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  • Weekly Recap 4.3.2026

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    ๐™’๐™š๐™š๐™ ๐™ก๐™ฎ ๐™ง๐™š๐™›๐™ก๐™š๐™˜๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™ค๐™ฃ, ๐™˜๐™ค๐™ฃ๐™ฃ๐™š๐™˜๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™ค๐™ฃ ๐™ž๐™ฃ ๐™–๐™ก๐™ก ๐™ž๐™ฉ๐™จ ๐™›๐™ค๐™ง๐™ข๐™จ โ˜€๏ธ ๐ŸŒ Hosted an IAF Espaรฑa meet-up with Allison Goldberg: so cool to connect with fellow Barcelona facilitators face-to-face. Bonus: Mireia Montanรฉ-Balaguรฉ shared the most brilliant check-in, “What animal are you like and why?” Stealing that one immediately. ๐Ÿฆ’ ๐ŸŒฟ Another Reconnect session with Kathrin David: it was…

  • Anything but a pen…

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    ๐™’๐™๐™–๐™ฉ ๐™™๐™ค ๐™– ๐™๐™–๐™ž๐™ง๐™—๐™ง๐™ช๐™จ๐™, ๐™– ๐™ข๐™ž๐™˜๐™ง๐™ค๐™ฅ๐™๐™ค๐™ฃ๐™š, ๐™– ๐™ข๐™–๐™œ๐™ž๐™˜ ๐™ฌ๐™–๐™ฃ๐™™, ๐™ฉ๐™ฌ๐™ค ๐™ข๐™ช๐™จ๐™ฉ๐™–๐™˜๐™๐™š๐™จ, ๐™ข๐™–๐™จ๐™˜๐™–๐™ง๐™–, ๐™–๐™ฃ๐™™ ๐™– ๐™›๐™ก๐™ช๐™ฉ๐™š ๐™๐™–๐™ซ๐™š ๐™ž๐™ฃ ๐™˜๐™ค๐™ข๐™ข๐™ค๐™ฃ? Today’s Reconnect webinar gave us the answer: a room full of people seeing things differently. One participant shared this after the session:โ€œ๐˜š๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ๐˜ด ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ญ๐˜บ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฃ๐˜ท๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ด, ๐˜ฃ๐˜ถ๐˜ต ๐˜ธ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฃ๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ด๐˜ฆ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฎ. ๐˜ž๐˜ฆ ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ด๐˜ฐ ๐˜ฃ๐˜ถ๐˜ด๐˜บ…

  • Community sucks.

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    ๐™„’๐™ซ๐™š ๐™˜๐™๐™–๐™ฃ๐™œ๐™š๐™™ ๐™ข๐™ฎ ๐™ข๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™™. ๐˜พ๐™ค๐™ข๐™ข๐™ช๐™ฃ๐™ž๐™ฉ๐™ฎ? ๐˜พ๐™ค๐™ฃ๐™ฃ๐™š๐™˜๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™ค๐™ฃ? ๐™๐™ค๐™ฉ๐™–๐™ก ๐™ฌ๐™–๐™จ๐™ฉ๐™š ๐™ค๐™› ๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™ข๐™š.APRIL FOOLS! (Could you imagine?) Truth is, every day I’m seeing more and more examples of how community and connection are everything. I’ve got two perfect upcoming events that I’m a part of for you to lean into connection and community. ๐ŸŒฟ TOMORROW: Reconnect live webinar…

  • An empty room… endless potential

    ๐˜ผ๐™ฃ ๐™š๐™ข๐™ฅ๐™ฉ๐™ฎ ๐™จ๐™ฅ๐™–๐™˜๐™š ๐™–๐™ก๐™ฌ๐™–๐™ฎ๐™จ ๐™›๐™š๐™š๐™ก๐™จ ๐™›๐™ช๐™ก๐™ก ๐™ค๐™› ๐™ฅ๐™ค๐™จ๐™จ๐™ž๐™—๐™ž๐™ก๐™ž๐™ฉ๐™ฎ ๐™ฉ๐™ค ๐™ข๐™š. โœจ Another Monday, another beginning. Every time I walk into an empty space, I get that same little spark of excitement knowing what’s to come, because I can already feel what could happen there. The conversations, the growth, the learning, the shifts. And this week…

  • Weekly Recap 3.27.2026

    ๐—›๐—ฎ๐—ฝ๐—ฝ๐˜† ๐—™๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฑ๐—ฎ๐˜† & ๐—ช๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—น๐—ฑ ๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐——๐—ฎ๐˜†! ๐ŸŽญโœจ For me, theatre is everywhere, thatโ€™s what drew me to it in the first place. Itโ€™s not confined to stages; itโ€™s in how we learn, connect, innovate, grow. This weekโ€™s recap is my celebration of that. From work… ๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡น ๐—ง๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐˜€๐—ฒ ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ป๐—ผ๐˜ƒ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ ๐—ฎ๐—ฝ๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ฒ๐˜€: for educators from Lithuania…

  • Stories hold power

    ๐—ช๐—ฒ’๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—ฎ๐—น๐—น ๐˜€๐˜๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐˜€, ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐˜„๐—ฒ ๐—ฎ๐—น๐—น ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฟ๐˜† ๐˜€๐˜๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐˜„๐—ถ๐˜๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ป ๐˜‚๐˜€ ๐˜„๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜๐—ต ๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด. โค๏ธ Last night I attended Storytelling Barcelona, a free monthly event where people come together to listen to strangers tell stories. I walked into a packed room, everyone warm, welcoming, friendly… As the event started, we laughed, we gasped, we teared up, and…

  • Weekly Recap 3.20.2026

    ๐™Ž๐™ฅ๐™ง๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™œ ๐™ž๐™จ ๐™๐™š๐™ง๐™š ๐™–๐™ฃ๐™™ ๐™ข๐™ฎ ๐™˜๐™–๐™ก๐™š๐™ฃ๐™™๐™–๐™ง ๐™›๐™š๐™š๐™ก๐™จ ๐™Ÿ๐™ช๐™จ๐™ฉ ๐™–๐™จ ๐™จ๐™ช๐™ฃ๐™ฃ๐™ฎ ๐™–๐™จ ๐˜ฝ๐™–๐™ง๐™˜๐™š๐™ก๐™ค๐™ฃ๐™– ๐™ฉ๐™ค๐™™๐™–๐™ฎ. โ˜€๏ธ๐ŸŒฟ Weekly recap below! ๐ŸŽ“ ๐—ช๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ฝ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐˜‚๐—ฝ ๐—บ๐˜† ๐—ณ๐—ถ๐—ฟ๐˜€๐˜ ๐—˜๐—ฅ๐—”๐—ฆ๐— ๐—จ๐—ฆ+ ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐˜€๐—ฒ ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐—ฎ ๐—ณ๐—ฒ๐˜„ ๐—บ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜๐—ต๐˜€ ๐˜„๐—ถ๐˜๐—ต Euromentor SL, diving into Inclusive Education with a brilliant group of participants from Latvia ๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡ป, Romania ๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡ด, and Greece ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ท. Felt especially meaningful to explore inclusion…

  • Free Webinar to Reconnect

    ๐™€๐™ซ๐™š๐™ง ๐™›๐™š๐™š๐™ก ๐™ก๐™ž๐™ ๐™š ๐™ฎ๐™ค๐™ช’๐™ง๐™š ๐™Ÿ๐™ช๐™จ๐™ฉ… ๐™œ๐™ค๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™œ ๐™ฉ๐™๐™ง๐™ค๐™ช๐™œ๐™ ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š ๐™ข๐™ค๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™ค๐™ฃ๐™จ ๐™–๐™จ ๐™จ๐™ฅ๐™ง๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™œ ๐™ฉ๐™ง๐™ž๐™š๐™จ ๐™ฉ๐™ค ๐™ฌ๐™–๐™ ๐™š ๐™š๐™ซ๐™š๐™ง๐™ฎ๐™ฉ๐™๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™œ ๐™ช๐™ฅ ๐™–๐™ง๐™ค๐™ช๐™ฃ๐™™ ๐™ฎ๐™ค๐™ช? Disconnected from your body.From your emotions.From the people around you. A few weeks ago, a friend said to me: “๐˜ ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ’๐˜ต ๐˜ฆ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ฌ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฐ๐˜ธ ๐˜ธ๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ต ๐˜ ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜บ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ.” Spring is nature’s invitation to reconnect, but sometimes we need…

  • Weekly Recap 3.13.2026

    Weekly recap below! Which blob are you feeling like today? I’m definitely a 20 – ending the week strong! (thank you Katie Rakusin for the fun check in inspiration) ๐ŸŽญ ๐—ข๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ป ๐—ถ๐—บ๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐˜ƒ ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—น๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฒ ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—ฎ ๐—–๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐˜€๐—ฒ ๐—ฐ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜: Yes, hashtag#improv does work online! Seeing people lean into play and practice these transferable skills (listening, agility,…

  • 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…