Creating Community: Overcoming Isolation and Fear of Rejection

In today's episode, we are blessed to have Susan Brown back with us, this time, to deep dive into ways of creating community, its benefits, how it supports our well-being and healing. Susan is a Mental Health Counselor and Brain Injury Specialist; she owns Boulder Semita Counseling, a private practice where she helps communities through a person-centered, humanistic, transpersonal lens.

Throughout our conversation, you'll hear discussion on the loss of community in modern society, and how cultivating and caring for community can benefit the well-being of us all. Community is multifaceted and extremely nuanced, and is a core element of our health; as such we also examine the pros and cons of technology and community, the fear of rejection, isolation, support systems, and the value of friendship.

Tune in and listen to episode six of Comfortable Change and learn more about the transformative potential of community. 

In This Episode, You Will Learn:

• Defining community (1:20)
• Community support systems (12:00)
• Chosen family (15:30)
• Fear of rejection and community building (25:10)
• The value of friendship (34:40)
• How to build trust with simple questions (46:00)

Resources:

Creating the World We Want to Live In

Designing Creative Communities

How to Make Friends That Last

Here to Make Friends: How to Make Friends as an Adult

Connect with Susan:

• Website
• LinkedIn

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• Email: dani.j.e.336@gmail.com 

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