Feel the Vibe: Connection Beyond Labels with Dave Nichols and Nate Moore

What if loneliness was not a personal failing, but a quiet invitation to reconnect with your own wisdom and with others?

 In this episode of the Simple Reflections Podcast, my conversation with Dave Nichols and Nate More from Feel the Vibe explores how simple human connection can ease suffering without adding more labels, language, or “fixing” to the mix. Feel the Vibe is less an organisation and more an invitation: an open space for people to feel their own aliveness, value, and possibility through relationship, whether one-to-one, in small groups, or across whole communities.​

 Dave and Nate share how their work in Charlotte, North Carolina, focuses on younger adults experiencing chronic loneliness, anxiety, and disconnection, not by talking “mental health” or Three Principles jargon, but by meeting people where they are and listening deeply. Through intimate weekly connection circles, collaborations with local organisations, and emerging intergenerational projects that pair young adults with elders, they create safe, informal spaces where people surprise themselves with what they share and discover within.​

 Dave describes their non-profit structure as “enabling, not solidifying” — the real method is curiosity, deep listening, and allowing new forms of connection (from discussion groups to movement and dance) to emerge from the people themselves.​

 When have you felt most “seen” by someone’s simple, curious presence, and what did that allow you to realise about yourself?

 Website: https://www.feelthevibe.net/

 This Episode on YouTube: https://youtu.be/btImAOccay0