Re-Villaging: Relationship in Community

In this episode we discuss Re-Villaging, reweaving community into our lives in an individualistic culture. We discuss the relational skills needed, the challenges, and the qualities that support us to reconnect into interdependent relationships. We also discuss the collective grief of the loss of the village and the different ways we can cultivate community relationships in our lives.

The Rise of the Neighbourhood Village

In this episode Sarah hares her journey into intentional community living and how se landed in a neighbourhood community over the past five years. We discuss the benefits of living in community for families and children especially, as it provides immense support as they learn, grow and develop. We also touch on how individuals and coupes can benefit from witnessing healthy family dynamics within intentional community spaces.

Informed by over decade of communitarian experience, Japer and Sarah offer their insights into the challenges and rewards of fostering a sense of belonging and mutual support in suburban neighbourhoods and explore how modern communities can thrive by drawing on the principles of intentional living and collaboration.

On the Radical Art of Building Community & Nourishing Ecosystems of Care

Here’s some of what we 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 privilege.
> 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

Exploring Complexity of Relationship and Belonging in a Changing World

In this episode with Sarah Wildeman of Our Common, we explore the complexity of relationships and our connection to land and place. We discuss how important it is to witness each other honestly, hold space for generative conflict, and allow ourselves to process harms that may occur within our community bonds. We also delve into the ways in which our relationship with the land can teach us new ways of connecting and being together. We hope this episode supports you in your inquiries into interconnectedness and the wisdom of understanding ourselves as part of a whole system, a wider web of relating.

Community Living Wherever You Are

If you’re curious about what village life is like beyond the picture-perfect cottage-core images on Instagram, today’s conversation is for you.

In this episode, Sarah Wildeman and I delve into a topic near and dear to my heart — revillaging and community-centered living.

Together, we discuss her experiences with intentional communal living and the many forms in which community can take shape. She also shares her whole-systems approach to relationships—in her family, communities, and workplace— and we have a vulnerable conversation about how to address conflict.

The Posture of Generosity, Interdependence, and Community Care

In this Episode we talk about:

>Sarah’s experience living on shared land with other singles and families while sharing meals, work, and chores.
>The communal teaching Sarah was raised with, that anything we have, is ours to share.
>The connection between opening our hearts, generosity and communal care.
>Sarah’s experience of having a child in a community oriented setting.
>The curiosity to not just strive to provide for ourselves but to be in interdependence with others.
>Sarah’s thoughts on modern day convenience and the ways in which society has taught us to separate as opposed to collaborate.
>Sarah answers “How do Moms start to call in community?”
>Things families can do to make life more manageable while they explore the idea of more interdependence.
>How to trust that community care is possible.
>How healing childhood relational wounds relates to opening ourselves up to communal care.