Meet other local people with PTSD (Post-traumatic Stress Disorder) from all walks of life--not exclusively from the military.  Gather for support, advice, ideas, and companionship from others who are living with and/or attempting to cope with PTSD symptoms and life. Your attendance and participation is a significant step in healing work.  Friends and family welcome.

Meet people practicing Earth Skills, which includes the study of nature, survival, wildlife tracking and birding, herbal medicine and wild edible foods, natural arts and music, traditional technologies and permaculture. This site is maintained to post our classes, camps and workshops taking place in your area. Regular programs in your area include our homeschool family classes which run monthly during the academic year from 1-3 pm, afterschool-classes-by-request from 3:30-5:30 pm, and our adult …

Meet people practicing Earth Skills, which includes the study of nature, survival, wildlife tracking and birding, herbal medicine and wild edible foods, natural arts and music, traditional technologies and permaculture. This site is maintained to post our classes, camps and workshops taking place in your area. Regular programs in your area include our homeschool family classes which run monthly during the academic year from 11:00-1:00 in Sumas, 2:30-4:30 in Bellingham, and our adult classes from …

This is an alternative to living in a banker run world. As people are losing access to money, they believe that they have lost personnel value and worth. Which is not the case. People still have skills, time, and items that they own. Other people around them also have the same items. We all depend on each other and we all require the skills and time of each other. The only thing that has changed is that we have become deprived of a system of money that we grew up believing in. There are no longe …

This group was started in the Seattle area and will remain centered around the Seattle area for the time being, until it grows to a point where a majority of it members would be better served by either moving it or splitting into a second meetup group. Knowing that the government will never be your source for safety, protection and emergency supplies is the first step. Zombie outbreaks (a metaphor for an emergency or disaster and those that are unprepared) are to be expected in the upcoming ye …

Let's get together and teach each other to grow our own vegi's, plant fruit trees, raise chickens, make beer, make biodiesel, retrofit our houses for alternative energy. Or we can just swap seeds and can our extra tomatoes. You can do it because you love to garden, or because you want to survive the zombie apocalypse. Either way, if you're making your city home a little more self sufficient, then this group's for you.

Disaster can occur at any time, both natural and manmade. Local, state, and national governments encourage civil preparedness. With earthquakes, tsunamis, floods and an extremely shaky economy we all need to have a plan "B". What is yours? Our goal is to share resources, build networks, teach self-reliance, and focus on skill building in a fun and friendly atmosphere. Setting up a network, teaching and helping each other, and inspiring confidence and self-reliance when no other assistance is ava …

Do you want to bring your big ideas to life? If life were a party, what would you like to be invited to? A wedding? The launch of a business? A 6 month trip to Europe? $100.000 raised or earned? This Meetup will provide you with powerful tools to apply to the projects in your life, allowing you to achieve results. It will introduce you to the growing and dynamic world of life coaching, offering the opportunity to explore and take advantage of life coaching. People have a chance to share what …

Please visit our ongoing project with The New Hive : Zeitgeist Seattle Resource 1: Compassionate Seattle Heart Map What does Zeitgeist Seattle do? We are part of a larger sustainability advocacy movement. Our mission embodies the principles of network weaving locally in the Seattle, Washington region through collaboration with local sustainable and community sharing organizations. We offer community outreach by promoting local Sustainable, Technological, Environmental, and Social Change projects …

Owning a restaurant today is tough. With all the challenges facing restaurants, you can have winning strategy and still close down the next month. Do restaurants only have to just scrape by? Or can they discover new ways to increase profitability -perhaps by reducing costs and marketing themselves better- to create record profits (even in this current economy)? We believe that any restaurant concept can survive the rough ride, provided the restaurateur gets the right process oriented informatio …

Our mission is to empower members to cope successfully in a variety of adverse scenarios ranging from natural disasters, accidents to remote wilderness settings. We provide opportunities to learn specific skills: anything from bush craft and first aid to firearms handling and self-defense. Outdoor activities are part of what we do (hiking, camping, canoeing and others). Sometimes we'll add a learning component (shelter building, compass navigation, foraging for plants etc.). Other times it's the …

“The world we have designed and made is a result of our level of thinking, thus far what we have created has in itself created problems that we cannot solve at the same level of thinking and consciousness which has created the problems and issues.  We shall require a substantially new manner of thinking if humankind is to survive.” Albert Einstein It's now 2012 the end of an Age and the Leap into a New Era. These are not times for the faint of heart. Our world and culture are undergoing the mo …

Survival, Preparedness, and Sustainable Living Organization.

Survival, Preparedness, and Sustainable Living Organization for the Olympic Peninsula. Co-organizers can use this group to establish meetups throughout the peninsula. We invite anyone from the peninsula and Puget sound areas. Port Angeles is also one of the home bases of the founder of the American Preppers Network, you just might get to see him at one of the meetups!

Could an earthquake happen? Will there be civil unrest someday?  Will there be a…? Yes, possibly, but let's focus on being prepared for whatever happens.  The preparation we do now is important.  We don't have to worry about what might happen, because we are already prepared! Better to have it and not need it than need it and not have it. Each week we will focus on one topic and start with Food first. It doesn't matter why you prep, we know we can't do it alone so join us each week to make grea …

Do you feel as if a 10-year old is running your life? Do you struggle with maintaining healthy relationships, sabotaging behaviors and relationship anxiety? The purpose of this group is to understand where these behaviors come from and how to overcome them.  This peer-to-peer support group is based on Susan Anderson's teachings: 1) Black Swan, The Twelve Lessons of Abandonment 2) The Journey from Abandonment to Healing, Surviving through - and recovering from - the five stages that accompany the …

Meet, socialize and share experiences about coping and surviving with other survivors and having a good time while doing it. This group is... . Support group for those recently diagnosed or history of brain tumor. . For those who are parents with a child who has diagnosed. Or have another loved one who has been diagnosed. . Intended to support and educate anyone who has had or knows someone who has had a brain tumor. . Have fun and enjoy the company of others who share this experience. As organi …

We are a community of folks dedicated to learning, sharing, and practicing the responsibility of preparing for the unpredictable. Our goal is to build community between people from all walks of life and educate each other about our basic need to survive by sharing knowledge and experiences.

This Meet-up Focuses on Women's Basic Self Defense and Personal Safety. Workshops are offered monthly and bi-monthly. Where: Ballard Brazilian Jujitsu School: 5607 20th Ave NW, Seattle, WA (near Market & 20th) When: Monthly Who: All women ages 13 and up! Workshops and lectures are forming! Self-defense is a set of awareness, assertiveness, verbal confrontation skills with safety strategies and physical techniques that enable someone to successfully resist and escape violent attacks. Self-De …

As 'Women of Excellence,' we believe that learning how to thrive rather that just survive is a powerful way to live. We invite you to join us and share your 'excellence.' We would like to learn more about your talents and successes and be able to share and learn from one another. Building connection with entrepreneurial minded women on Vancouver Island!! So bring your Best and your best friend - let's get started empowering each other!! Please watch for upcoming events that will be posted on our …

I am a oligo. Survivor just diagnosed oct 7th 2012....... Need support!!!!!!!!!! Please join us for support.

BAN is a non-profit organization made up of local support groups for people who are dealing with the devastating impact of a spouse's affair. It is for women and men (still married or divorced) seeking support in recovering from this experience.

This network is designed for breast cancer survivors diagnosed in their 40’s or younger regardless of your current age. Whether you have just been diagnosed, are still undergoing treatments or are several years out, join us to connect with other young women who have faced breast cancer. In a relaxed setting, you can connect with other young breast cancer survivors just like you, find out about available resources, ask questions, make new friends and be assured that you are not alone.

This group is intended to be a place where anyone can come and develop their awareness. We will build a group that meets to practice expanding their senses, exploring para-psychological abilities, and trusting our intuitive signals. The exercises I will bring are drawn from my experience in wilderness survival schools and native traditions, martial arts/dance/body awareness, and meditation. We will be meeting outdoors, and there will be some physicality involved, but that is minimal and our focu …

I feel utterly lost since my boyfriend betrayed me and chose to continue that betrayal rather than fix our relationship. I know I'm not alone in my grief. None of us should have to be. Let's meet and share our pain as well as our wisdom. Regardless of who betrayed us or when, let's help each other find our paths to healing. An open and affirming group for women of all kinds.

Surviving Partners – a free LGBT social group for those whose partners have died. One hour of discussion followed by opportunity for social activities. We meet on the first Saturday of the month. Contact Trish at pthroop@eldercareconsulting.info

Life Plusers is a group for individuals who want to thrive in life, not just survive. If you feel your responsibilities are eating up your life, and realize the importance of carving our personal time to enjoy and evolve activities that give you energy, creativity and joy, Life Plusers may be a good connection for you. I'm a lifestyle coach and started this group to support my own well being. Whether it's Latin or some other form of dance, hiking with or without dogs, culinary ventures and shari …

We want to reach out to cancer survivors, caregivers and those wanting to fight cancer to come and and support each other. We are getting ready for our Kent Relay for life walk-a-thon the first weekend in June. We will be walking the Soos Creek Trail where you can walk for ten minutes or you can walk for three hours.