation is incomplete.

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Activism as Practice

Reading adrienne maree brown's "Emergent Strategy"—because personal awakening without collective transformation is incomplete.

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Activism as Practice

Reading adrienne maree brown's "Emergent Strategy"—because personal awakening without collective transformation is incomplete.

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Creative Awakening

Julia Cameron's "The Artist's Way" unblocks your creative life force—because spirituality without creativity is only half alive.

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Creative Awakening

Julia Cameron's "The Artist's Way" unblocks your creative life force—because spirituality without creativity is only half alive.

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Creative Awakening

Julia Cameron's "The Artist's Way" unblocks your creative life force—because spirituality without creativity is only half alive.

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Visionary Fiction

We're reading novels like Starhawk's "The Fifth Sacred Thing"—because story bypasses the intellectual mind and transforms the soul.

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Visionary Fiction

We're reading novels like Starhawk's "The Fifth Sacred Thing"—because story bypasses the intellectual mind and transforms the soul.

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Visionary Fiction

We're reading novels like Starhawk's "The Fifth Sacred Thing"—because story bypasses the intellectual mind and transforms the soul.

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For High Achievers

Purpose over achievement. Presence over productivity. Authentic power over external success. This is the recalibration you've been craving.

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For High Achievers

Purpose over achievement. Presence over productivity. Authentic power over external success. This is the recalibration you've been craving.

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For High Achievers

Purpose over achievement. Presence over productivity. Authentic power over external success. This is the recalibration you've been craving.

Is Your Soul Calling for More?

You're not alone. Thousands of seekers share these exact struggles.

You've achieved everything you were "supposed" to achieve...
But something's still missing. The emptiness is undeniable.

🎯 Achievement Addiction

You've climbed the ladder only to realize it'sleaning against the wrong wall. External successhasn't brought inner peace. You're ready topursue authentic power instead of externalvalidation.

🎯 Achievement Addiction

You've climbed the ladder only to realize it'sleaning against the wrong wall. External successhasn't brought inner peace. You're ready topursue authentic power instead of externalvalidation.

🎯 Achievement Addiction

You've climbed the ladder only to realize it'sleaning against the wrong wall. External successhasn't brought inner peace. You're ready topursue authentic power instead of externalvalidation.

📚 Spiritual Overwhelm

You've read dozens of spiritual books but can't integrate the wisdom. The teachings stay in your head instead of transforming your life. You need structure, community, and accountability.

📚 Spiritual Overwhelm

You've read dozens of spiritual books but can't integrate the wisdom. The teachings stay in your head instead of transforming your life. You need structure, community, and accountability.

📚 Spiritual Overwhelm

You've read dozens of spiritual books but can't integrate the wisdom. The teachings stay in your head instead of transforming your life. You need structure, community, and accountability.

👤 Spiritually Isolated

No one around you understands your awakening. You're craving soul family who "get it"—people who can hold space for your transformation without judgment or confusion.

👤 Spiritually Isolated

No one around you understands your awakening. You're craving soul family who "get it"—people who can hold space for your transformation without judgment or confusion.

👤 Spiritually Isolated

No one around you understands your awakening. You're craving soul family who "get it"—people who can hold space for your transformation without judgment or confusion.

🌪️ Awakening Crisis

You're experiencing intense spiritual symptoms— questioning everything, feeling ungrounded, wondering if you're going crazy. You need guidance through this sacred chaos.

🌪️ Awakening Crisis

You're experiencing intense spiritual symptoms— questioning everything, feeling ungrounded, wondering if you're going crazy. You need guidance through this sacred chaos.

🌪️ Awakening Crisis

You're experiencing intense spiritual symptoms— questioning everything, feeling ungrounded, wondering if you're going crazy. You need guidance through this sacred chaos.

❓ Purpose Confusion

You know you're here for something greater, but you can't find the path forward. The corporate world feels hollow. You're ready to align with your soul's true mission.

❓ Purpose Confusion

You know you're here for something greater, but you can't find the path forward. The corporate world feels hollow. You're ready to align with your soul's true mission.

❓ Purpose Confusion

You know you're here for something greater, but you can't find the path forward. The corporate world feels hollow. You're ready to align with your soul's true mission.

🧠 Intellectual Skepticism

You're educated, analytical, and skeptical of "woo-woo" spirituality. You need wisdom that honors both your intellect AND your soul— science-backed, philosophically rigorous, yet deeply transformative.

🧠 Intellectual Skepticism

You're educated, analytical, and skeptical of "woo-woo" spirituality. You need wisdom that honors both your intellect AND your soul— science-backed, philosophically rigorous, yet deeply transformative.

🧠 Intellectual Skepticism

You're educated, analytical, and skeptical of "woo-woo" spirituality. You need wisdom that honors both your intellect AND your soul— science-backed, philosophically rigorous, yet deeply transformative.

If you nodded "yes" to even ONE of these...

You're exactly where you need to be. The Circle of Hope was created for souls like yours— high achievers ready to achieve something that actually matters. Educated minds ready to open to wisdom beyond intellect. Isolated seekers ready to find their soul family.

Your 12-Month Transformation Journey

Each book strategically selected to guide you from awakening to embodied mastery

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PHASE 1: AWAKENING

Months 1-3

"Who Am I Really?"

Breaking the achievement addiction and awakening to presence

The Power of Now

by Eckhart Tolle

Why This First:

Perfect entry point for high achievers stuck in mental loops of past regrets and future anxieties. Tolle's clear explanations of presence provide immediate relief from suffering.

Beginners

Anxious Minds

Accessible

Man's Search for Meaning

by Viktor Frankl

Why Now:

High achievers need purpose recalibration EARLY. Frankl's logotherapy—finding meaning through suffering—speaks to educated minds and provides the philosophical foundation for the journey ahead.

Psychology

Purpose

Intellectual

The Artist's Way

by Julia Cameron

Why This (Bold Choice):

Creative recovery for blocked high achievers. Morning pages = spiritual journaling in disguise. Practical 12-week program within our program. Unblocks the creative life force that achievement culture suppressed.

Creatives

Articles

Entrepreneurs

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Months 4-6

PHASE 2: DEEPENING

"What Blocks My Light?"

Shadow work, trauma healing, and embracing groundlessness

The Body Keeps the Score

by Bessel van der Kolk

Why Now:

Scientific credibility for educated skeptics. Neuroscience-backed trauma work. High achievers discover how their drive often masks unhealed wounds. This is the bridge between psychology and spirituality.

Science-Based

Trauma Healing

Somatic

Women Who Run With the Wolves

by Clarissa Pinkola Estés

Jungian

Psychology

Storytelling

Deep Psychology

When Things Fall Apart

by Pema Chödrön

Why Now:

After shadow work, learning to stay with groundlessness. Buddhist wisdom accessible to Western minds. For high achievers who've built their identity on control—this teaches surrender.

Buddhist Wisdom

Life Transitions

Surrender

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PHASE 3: EMBODIMENT

Months 7-9

"How Do I Live This?"

Integration, authentic relationships, and purposeful living

Braiding Sweetgrass

by Robin Wall Kimmerer

Why This (Game-Changer):

Indigenous wisdom meets scientific ecology. Author is PhD botanist + indigenous elder. Environmental consciousness as spiritual practice. Addresses climate crisis spiritually. Beautiful, poetic, accessible—appeals to everyone.

Indegenous Wisdom

Ecology

PhD

Man's Search for Meaning

by Viktor Frankl

Why Now:

High achievers need purpose recalibration EARLY. Frankl's logotherapy—finding meaning through suffering—speaks to educated minds and provides the philosophical foundation for the journey ahead.

Research Based

Vulnerability

Practical

The Alchemist

by Paulo Coelho

Why Now:

Following your personal legend after healing wounds. Simple story, profound wisdom. Universal appeal. High achievers reframe success as soul purpose. The universe conspires to help those who pursue their calling.

Purpose

Accessible

Inspiring

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PHASE 4: MASTERY

Months 10-12

"Who Am I Becoming?"

Leadership, service, legacy, and collective transformation

Emergent Strategy

by adrienne maree brown

Why This (Cutting-Edge):

Social justice meets biomimicry meets spirituality. Activism as spiritual practice. Systems thinking for transformation. Addresses today's social/political landscape. Short chapters, practical tools. This is NEW EARTH thinking.

Social Justice

Systems Thinking

Activism

Tao Te Ching

by Lao Tzu (Ursula K. Le Guin translation)

Why Now (Ancient Wisdom LATE):

Wu wei (effortless action) as medicine for hustle culture. 81 brief verses = digestible ancient wisdom. Le Guin's feminist scholar translation brings fresh perspective. Power through softness, strength through yielding.

Ancient Wisdom

Taoism

Flow State

The Fifth Sacred Thing

by Starhawk

Why This (Visionary Fiction):

Embodied vision of New Earth. Fiction as spiritual teaching. Integrates ecology, spirituality, activism, community. Ends journey with VISION not just wisdom. No other book club does this—we're imagining the future into being.

Visionary Fiction

New Earth

Inspiring

Why This Book List Is Different

We're not just reading spiritual classics—we're pioneering a new way of awakening

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Science Meets Spirit

We bridge skepticism and faith with authors who honor both ways of knowing:

Viktor Frankl: Psychiatrist + Holocaust survivor

Bessel van der Kolk: Trauma neuroscience

Robin Wall Kimmerer: PhD botanist + indigenous elder

Brené Brown: Research professor on vulnerability

You won't have to check your brain at the door.

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Science Meets Spirit

We bridge skepticism and faith with authors who honor both ways of knowing:

Viktor Frankl: Psychiatrist + Holocaust survivor

Bessel van der Kolk: Trauma neuroscience

Robin Wall Kimmerer: PhD botanist + indigenous elder

Brené Brown: Research professor on vulnerability

You won't have to check your brain at the door.

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Science Meets Spirit

We bridge skepticism and faith with authors who honor both ways of knowing:

Viktor Frankl: Psychiatrist + Holocaust survivor

Bessel van der Kolk: Trauma neuroscience

Robin Wall Kimmerer: PhD botanist + indigenous elder

Brené Brown: Research professor on vulnerability

You won't have to check your brain at the door.

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