{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"What is a Good Life?","title":"What is a Good Life? #47 - Exploring Loneliness & Community with Monika Jiang","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":3753,"description":"On the 47th episode of the What is a Good Life? podcast, I'm delighted to introduce Monika Jiang as our guest. Monika, a writer, curator, and community builder, currently focuses on exploring loneliness as a uniquely shared experience with the potential to bring us closer together.\n\nThroughout this episode, we examine how we've isolated ourselves from one another, the depth of relationships and intimacy we presently experience, the dynamics of unhealthy dialogue and political division, and the impact of our hyper-stimulated lives influenced by technology and work. Additionally, we share our personal experiences with loneliness.\nWe delve into the nuances of loneliness, whether it's related to feeling a lack of community or connection, being alone in our perspectives on the world, or experiencing solitude in our inner worlds.\n\nThe episode also explores the significance of community and how we can continuously foster and cultivate connection.\nIf you are like so many who are experiencing a greater sense of loneliness, this episode explores numerous perspectives on a theme that is only growing more synonymous with modern life. While we also share many insights, anecdotes, and experiences for building both more connection and community in your life. \n\nSubscribe for weekly episodes, every Tuesday, and check out my YouTube channel (link below) for clips and shorts.\nContact me at mark@whatisagood.life to book a free consultation (30 minutes) for one-on-one coaching programs or to hear about corporate workshops I am offering around this question.\nRunning Order:\n02:25 How do we move from I to we?\n05:15 We are contributing to our own loneliness\n08:55 The quality and depth of relationships\n14:00 The absurdity of general dialogue\n18:25 The division and loneliness of our politics\n24:15 The paradox of our interconnectedness and loneliness\n31:20 What we are missing \n35:30 The impact of building local community\n40:55 Sometimes it’s just saying hello\n47:05 Starting the conversation...","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/bmT8FMFAsdpL8YpCcl1-OrgjJf3IhVZ_KJftDu8Wgy8/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9zaG93/LzM3NDg2LzE2NzI4/MzUxMDgtYXJ0d29y/ay5qcGc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}