Author: Elana Shyong

𝗛𝗮𝗽𝗽𝘆 𝗟𝘂𝗻𝗮𝗿 𝗡𝗲𝘄 𝗬𝗲𝗮𝗿 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝗧𝗮𝗶𝘄𝗮𝗻! 🧧✨ One of my favourite things about this holiday is how community oriented and generous it is. Everywhere you turn, people are wishing each other success, peace, prosperity, good health. It’s spoken so often, so openly, it almost feels like you can breathe it in. There’s something powerful about…

Weekly recap below! (The theme was all about community). 🌱 𝗜𝗺𝗽𝗮𝗰𝘁 𝗛𝘂𝗯 𝗧𝗮𝗶𝗽𝗲𝗶 𝗩𝗶𝘀𝗶𝘁: On Monday, I visited Impact Hub Taipei and had a great chat with Oliver Chang. It was inspiring to hear about the many initiatives and collaborations they have going on there, including #fuckupnights and a wide array of #sustainable practices, from…

𝗪𝗲𝗲𝗸𝗹𝘆 𝗥𝗲𝗰𝗮𝗽! 🎭✨ 🎒 𝗗𝗿𝗮𝗺𝗮 𝗶𝗻 𝗮 𝗻𝗲𝘄 𝗽𝗹𝗮𝗰𝗲: This evening I delivered a workshop with Shane English as part of their winter camp, bringing drama in education to a small town just outside Taichung, Taiwan. There’s something really special about introducing drama to a group for the very first time, watching students slowly open…

𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗱𝗼𝗲𝘀 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗸 𝗳𝗿𝗲𝗲𝗱𝗼𝗺 𝗺𝗲𝗮𝗻 𝘁𝗼 𝘆𝗼𝘂? 🌏 As a freelancer, I know I’m not alone in this, sometimes stability feels shaky. Projects change, collaborations fall through, timelines move. It can be stressful.  But then there are weeks like last week during my travels in #Singapore… where I thought to myself (multiple times), “I wouldn’t…

𝘾𝙤𝙣𝙛𝙞𝙙𝙚𝙣𝙘𝙚 𝙞𝙨 𝙢𝙞𝙣𝙙𝙨𝙚𝙩 𝙛𝙞𝙧𝙨𝙩.  I’ve just wrapped filming two on-demand courses on #confidence with Center Stage International (thank you Sarah Knop for the invitation!), one for schools and one for the workplace. Different audiences, same core truth: confidence is a mentality, and like anything, it can be developed. Some key elements of building a confident…

Progress sometimes looks like a few meaningful conversation. That was my week recapped!  🌍 Joined IAF after hearing about this global facilitator community for ages. Excited to be part of the dialogue at last! ✨ A thoughtful call with Tuni about timing, the balance between moving forward and trusting the right moment. 🤝 A catch-up…

Friday already? Had a very creative week, which always leaves me feeling refreshed. Recap of the week~ 📚 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝗳𝗶𝗿𝗺𝗲𝗱 𝗮 𝗻𝗲𝘄 𝗰𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗸𝘀𝗵𝗼𝗽 with an English cram school in Taichung, Taiwan, using fairy tales as the learning vehicle. A classic for a reason, stories open imagination, language, and confidence in ways few other methods can.…

Thrilled to announce that I have completed 18 hours of Playback Theatre Training! Playback Theatre is simple yet profound: audience members share real stories, and actors listen deeply, then bring them to life through artistic improv. But what struck me most wasn’t the performance, it was the simple act of listening. Not just what people…

First full week of work back after the holidays, and already planting seeds for what’s next. Weekly recap 👇 🎭 𝗦𝘁𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟲 𝗹𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴! My first few days of the year I attended a 3-day Playback Theatre intensive in Nanjing. Storytelling, deep listening, and improvisation, and plenty of ideas already brewing for future work. 🤝 𝗥𝗲𝗰𝗼𝗻𝗻𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴…

Happy new year everyone! Hope that you all had a restorative holiday season, and are starting the new year with renewed energy and creativity. Lots of new project ideas and collaborations in motion… excited to see what this year will bring! My word for this 2026 is 𝙚𝙭𝙥𝙖𝙣𝙨𝙞𝙤𝙣. What’s yours?