Community is About What We Are Willing to Feel
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Community is About What We Are Willing to Feel
Community means a lot of things to a lot of people. Whether it’s your local running group, a book club, your gym squad, family, or membership in an exclusive club, belonging to something is meaningful. Our identities, while obviously unique to us, are so shaped by the influence and power of community that it remains a biologically human need to hav... See more
Connection Engine • Build it and they will come - or will they?
I’d argue that, especially today, community—real community—is not just a nice-to-have. It’s essential. It’s the best way to navigate change and uncertainty. It’s the best way to become resilient, build new practices, and create the life we want. It’s the only way to experience the beauty and confidence that comes from belonging. It’s where we can g
... See moreGina Bianchini • Purpose
Vulnerability is a conduit to community, and community holds vulnerability. Community also sustains acceptance, presence, and patience. It is the supportive space in which a grounded life unfolds, through ups and downs. It is the principle of groundedness we’ll turn to next.
Brad Stulberg • The Practice of Groundedness
a community is more than just a group of like-minded people. it requires a shared emotional energy.
Acceptance, presence, patience, and especially vulnerability help to create and sustain deep community. In turn, deep community becomes the supportive space for all the other principles to flourish.
Brad Stulberg • The Practice of Groundedness
A community is a group of people that come together to nurture their own and one another’s growth.
3 Types of Membership Models for Creators — The Business of Community
We are here to connect deeply, and to feel everything together. Trusting that, believing in it, and spreading love and compassion: That’s our solemn duty, today and every day.
Heather Havrilesky • The Rise of Emotional Divestment
A critical takeaway here is that creating community involves far more than offering a trade or a transactional relationship. It includes offering a space (digital or physical) and experiences that inspire feelings.