Welcome to Shelf Care—your new favorite excuse to curl up with a good book and good company.
Hosted in person by the clinicians of Galia Collaborative, each session features a carefully chosen book that encourages us to explore meaningful themes in our lives. Whether it’s identity, relationships, resilience, or change, each discussion offers space for insight, connection, and care.
You’re welcome to join one session or many—no long-term commitment required. Just bring your curiosity, your perspective, and maybe a friend. We’ll provide the cozy space, snacks, drinks, and a warm welcome.
Shelf Care is your invitation to nourish your inner life through the power of story and community.
These events are free, but we are kindly suggesting a donation of $15 to support Women Writing for (a) Change. You do not need to donate to attend. Donations can be made via Venmo or on site at the event.
Monthly Selections
June 16, 2026, 7pm-9pm
2245 Gilbert Ave, Cincinnati, OH 45206
Furiously Happy by Jenny Lawson
Facilitated by: Kasey Rosswurm, LISW
In Furiously Happy, Jenny Lawson offers a wildly honest, laugh-out-loud memoir about living with depression, anxiety, and chronic illness — and choosing to pursue joy anyway. With irreverent humor and startling vulnerability, she shares stories that are absurd, tender, and deeply human, revealing what it’s like to hold darkness and delight at the same time.
This isn’t a tidy story of overcoming. It’s a celebration of survival. Lawson challenges the idea that happiness must be calm or consistent, instead inviting us to consider joy as something we sometimes have to claim loudly and on purpose. In our Shelf Care discussion, we’ll explore the tension between suffering and vitality, the role humor plays in coping, and what it means to pursue aliveness — even when mental health struggles remain part of the story.
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