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Shared Table Dinners

A Ritual on Oneliness. Community as a verb. Practiced around food, presence, and questions that move us.

A designed practice for creating the conditions for Oneliness—relating with yourself, others, and the world.

Every element is intentional: a curated theme at the center, the potluck as philosophy, the arrival ritual, mindful listening and sharing, and the closing thread. Together, they create an experience in which what is usually kept beneath the surface becomes speakable.

Since June 2025, more than 20 dinners have been hosted in Berlin and beyond, on themes from AI and artificial intimacy to masculinity and friendship, modern love, ecological grief, and how we end relationships with care. Each edition brings 25 people together.

Find the monthly dinner series in Berlin, in collaboration with C*Space.

Past themes:

Should ChatGPT Be My Therapist (And So Much More) ? · Modern Love and Loneliness · How to Make True Friends · The Ones We Call Family · What Does It Take to Trust Again? · Death Is Life, Too · What Men Want: On Friendship · Not Alone on Earth: With All Living Things · The AI That Comes Too Close · Where Are You From — And Whom? · Loneliness at Work · How Do We End Relationships with Care? · The Politics of Loneliness (Who Feels at Home in a Society?)· For the Love of Community as a Verb · and more

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No presentations, no networking, no performance of connection. What happens here is built by everyone in the room — through what they bring, what they share, what they're willing to sit with.

❋ A table, not a stage

Each dinner is anchored in a theme and questions that move us. The goal is not to resolve it but to go deeper into it together. Ambiguity is welcome. Certainty is not the point.

❋ One theme, many views

Before the conversation begins, we arrive — together, in the room, in ourselves. Shared Table Dinners are not just intellectual but embodied gatherings.

❋ Mind, body and heart

Potluck is a philosophy. When everyone brings something, everyone is a guest and host at the same time. Shared responsibility is the practice.

❋ Everyone is a guest and host

We resist the urge to fill every pause. Some of the most important moments happen in the moment between words. Listening is practiced here as much as sharing.

❋ Reciprocity is where we start

Every dinner closes with one question: what are you taking with you? Not a resolution. Just a thread — something that keeps the conversation alive after the table is cleared.

❋ Something to carry home

Three ways to experience it

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Share a table in Berlin

The monthly dinner series runs in collaboration with C*Space. Potluck, pay-what-you-can, open to all. A different theme each edition, always 25 people. Follow on Luma or Instagram to get notified about the next one!

Upcoming dates

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Commission for your organization

Available to be commissioned for companies, leadership teams, community networks, festivals, and civic organizations — as a one-off gathering or a recurring practice.

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Host your own (coming soon!)

A print-at-home digital card deck for hosting your own Shared Table Dinner. 200 conversation cards across 10 themes, a facilitation guide, and individual guidance from Monika.

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What Participants Say

“I have been attending these Shared Table Dinners for three months now and I feel so good to be able to share a table with so many different people, where we eat, talk, and make memories. It feels like a family now.”

— Shubham

"It was a fantastic and unique experience. As a neurobiologist, I loved how you integrated scientific aspects. Count me in for the next one please!"

— Sabine

“I wanted to thank you for such an impressive evening. You lead, and addressed the group with such kind authoritity, it was something to behold. Everyone opened up so easily and readily and I learned a lot.”

— Derek

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