Are you ready for the next evolution of Gals Guide?
From our founder: Leah Leach
I’ve been hinting at and working on epic plans for the next evolution of Gals Guide. I’ve been working on this for years, and I’ve finally got the pieces of the puzzle to fit together. I needed to wait and pivot and brainstorm and problem solve and then finally, just tap into the courage of my convictions and announce go time. It’s go-time day!
Gals Guide has spent over 10 years learning from women of history! We’ve learned about women’s history in living rooms, restaurants, podcasts, books, and libraries. We’ve shared that hard-earned wisdom in fun ways, creative ways, meditative ways, and healing ways.
I took a deep look at what Gals Guide was good at. What people loved about Gals Guide. What we offered that no one else could offer. What spread ripples of positive change. And it wasn’t just books on the shelves…it was the meaning that a Gals Guide class brought to them. It was showcasing the subtle and bold ways that women overcome obstacles. How you too can overcome obstacles because if women of history did it with far less resources and rights – imagine what you can do?!!
Gals Guide is gathering our years of knowledge and becoming a women’s history academy. Gals Guide will be offering world-wide online classes using our unique teaching method. If you have taken our Feminine Healing and Creativity Writing Workshop you know first hand how powerful it is.
Gals Guide has already taught over 1,500 students! Our classes will be a gentle intellectual lane for people who want to learn and deep dive into women’s history for inner space and an interconnected community. These online classes will be for people who crave meaning and equity for women, as well as time to pause and reflect on the bigger picture. Our goal is to educate and inspire women to apply the authenticity, bravery, and creativity of the women who have been hidden in the shadows of history for too long. We will use the internet in a positive way!
Gals Guide will be seeking teachers from around the world to bring deep meaning to women’s history. And because it’s online – and not pinned to one physical location – there is access to more authors, experts, and living legends! Books will always be central to what we do – that’s why our lending-library collection will transition to a resource collection. Our museum objects are also being kept safe.
Soon enrollment will open for Fall 2026. We have an exciting list of classes for our first school year of Gals Guide Academy. To appease time, space and schedules, some of Gals Guide offerings will change or streamline. We do this in order to trim excess and reveal excellence…but don’t worry, our women’s history focus will always remain central.
First we were a collective conscientious awareness group (2013)
Then a conference (2016)
Then a library (2019)
Now…an academy (2026)
I’m so excited for this new evolution! It’s an opportunity to offer something meaningful, healing, and empowering for all women everywhere.
Wishing you wisdom and wellness,
Leah Leach
Follow along as we transition from a women’s history library to a women’s history academy.
What is changing?
- Women’s history lending library –> women’s history resource collection
- Podcast Season shortened by one month. New episodes on Monday, January – October.
- B.S. Club will have its last meeting July 9.
- Popcorn Gals will have its last meeting June 18.
- Book Club monthly –> occasional but with deeper dives into specially selected books.
- Galactic Sisterhood monthly –> our core Self Care Thursday. We’re asking the gals if they want to meet weekly, bi-weekly, or keep it once a month.
- Gals Guide will be closed in November and December each year to allow time to rest and recharge.
Upcoming Classes
Comparing and Contemplating Hero’s Journey and Heroine’s Journey in Writing and in Life
Deep dive into the similarities and differences of two story structures. The Hero’s Journey is used in nearly every movie you’ve seen; however, women’s lives tend to follow the Heroine’s Journey map. Let’s learn from both with a women-centered lens. Let’s see what elements help us write our stories and help navigate our lives.
September 2026
5 Wednesday classes
Online
$125
Teacher: Leah Leach
Registration opens mid June
online | writing class | mythology class |
People are Scary – Learn How to Digest Complex Female Creatures of History
You thought Halloween was scary?! What about Coco Chanel? JK Rowling? Phyllis Schlafly? Axis Sally? Let’s learn what NOT to do because of complex creatures of history. Part of our Mother Castle class series.
October 2026
Friday, October 30 (1-day class)
Online
$25
Teacher: Leah Leach
Registration opens mid June
online | women’s history | mother castle | skills |
Feminine Healing & Creativity Writing Workshop
Our flagship class will return with a new update! Students will use writing and meditation to heal emotional wounds for creativity to flourish. This tool, developed by Leah Leach, utilizes women’s history, mythology, Buddhist meditation, and compassion. Part of our Mother Castle class series.
January – March 2027
12 Wednesday classes
Online & In Person (Ireland)
$300
Teacher: Leah Leach (online) Jackie Donegan (Ireland)
Registration opens in October
online | in-person | mother castle | writing class | women’s history | creativity | mythology |
Our Female Ancestors of our DNA Results: the Landscape for Women 6-8 Generations Back
Just starting your journey into genealogy? Not super knowledgeable about what happened when in history timelines? If you are wondering what rights women had as you look at your 4th great-grandmother’s records, Gals Guide is here to help!
February 2027
4 classes
Online
$ 100
Teacher: TBD
Registration opens in October
online | women’s history | skills | genealogy |
For the Love of Books! Pioneer Ladies of the Library
75% of all librarians were created because of the work of women, yet do we know their names? This class allows you to know the names and lives of female librarians who laid the framework for libraries we love today.
April 2027
Class duration TBD
Online
$ TBD
Teacher: TBD
Registration opens in January
online | women’s history |
Classes are subject to change.
Gals Guide is working on more classes.
Gals Guide is seeking teachers email us at info@galsguide.org
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