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Scenario

How intentional communities handle uneven commitment to shared responsibilities

Our housing co-op is supposed to be based on shared values, but some housemates treat it like a regular rental where they just pay rent and don't participate in the collective work, while others of us are burning out trying to maintain the intentional community piece. We're all conflict-avoidant so no one wants to have the hard conversations about what we actually signed up for.

More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

A group discovers that having shared ideals does not automatically create shared commitment, but their conflict-avoidant culture prevents them from negotiating what collective responsibility actually means.

Your guide for this
Juana
Juana works with people navigating exactly this kind of situation.
Ideas that help explain it
Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with Fairness — what every civilization concluded?”

Peri

Peri can explain why this happens, help you decide if this is the right situation for you, and point toward the right journey or coach.

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