Department of Aliveness · Bureau no. 01
● Open · Ogden, Utah
● Open · Ogden, Utah
Est. 2024
The Living Room · An invitation
The Living Room · An invitation
The Living Room · An invitation
Seats open
Seats open
Seats open
Once a month · on video
The Living Room
Once a month · on video
The Living Room
Once a month · on video
The Living Room
An hour of conversation about living after everything shifted, and while plenty is still shifting.
An hour of conversation about living after everything shifted, and while plenty is still shifting.
An hour of conversation about living after everything shifted, and while plenty is still shifting.
Monthly
Monthly
Monthly
One hour
One hour
One hour
Up to 20 people
Up to 20 people
Up to 20 people
$29
$29
$29
See upcoming rooms →
See upcoming rooms →
See upcoming rooms →
Next: Saturday, October 17
Most places you can take what’s going on want to do something with it.
Most places you can take what’s going on want to do something with it.
Most places you can take what’s going on want to do something with it.
Fix it. Reframe it. Turn it into a lesson or a plan. Sometimes that helps. Often what you actually needed was for someone to hear it and let it stand.
Fix it. Reframe it. Turn it into a lesson or a plan. Sometimes that helps. Often what you actually needed was for someone to hear it and let it stand.
Fix it. Reframe it. Turn it into a lesson or a plan. Sometimes that helps. Often what you actually needed was for someone to hear it and let it stand.
The Living Room is an hour for that. Up to twenty people on video, once a month. You can speak or you can simply listen. Either way, you’re welcomed and witnessed.
The Living Room is an hour for that. Up to twenty people on video, once a month. You can speak or you can simply listen. Either way, you’re welcomed and witnessed.
The Living Room is an hour for that. Up to twenty people on video, once a month. You can speak or you can simply listen. Either way, you’re welcomed and witnessed.
Some people arrive when the hard part is over and nothing has taken its place yet. Some arrive in the middle of it, with the feelings right at the surface. Both belong in the same room.
Some people arrive when the hard part is over and nothing has taken its place yet. Some arrive in the middle of it, with the feelings right at the surface. Both belong in the same room.
Some people arrive when the hard part is over and nothing has taken its place yet. Some arrive in the middle of it, with the feelings right at the surface. Both belong in the same room.
And the people you meet don’t have to stay in the hour.
And the people you meet don’t have to stay in the hour.
And the people you meet don’t have to stay in the hour.
Each month has a small anchor — a season, a question — so the hour has somewhere to start. It’s a doorway, not a syllabus. Bring whatever is actually true.
Each month has a small anchor — a season, a question — so the hour has somewhere to start. It’s a doorway, not a syllabus. Bring whatever is actually true.
Each month has a small anchor — a season, a question — so the hour has somewhere to start. It’s a doorway, not a syllabus. Bring whatever is actually true.
The form
What the Living Room is
What the Living Room is
What the Living Room is
A live gathering, once a month, on video. No more than twenty people. One hour, start to finish.
A live gathering, once a month, on video. No more than twenty people. One hour, start to finish.
A live gathering, once a month, on video. No more than twenty people. One hour, start to finish.
I facilitate, which means I hold the shape of the hour so you don’t have to. There is no curriculum and no slide deck. Some people talk. Some people keep their camera on and say nothing. Both are a complete way to be there.
I facilitate, which means I hold the shape of the hour so you don’t have to. There is no curriculum and no slide deck. Some people talk. Some people keep their camera on and say nothing. Both are a complete way to be there.
I facilitate, which means I hold the shape of the hour so you don’t have to. There is no curriculum and no slide deck. Some people talk. Some people keep their camera on and say nothing. Both are a complete way to be there.
What to expect
What the hour feels like
What the hour feels like
What the hour feels like
It starts on time and it ends on time. I open with the month’s anchor — a question, a passage, a scene. Then the room opens.
It starts on time and it ends on time. I open with the month’s anchor — a question, a passage, a scene. Then the room opens.
It starts on time and it ends on time. I open with the month’s anchor — a question, a passage, a scene. Then the room opens.
People say things they have not said to anyone. Nobody rushes in to fix it. That restraint is the entire design, and it is the part people tell me they have not experienced anywhere else.
People say things they have not said to anyone. Nobody rushes in to fix it. That restraint is the entire design, and it is the part people tell me they have not experienced anywhere else.
People say things they have not said to anyone. Nobody rushes in to fix it. That restraint is the entire design, and it is the part people tell me they have not experienced anywhere else.
It is quieter than you expect. Sometimes it is funny. Nobody is asked to perform a breakthrough.
It is quieter than you expect. Sometimes it is funny. Nobody is asked to perform a breakthrough.
It is quieter than you expect. Sometimes it is funny. Nobody is asked to perform a breakthrough.
Fit
Who tends to come
Who tends to come
Who tends to come
You finished the hard part and nobody handed you a next self.
You finished the hard part and nobody handed you a next self.
You finished the hard part and nobody handed you a next self.
You are in the middle of it, and the feelings are right at the surface.
You are the person other people come to, and you have nowhere to take your own.
You are the person other people come to, and you have nowhere to take your own.
You are the person other people come to, and you have nowhere to take your own.
You have said “I’m good, honestly” more times this year than you meant it.
You have said “I’m good, honestly” more times this year than you meant it.
You have said “I’m good, honestly” more times this year than you meant it.
You have read plenty about this and would rather be in a room with it.
You have read plenty about this and would rather be in a room with it.
You have read plenty about this and would rather be in a room with it.
Upcoming rooms
Pick an evening.
Saturdays · 7–8 pm Mountain · $29
Oct
17
Anchor
What’s done
What in your life is already over that you haven’t let yourself call finished?
Reserve · $29 →
Nov
14
Anchor
Enough
What is quietly enough right now?
Reserve · $29 →
Dec
19
Anchor
The longest night
What are you waiting on that you can’t hurry?
Reserve · $29 →
Paid seats only, so the room stays the size it says it is. Tell me before the day and it’s refunded.
The Living Room is held by Alexander Lovell — researcher, writer, and the whole of the Department of Aliveness, which operates out of Ogden, Utah.
The Living Room is held by Alexander Lovell — researcher, writer, and the whole of the Department of Aliveness, which operates out of Ogden, Utah.
The Living Room is held by Alexander Lovell — researcher, writer, and the whole of the Department of Aliveness, which operates out of Ogden, Utah.