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Finding Balance Between Community and Individualism With Donna Fields

5/30/2024 • 58 min

How do we balance community and independence?This question is posed by today’s guest, Donna Fields, who, twenty years ago, moved to Spain, and experienced culture shock, going from the United States – an individualistic society – to one that was collectivist and communal. Donna is an author, professor, teacher, trainer, and host of the podcast Doorways to Learni… Play episode

Letting Our Historic Friendships Breathe in Their New Forms with Joseph Su…
Checking-In: How’s Your Friendship Self Talk?
Navigating Female Friendships and All Their Complexities with Danielle Bay…
Losing a Best Friend and Navigating Grief with Michelle Cecil
The Physiological Impacts of Connection (Which is Actually More Important …
The Power of Vulnerability in Small Doses: Embracing Small Intimacies
Carving Out More Time For Connection With Our People with Career Break Coa…
Crafting Connections in Small Towns and Virtual Worlds with Wesley Stroupe
The Magical Combination of Intention and Small, Simple Actions With Zahara…
Separating Our Own Friendship Beliefs From Our Children’s With Pam Howard
Unpacking Learned Loneliness – and How We Can Impact Change
How To Support Your Friends Through All of Life’s Fresh Starts with Olivia…
Breaking the Cycle: Rewriting and Modeling the New Rules of Friendship For…
Navigating Friendships When You Decide to Drink Less with Hitha Palepu
How Jenna Myhre Deyle Moved Across the Country to Live Closer to Friends
Are Low-Maintenance Friendships Actually Low Maintenance? (Plus, Tips on H…
What Would You Tell Your 20-Year-Old Self About Friendship? With Arpita Me…
Finding Your Purpose Through Friendship With Mark Delaney of The Purpose M…
The Layers of Talking About Money With Friends With Financial Coach Sarah …
Friendship Goals: Why They’re Important and How to Make Them
Book Clubs, Bookish Flights, and the People We Read With featuring Kara In…
You’re Not Doing It Wrong: Why Friendship Looks Different for Everyone
Opening Lines and the Magic of a Pizza Gathering with Leah Wiseman Fink
The Power of Deep Conversations: What Chris Burnett Learned While Intervie…
You Are More Than Grand: Social Wellness for Grandparents with DeeDee Moore
Navigating Friendships with ADHD with Charlotte Dover
Why I Need You To Care About Friendship
Why Simple Neighborhood Gatherings Are Important (and How to Pull One Off)…
Behind the Scenes: A Friendship that Spans Decades with Elise Enriquez
Confession: I’ve Never Had a Best Friend, with Terri Huggins Hart
A Survival Guide for Navigating Small Talk
Actionable Ways to Build the Connections You Need In Your Community
Getting Comfortable with Being Uncomfortable: Life Changes in Friendships
The Myths of Mom Friends
Friendship Demotions (and How To Build Even Better Friendships)
How Making Friends Can Help You Make the Big Life Choices with Deasha Wadd…
Social Wellness in Millennials vs. Boomers, and How This Plays Out in Pare…
Real Talk about Friend Trios
The Liking Gap: What It Is, Why It’s Important, and How to Overcome It
Strawberry Friends: Forming Supportive Friendships While Neurodivergent
Take Action: Reviving Third Places and Walkable Communities
Third Places: Bringing “Living Rooms” Back to Our Communities
You Don’t Need to Understand People to Accept Them
How To Feel Very “Not Alone”
How To Show Up for the People In Your Lives Who Are Grieving
The Complexities of Introverted Friendships
The New Version of Friendship - It’s Not “All or Nothing”
What Are We Doing About Men's Friendships? Part 2
All About Men's Friendships
Living on a Boat: Friendship in the Cruising Community
Friendship as Comfort and Making Meaningful Connections
Creating Space to Just Exist: The One About Adult Slumber Parties
What is Loneliness?
The Tricky Balance of Friendships as an Expat
The Real Pain of Friendship Break-Ups with Patrice Poltzer
How the Marco Polo App Helped Create an Epic Friendship Group with Brenda …
How I’m Approaching My 5 Friendship Goals of 2023
Taking the Pressure Off Our Inevitable Friendship “Pivots”
The Shift in Friendship During Our Mid to Late 20’s
Small Actions Add Up: Putting Energy into Your Friendships
The One for "Little Alex"
Showing Up for People Who are Grieving With Aly Bird
Formal Communities, from the Military to Toastmasters
“Chosen Family” with My Chosen Family Member, Jeffrey
Staying Curious and Managing Differences Within Friendships
Friend Groups: How to Join a Friend Group or Create One
There’s No “One-Size-Fits-All” Version of Social Wellness, with Lizzie Bra…
Digging Into the 3 Kinds of Friendship Roots
How to Make Friends as a Grown-Up
Simple Ways For Improving Social Wellness in the New Year (+ a Sneak Peek …
Five Ways to Connect with Friends During the Holiday Season
How To Build a Friendship Community for Your Family
How To Build Meaningful Relationships Beyond Just “Catching Up” with Alex …
The Secret to Hosting a Gathering (Hint – You’re Probably Doing Too Much)

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