Is Self-Care Making Us Lonely? Monika Jiang x slows
How did self-care become something we do alone?
In an era where wellness is often sold as an individual pursuit, we want to ask what might care look like when we practice it together? What happens when we slow down enough to notice our own needs, and each other’s?
This 90-minute gathering invites you into a shared inquiry around loneliness, care, and the limits of the wellness industry. Through conversation, reflection, and embodied practice, we’ll explore how care can move from the personal to the collective—from self-care to shared care.
What to expect
A slow, guided experience blending conversation, reflection, and movement. You can expect to:
Arrive, settle in, and ground yourself through gentle guided practice
Reflect on moments of giving and receiving care in your own life
Join a conversation with Monika Jiang and Patricia Oleksiak on whether self-care as we know it today might be making us lonelier—and what must shift, both in us and around us
Participate in somatic and embodied moments to reconnect to yourself and others
Exchange in small groups through active listening and dialogue around care, needs, and connection
Close together with shared reflections and a collective grounding
About us:
We, Patricia Oleksiak and Monika Jiang, met through our shared curiosity about community care and how it can take root even within an industry that often centers the individual. Both of us move within the wellness field, and yet, we continue to ask how care might become more collective and relational.
Patricia is the founder of Slows, a mental health gym in Berlin, creating space for inner work and collective grounding. The Oneliness Project, led by Monika, a writer, facilitator, and community builder, explores the transformation from loneliness to connection—turning our shared experience into a practice of oneliness.
We hope you’ll join us! 🤍
With love,
Patricia & Monika