We Can Do Hard Things 256. How to Host a Magical Gathering with Priya Parker
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Nov 7, 2023 
Priya Parker teaches how to create new gathering rituals that forge truer, deeper relationships. Topics include the importance of meaningful gatherings, creating alternative gatherings, the significance of a specific purpose in hosting a gathering, being a good host, creating equalizing structures, the transformative power of hosting, and the importance of gathering and vulnerability.
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Design, Not Default
- Gathering by design, not default, starts with identifying your desires or needs.
- Stay flexible, adapting gatherings to evolving desires and intentions.
Expansion Dinner
- A man, turning 50, feared contracting in life, so he hosted a dinner.
- He invited people who embody expansion and shared his vulnerability and need for their courage.
Baby Shower Culture
- Priya Parker challenges traditional baby showers as culturally formative.
- She suggests including fathers as equals in pre-birth rituals and celebrations.