The Becoming Podcast | Season 6; Episode 5 | Sarah Wildeman on the radical art of building community + nourishing ecosystems of care

The Becoming Podcast

I'm thrilled to bring you this conversation with Sarah Wildeman on the Becoming Podcast this month. This was such a rich and far-reaching dialogue about all things community-building, which is such an important locus of support – and also struggle – as we traverse times of deep change in our lives.

Here's some of what Sarah and I talk about in this episode:

> The life-and-death threshold where Sarah learned what it was like to be doing life with people – and where she found the inspiration for a lot of her work now

> What it was like living in an intentional community with her family, and how she experienced "the village" firsthand

> How "the loss of the village" is not a universal experience, and is actually one that often walks hand-in-hand with the hyper-individualism that comes alongside many cultural privileges

> Practical and philosophical wisdom about how to build community, including how asking for help is actually an act of great generosity, how to make your needs known (and identify them in the first place), how to create capacity and room in your life to make community a priority, and how to powerfully invite folks into relationships and gatherings

> How hard it is to build community in a season of need in your life

> Attachment styles and introversion / extroversion and how they relate to re-villaging

> The idea of "tolerating" community and committing to relationship tending even when it's hard, or even when it's not what you'd prefer to be doing

I hope you enjoy this interview as much as I did, and that you're able to find some real wisdom and practical support that will help you expand and deepen your community connections. Enjoy!