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  • Play as a way to reconnect

    ๐™๐™๐™š๐™ง๐™šโ€™๐™จ ๐™– ๐™ง๐™š๐™–๐™จ๐™ค๐™ฃ ๐™ฉ๐™๐™–๐™ฉ ๐™ž๐™ฃ ๐™ค๐™ช๐™ง โ€œ๐™ค๐™›๐™›โ€ ๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™ข๐™š ๐™ฌ๐™š ๐™ก๐™ค๐™ซ๐™š ๐™—๐™ค๐™–๐™ง๐™™ ๐™œ๐™–๐™ข๐™š๐™จ, ๐™ฅ๐™ช๐™— ๐™ฆ๐™ช๐™ž๐™ฏ๐™ฏ๐™š๐™จ, ๐™ค๐™ง ๐™š๐™ซ๐™š๐™ฃ ๐™ž๐™ข๐™ฅ๐™ง๐™ค๐™ซ ๐™˜๐™ก๐™–๐™จ๐™จ. Weโ€™re wired for play, itโ€™s how we connect, de-stress, and feel human again. Adults who engage in playful activities cope better with stress,  report higher life satisfaction,  and show greater resilience in everyday life.  Playful moments trigger…

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  • Weekly Recap 2.27.2026

    ๐™’๐™๐™–๐™ฉ ๐™๐™–๐™ฅ๐™ฅ๐™š๐™ฃ๐™จ ๐™ฌ๐™๐™š๐™ฃ ๐™ฎ๐™ค๐™ช ๐™˜๐™ก๐™ค๐™จ๐™š ๐™ค๐™ฃ๐™š ๐™˜๐™๐™–๐™ฅ๐™ฉ๐™š๐™ง… ๐™–๐™ฃ๐™™ ๐™ก๐™–๐™ฃ๐™™ ๐™จ๐™ฉ๐™ง๐™–๐™ž๐™œ๐™๐™ฉ ๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™ฉ๐™ค ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š ๐™ฃ๐™š๐™ญ๐™ฉ? โœˆ๏ธโœจ Weekly recap, a big one! ๐ŸŽญ ๐—œ ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐—บ๐˜† ๐—ณ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—น ๐˜„๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ธ๐˜€๐—ต๐—ผ๐—ฝ ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐—”๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ฎ: a creative New Year reflection session in Taipei, and my first of its kind in Taiwan. Watching participants use embodied and creative practices to reset their intentions felt…

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  • Embodiment is reconnection

    ๐—ช๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐—ถ๐—ณ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚โ€™๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—ณ๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐˜€๐˜๐˜‚๐—ฐ๐—ธ ๐—ผ๐—ป… ๐—ฑ๐—ผ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐—ปโ€™๐˜ ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐—บ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ธ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด, ๐—ฏ๐˜‚๐˜ ๐—บ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ฏ๐—ผ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜? ๐ŸŽญ Yesterday I had the joy of delivering my very first applied theatre workshop in Taiwan! It was a creative drama based workshop about reflecting on the past year and looking forward towards the new year, right after the lunar…

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  • Happy Lunar New Year!

    ๐—›๐—ฎ๐—ฝ๐—ฝ๐˜† ๐—Ÿ๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—ฟ ๐—ก๐—ฒ๐˜„ ๐—ฌ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ ๐—ณ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—บ ๐—ง๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐˜„๐—ฎ๐—ป! ๐Ÿงงโœจ 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. Itโ€™s spoken so often, so openly, it almost feels like you can breathe it in. Thereโ€™s something powerful about…

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  • “๐˜ผ ๐™ก๐™ž๐™›๐™š ๐™จ๐™ช๐™ง๐™ง๐™ค๐™ช๐™ฃ๐™™๐™š๐™™ ๐™—๐™ฎ ๐™œ๐™ค๐™ค๐™™ ๐™ฅ๐™š๐™ค๐™ฅ๐™ก๐™š ๐™ž๐™จ ๐™– ๐™จ๐™ช๐™˜๐™˜๐™š๐™จ๐™จ๐™›๐™ช๐™ก ๐™ก๐™ž๐™›๐™š.”

    Weekly recap below! (The theme was all about community). ๐ŸŒฑ ๐—œ๐—บ๐—ฝ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐˜ ๐—›๐˜‚๐—ฏ ๐—ง๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ถ ๐—ฉ๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ถ๐˜: 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…

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