Voices of Emergence

In this soul-nourishing episode of Voices of Emergence, we’re joined by writer, facilitator, and community builder Monika Jiang, founder of The Oneliness Project. Monika’s life and work explore the fertile space between loneliness and belonging, between estrangement and interdependence.

We talk about the hidden beauty in aloneness, the language of the body, and what it means to build community rooted in care, not hierarchy. 

Monika shares her journey of reconnecting with her Chinese heritage, the influence of Thích Nhất Hạnh and Plum Village, and how she holds spaces that soften shame, awaken presence, and invite relational healing.

Together, we reflect on feminine wisdom, ancestral repair, digital intimacy, and why the next Buddha may be a sangha—a collective.

This conversation is an invitation into tenderness, presence, and radical hope.

Learn more: https://oneliness.com
Monika’s Substack: https://oneliness.substack.com

Creators and Guests

Host
Alex de Carvalho
Alex is a bridge-builder exploring how inner transformation and mythic intelligence shape outer change. He draws on a background in corporate leadership, ritual practice, and depth psychology to hold soulful, system-aware conversations for a new era.
Host
Rudy De Waele
Rudy is a futurist, regenerative leadership guide, and ecosystem weaver with over two decades of experience at the intersection of technology, consciousness, and systems change. He co-founded Unconditional Men and RegenerateX, and brings deep presence and visionary clarity to the Voices of Emergence podcast.
Guest
Monika Jiang
Monika Jiang is a writer, facilitator, and community builder dedicated to shifting how we understand loneliness. Instead of seeing it as something to fix or hide, she invites us to recognize loneliness as a deeply human experience that connects us all. Through The Oneliness Project, Monika creates spaces and conversations that nurture awareness, belonging, and reconnection with ourselves, each other, and the world.

What is Voices of Emergence?

Voices of Emergence is a podcast about what’s coming alive in a time between worlds. Hosted by Alex and Rudy, we hold mythic, soulful conversations with visionaries, culture-makers, and edge-walkers who are sensing into the future. From regenerative leadership to inner transformation, we explore how personal and collective emergence shape a more beautiful world—one honest, embodied conversation at a time.