Love this, Alex. I have had to quite deliberately create a community to do some of what you're talking about in the blog. Mainly inspired by Richard Rohr, I've brought together a group of 6 blokes aged approx. 35-55 yrs old to support each other and to talk about deeper stuff - parenting, relationships, grief, work - as well as less deep stuff. It is definitely a challenge to get us together and to keep encouraging us to make the time and to find the stuff that inspires us to go deeper together - but it is worth persevering ....
Thought provoking as ever. I think one thing that is making modern society isolated is the quickness of people today to jettison friendships for the slightest of reasons, or even without reason at all. Of course we cannot keep in touch with everybody, but if life has sent us a friend then that is something to cherish, not randomly ditch without explanation.
Vivek Murthy has identified much of what you discuss here, former US surgeon general and author of the book Together. He might be a great podcast guest... That's how I first learned of him, through a podcast in 2019
Thanks so much Jeffrey - great minds thinking alike, i actually dropped him an email while writing this to see if we could get him on the podcast! Fingers crossed
Love this, Alex. I have had to quite deliberately create a community to do some of what you're talking about in the blog. Mainly inspired by Richard Rohr, I've brought together a group of 6 blokes aged approx. 35-55 yrs old to support each other and to talk about deeper stuff - parenting, relationships, grief, work - as well as less deep stuff. It is definitely a challenge to get us together and to keep encouraging us to make the time and to find the stuff that inspires us to go deeper together - but it is worth persevering ....
Thought provoking as ever. I think one thing that is making modern society isolated is the quickness of people today to jettison friendships for the slightest of reasons, or even without reason at all. Of course we cannot keep in touch with everybody, but if life has sent us a friend then that is something to cherish, not randomly ditch without explanation.
Vivek Murthy has identified much of what you discuss here, former US surgeon general and author of the book Together. He might be a great podcast guest... That's how I first learned of him, through a podcast in 2019
Thanks so much Jeffrey - great minds thinking alike, i actually dropped him an email while writing this to see if we could get him on the podcast! Fingers crossed
Great piece Alex. Very inspiring. Super-interesting links too. I may have a go at small groups for picnics on Brighton beach.
Some connections with this piece I did recently on what I've been calling Reflective Relational Practice, and the increased emphasis on relational approaches to social and systems change. https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/reflective-relational-practice-assessing-enhancing-quality-hudson-4agfe