Event Details

Event Type: Online Class

Tue
January 30, 2024
12:00pm - 1:00pm
At your computer/device

Event Registration

Co-sponsored by the Stanford Faculty Staff Help Center

You are invited to join us for a virtual book club to discuss thoughts raised by the book: Everything Here is Beautiful, by Stanford alumna Mira T. Lee.

Lee’s book, which is a book club audience suggestion, is a compelling read, with stories that encourage us to reflect and relate. The book, on the surface, tells a story of two sisters, from childhood bonds to adult-stage breaks. The sibling story raises issues of familial love, loyalty, and birth-order rivalry, as well as strains of dependence and self-determination. The personal narratives are made larger, set in a context of mental illness and therapeutic intervention, and the challenge of setting boundaries for self-care and survival. Through the sisters’ story, we are invited to relate to what challenges we face to make a basic commitment to live our own life.

Please read the book on your own in advance and join us online for discussion facilitated by the Stanford Faculty Staff Help Center.

Facilitators: Rosan Gomperts, LCSW, is the director of the Faculty Staff Help Center and has been licensed as a clinical social worker since 2002.  She works with individuals and couples as well as facilitating conflicts and giving courses and coaching in emotional intelligence and communicating with tact and skill.

Roland Hsu, LCSW, is a counselor at the Stanford Faculty Staff Help Center. He has worked and taught at Stanford over the past twenty years in a variety of positions.

Class details are subject to change.