Just starting
For the first fortnight, when nothing makes sense yet.
24 conversations152 membersMondays, 19:00 UK — weekly
The community
54 circles
A circle is a small named group with a facilitator, a rhythm and its own agreements on top of the sitewide ones. Pick one rather than five — most people do better in one room they actually read than in six they skim.
Stage and season
Organised around where you are in it, rather than around who you are.
The first twelve weeks
The steepest part of the learning curve, held weekly.
24 conversations163 membersWednesdays, 20:00 UK — weekly
Slow titrators
For people who go up at their own pace, with their prescriber.
22 conversations121 membersEvery other Tuesday, 19:30 UK
The plateau
When nothing is changing and you are still here.
22 conversations809 membersThursdays, 19:30 UK — fortnightly
Maintenance
Year two, year three, and the part nobody writes about.
22 conversations1.6k membersFirst Sunday of the month, 17:00 UK
Coming off
By choice, by cost, by side effect, or because your prescriber said so.
22 conversations149 membersSecond Sunday of the month, 17:00 UK
Restarting after a break
A restart is an ordinary shape. Nobody here is surprised.
19 conversations115 membersThird Sunday of the month, 17:00 UK
Body and symptoms
The unglamorous ground. Most people pass through several of these and leave again.
Side effect support
The ordinary tax, the frightening bits, and knowing which is which.
22 conversations161 membersTuesdays, 19:00 UK — weekly
Nausea and eating held with care
What to do when your body wants nothing and needs something.
22 conversations173 membersFridays, 18:30 UK — weekly
Constipation and gut
Unglamorous, universal, and worth talking about properly.
20 conversations101 membersEvery other Monday, 19:00 UK
Sleep and fatigue
For the tiredness that arrives without warning.
20 conversations260 membersSundays, 21:00 UK — fortnightly
Hair shedding
Distressing, common, usually temporary — and never trivial.
19 conversations160 membersEvery third Thursday, 19:00 UK
Injection anxiety
For the dread that is bigger than the needle.
19 conversations178 membersSaturdays, 11:00 UK — weekly
Needle phobia
A specific fear, taken seriously, worked with slowly.
18 conversations153 membersAlternate Saturdays, 12:00 UK
Gastro history
When your gut was already complicated before any of this.
17 conversations114 membersEvery third Wednesday, 19:30 UK
Thyroid
Two sets of bloods, two sets of questions.
16 conversations122 membersMonthly, last Tuesday, 19:00 UK
Long covid and fatigue
Pacing, energy budgets, and a very careful approach.
16 conversations675 membersEvery third Sunday, 15:00 UK
Conditions
Circles that gather round a diagnosis, where the medicine is only part of the story.
PCOS
Cycles, insulin, fertility, and years of being dismissed.
16 conversations338 membersEvery other Thursday, 20:00 UK
Type 2
Glucose, appointments that last nine minutes, and the long game.
17 conversations950 membersEvery other Wednesday, 18:30 UK
Prediabetes
The number that got somebody's attention.
14 conversations553 membersMonthly, second Wednesday, 18:30 UK
Menopause and GLP-1
Three things at once, and untangling which is which.
15 conversations156 membersEvery other Tuesday, 20:00 UK
Mind and meaning
Held more slowly and more carefully than the rest. Two of them carry an extra agreement set.
When the noise goes quiet held with care
What it is like when a lifelong background hum stops.
17 conversations333 membersMondays, 20:30 UK — fortnightly
Mental health held with care
Mood, medication interactions, and being honest about hard weeks.
16 conversations255 membersWednesdays, 20:30 UK — fortnightly
Recovery-aware circle held with care
Carefully facilitated. Recovery-aware does not mean fragile.
16 conversations154 membersSundays, 18:00 UK — weekly, facilitator-led
Body image held with care
Bodies are not projects. This is harder than it sounds.
16 conversations162 membersFridays, 20:00 UK — fortnightly
Grief and eating held with care
When something enormous happens and eating goes with it.
14 conversations109 membersEvery third Monday, 19:00 UK
Neurodivergent members held with care
Routines, interoception, sensory change, and executive function.
14 conversations117 membersEvery other Saturday, 16:00 UK
Life and logistics
The parts that are about a week rather than a body — work, family, travel, the table.
Parents
Feeding a household while your own appetite has changed.
16 conversations203 membersTuesdays, 21:00 UK — fortnightly
Carers
For the people nobody has asked how they are.
15 conversations145 membersThursdays, 14:00 UK — fortnightly
Shift workers
For weeks that have no shape. Meets at 3am when needed.
15 conversations262 membersAlternating 07:30 and 22:30 UK — weekly
Students and shoestring
Doing this without money, without a car, and without a stable address.
14 conversations179 membersEvery other Thursday, 18:00 UK
Partners and family
Your body changed how it works. The household did not get a memo.
15 conversations135 membersSundays, 19:30 UK — fortnightly
Travel and holidays
Cool bags, airport security, time zones, and other people's cooking.
16 conversations187 membersMonthly, first Saturday, 13:00 UK
Dining out
Restaurants, weddings, work lunches, and not owing anyone an explanation.
15 conversations158 membersEvery other Friday, 19:00 UK
Alcohol held with care
What changes, why, and what to do if it is more than that.
14 conversations176 membersEvery other Wednesday, 20:00 UK
Vegan and vegetarian
Protein without a chore, on a plant-based plate.
14 conversations110 membersEvery third Tuesday, 19:00 UK
Athletes and lifters
Performance, fuelling, and keeping what you have built.
14 conversations254 membersSaturdays, 09:00 UK — fortnightly
Protein and strength
Unglamorous, well established, and fits on a postcard.
14 conversations242 membersMondays, 18:00 UK — weekly
Over 60
Strength, bones, medications, and being taken seriously.
14 conversations123 membersWednesdays, 14:00 UK — fortnightly
Under 30 held with care
Money, pressure, long horizons, and complicated food histories.
14 conversations150 membersThursdays, 21:30 UK — fortnightly
Money and access
Cost, cover, supply and distance. Nobody is asked to be embarrassed in any of these.
Insurance appeals
A refusal letter is a first draft, not a verdict.
15 conversations149 membersEvery other Monday, 17:00 UK
Paying out of pocket
Honest arithmetic, no shame, and what people actually do.
14 conversations115 membersEvery other Monday, 17:45 UK
Compounded to brand
Concentrations differ. This is where people get caught.
13 conversations95 membersMonthly, third Monday, 18:00 UK
Rural access
Four hours to a prescriber, ferry timetables, three-week buffers.
13 conversations242 membersEvery third Tuesday, 18:00 UK
Places
The same medicine and five entirely different systems around it.
UK and Ireland
NHS, HSE, waiting lists, and the local specifics.
14 conversations1.5k membersMondays, 19:30 UK — fortnightly
Europe
Twenty-seven systems, and none of them like the internet says.
14 conversations694 membersEvery other Sunday, 18:00 CET
Canada
Provincial coverage, private plans, and long winters.
12 conversations126 membersEvery other Wednesday, 19:00 ET
Australia and New Zealand
PBS, shortages, southern summers, and telehealth.
12 conversations208 membersEvery other Thursday, 19:00 AEST
Asia
Very different systems, and very little written for us.
12 conversations364 membersEvery other Saturday, 20:00 SGT
Knowledge and sourcing
Where we read things carefully, and say plainly what cannot be checked.
Bloodwork buddies
Bring the printout. We read it together.
15 conversations912 membersEvery other Thursday, 18:00 UK
Research reading group
One paper a fortnight, read properly.
16 conversations331 membersEvery other Sunday, 16:00 UK
Peptides beyond GLP-1
Where the evidence thins out, and saying so.
14 conversations155 membersMonthly, last Sunday, 16:00 UK
Sourcing safely
Honest about the risks we cannot remove.
14 conversations148 membersEvery other Friday, 21:00 UK
Quality and testing
What analysis can tell you, and what it cannot.
15 conversations162 membersMonthly, second Sunday, 16:00 UK