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Kai Geffen's avatar

I listened to this, thought it was cool, might listen to it again

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Good Medicine Collective's avatar

Thank you for this vulnerable and thought-provoking conversation!!!! So much resonance.

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Dechen Ellen's avatar

So good to hear from you! Thanks for all your amazing work in Portland! I loved being with some of the community at the ceremony last October.

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Harry's avatar

beautiful beautiful beautiful! so much love and intimacy and friendship yayyyy 🥰🥰🥰 I wanna hug you both (I find this format valuable)

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Dechen Ellen's avatar

Thank you so much, Harry. It's wonderful to hear from you, and to know that it resonated. I somehow have the sense we'll get to exchange hugs before too long 🥹

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Kathleen Allen's avatar

I found especially powerful the part where you discuss the tremendous pressure we put on our romantic dyads or life partners to work things out. Break down of community has led to a loss of emotionally intimate friends. Thanks for pointing at this and modeling intimate friendship that can flex, bend, lean in and take space over the long arc of life long friendship. Much love to you both.

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Dechen Ellen's avatar

thank you so much Kathleen. much love towards your wise heart

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Ria Baeck's avatar

hello Dechen and Daniel - this is a good, vulnerable, valuable conversation, really!

Needed to be understood for any self-organising community/organisation.

I might publish a link to this conversation in our next Collective Presencing newsletter.

(might be good to have a link to Dechen's writings? IF they are online somewhere)

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Dechen Ellen's avatar

Thank you, Ria! It's so great to hear from you, and so nourishing to receive your appreciation. <3 Thanks for everything you do to continually carve out a space for this work.

My substack is here: https://incarnate.substack.com/

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Apostol's avatar

Something very interesting happened. I was listening to a Guru Viking podcast, and I just started to feel exhausted by it. And then I was wondering what to do, whether to jump to some music or jump to this, but I jumped to this interview. At the end of this conversation I suddenly found myself nourished. Listening to you guys wasn't exhausting or tiring, it was nourishing and regulating. Weird and beautiful!

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Dechen Ellen's avatar

I love this! Thank you so much. I know that podcast fatigue feeling. Your comment helps me and confirms an intuition I've had about the type of conversation I want to share. Blessings to you ❤️🌈❤️

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Geoff Fitch's avatar

Thank you both. Such a rich conversation. I think especially it is a gift to have two people talk about their own relationship and to acknowledge and reflect on the way power has played out between you two, and to share this publicly. I am sure this will benefit many and be an invitation for others to open that conversation.

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Dechen Ellen's avatar

Thank you so so much. 🙏🙏🙏😘😘😘

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Dechen Ellen's avatar

It means so much to receive your comment and reflection. I feel that I couldn't have turned the corners described in this conversation, without your loving friendship and teaching. 🌈🌈🌈

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