The Purpose of the Group "It's not who you are that holds you back, it's who you think you're not." Author Unknown. In short, the purpose of this group is to help you break free from what holds you back (procrastination, perfectionism, self-doubt and fear) so you can achieve your career dreams. The group will provide thought-provoking and interactive workshops designed to help you set and achieve goals in various areas of your life. “Life takes on meaning when you become motivated, set goals and …

We are a bunch of vibrant, interesting, and fun loving women.  Come join us if you like to laugh, and try new things.  We do a lot of things like dinners, movies, miniature golf, art festivals, music, and almost anything else you can think of.  I hope to see you soon. You must be female and over 50 to join.

This group is for women who want to get together once a month to discuss books which primarily have a female protagonist. Alternate months the movies we will watch are fun and upbeat. Our venues range from downtown Santa Cruz to Capitola. The point of the group is to meet new friends and have fun.

The South Bay Ramblers Women's Social Group is a group that was formed in the South Bay with the goal of gathering people together to have fun, while getting plenty of exercise (mental or physical) and making new friends. We are an active women's social group and our main activities may include hiking, kayaking, book clubs, theater and outings usually accompanied with optional coffee, lunch, wine tasting or dinner afterwards.  Lately we've mostly been doing theater and dinner nights and the book …

Ali Lassen's Aptos Women's Leads Club is for women who want to build a strong network and quality referral base to expand their business. Our mission is to share and expand our sphere of influence to strategically build our business in the community. Guests are welcomed to visit two times free of charge. The group meets every Thursday in Santa Cruz from 12:00 to 1:15pm. No need to RSVP - just show up. Meetings are currently held at the Pacific Cultural Center at 1307 Seabright Avenue  Santa Cruz …

We welcome the women of Santa Cruz to join 100(+) Women Who Care - Santa Cruz to have a positive impact on those in need here in Santa Cruz, without the time-consuming effort we all associate with fundraising. (Yes, this IS possible!) 100(+) Women Who Care (http://100womenwhocare.com/) was founded in November of 2006 by Karen Dunigan of Jackson, Michigan, as a brilliantly simple way to raise money efficiently and quickly for local charities/non-profits/worthy causes. Her group of 100 women, at …

The Women's Networking Alliance was formed to bring a group of small business owners together to help each other promote, grow and expand their businesses. Founded in 2007, The Women's Networking Alliance was created to enable a networking of women business owners that can truly and genuinely help one another.  Formed in small groups of no more than 30 businesswomen, each chapter is designed to ensure strong partnerships in an intimate setting. What makes WNA successful?  Several qualities.  …

When you recover or discover something that nourishes your soul and brings joy, care enough about yourself to make room for it in your life. Jean Shinoda Bolen Fresh Intuition Women's Circle was inspired by the book The Millionth Circle by Jean Shinoda Bolen.  I actually started this Meetup in May of 2011 as Set In Motion - an intuitive life coaching group.  In the past 18 months, it has evolved for me into a place and space where (sorry guys) I will host a women's gathering or circle to explo …

This group is to provide motivation and support for all women who are looking to release weight no longer needed. There is no medical advice or nutritional advice provided but the purpose of this group is to get the support we need to lose weight together and make some friends and have some fun along the way. Also we will exercise together as much as possible so that will make it even more fun and we will do low intensity exercises like walking for starters so that everyone can participate. Plea …

Welcome to the Santa Cruz Chapter of Leads Club. The Purpose of Ali Lassen’s Leads Club is to assist you in getting good business referrals that will expand your business success. Leads Club is dedicated to maximizing the use of your time and resources to get good business referrals. To accomplish this goal, Leads Club uses a method of spaced, timed, repetition of information. We are not a social club. We are a business dedicated to your business success. Founded in 1978 by Ali Lassen, and curre …

The MeetUp group, Young Professional Women and Wine, is for women in their 20's and 30's in the Bay Area who are interested in connecting with like minded individuals and engaging in stimulating conversation with a glass of wine. This group is for you to make friends and to network. Both aspects should not be forced but come naturally. Members are encouraged to help each other in building a secure and trusting community within the group. Professional in the sense that you would consider yourse …

This group is all about spending time WRITING in one another's company. Whether you write on your laptop or in your journal; whether you are working on a book, article, poems, journaling, or other project; whether you are published or not or don't even care to be; you are all welcome here! We may sit in silence for periods of time as we write; we may pause and share with one another what we are working on and read out loud to each other; we may ask for any kind of feedback we want; we may go of …

Traveling is always more fun with other ACTIVE, FUN, FEMALE travel companions. The purpose of this group is to gather women who want to travel and plan trips: day trips, away trips and meet-ups at local events. We can share ideas on great places we've been to, how to get the best deals, new and exciting things to do and most importantly, PLAN and TAKE TRIPS that we can enjoy together. Who should join? Women who are DO-ERS. women who will GET UP and Go. You should join if you have the TIME, ENERG …

Dining for Women is a national giving circle. There are three chapters located in Santa Cruz, CA with more than 400 chapters nationally and internationally. We “dine in” together once a month, each bringing a potluck dish to share, and send our “dining out” dollars to international programs empowering women. Through our members’ combined dinner donations, we support grass-roots programs for women fostering good health, education, vocational training, micro-credit loans and economic development. …

Women's Group for Survivors of Sexual Abuse Join us for an evening of healing and therapeutic yoga. If you are a survivor of sexual abuse, then this support group is for you. When: 2/28/11 and 3/27/11 Where: Campbell (location available upon request) Time: 7pm-9pm Cost: $20 The evening of healing will consist sharing and connecting with other women in a safe and caring environment. Therapeutic healing will be offered through restorative yoga, breath work, guided meditation and healing …

Founded in 2007, The Women's Networking Alliance was created to enable a networking of women business owners that can truly and genuinely help one another. Formed in small groups of no more than 30 businesswomen, each chapter is designed to ensure strong partnerships in an intimate setting. What makes WNA successful? First, the individual person and how they present their business, support their fellow members and participate is critical. Members must attend the meetings, should provide the righ …

Dear fellow hikers or potential hikers, I love hiking in the fresh air of mountain and sea, and want to join with other women in exploring hiking trails in Santa Cruz and neighboring counties. My goal is to get good exercise, enjoy good company, and experience the serenity of the great outdoors. Most of the hikes I will organize will be in the 3- to 7- mile range with a gain of 200 to 2000 feet.  If you're not ready to do the longer steeper hikes, try the easier ones! You are also welcome to com …

Monterey Women's Alternative Healing aka M.W.A.H. was founded in mid 2012 by Ashleigh R. Oxford after struggling with her own chronic pain issues, with the intention to reach other women in her community who seek support. The purpose of M.W.A.H. is to provide a safe space for women with chronic pain, where she can feel supported, find guidance for her healing, and obtain information about her condition from holistic professionals. It is a place for emotional support, honest advice and spiritual …

You're a savvy chick that has some sort of interest in a vegetarian or vegan lifestyle. You're tired of Meetup groups that don't weed out people you won't fundamentally click with because of your morals and values. You're not necessarily a hippie-dippy freak, (I'm not), but you enjoy hikes, great veg food, happy hour, festivals, movies, and other normal stuff. You want to meet other women your age who won't think you're weird when you talk about tofu. Let's meet up and be friends. To keep this g …

You have come to the right place if one or more of these statements sound familiar: - You are a professional women in a corporate job aching for more fulfilling, inspiring work. - You secretly dream of being an artist, writer, photographer, or fill-in-the-blank, but have no idea how to make it happen. - You’ve given all your time, talent, and energy to everyone else in your life and feel it’s time to give attention to your own dreams and aspirations. The mission of the ‘Shifting Gears’ women’s m …

This is a group for women mountain bikers who live (or live to ride) in Santa Cruz County. It is intended to act as a hub, both online and off, for women to: meet new ride partners and make new friends explore new trails, help maintain existing trails support each other's progress and inspire new challenges support and get more involved in our local bike community share and/or gain bike and trail knowledge have fun and positive experiences on the trail Members are encouraged to host their own …

I Liq Chuan, Internal Martial Arts of Awareness… for the Ladies For you ladies out there who have been curious about learning martial arts - here is your chance to learn among other women in a safe and supportive environment. If you have background in any other form of martial arts and are curious, this class will help you improve in whatever style you have been learning. This is NOT a typical self-defense class where you’ll learn a few moves and techniques. Instead, you will learn secrets of In …

This is a group for women over 35(ish) who would like to network and build community with other women who have no childcare worries. You may never have had children or are empty-nesters, either way we'd like to cash in on our freedom by doing fun things together. Activities will range from simple coffee get-togethers to walks, hikes, bikes, concerts, trips - really anything we want ...because we can! A note on attendance:- Please only sign up if you can attend your first event within 3 months o …

The Vision Promote Her Business (PHB) began as a vision sparked by a creative serial entrepreneur who passionately desired to see other women entrepreneu-HERS succeed in businesses longer than the 5 years they were estimated to last before going under. Namely, she understood how badly it hurt to give business(es) your 100% and NOT be successful, and she didn’t want other entrepreneurs to suffer from the same heartbreak! Accordingly, in 2012, Josephine Hanan, affectionately known as “Jos, teamed …

This is a group for Indian women looking to hang out and make female friends. Most of us have moved here and left friends and families behind which leaves a big void in our otherwise busy lives. The aim of this group is to help desi women foster lasting friendships. Also, we'll have kick-ass 'kitty' parties! Here are a few guidelines if you're interested in joining: 1) You don't have kids. If you do, you're welcome to join but this groups meetups are not the best place to talk about them. Consid …

As an East Coast transplant I miss those lively, intellectual conversations with my witty, sarcastic, well-travelled, well educated cosmopolitan friends and San Francisco is too far from my South Bay base. I envision a group of bright, open minded, outgoing and opinionated "women of a certain age" who get together to talk about everything from their travels, trials and tribulations to politics and ethics and well ... life. We'll wine and dine, attend cultural events, enjoy all that the Bay Area …

The time has come where we as Women get together, share our Hearts, our Wisdom, our 'Peace' of the puzzle, Listen to each other, Support each other and Make It Happen. When we leave behind comparing or competing and all Stand For Love, Trust and Act from our Wise Heart, we can Change the World  - starting with our own community. We all bring our unique 'Peace' so that together we create a MasterPeace and bring Heaven on Earth. You don't have to do it alone anymore. This time we do it all togethe …

Hi everybody. My name is Tamara. I have been thinking of creating this kind of meet ups for a while, and finally today, after my early morning great hike I decided to put all my creative thoughts together. So here I am: I would like to meet women who is entering their "big change" :) in life. A few years ago I have been there and looking back I sometimes can't believe how scary and hopeless I felt. I was looking for some kind of support myself a few years ago, just to I realize that I am on my o …