256. How to Host a Magical Gathering with Priya Parker

We Can Do Hard Things

Glennon Doyle & Audacy

Society & Culture, Relationships, Education, Self-improvement

4.8 • 41.1K Ratings

🗓️ 7 November 2023

⏱️ 71 minutes

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Summary

Priya Parker is here to discuss what Glennon called “the most important thing in the world” – connection – and how to make our time with other people have more of it. She teaches us: How – whether it’s a wedding or a retirement party – you can create new gathering rituals that forge truer, deeper relationships; Why the outcome of every gathering is decided before anyone steps in the room; and Why so many of us hate parties – and what to do about it. For the The Art of Gathering online course giveaway go to priyaparker.com/hardthings About Priya: Priya Parker is a conflict facilitator, strategic advisor, international speaker, and acclaimed author of The Art of Gathering: How We Meet and Why It Matters and host of the podcast TOGETHER APART. She is the creator and host of The Art of Gathering digital course, about how to make meaning with and for our people. She lives in Brooklyn, New York with her husband and two children. TW: @priyaparker IG: @priyaparker To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	They stopped asking directions, some places they've never been. Welcome to We Can Do Hard Things.
0:15.0	We are today talking about the most important thing in the world.
0:20.0	Is that true? I think so.
0:21.0	Okay.
0:22.0	I'm ready for this. Yeah, right? I mean on this earth we have only a few resources and two of the most important are time and relationships.
0:32.3	And yet it feels like we have not figured out how to use time to deepen or
0:40.8	enliven make ourselves closer to other people.
0:45.3	Like we have figured out how to gather people together,
0:49.6	spend some time and then leave,
0:52.3	but not use the time to make our relationships better.
0:58.8	And today we have a friend and a world-renowned expert on how to do that and how to use our time and
1:07.5	spaces to make our lives better by making our relationships better and And that is, of course, Priya Parker.
1:15.6	Priya Parker is a conflict facilitator, strategic advisor,
1:20.0	international speaker, and acclaimed author
1:22.3	of The Art of Gathering,
1:24.1	how we meet and why it matters, and she is also the host of the podcast
1:28.0	Together Apart.
1:30.1	She is the creator and host of the Art of Gathering digital course about how to make meaning with and for our people.
1:38.0	And all of you should know that Priya is actually going to give away 50 of those courses to pod squatters.
1:47.3	So stay tuned.
1:48.8	Priya lives in Brooklyn, New York with her husband and two children.
1:53.5	Priya, thank you for coming on
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