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Sample EVE Curriculum

This curriculum is taken from the actual curriculum that each Circle uses during their
first month's meeting.  The sample shown here is about a quarter of the information
included in the actual curriculum.

Topic: TWIN SISTERS OF DIFFERENT MOTHERS -
How our relationships with women have affected our lives.


Overview excerpt:
Women's relationships with other women have been the mainstay of our lives
and sometimes the bane of our existence! We learn the most about ourselves
through other women and yet, we tend to struggle with the knowledge we
attain. We compare and contrast our realities against theirs, seek them for
comfort and guidance, observe them for societal roles, and join them in both
happiness and misery, all the while sharing the delicate details of our
everyday monotony.


If we could stretch our memories back to thousands of years ago, we'd see
that we would congregate, away from the men, deciding the fate of our tribes,
at times planning to relocate in preparation for a storm, or banning together
with neighbors to fight mutual enemies. We were the healers of our com-
munity,relying on traditions and nature to heal our bodies, and our communal
structures to govern our members. We trusted our intuitions and we shared
our wisdom to the betterment of everyone we nurtured.


As we explore the importance that friendships lend to our lives
today, we must acknowledge that the answer lies in the search
for answers. The eternal awareness-building of who we are and
who we strive to become. Perhaps there's a voice inside of us,
remembering what it was like to be a part of something so much
more special than how we honor ourselves and other women today.
This voice whispers to us, urging us to seek the support and wisdom
of other women, learning from them as we learn more about ourselves.

Questions for Me:
• Five women who have influenced me the most are:
• What were my relationships like with girls in high school and/ or college?
• In comparison, what are my relationships like with other women today?
• When I'm around other women, sometimes I feel like ______________.
• My female friends from childhood would describe me as ___________.
• My female friends today would describe me as___________________.
• I am proud of other women when they________________________.
• I feel frustrated when other women__________________________.
• I believe that in general, women just want_______________________.
• The most progress that women have made this century is____________.
• Thinking of the three closest friendships I have right now, how do we each benefit from the friendship?
• Do I have any toxic "crazy-makers" in my life? If yes, how do they affect me?

Reflection Page (I share this page with my EVE Circle)
• Were these questions easy for me to answer?
• What did I learn about myself by answering these questions?
• Out of the 5 women who have influenced my life the most, (question #1), the most important thing I learned about myself in these relationships is:
• How have my relationships with other women changed as I have grown older? ______________________
• Over the next _____ months, I plan to make the following changes regarding my relationships with other women:

Recommendations on this topic:
• The Red Tent by Anita Diamant
• Mother-Daughter Wisdom by Christiane Northrup
• The Third Shift by Michele Kremen Bolton
• The Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk Kidd
• Meditations for Women Who Do Too Much by Anne Wilson Schaef
• Summer Sisters by Judy Blume
• Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood by Rebecca Wells
• The Artist's Way by Julia Cameron
• One Day My Soul Just Opened Up by Iyanla Vanzant
• Succulent Wild Woman by SARK