In this soul-nourishing episode of Voices of Emergence, we’re joined by writer, facilitator, and community builder Monika Jiang, founder of The Oneliness Project. Monika’s life and work explore the fertile space between loneliness and belonging, between estrangement and interdependence.

We talk about the hidden beauty in aloneness, the language of the body, and what it means to build community rooted in care, not hierarchy. 

Monika shares her journey of reconnecting with her Chinese heritage, the influence of Thích Nhất Hạnh and Plum Village, and how she holds spaces that soften shame, awaken presence, and invite relational healing.

Together, we reflect on feminine wisdom, ancestral repair, digital intimacy, and why the next Buddha may be a sangha—a collective.

This conversation is an invitation into tenderness, presence, and radical hope.

Learn more: https://oneliness.com
Monika’s Substack: https://oneliness.substack.com