Conversations That Don't Suck
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In a world that is collectively starved for connection, why does it feel so hard to cultivate? Join Kyla Sokoll-Ward, millennial loneliness thought leader, in truth-telling conversations with community builders, professional empaths, and communication experts as we build a world where expressing your emotions is normal, having meaningful community is non-negotiable, and empathic communication is practiced on the daily. If you’re tired of the “What do you do?” and otherwise shitty conversations you keep finding yourself trapped in, you’ll love these deep-dive discussions around topics including connection, communication, community, and how to bring more realness to the world in a way that creates more belonging, not separation.
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United States
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In a world that is collectively starved for connection, why does it feel so hard to cultivate? Join Kyla Sokoll-Ward, millennial loneliness thought leader, in truth-telling conversations with community builders, professional empaths, and communication experts as we build a world where expressing your emotions is normal, having meaningful community is non-negotiable, and empathic communication is practiced on the daily. If you’re tired of the “What do you do?” and otherwise shitty conversations you keep finding yourself trapped in, you’ll love these deep-dive discussions around topics including connection, communication, community, and how to bring more realness to the world in a way that creates more belonging, not separation.
Language:
English
Episodes
The Podcast is Pausing!
12/17/2020
The podcast is taking an indefinite break, because the world is hard and weird and I need to hermit. I love you each. Listen for an explanation. I'll be back!
Duration:00:17:29
Exploring Mental Health in Community with Sasha Raskin
10/12/2020
Sasha Raskin is on the podcast this week! Sasha and I met through the magic of Facebook (mild sarcasm, but also, amazing). In this episode, we discuss: - How she started her community A Beautiful Mess, her mental health journey, her experience checking herself into a mental hospital, paradoxes in emotions, the impact of vulnerability, the difference between real vulnerability and oversharing in leadership, and “safe spaces”. Sasha Raskin is the Founder of A BEAUTIFUL MESS (ABM), a mental...
Duration:00:50:38
Friendcast! with Jordan
10/5/2020
My roommate, dear friend, and fellow connection lover Jordan is on the podcast this week. And we’re using Convers(ate) cards! Convers(ate) Conversation Cards spark conversation about an interesting and universal topic using a unique set of question prompts. I LOVE these cards and highly recommend checking them out. Shout out to Taylor at Convers(ate) for reaching out and for enlightening me to these amazing cards! In this episode, we discuss: tattoos, relishing change vs resisting it, death...
Duration:00:49:56
Solocast: In Defense of Sensitivity
9/28/2020
Episode 5 of 5 in the series on under-felt, under-appreciated, under-processed emotions. Sensitivity is a big one, y'all. It's one that most people think is bad, too much, too unpleasant... but I think it's a huge gift (like all five of the emotions I've talked about these last episodes!) In this episode, I get into what sensitivity is, why it's challenging, and how we can become more attuned and discerning sensitive beings. Enjoy! As always, I love to hear your thoughts on these things. You...
Duration:00:37:11
Solocast: In Defense of Heartbreak
9/21/2020
This is episode 4/5 of under-felt, under-appreciated, under-processed emotions. Heartbreak is my favorite thing to talk about, second to loneliness ;) and in this episode I dive into a few of the toughest experiences I've had with heartbreak, why I think it's so important to fully feel heartbreak, and how it expands our capacity for more love. This is a juicy one, and I hope y'all love it. You can also listen to episode 11 where I share some poetry on an experience of heartbreak I had had at...
Duration:00:41:40
Solocast: In Defense of Rage
9/14/2020
This is episode 3 of 5 in a series on emotions that are often under-felt, under-appreciated, and under-processed. RAGE is a big one!! If you're not feeling rage this year, I'm not sure where you're living, but if you're anything like me, rage is a feeling that has followed you for more than a year. Especially for people socialized as women, rage is something we're rarely permissioned to experience, let alone actually embody or express. But there is SO MUCH WISDOM in rage, and in this episode...
Duration:00:32:53
Solocast: In Defense of Neediness
9/7/2020
NEEDINESS - Does this word make your skin crawl the way that mine does?! This is part 2 of 5 in a series on difficult or under-processed emotions, and neediness is one of the most rejected feelings I've ever known, both in myself and others. I dive into what neediness is, the many ways it gets experienced, and what you can do to get more in touch with your neediness (and... dare I say... make friends with it?!) I hope y'all love this one. It's fun to deep-dive into some tough emotions with...
Duration:00:37:57
Solocast: In Defense of Loneliness
8/31/2020
I'm lonely, you're lonely, we're all lonely. I'm back with another solocast. For the next 5 weeks, I'll speak to 5 different challenging emotions/emotional experiences, my thoughts on them through my research with loneliness and connection, and a few vulnerable shares of my own experiences with them. Y'all have been loving the solocasts, and I'd love to hear more of your feedback, thoughts, ideas, musings, questions. Much love!
Duration:00:39:17
Love, Sex, and Loneliness with Simone Humphrey and Signe Simon
8/24/2020
Simone Humphrey and Signe Simon, the co-founders of LOVELINK, are on the pod this week! LOVELINK is a podcast, workshop series, and hosts other resources to help people connect more deeply to themselves and others. Simone Humphrey, PsyD, currently works at Therapists of New York, a private practice in midtown, Manhattan. She has a passion for developing creative and unconventional ways to promote mental health and wellbeing. Signe Simon, PhD, teaches graduate students and works with...
Duration:00:53:38
Infusing Our Lives with Play with Gary Ware
8/17/2020
Gary Ware is on the podcast this week! Gary Ware, the Founder of Breakthrough Play, is a sought-after Corporate Facilitator and Keynote Speaker with nearly a decade of experience as a performer in improv theatre. He assists teams with unlocking creativity, confidence, and sparks collaboration with experiential methods proven to drive peak performance. Gary spent over a decade in the corporate world and originally pursued improv to master public speaking. He quickly discovered that combining...
Duration:00:52:12
Belonging Through Ritual & Spirituality with Casper ter Kuile
8/10/2020
Casper ter Kuile is on the podcast this week, and this episode is just beautiful. Casper has been such a huge inspiration for me and I think is one of the most important current voices in the conversation around community and belonging. In this conversation, we discuss: ritual and meaning outside of religion, how ritual creates reminders of interconnectedness, Shabbat and Abraham Joshua Heschel, creating our own blessings for sacred moments, how individualizing our spirituality creates more...
Duration:00:49:04
Social Wellbeing During a Pandemic with Kasley Killam
8/3/2020
Kasley is on the pod this week! Kasley was introduced to me by a mutual friend and let's just say it was intellectual love at first sight. Kasley specializes in the science of and strategies for social well-being: the dimension of health that comes from connection and community. She holds a master's in public health from Harvard University and is a writer, speaker, consultant, and member of local, state, and national coalitions working to address the loneliness epidemic. Based in San...
Duration:00:52:14
Solocast: This Pandemic Sucks
7/27/2020
The second solocast is here, and it's been a long time comin'. The first one that I released back in March (the heartbreak episode) is the most downloaded episode I've ever released. I've hesitated to reveal more of myself in this highly personal way but then I sat down and read you a journal entry so... oops. I think there are many more to come, because uh, I haven't been around enough people lately and I have a lot of thoughts and feelings. Enjoy! PS - like these solocasts? What else do...
Duration:00:15:10
Celebration as Connection with Jacques Martiquet
7/20/2020
We've got Jacques Martiquet on the pod this week! Jacques is an international party scientist who has facilitated ecstatic celebrations at Envision Festival, Shambhala Festival, LUSH Cosmetics, and Lululemon. Jacques has been interviewed by VICE media about his mission to bridge public health and party culture. Jacques' current focus is working within the events industry to address the loneliness epidemic, by offering new entertainment experiences founded on fun and social connection. In...
Duration:00:48:19
Accessing Vulnerability Through Poetry with Alisha Yi & David Xiang
7/13/2020
Alisha Yi and David Xiang are on the podcast this week - the first DOUBLE GUEST episode in the podcast's short history. Alisha and David are the creators of the Hope Storytelling Project, a virtual series of poetry workshops designed to discuss themes of hope and vulnerability. Alisha M. Yi is a rising junior at Harvard University, studying History and Science and is a 2018 U.S. Presidential Scholar in the Arts for Writing. David Xiang graduated this year magna cum laude from Harvard...
Duration:00:54:22
Culture, Society, and Loneliness with Melanie Aronson
7/6/2020
Melanie Aronson is on the podcast this week, and we get into a super juicy conversation about the ways that our culture and societal norms affect the loneliness of its inhabitants. Melanie is US-born but currently living in Sweden and we get into all the nuances of what is considered "normal" in connection and our own experiences with loneliness. In this conversation, we discuss: Melanie’s research on middle eastern integration in Sweden, her app Pinion aimed to connect people with similar...
Duration:00:50:00
Asking Deep Questions with Jan Keck
6/29/2020
Jan Keck is on the podcast this week, and it was such a joy to speak with someone who has an equal love for deep questions and deeper conversation. I hope you enjoy it! Jan Keck is a community addict. He is the creator of ASK DEEP QUESTIONS, which started out as a deck of cards to help his friends connect on a camping trip and is now being used to facilitate meaningful conversations through sharing personal and vulnerable stories on every continent around the globe. Jan’s mission is to help...
Duration:00:50:26
Friendcast! with Georgia
6/1/2020
The Friendcast is back! This week I'm sitting down with my sassy, gorgeous, divine feminine friend Georgia and we talk about allll the things. We get into: the story of how Georgia and I met in Tel Aviv, our bond over shared experiences with food and body image, the ritual of women gathering under the moon, the grey area of healing, the beautiful, healing, catalytic power of women, and dealing with body image during a pandemic. It was truly so beautiful and refreshing to sit down (virtually,...
Duration:00:58:44
Getting intimate with shame with A.J. Bond
5/25/2020
A.J. Bond is on the podcast this week, and it's an eddddggyyyy oneee! A.J. is a writer, filmmaker, and shame educator based in Toronto. He is the host of the podcast Discomfortable and is currently completing his certification with the Center for Healing Shame in Berkeley. In this episode, we discuss: A.J.’s journey with discovering his own shame, the process of learning to work with shame, how to differentiate between our own shame and that of others, how my shame presents itself around...
Duration:00:56:52
The Healing of Hearing and Being Heard with Kyle Zamcheck
5/18/2020
Kyle Zamcheck, my sister from another mister, is on the podcast this week! Kyle is truly a remarkable human being and I'm so super duper grateful for this epic, raw conversation we had. In this episode, we discuss: the death of Toni Lane Casserly, how to make an impact, femininity in intellectual spaces, the humanity in Zoom calls, intimate communication in everyday life, the ego in altruistic work, the dark side of caregiving and “showing up” for others, healing our wounds through our work,...
Duration:01:09:33