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  • Weekly Reset 5.29.2026

    What a week! Weekly recap below ๐ŸŽญ ๐ŸŽญ IAF Espaรฑa ๐—ณ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ถ๐—น๐—ถ๐˜๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐˜๐˜‚๐—ฝ: Always so much fun to meet other facilitators and share whatโ€™s working. Next one is July 14, Iโ€™ll be hosting with Allison Goldberg, whoโ€™s joining? ๐ŸŽญ ๐——๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—บ๐—ฎ ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฎ ๐—ฝ๐—น๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ป๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด: Had a very productive call with Marta Cotrim, PhD. and Teresa where we mapped…

  • Bad Bunny Concert Reflections: Art is Essential

    What does it feel like when 50,000 people come together to celebrate life? Last Friday I had the opportunity to see Bad Bunny perform live, his first set in Europe since 2019. Imagine 50,000 people from everywhere, colorful, radiant, under the first fierce rays of the Barcelona summer sun. People singing at the top of…

  • Weekly Recap 5.22.2026

    A sunny week, in every sense. Weekly recap below! ๐ŸŽญ ๐—ฃ๐—ผ๐˜€๐—ถ๐˜๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ ๐—˜๐—ฑ๐˜‚๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—–๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐˜€๐—ฒ: Participants from Turkey ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ท, Poland ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ฑ, Romania ๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡ด, and Germany ๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ช this week, I really enjoyed sharing how embodied methodologies like drama are such a powerful way to explore emotions and open up those conversations about social emotional wellbeing.  ๐ŸŽญ ๐—–๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐˜„๐—ถ๐˜๐—ต…

  • Open Dialogues

    What happens when you empower people with tools to make learning more active? Thatโ€™s exactly what we explored in our second online Drama 101 session yesterday. Last time, we focused on ice-breakers. This time, we worked with open dialogue, and as usual, it’s so much more than just the activity itself. This was an example…

  • Weekly Recap 5.15.2026

    Friday again? Weekly recap below! ๐ŸŽญ ๐—–๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ฝ๐—น๐—ฒ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐—ถ๐—บ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐˜„๐—ถ๐˜๐—ต ๐—œ๐—ก๐—–๐—” ๐—–๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฎ๐—น๐˜‚๐—ป๐˜†๐—ฎ: It was a pleasure to be trained by Emanuele Nargi and Stefano from INCA Catalunya and to meet brilliant people like Mรฉlisse and Peter. More on this wonderful experience soon. ๐ŸŽญ Coliving Conference ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐—ข๐—ฐ๐˜๐—ผ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ณ๐—ถ๐—ฟ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ: Had a great chat with Bart…

  • Reconnect: Free Taster Sessions!

    Very excited to announce that our Reconnect Programme will be running again next month! This programme began from a simple question we kept hearing around us: ๐˜ธ๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ต ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฐ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฑ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ง๐˜ฆ๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ข๐˜ต ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฎ๐˜ด๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ด ๐˜ข๐˜จ๐˜ข๐˜ช๐˜ฏ? Over the past months, Kathrin and I have been shaping this with care, curiosity, and…

  • Participant Dissemination

    ๐——๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—บ๐—ฎ ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—˜๐—ป๐—ด๐—น๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ต ๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ป๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด, ๐—ฏ๐˜‚๐˜ ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—น๐—น๐˜†: ๐—ฑ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—บ๐—ฎ ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ป๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด. ๐ŸŽญ A few weeks ago, I delivered a training course on using Drama to Teach English with Euromentor SL. These were some of the key benefits of drama that participants highlighted in their Erasmus+ dissemination.  ๐ŸŽญ ๐—œ๐˜ ๐—น๐—ผ๐˜„๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐—ต๐—ผ๐—น๐—ฑ.Ice-breakers, shared vocabulary, and poetic self-introductions gave…

  • Weekly Recap 5.8.2026

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    Weekly recap ๐ŸŽญ ๐—ข๐—ป๐—น๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ฎ๐—น๐—ธ ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—™๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜‚๐—บ ๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ฒ: This style of participatory theatre is a powerful tool for conflict resolution, looking forward to running the online training programme with Ouch Theatre starting next week ๐—ฅ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐˜ ๐—ฝ๐—ผ๐˜€๐˜-๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ด๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—บ๐—บ๐—ฒ ๐—ฒ๐˜ƒ๐—ฎ๐—น๐˜‚๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—น๐—น ๐˜„๐—ถ๐˜๐—ต Kathrin: We’re thrilled by the great feedback and are already starting to plan our June Reconnect…

  • Post Reconnect Findings

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    Positive change can begin with a spark of an idea. Thatโ€™s how Reconnect started. This was the first time Kathrin and I created something like this together, and also something new for each of us. It came from a need we kept sensing in the people and communities around us: a quiet but very real…

  • Weekly Recap 1.5.2026

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    A full and meaningful week, weekly recap below! โœจ โค๏ธ ๐—–๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—น๐˜‚๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐—ฅ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐˜: Kathrin and I’s first project together, and it was so interesting to see our vision to support the development of awareness and emotional resilience come alive with this programme. One pod, four participants, and such deep sharing. ๐Ÿ”๏ธ ๐—š๐—ฒ๐˜๐˜๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ฅ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐˜† ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—•๐—ฎ๐—ป๐˜€๐—ธ๐—ผ: Spent…