Name: DAISY's In-Person Book Club -- DAISY's Deep Reads
Start: 2025-11-01T14:30:00-05:00
End: 2025-11-01T16:00:00-05:00
Location: Baldwin Boettcher Branch Library

DAISY’s Book Clubs spark healing, reduce stigma, and build community through reading and interesting in-person mental wellness discussions.
About this Event

DAISY's In-Person Book Club -- DAISY's Deep Reads

Come join us for DAISY's Deep Reads Book Club at the South Houston Branch Library! We'll be diving into 1 of our monthly deep reads: Jonathan Haidt's book The Anxious Generation.

DAISY’s Book Clubs are in-person reading and discussion groups designed to reduce mental health stigma, spark healing conversations, provide healthy coping activities, and build supportive community spaces for all ages. Each month, we feature a thoughtfully chosen book that focuses on mental health, behavioral wellness, or substance use recovery—inviting readers to explore, connect, and reflect through the author’s insights and meaningful discussions that promote overall wellbeing. Discussions are facilitated by volunteers and mental wellness advocates from Creative Mental Wellness, ensuring a safe, respectful, welcoming environment.

501(c)(3) nonprofit Creative Mental Wellness wants to reach everyone and support each participant’s life journey. DAISY's Book Club Program is intentionally inclusive, offering 3 book club tracks tailored by age groups to meet people where they are in their lives and emotional development.

**DAISY's Book Club tracks:

DAISY's Deep Reads Book Club is the adult track (Ages 18+)

DAISY's Thrive Hive Book Club is the track for teens & adolescents (Ages 12–17)

DAISY's Little Sprouts Book Club is the children's track (Ages 4–11)

** DAISY's Thrive Hive Book Club and DAISY's Little Sprouts Book Club will be rolled out later this year.

Program Goals

✅ Normalize conversations about mental and behavioral health, healing, and wellness for all ages

✅ Replace isolation with connection and community

✅ Offer tools for emotional growth, insight, and healing

✅ Provide literary entry points for exploring difficult topics

✅ Foster in-person connections in an increasingly digital world

✅ Encourage literacy, self-expression, and self-care

✅ Promote community and empathy across age groups

✅ Raise awareness and support for mental wellness resources

✅ Help participants realize: You are not alone

Book Club Meeting Details

Book clubs are hosted multiple times per month around the Houston area—various locations, days, & times. Participants are encouraged to attend whichever location and time works best for them.
All sessions are free.
Reading ahead is encouraged but not required—book summaries and themes will always be discussed at each club meeting.