Tell me more about cohousing
Our members Lynn Morstead & Kelli Soika get together weekly to chat about cohousing topics. They reflect on a broad range of questions, observations, challenges and successes related to their forming cohousing community and the world around them. They are newbies to the podcasting world, refining their craft each week. Come along for the ride! They're fun and look forward to your comments. Lynn & Kelli
For more information on CoHousing Houston go to www.cohousinghouston.com
Episodes
168 episodes
S3 Episode 46: Amiss Baucum
In Episode 46 Kelli Soika and Lynn Morstead interview Amiss Baucum, currently doing a Master's program in Urbanism and Societal Change at the Royal Danish Academy of Architecture. Amiss grew up in Louisiana in a tight community, w...
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S3 Episode 45: Top 10 Agreements Before Moving In
In Episode 45 Kelli Soika and Lynn Morstead conduct a review of the Recommended Top 10 Agreements to have in place before moving in, and take a stab at assessing how their community is doing on this list. For more information abo...
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S3 Episode 44: The Cohousing Conference Recap
In Episode 44 Kelli Soika and Lynn Morstead talk to a member of their community, Cate Springer, about her experience at the national cohousing conference. She's an architect who is interested in how to live differently... and she's ...
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S3 Episode 43: Inside cohousing- what if I want to make changes to my home?
In Episode 43 Kelli Soika and Lynn Morstead discuss how cohousing communities address individuals' desire to change their homes within the context of shared walls and shared interests. Hint: it's pretty different from how a standard ...
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S3 Episode 42: A farewell to the Olympics!
In Episode 42 Kelli Soika and Lynn Morstead catch up and talk about the 2024 Olympics. How does it relate to cohousing? Tune in and find out!For more information about CoHousing Houston, please check out our website at
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S3 Episode 41: A visit with Heartwood Commons in Tulsa
In Episode 41 Kelli Soika visits with Suzy Sharp a founding member of Heartwood Commons a new 55+ cohousing community in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Suzy talks about her community which is getting ready for move in soon. If you're curious about com...
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S3 Episode 40: Discovering community through a sisterhood of refugees
In Episode 40 Lynn Morstead interviews Kim Meyer, one of our newest cohousing community members about her path to community. An author, university English professor and most...
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S3 Episode 39: Experiences of community living for a young adult
In Episode 39 Kelli Soika interviews Caleb Parker, a young adult who has lived in both a co-op in Texas and an intentional community in New York City. They talk about the structure of the two communities and his insights into how the env...
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S3 Episode 38: Community responses to Hurricane Beryl
Send us a message!In Episode 38 Lynn Morstead and Kelli Soika talk about what happened in Houston this past week when hurricane Beryl came roari...
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S3 Episode 37: The practice of showing up
In Episode 37 Lynn Morstead and Kelli Soika discuss one of the ways community is built: through the regular (and sometimes tedious!) practice of just showing up. The value of returning to a group of people and committing to buildi...
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S3 Episode 36: Cooking for a crowd, a tale from the Camino de Santiago
In Episode 36 Lynn Morstead and Kelli Soika interview Claudia Stephens about her experience cooking for a crowd as a volunteer chef at one of the many waystations on the Camino de Santiago. She has an amazing tale of hospitality a...
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S3 Episode 35: Book Review: A Consensus Handbook
In Episode 35 Lynn Morstead and Kelli Soika review A Consensus Handbook published by Seeds for Change. A Consensus Handbook explains the spirit and philosophy of co-operative decision making as well as providing p...
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S3 Episode 34: 10 Lessons Courtney Martin learned living in cohousing
In Episode 34 Lynn Morstead and Kelli Soika give their personal expansions on the "Ten Lessons in Neighborliness From a Cohousing C...
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S3 Episode 33: Book Review: The Cooperative Culture Handbook by Yana Ludwig & Karen Gimnig
In Episode 33 Lynn Morstead and Kelli Soika delve further into the stack of cohousing books they've accumulated over the years and review what's useful and why you might want to check out a cohousing book. In this episode, t...
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S3 Episode 32: Book Review: Head, Heart & Hands Lessons in Community Building, by Shari Leach
In Episode 32 Lynn Morstead and Kelli Soika delve into the stack of cohousing books they've accumulated over the years and review what's useful and why you might want to check out a cohousing book. In this episode, they revi...
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S3 Episode 31: Poetry
In Episode 31 Lynn Morstead and Kelli Soika share some poetry! The poems have something to do with cohousing, but really, it's an excuse to stop and share some poems.Poems mentioned:
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S3 Episode 30: A spiritual path to cohousing with Tom King
In Episode 29 Lynn Morstead and Kelli Soika interview Tom King, the originator of the Houston cohousing group. Tom's path to cohousing has a dimension that we haven’t ...
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S3 Episode 29: Cracking the locked safe story
In Episode 29 Lynn Morstead and Kelli Soika replay the 2022 story of the mystery old safe that was left behind in the tear-down building on the property. Before the bulldozers knocked it down a spirit of curiosity blew through the...
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S3 Episode 28: Inflections of community on a creative life.
In Episode 28 Lynn Morstead and Kelli Soika interview Anna Barr, a writer and graduate student at the University of Houston. They talk about Anna's experience living in a co-op during her undergraduate years and how community info...
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S3 Episode 27: Building community wherever you go
In Episode 27 Lynn Morstead and Kelli Soika interview Susan Lieberman, a woman who builds community wherever she goes.... and she's been lots of places! She has "lived in nine cities, written eight books, directed four educational...
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S3 Episode 26: What can you do with 1.5 acres?
In Episode 26 Lynn Morstead and Kelli Soika "walk through" the physical space of CoHousing Houston with the assistance of the group's new final design fly-through. To follow along while listening to the podcast, check out th...
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S3 Episode 25: Community Radio, meet Community Living
In Episode 25 Steve Stelzer, Lynn Morstead and Kelli Soika join the Open Journal team at KPFT, Houston's Community Radio station to explain about this new cohousing project coming to town. CoHousing Houston is the first cohousing built i...
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Episode 25
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S3 Episode 24: Letting Go For the Better
In Episode 24 Lynn Morstead and Kelli Soika discuss about how cohousing facilitates letting go of some things that our modern lives foist upon us. As Lynn puts it "this isn't about downsizing!" Instead, they look at the ways that intenti...
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S3 Episode 23: How To Know A Person
In Episode 23 Kelli Soika visits with Laura Eldredge to discuss her upcoming book discussion about David Brooks' new book, How to Know a Person: The Art of Seeing Others Deeply and Being Deeply Seen. She talks about how the book resonate...
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S3 Episode 22: Lynn Answers Three Questions about Downsizing
In Episode 22 Kelli Soika asks Lynn Morstead for an update on her downsizing efforts. What has happened since they last talked about it on the podcast. The questions are:Update on progress made?New Tips?Noti...
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