What is a Good Life?

What is a Good Life? #102 - Building Conscious Collectives with Nadjeschda Taranczewski

Dec 24, 2024

Nadjeschda Taranczewski, a Master of Psychology and Master Certified Coach, dives into the essence of building conscious collectives. She emphasizes the need for safe spaces that encourage aloneness in togetherness and the importance of embracing vulnerability. Nadja discusses how understanding emotions and establishing clear boundaries can deepen connections in communities. Through sharing personal stories and emphasizing storytelling, she illustrates the power of collective experiences in fostering unity and enhancing resilience.

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Quick takeaways

The importance of 'aloneness in togetherness' highlights the need for personal reflection within conscious communities to foster individuality.

Open and honest communication among community members is crucial for building deeper connections, understanding, and emotional well-being.

Embracing emotional dexterity allows individuals to navigate their feelings and contributes to healthier interactions within a collective.

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Exploring Conscious Communities

The concept of conscious communities is vital for fostering environments where individuals can thrive. Nadia Shtaranceski emphasizes the significance of developing spaces within communities that allow for personal expression and individual reflection, termed 'aloneness in togetherness.' This idea promotes the notion that healthy collectives must provide opportunities for personal boundaries, allowing for an open flow between togetherness and individuality. Creating such inclusive environments is essential for building meaningful connections among members and for overall community health.

Intro

3min

Exploring Identity and Community Dynamics

2min

Balancing Aloneness and Togetherness

7min

Navigating Interpersonal Boundaries

10min

The Power of Shared Stories in Building Community

2min

Embracing Vulnerability in Connection

6min

Embracing Emotional Resilience

13min

Exploring Conscious Communities

18min

On the 102nd episode of What is a Good Life? podcast, I am delighted to introduce our guest, Nadjeschda (Nadja) Taranczewski. Nadja has a Master of Psychology, is a Master Certified Coach and works as a coach, author, and keynote speaker. She supports leaders who want to reinvent their organisation as Conscious Tribe, i.e. as a thriving community where people invest in inner work, understand the big picture, invest in deep relationships and cultivate conscious rituals. Her company ConsciousU facilitates collective transformation and makes culture change scalable through their blended learning coaching programmes. She is the author of the book Conscious You: Become the Hero of Your Own Story and is currently working on her forthcoming book The Conscious Tribe Playbook.

In this illuminating conversation, Nadja shares with us her explorations of building thriving and conscious collectives. We discuss profoundly important components of healthy relating including developing spaces for aloneness in togetherness, creating rituals for sharing more context and our humanity, becoming aware of the transience of our emotions, and welcoming the uncertainty we are often fearing and avoiding.

This whole conversation is a wonderful invitation to become alive to what is within us, communicating and sharing our humanity, while Nadja shares so many wonderfully grounded anecdotes to bring alive the concepts we discuss. This conversation gave me further hope of what can be possible within our own communities.

For further content and information check out the following:
- Nadjeschda's Book: https://herobook.conscious-u.com/
- Conscious U website: https://www.conscious-u.com/
- Nadjeschda's LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nadjeschdataranczewski/

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Contact me at mark@whatisagood.life if you'd like to explore your own lines of self-inquiry through 1-on-1 coaching, take part in my weekly free silent conversations, discuss experiences I create to stimulate greater trust, communication, and connection, amongst your leadership teams, or you simply want to get in touch.

00:00 Introduction

03:08 How do we build healthy collectives?

06:58 Aloneness in togetherness

11:33 Separating not meaning rejection

14:38 Not making it all about ourselves

20:23 Daily rituals for connection and context

25:08 Masking and resisting uncertainty

28:31 Trusting we can handle discomfort

30:57 Noticing the transience of our emotions

35:58 Regaining our emotional dexterity

39:58 Realising the stories we attach to events

44:43 The development of conscious communities

51:08 Paying attention to our humanity

59:08 What is a good life for Nadja?

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