The Real Girls' Guide to Taking It All Off - College Edition A Small Group Guide for Removing the Layers Between You and True Friendships

Our life is a journey of piling things onto ourselves-covering ourselves with layers and layers of how we want to be seen, and who others expect us to be. The more layers we pile on the harder it is for anyone to get to know us, for us to be able to show anyone who we truly are, for us ever to feel connected. Because to feel connected, to feel truly understood and loved, we have to be known-not for our layers but for the beating heart underneath them all.Never is this more true than when we first venture out on our own and head off to college. Many of us find ourselves suddenly thrust into a world ripe with new friends, experiences, distractions, fears, and uncertainties. We need our best friends more than ever, but our high school friends may be hundreds of miles away... We can choose to put on new layers and blend in, or we can peel them away and invite a few others in to a closeness that will bond you for a lifetime. In the next 6 weeks, we're taking off the layers one by one. We're going to do the hard, beautiful work of revealing the true us to the women around our table, and the relationships that will form along the way will change our lives. Friendships like that always do.