Finding yourself in an intentional community – Veronica Hong

Today, we are learning from Veronica Hong. Veronica is a coach, facilitator, and changemaker on a mission to foster a vibrant and loving world where we experience freedom, abundance, and ease. She hosts playful and regenerative spaces for exploration, deep connection, and co-creation, empowering individuals and teams to become actors for positive change.  Drawing on her unique blend of cross-cultural experiences, interdisciplinary background, and a varied career in multiple sectors, she excels at bridging cultures and disciplines and illuminating fresh possibilities. Veronica believes in the power of collective action and is dedicated to building intentional communities where everyone thrives. Let's get started... In this conversation with Veronica Hong, I learned: 00:00 Intro 05:00 Expectations in East Asia on taking care of your parents. 06:40 Collectivism is about community support and how you conform to keep the group's harmony. 11:15 Living in a community as an experiment to learn to have compassion for everyone. 12:55 The challenge of living in a community. 14:15 Missing your own space and learning to let go. 19:30 Learning in a community versus learning when you are alone. 21:10 Doing the self-work in the community. 21:55 To have the audacity to be yourself. 23:35 She learned in the community that she enjoys being a caretaker. 25:15 Feel comfortable within yourself, you can adapt anywhere. 31:15 The essence of the community. 36:20 What is the harmony within the mess of all individual behavior? 37:10 My philosophy of co-creation. 38:30 What does fair share mean? 41:45 Her vision of a sustainable world includes many intentional communities and a future economy where everyone is an entrepreneur. 50:00 Building a network of intentional communities. 51:40 Longing for belonging is the longing to be. 53:10 How can we love everyone? 56:45 Love and power co-exist More about Veronica Hong: https://www.linkedin.com/in/vh-veronicahong/ https://tidycal.com/vhveronicahong Resources Inner Development Goals IDG Global Practitioners Network Initiatives of Change IDG forum at Caux (CH) Blue Zones in the world History for tomorrow - Roman Krznaric (NL: Geschiedenis voor morgen) The dawn of everything - David Graeber - (NL: Het begin van alles) Documentary The village of lovers Love and power - Adam Kahene Video of the conversation with Veronica Hong https://youtu.be/QmiHdlLKJ9U Watch the conversation here https://youtu.be/QmiHdlLKJ9U