Reconnecting After Covid
Life is a Festival #102: Radha Agrawal (Daybreaker)
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Feeling a little nervous about post-pandemic gatherings? You’re not alone. Luckily we have a master community builder, Radha Agrawal of the sober morning dance party Daybreaker, to give us some wise words and a gentle nudge back to IRL connection.
Our show starts with Radha’s own experience intentionally crafting a new group of friends in her thirties. She shares some social alchemy techniques from her book Belong including the C.R.A.W.L. method and the Four Phases of Community. We discuss what she learned when Daybreaker went digital during the pandemic. Finally we explore reintegrating into in-person experiences for both attendees and producers.
Radha Agrawal is the co-Founder, CEO and Chief Community Architect of Daybreaker, the sober morning dance party vibing on five continents with almost half a million people. Her book Belong is a blueprint for building community. Radha is currently teaching joy practices on D.O.S.E., Daybreaker’s science backed platform, which supports members on their journey to joy. She is also busy pioneering the field of Functional Happiness and writing her next book, The Joy Ride.
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Timestamps
:07 - How Radha learned to be intentional about choosing her friends
:17: - Radha’s CRAWL method for community building starting
:22 - Women’s safety and leadership at events
:36 - How being forced online by the pandemic brought Daybreaker into people’s homes
:41 - Using Radha’s Four Phases of Community to reconnect post-COVID
:48 - How to find a sense of safety resocializing
:53 - Ways of stimulating your happy chemicals dopamine, oxytocin, serotonin and endorphins (D.O.S.E.)
Graphics Designed by Andy McErlean
Audio Engineering by Trevor Coulter
Theme song ““Peculiar Colors” [Manjumasi]“ by dj atish