House of Overflow

A women's community in Austin

You've done
the work.
Now come live it.

A small circle of no more than twenty women, practicing a slower, richer, more beautiful way of living. Not another course to complete, a life to actually live.

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What is House of Overflow?

Life is changing.
And so are you.

House of Overflow is a small membership community for women moving through a season of transition. Divorce or menopause. Or her rarely talked about evil sister, perimenopause. Motherhood, or the quiet house after it. A new business, a new body, a new name for who you are becoming.

You are doing the work. Books, courses, therapy, retreats. This is not more of that. This is the part that comes after the knowing. The living.

We call this embodied abundance. The kind you can feel in your body, your calendar, and your friendships. Not a concept you affirm. A life you inhabit.

A different way of living. Slower. Richer. With room to spare for delight.

Who this is for

Can you relate?

House of Overflow is small and specific. It was built with a certain woman in mind.

You have built a full life, and you want it to feel as good on the inside as it looks from the outside.

You have colleagues, acquaintances, a calendar that fills itself, and you long for real friendship with women who truly see you.

You are tired of optimizing yourself. You would like to enjoy yourself.

You've been focused on growth. Now you want the pleasure, the beauty, the slowness, the rest.

You are ready to receive, even if you are not yet sure how.

The 12 tenets

How we live here.

01We become harder to rush.
02We romanticize ordinary days.
03We practice receiving.
04We prioritize beauty.
05We make room for pleasure.
06We move our bodies often.
07We gather in real life.
08We let life surprise us.
09We create space before we need it.
10We expand what's possible for one another.
11We don't navigate transition alone.
12We cultivate lives that overflow.

Come cultivate yours.

Take your place

What members receive

The rhythm of the House.

Beginning in August, your months take on a new shape.

Twice each month

Movement sessions

We gather to move, breathe, stretch, dance, and reconnect with ourselves and one another. We begin in August with Thursday evening sessions in partnership with Future Front Texas. As the community finds its rhythm, we'll transition to Ballet Afrique Studio and a likely Monday or Friday schedule in September. Like much of House of Overflow, the structure is intentional but spacious.

Monthly · virtual

Body Church

A Sunday morning ritual of movement, celebration, and devotion to yourself, from wherever you are.

Weekly

The Guiding Thought

A thought for the week. Something to reflect on, and to discuss together in the group.

Ongoing

The Overflow Diet

A curated feed of books, music, films, and art, chosen to expand what feels possible. Not the kind of diet you eat.

Monthly · in real life

Overflow Field Trips

We take the practice out into the world. Park mornings, dinners, parties, performances, the occasional beautiful adventure.

The door is open.

Take your place

A letter from Lily

Portrait of Lily Shepard, smiling in warm natural light

It began with a question.

During this season of transition, I kept asking myself one thing. What would feel deeply supportive right now?

The answer wasn't another course. It wasn't another thing to achieve. It was:

Women.
Movement.
Pleasure.
Community.
Beauty.
Real-life experiences.
A slower pace.
A place to practice receiving.

So rather than seek these things alone, I decided to create them, and to invite a handful of women to join me.

Welcome home.

Lily Shepard

Lily Shepard is a movement educator, speaker, and author of The Pleasure Principles for Driven Women. House of Overflow is the community she built for this season of her own life, and yours.

Founding members

You'd be among the first.

House of Overflow is new. No member reflections yet, and no crowd to fall in behind. What there is, is the opportunity to be one of the first women through the door, and to help shape what this becomes.

Although, if you're a social proof seeker at heart, no judgment. I've kept every kind word anyone has said about working with me.

See for yourself →

Membership

Your place in the House.

No more than twenty women will ever hold a place here. There is no application to get in. We trust you to know if this feels like your place. Once you're in, you'll receive a short intake, so we can welcome you well.

Monthly membership

$75 / month

Everything in the rhythm of the House. Cancel anytime.

Founding members begin with The First Pour, our opening immersion this July.

Take your place

To pause before the next month, let us know fourteen days before your billing date. When every place is taken, you can join the waitlist, and we'll reach out the moment one opens.

Join the House

There is a place
for you here.

A real-life circle of women in Austin, moving through this season together. If it feels like yours, it is.

Take your place

Founding membership is open now.