The Federal Government is Broken. Our Communities Don't Have to Be.
January 13, 2026
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as posted by the channelWhat happens when you choose radical community over modern isolation?
Elizabeth Oldfield, author of "Fully Alive" and host of The Sacred podcast, lives in a commune with three other adults and their children. They share finances, cook for each other, pray together at 6:45 AM, and have built a life of intentional connection in the heart of London.
In this conversation, Elizabeth shares why she made this choice, what ancient Christian practices reveal about our modern crisis of loneliness, and how technology is literally shrinking our brains' ability to connect with other people.
In this episode:
→ Why Elizabeth moved from working at the BBC to living in a commune
→ The seven deadly sins reimagined for 2025 (and why "sin" might be the most psychologically realistic framework we have)
→ What neuroscience reveals about social atrophy and AI
→ How to have hard conversations without destroying relationships
→ The discipline of celebration (and why Netflix doesn't count as joy)
→ Practical rituals: Sabbath, open table dinners, and saying what you actually mean
→ The surprising way living with housemates improved Elizabeth's marriage
→ Why commitment to a relationship matters more than emotional comfort
Timestamps:
"Everything that you don't say is a brick in a wall between you and the other person." - Elizabeth Oldfield
RESOURCES MENTIONED:
📖 Elizabeth's Book: "Fully Alive: Tending to the Soul in Turbulent Times"
🎙️ Elizabeth's Podcast: "The Sacred"
✍️ Elizabeth's Writing: More Fully Alive (Substack)
Books Referenced:
"Awe" by Dacher Keltner
"Monks in the Casino" by Derek Thompson (Substack)
"I and Thou" by Martin Buber
ABOUT ELIZABETH OLDFIELD:
Elizabeth Oldfield is the author of "Fully Alive: Tending to the Soul in Turbulent Times" and host of The Sacred, a podcast where she interviews people from radically different perspectives with curiosity and empathy. She lives in an intentional community in London with her family and housemates, practicing what she calls "fundamentalist communitarianism."
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This episode of Pantsuit Politics is produced by Studio D Podcast Production. Theme music by Xander Singh.
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