How does it actually work?

Every month has a theme: Action, Reset or Joy. The themes come round again, but each month brings a new Permission and a new daily habit, so it never feels like doing the same thing twice. Here's what a month looks like.

Start straight away: the daily habit

Every month starts with one small thing: a daily habit we all do together.

Everyone does the same one, which means from day one we're already doing something rather than just talking about what we're going to do. Think 20 squats every morning, or five slow breaths before the day gets going.

A woman sitting cross-legged on a yoga mat beside a fern

Choose your Thing

Then it's over to you. What does this month's Permission actually mean for your life? What have you been wanting to do, try, change or get better at?

One woman walks every day. Another runs once a week, just for fun. Someone else does a puzzle on a Sunday afternoon, or finally puts her phone in another room at night.

Same Permission. Completely different Things.

Lucy on an exercise bike in her garden room

The Blueprint

Once you've chosen your Thing, we turn it into an actual plan rather than leaving it as a nice idea.

This is where you'll be pushed to get specific. When are you going to do it? How often? What could get in the way? What can you put in place now that makes it more likely to happen?

Because "I'm going to walk more" is an intention. "I'm going to walk for 30 minutes every day, I've picked two routes, and there's a head torch by the door for when it gets dark" is a plan.

Hands writing a plan in a notebook next to a cup of coffee

The monthly expert session

Each month, we bring in someone who knows their stuff on that month's theme. That might be an athlete talking about staying motivated when life gets in the way, someone who helps you slow down properly in a Reset month, or an expert on playing to your own strengths.

It's a live session on Zoom, with time for your questions, and you come away with something you can use for your own Thing straight away. Can't make it? The recording's there afterwards.

Lucy and members of the club together on a monthly Zoom call

Doing it together

And none of this happens on your own.

There's the WhatsApp group for the everyday stuff: telling people what you're doing, sharing how it went, asking for ideas, celebrating when you did it and admitting when you absolutely didn't. You'll see other women doing their Things alongside you, on the good days and the days when the plan goes completely out the window.

That's a big part of it. You said you were going to do something. Other people know about it. And they actually want you to do it.

Lucy walking past a long kitchen table under paper chains

Reflection

At the end of the month, we stop and look at what actually happened.

You score yourself out of 10 before you start and again at the end of each month, so you can see what's changed rather than just hoping something has. What did you do? What worked? What didn't? What do you want to take into next month?

Because this isn't about getting to the end and giving yourself a gold star for completing everything perfectly. It's about noticing what happens when you stop just meaning to do something and actually have a go.

A woman relaxing in an outdoor tub in a garden

What counts as a Thing? Pretty much anything. As long as it's for you.

Over your first three months, you'll explore all three. You decide what each one looks like in your life.

Action

What helps you feel stronger, healthier or fitter?

Couch to 5K · Strength training · Going for a PB · Training for a challenge · Eating enough protein · Walking every day

Reset

What helps you slow down and switch off?

Going to bed earlier · Reading instead of scrolling · Five minutes outside before everyone else is up · Stretching · Finally making those regular saunas happen

Joy

What makes you feel more like you?

Joining a choir · Booking the girls' weekend · Trying pottery · Dancing · Seeing your friends more · Doing something purely because you enjoy it

Right then. What's your Thing?

A new Permission every month. A bit of structure, plenty of accountability and a whole club of women doing it alongside you.

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