Circle Time: A Book Club Podcast
Episodes
Daring Greatly by Brené Brown (Part 2)
26 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
W.W.B.B.S. What would Brené Brown say? This is the second half of the Daring Greatly conversation. Olivia dives into the top three protective shields...
Daring Greatly by Brené Brown (Part 1)
12 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This book changed Olivia's life and she can't wait to share how. Join the Circle Time ladies for this conversation about all things related ...
Getting It by Allison Moon pt 2
29 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome back for part 2 of Getting It by Allison Moon! In this half, we talk about consent, how we each would prefer to have hard conversations, vulne...
Getting It by Allison Moon pt. 1
15 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Heyo! We're back from a longer-than-planned break with a spicy 2-parter on Allison Moon's Getting It: A Guide to Hot, Healthy Hookups and Sh...
The Wim Hof Method by Wim Hof
30 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Join us with guest Ellen as she takes us through The Wim Hof Method. Step 1: breath meditation. Step 2: set an intention. Step 3: cold plunge. This ep...
Man's Search for Meaning by Victor E. Frankl
16 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This one's a doozy! Join Michelle and Olivia for this very messy conversation in tackling Man's Search for Meaning. They discuss Victor E. F...
A Walk in the Woods by Bill Bryson
02 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
***Apologies for the background noise on this episode. Chewing and typing sounds may occur.***In 1996, Bill Bryson was one among many thousands of hik...
The Dictionary of Lost Words by Pip Williams
26 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Special guest (and dear friend) Michaela Eckler brings us this historical fiction novel to inspire conversation about what certain words truly mean, w...
Who Is Wellness For? by Fariha Róisín
29 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Yoga, meditation, astrology, good diet, high self-esteem; where does it all come from and who gets to have it? In this episode, we take a close look a...
Tiny Beautiful Things by Cheryl Strayed – The Truth That Lives There
01 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Here it is... a long-awaited Circle Time by yours truly, Olivia! This book changed her life and she couldn't wait to share it with everyone. In t...
The Buddha Walks Into the Office by Lodro Rinzler
18 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This book walked its way into Michelle's life and now she can't look back. The daily practices and Buddhist philosophies that Rinzler espous...
The Seven Principles for Making Marriage Work by John Gottman
04 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Are any of us married? Nope. Do we have any experience with marriage? Nope. Are we still gonna talk about it? Yup. Through information from relationsh...
It Ends With Us by Colleen Hoover (Part 2)
20 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
SPOILERS!!! Welcome back to the conversation about It Ends With Us by Colleen Hoover. In this episode Lauren spills all of her thoughts on the charact...
Come As You Are by Emily Nagoski
06 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Let's talk about sex, baby! This insightful book is one of our favorites. We *came* out of it knowing so much more about communication around sex...
It Ends With Us by Colleen Hoover (Part 1)
23 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
TRIGGER WARNING: domestic violence. NO SPOILERS! This episode is all about Colleen Hoover's book It Ends With Us as well as the movie that stars ...
Women Who Run with the Wolves by Clarissa Pinkola Estés; Ch.4 The Mate
09 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Michelle and Olivia get wild in this episode on one of our favorite books to return to: Women Who Run with the Wolves. (And by "get wild" we...
Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin
25 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to Season 2 of Circle Time! We're back from summer break and we're kicking off the new season with a rare occasion - all 3 of us rea...
Kinship with All Life by J. Allen Boone
17 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Get on "another level" with us as we talk about human relationships to animals. Can we truly communicate with animals in a deep and meaningf...
Pure Colour by Sheila Heti
03 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
We're truly getting messy about life and covering a lot of ground in this episode as we chat about Sheila Heti's Pure Colour and welcome our...
Women Who Run With the Wolves by Clarissa Pinkola Estés; Ch. 5 When the Heart Is a Lonely Hunter
26 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
We return to the "woo woo bible" to explore one of our favorite topics: love and relationships. Estés analyzes the story of the skeleton wo...
Big Announcement!
29 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
You can now join the Circle Time Bookclub Podcast Group on Goodreads! Check out the page here. Join this conversation by sending us an email at circl...
Walking to Mercury by Starhawk
29 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Our first novel on the podcast! This is the second book in a series published in the 1990s by ecofeminist leader Starhawk. It tells the story of a you...
Negotiating with the Dead by Margaret Atwood
22 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome back to another Circle Time! In this episode, Lauren shares from Negotiating with the Dead: Writers on Writing by Margaret Atwood. We put on o...
Marry Him by Lori Gottlieb
08 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Olivia begins this conversation by giving an overview of what this book is about and who this book might be written for (probably not for us). We then...
Communion: The Female Search for Love by bell hooks; queerness
24 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
We keep unpacking Communion with a deeper discussion of queerness and how it doesn't go away, even when you're in a straight-presenting rela...
Communion: The Female Search for Love by bell hooks; loving under patriarchy
10 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Book three in bell hooks' series on the big-L Love. This book spells out the challenges women face in finding and keeping love in a patriarchal...
Braiding Sweetgrass by Robin Wall Kimmerer
27 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Join us for this discussion about garden(ing), hyperawareness of where our products come from, and The Honorable Harvest. This conversation toes the l...
Women Who Run With the Wolves by Clarissa Pinkola Estés; Chapter 12. Marking Territory: The Boundaries of Rage and Forgiveness
13 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Michelle has deemed it the "woo woo" bible because this book has got ALL the wisdom about spiritual growth; shared through themes of nature,...
Unf*ck Your Anger by Faith G. Harper (part 2)
28 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome back for PART 2 as we continue to UnF*ck our anger! (and our forgiveness).This episode features:-Michelle forgiving Olivia once long ago-Olivi...
Unf*ck Your Anger by Faith G. Harper (part 1)
14 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to part 1 of our first 2-part episode! Who knew this little book could contain so much? Join us as we talk about some evolutionary science, ou...
Our Poetry Episode
31 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode we read some poems aloud and digest them together. The poems selected are random - just ones that Lauren and Michelle liked a lot and ...
The Defining Decade by Meg Jay
17 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
If you're ready to put a whole lotta pressure on your 20s, here you go! This book was a tough pill to swallow - it has such a strict definition o...
The Body Keeps the Score by Bessel van der Kolk
27 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Olivia grapples with what "traumatic" really means. We then discuss attunement and attachment as mentioned in the book as well as how life e...
Getting to Center by marlee grace
13 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
It's allllllll about the practice! Join us for this episode as we wrestle with the idea of practice, tease out what it really means to have one,...
Attached by Amir Levine & Rachel Heller
29 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode we learned that attachment is complicated! There's tons to study and if you want to learn more about your own style please read t...
The 5 Love Languages by Gary Chapman
15 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Words of affirmation, acts of service, receiving/giving gifts, quality time, and physical touch. Which one is your love language? To give or receive? ...
Maybe You Should Talk to Someone by Lori Gottlieb
01 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
A Circle Time favorite book. In this memoir, a therapist shares about her own experience in therapy and some especially impactful patients that challe...
Radical Acceptance by Tara Brach
18 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Join us for a deeper dive as we tease apart what radical acceptance of the self really means, from a book that may or may not change your life. Featur...
iGen by Jean M. Twenge
04 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Goodbye Millennial and hello iGen! In this episode we discuss Gen Z with all their peaks and valleys. Listen as we take a quiz to learn how iGen we ar...
The Highly Sensitive Person by Elaine Aron
20 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Surprise surprise, we're all HSPs. From this book we learned that there's a neurological reason for our sensitivities. Even though it's...
Teaser
17 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Get a taste of the kind of conversation you'll hear during Circle Time. Join this conversation by sending us an email at circletimebookclub@gmai...
Trailer
17 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
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