Study Groups (aka Study Circles) take many different forms. They can be conducted in person, via teleconference or on-line. They are usually intimate and small (6-12 participants). And, they can cover a wide variety of topics --
time, money, sustainability, food, spirituality, heritage, community, consumerism, etc. The most important thing is that Study Groups help create a sense of community and a support network for those traveling the path to simplicity.
The Circle Of Simplicity: Return To The Good Life, by Cecile Andrews, describes a concrete format for starting a Simplicity Study Circle. The format gives people the tools to change and also fills unmet needs for community and intimacy and the desire to search for truth in the company of kindred spirits.
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Your Money Or Your Life is a program for transforming your relationship with money and achieving financial intelligence, financial integrity and financial independence. The program is a tried and true method for understanding what money is, how it works and what you can do to adjust your lifestyle so that you are comfortable, living within your means and living in alignment with your values.
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There are five different Study Guides for use with Your Money Or Your Life:
All are available in PDF format. Several are available in printed, hard copy format.
- General (All Purpose) Study Guide For Groups
Designed for individual or group study, use this guide to begin implementing the crucial first five steps of the program in Your Money Or Your Life. A printed edition is also available. This is also the format we use in our OnLine Study Groups (see below). - Study Guide For Contemporary Christians
Integrates Biblical teachings into group study to begin implementing the crucial first five steps of the program in Your Money Or Your Life. - Study Guide For Money & Spirit
Incorporates prayers from many traditions, both religious and philosophical into group study to begin implementing the crucial first five steps of the program in Your Money Or Your Life. A printed edition is also available. - Study Guide For Middle (& High) School Students
A framework for presenting solid, hype-free financial education to children in grades six through nine, (can be used for High School as well). An introduction to the concepts in the nine steps described in Your Money Or Your Life. - Study Guide On Money Society & The Planet
Contains more quotes from scripture and adds additional materials on social investing, impacts on community and care of the environment into group study to begin implementing the crucial first five steps of the program in Your Money Or Your Life.
OnLine Study Groups were created by The Simple Living Network in cooperation with the Your Money Or Your Life Program.. Their purpose is to provide hosted, interactive, on-line classes for those following the nine-step program for financial integrity in the best selling book Your Money Or Your Life by Joe Dominguez and Vicki Robin using the format in the General (All Purpose) Study Guide For Groups (see above).
A 12-Step Guide To Living Simply
Simplicity Lessons is a practical guide for those who long for a slower pace of life with more time for relationships, fulfilling work, and living one's dreams. Working on your own or as part of a simplicity study group, you will explore the major areas of your life: material possessions, money, time, work, housing, transportation, relationships, inner simplicity, health, community, and environmental sustainability. You will consider not only what simplicity looks like for you as an individual, but also what we can do to create a more simplicity-friendly society.
Simplicity Lessons is an ideal resource for college students and young adults, for people who are contemplating major changes in life, or for anyone who yearns to live more consciously and deliberately.
A Christian Perspective
Not enough time? Money? Peace? Can less really be more? What really matters to you? This powerful resource can help you find the questions that challenge you, and the answers that help.
In a rare collection of voices, the authors of Simpler Living, Compassionate Life explore voluntary simplicity as a path to wholeness and abundance. Henri Nouwen, Richard Foster, Cecile Andrews and nineteen other writers encourage you to listen to your own story, and to respond in a dialogue about the fundamental issues of life: time, money , food, spirituality, heritage and community. A diversity of voices and a helpful study guide make this an effective tool for individuals and groups really to consider alternatives to the high-price, high-stress "Good Life:" the riches of simplicity and compassion.
Includes a study gouide for groups and individuals.
Justice, Joy & Daily Bread
Food -- it's enough to drive you bananas: you are what you eat... food pyramids... organics... mad cow disease... animal rights... Genetically Modified Organism (GMO).
Finally, a resource that examines food choices through the lens of faith. In bite-sized pieces, you'll learn to recognize and celebrate food as sacramental, consider the implications of food choices and find help to embody love and compassion in the wider world.
In a rare collection of voices, the authors of Food & Faith prompt us to explore the meaning of our meals. Here Vandana Shiva, Eric Schlosser, M.F.K. Fisher, Wendell Berry and many other authors explore basic issues related to food: its sacramental character, its connections to health, the demise of the family farm, the human and ecological impacts of industrial agribusiness, questions of genetically modified organisms and world hunger. A diversity of voices and a helpful study guide point to promising directions both individuals and communities can take to bring about a healthier and more equitable world through the food we eat.
Includes a study guide for groups and individuals.
