{"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? #167 - Gifts, Rituals, & The Path To Belonging with Bruce Anderson","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":3447,"description":"What makes a life truly good? In this rich and wide-ranging conversation, Mark speaks with Bruce Anderson, Executive Director of the Core Gift Institute, about the three kinds of glue that hold relationships, communities, and the world together: gifts, welcoming, and ritual. Bruce shares why he believes our primary gifts are not earned but given to us through spirit and why they always emerge from our deepest wounds. They explore belonging, the question of how everything began, the wildness of love, and why a home in a wild place might just be the perfect metaphor for a life well lived.\nCurrently living on an island by Seattle, USA, Bruce has a storied life of living in remote Alaska, commercial fishing, log-cabin building, and being a schoolteacher and mayor. He is known for bringing intriguing ideas from other cultures and times, personal stories, and practical ideas into the international work he does with others.\nWhether you're feeling lost, searching for direction, or simply curious about what a meaningful life looks like, this conversation will leave you with a lot to sit with.\nFor more of Bruce's work:\nCore Gift Institue: https://www.coregift.org/home\nLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/bruce-anderson-742a3722/\nFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100011545838837\nFor more from Mark McCartney:\nNewsletter: https://www.whatisagood.life/\nWebsite: https://www.mmcleadership.com/\nLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mark-mccartney-14b0161b4/\nYouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@whatisagoodlife\nInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/markcmccartney\n00:00 – Three Kinds Of Glue\n04:01 – Why Spirit Grounds Everything\n10:50 – The Search For Faith\n15:13 – How Did All This Begin?\n18:26 – Where Beauty Comes From\n22:05 – Home In The Wild\n28:00 – Gifts & The Gift Exchange\n33:25 – Seeing Gifts In Others\n38:00 – Competence Isn't Your Gift\n42:05 – Parker Palmer & Hospitality\n47:14 – The Role Of Ritual\n56:46 – What Is A Good Life?\nKeywords: Meaning of Life Interviews...","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}