● David Spinks: Where Belonging Begins
David Spinks is the author of The Business of Belonging, co-founder of CMX, and a coach for community founders and leaders. His work sits at the center of a question that keeps getting more urgent: what does it actually take for people to feel socially healthy, connected, and held?
Brian and David talk about the many forms community can take, from online gaming clans and sports bars to concerts, neighborhoods, long friendships, and brief moments of shared emotion. David argues that loose ties, deep bonds, playful gatherings, and vulnerable spaces all matter because humans need more than one kind of connection.
The conversation moves through AI, social media, technological dissociation, Buddhism, poetic attunement, and the way modern life can make relationship feel transactional. At the center is David's invitation to look not only for belonging with other people, but also at the ways we learn to belong to ourselves.
You can follow David's work at davidspinks.com, read his Substack Enough Already davidspinks.substack.com, and learn more about his coaching for community leaders and founders. Lastly, you can connect with David on LinkedIn at linkedin.com/in/davidspinks
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