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  • Inclusion is (and should be) everywhere!

    ๐™’๐™๐™–๐™ฉ ๐™ž๐™› ๐™—๐™š๐™ก๐™ค๐™ฃ๐™œ๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™œ ๐™ฌ๐™–๐™จ๐™ฃโ€™๐™ฉ ๐™Ÿ๐™ช๐™จ๐™ฉ ๐™– ๐™›๐™š๐™š๐™ก๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™œ, ๐™—๐™ช๐™ฉ ๐™จ๐™ค๐™ข๐™š๐™ฉ๐™๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™œ ๐™ฌ๐™š ๐™˜๐™ค๐™ช๐™ก๐™™ ๐™™๐™š๐™จ๐™ž๐™œ๐™ฃ? This week I found myself exploring inclusion from two seemingly different spaces, education and coliving, both asking the same question: ๐˜๐˜ฐ๐˜ธ ๐˜ค๐˜ข๐˜ฏ ๐˜ธ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ช๐˜จ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ง๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜จ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ? Iโ€™ve been delivering a teacher training on inclusive education this week, and today joined this months Coliving Hub…

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  • Training? Yes please!

    Still buzzing from the facilitation intensive course with Julia Slay in London earlier this week. Back in Barcelona now, and feeling full of ideas and reminders about why this work matters! A few key takeaways for me:๐Ÿ’ก ๐—œ ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ฑ๐—ผ ๐—บ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด. Thereโ€™s such value in being a participant again, in observing, reflecting, and…

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  • Not creative? Facilitation myth!

    ๐™‰๐™ค๐™ฉ ๐™˜๐™ง๐™š๐™–๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™ซ๐™š? ๐™๐™–๐™˜๐™ž๐™ก๐™ž๐™ฉ๐™–๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™ค๐™ฃ ๐™ข๐™ฎ๐™ฉ๐™! ๐Ÿ—ž๏ธ Day two of the facilitation training with Julia Slay had me reflecting deeply on creativity, inclusivity, silence, and what it really means to hold space for others. One line that stuck with me:โ€œ๐˜Ž๐˜ช๐˜ท๐˜ฆ ๐˜ด๐˜ช๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ค๐˜ฆ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ด๐˜ฑ๐˜ข๐˜ค๐˜ฆ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ฃ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ.โ€ Such a simple idea, but so powerful. In facilitation, and in life…

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  • Day 1 of Facilitation 101 Intensive Training

    4 a.m. wake up call to catch my flight from Barcelona to London. โœˆ๏ธ Worth it (and I got to see a beautiful sunrise)! Day 1 of my three-day facilitation training with Julia Slay, and already so many insights, reflections, and sparks of inspiration. As an experiential learner, experiencing firsthand other people facilitating is such…

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  • ๐ŸŒ Design Thinking: For Everyone, Everywhere!

    Last week, I delivered a week long course on #DesignThinking for ERASMUS+ KA1 Staff Trainings for my most diverse group yet – educators, librarians, startup mentors, and business innovators from Denmark ๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ฐ, Slovenia ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฎ, Latvia ๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡ป, Poland ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ฑ and Germany ๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ช. What struck me most is how #universal this approach truly is. Whether youโ€™re designing…

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