156 episodios
Tell me more about cohousing Lynn Morstead & Kelli Soika
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- Sociedad y cultura
Our members Lynn Morstead & Kelli Soika get together weekly to chat about cohousing topics. They reflect on a broad range of questions, observations, challenges and successes related to their forming cohousing community and the world around them. They are newbies to the podcasting world, refining their craft each week. Come along for the ride! They're fun and look forward to your comments. Lynn & Kelli For more information on CoHousing Houston go to www.cohousinghouston.com
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S3 Episode 34: 10 Lessons Courtney Martin learned living in cohousing
Send us a message!In Episode 34 Lynn Morstead and Kelli Soika give their personal expansions on the "Ten Lessons in Neighborliness From a Cohousing Community" by Courtney Martin, published in the Berkley Greater Good magazine.We've been featuring posts on these 10 the past couple of weeks on our Facebook page. Check these out here to get a visual and more details from the article. Start with #1 "Sharing unlocks abundance" here from May 29, 2024 and work your way up to #10 "Intergenerational n...
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S3 Episode 33: Book Review: The Cooperative Culture Handbook by Yana Ludwig & Karen Gimnig
Send us a message!In Episode 33 Lynn Morstead and Kelli Soika delve further into the stack of cohousing books they've accumulated over the years and review what's useful and why you might want to check out a cohousing book. In this episode, they review The Cooperative Handbook, a book written by Yana Ludwig and Karen Gimnig.If you would like to get your own copy of this book, go meet some cohousers and see if they'll pass one along... or follow this link.For more information about cohou...
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S3 Episode 32: Book Review: Head, Heart & Hands Lessons in Community Building, by Shari Leach
Send us a message!In Episode 32 Lynn Morstead and Kelli Soika delve into the stack of cohousing books they've accumulated over the years and review what's useful and why you might want to check out a cohousing book. In this episode, they review Head, Heart & Hands Lessons in Community Building, a book written by Shari Leach (Jim Leach's daughter.... Jim from Episode 73: Building A Custom Neighborhood).If you would like to get your own copy of this book, go meet some cohousers and se...
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S3 Episode 31: Poetry
Send us a message!In Episode 31 Lynn Morstead and Kelli Soika share some poetry! The poems have something to do with cohousing, but really, it's an excuse to stop and share some poems.Poems mentioned:On Work by Kahlil GibranGate A-4 by Naomi Shihab NyePied Beauty by Gerard Manley HopkinsThe Arrow and the Song by Henry Wadsworth LongfellowPlanting Your Spring Garden, author unknownFor the Garden of Your Daily LivingPlant Three Rows of peas1. Peace of Mind2. Peace of Heart3. Peace of SoulP...
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S3 Episode 30: A spiritual path to cohousing with Tom King
Send us a message!In Episode 29 Lynn Morstead and Kelli Soika interview Tom King, the originator of the Houston cohousing group. Tom's path to cohousing has a dimension that we haven’t explored much, the spiritual aspect of the path to cohousing. He's part of a cross-cultural mediation community that brought him in contact with the idea of cohousing and that living in community is a spiritual gift. Listen in to learn more about his journey.For more information about cohousing in Houston,...
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S3 Episode 29: Cracking the locked safe story
Send us a message!In Episode 29 Lynn Morstead and Kelli Soika replay the 2022 story of the mystery old safe that was left behind in the tear-down building on the property. Before the bulldozers knocked it down a spirit of curiosity blew through the community that lead to collective initiative to get it cracked and opened. Join the fun ride through their efforts to raise the money to open it and all the plans they had for spending the treasure that surely must be locked inside.After you've lis...