A conversation with Andreas Endries, co-founder of the land-based project and former intentional community Alma Ohana.

I invited Andreas because I’ve been attempting (and failing) to build community myself. I wanted to listen to his story; learn why Andreas’ dream didn’t materialize: what broke, why it broke, and what they’d do differently.

Together we talk about Andreas' roots: how a boy who didn’t fit in ended up dedicating their life to building belonging for others. We talk about Andreas experience of gender in their body, as someone who now identifies as two-spirit. We talk about the stuff of community life: the big vision, the core group that didn’t hold, the famous building permits, the moment you realize you can’t hold it alone anymore. We end with a question: What to do next, when you’ve poured your whole self into something, and it still didn’t work?

Enjoy :)

About the show

Wiser Now is a podcast for those of us who feel called to live truer, wiser lives, as individuals and as a collective. Expect interviews about becoming and initiation, about purpose and vocation, about how to cultivate the courage necessary to live whole lives in a world that's breaking open.

Producer & host: Carlota Guedes.Sound editor: Ariel Saponar.Music producer: Carlos Sierra.

About the host

I'm Carlota Guedes. I write essays and fiction. I host podcast conversations at Wiser Now. I teach integral yoga online. I facilitate book clubs, retreats and gatherings around the questions I'm animated by: self-development, vocation, creativity, and meaning in times of our metacrisis.

To learn more visit wisernow.org. Follow me on Youtube, Instagram or TikTok.