We host events designed by women specifically for individuals who identify as women. As we understand both gender and sex are a spectrum, we leave it up to each individual to decide if their presence will be a positive contribution for events curated to connect individuals who identify as women with other individuals who identify as women.

You can review our member benefits here. Your membership not only allows us to host culture events, but also to support health events, fund community service initiatives, and build connections with local business in Memphis. You also get access to exclusive events and discounts. You are getting more than your money’s worth!

Because all of our events are 21+, our membership is also restricted to 21+ individuals.

This is a questions we get all of the time. The idea of paying for friendship is kind of crazy so I am happy I can deny that rumor.

You aren’t paying for friendship when you pay for our events, you are paying for the resources we need to support an environment where women can build friendships. That isn’t all we do! Every penny we receive goes towards supporting our overall mission and is how we build sustainable communities of safe spaces with women who live in Memphis.

Third places are are informal, public gathering spots like cafes, libraries, or parks where people connect, socialize, and build community outside of their homes (first place) and workplaces (second place). These spaces are supposed to be welcoming, low-cost spaces foster civic engagement, a sense of belonging, and are crucial for social well-being.

We will “pop up” at third places to utilize local third places so they can stay in our community. We will make you comfortable in these spaces so you can visit there with your fellow members or on your own

The purpose of the Grow! Sessions is to guide individual women on a journey of connection. Often, it takes women years to form close bonds with other women, yet women form close relationships with romantic parters within weeks or months.

By creating intimate environments and guided conversations, women can gain comfortability, trust, and faith in their relationships with other women. Meeting women in bookstores, bars, or events will help you learn names but it doesn’t help you create long lasting or meaningful relationships.

We want our events to be a place where you can completely let your guard down. We’ve all had a warm, relatable conversation suddenly turn into a sales pitch, and it can feel pretty unauthentic.

Because our focus is on building genuine friendships, we intentionally remove business networking from the equation. We love supporting our business owners, so vendors are completely welcome to promote and sell right at their dedicated booths, but we keep the rest of the event a pitch-free zone so we can just focus on connecting as people.

We completely understand why seeing terms like "bylaws, rules, and regulations" can feel a little rigid at first, especially for a community that is all about warmth and connection. But our goal in having them is simple: to protect this safe space and ensure every single woman who walks through our doors feels entirely comfortable.

To build a community dedicated to genuine connection, we all need to be on the same page about what respect actually looks like in practice.

We highly encourage 6 hours of volunteer work per year at one Better AroundUs community event from our members.

The truth is, modern society often teaches us that relationships should be transactional or even a little selfish. We’re supposed to focus only on what we can get out of them.

At Better AroundUs, we are doing the hard work of deprogramming those habits. We are pushing for a deeper, new-age version of friendship. Friendships that is rooted in genuinely showing up and putting others before yourself. Our guidelines aren't here to restrict you; they are here to protect our safe space so we can all safely unlearn the noise of the world and build relationships that actually last. We’ve all seen what doesn’t work. Let us show you what does!

We don’t facilitate conversations or schedule meet ups.

We give you a platform to find yourself and build strong community ties with other women along the way.

We prioritize mental and physical well-being and a connected community is essential to that goal.

We don’t just host unique events. We make sure we have a lot of fun.

We are confident in who we are and we know what makes us special. We want to be transparent. There are other companies in Memphis that support connection amongst women.

You can explore our website and theirs to find out what makes us different:

Real Roots

Women’s Social Club

We want you to have the opportunity to choose what is best for you and no matter what you choose, we are happy you stopped by!

We are focused on the overall health and wellbeing of individual women. We are dedicated to helping each woman we work with on their own personal journey. We are against fake friends and surface level friendships. By building up individual women and supporting them in their connections we create a sustainable community of healthy women.