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  • 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…

  • Learning Isn’t Enough

    ๐—Ÿ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ป๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ป’๐˜ ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ด๐—ต. The first Reconnect Programme has officially come to an end. As it ended, I was reminded that growth rarely comes from one insight alone. it comes from the space where insight, practice, and reflection meet. Sometimes seeing something from a different perspective is exactly the push we need to make an active…

  • Weekly Recap 4.24.2026

    Happy Friday everyone, weekly recap below! This week was a great reminder of how beautifully varied my work can be. ๐Ÿก Coliving Hub ๐˜„๐—ฒ๐—ฏ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—ฟ: We heard from Oleksandra Gipsh on why most colivings fail. (It comes down to one of three things: community, business, or space). So much to learn there. ๐ŸŒ ๐——๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐—ฎ Euromentor SL…

  • Theatre is everywhere.

    Theatre is everywhere for me.In the boardroom.In the classroom.In the words we choose when things get hard. Let me give you some examples from this week. I started with an ISTA board meeting, where we welcomed two new trustees, said goodbye to our chair, and introduced a new one. An international board, made up of…

  • Weekly Recap 4.17.2026

    ๐™„๐™› ๐™ฎ๐™ค๐™ช’๐™ง๐™š ๐™ง๐™š๐™–๐™™๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™œ ๐™ฉ๐™๐™ž๐™จ, ๐™ฉ๐™–๐™ ๐™š ๐™– ๐™ข๐™ค๐™ข๐™š๐™ฃ๐™ฉ ๐™ฉ๐™ค ๐™ฅ๐™–๐™ช๐™จ๐™š, ๐™–๐™ฃ๐™™ ๐™ฉ๐™–๐™ ๐™š ๐™ฉ๐™๐™ง๐™š๐™š ๐™™๐™š๐™š๐™ฅ ๐™—๐™ง๐™š๐™–๐™ฉ๐™๐™จ.  Weekly recap this week, and it’s all about emotional intelligence! ๐ŸŽญ Kicked off Drama 101 with educators in China, using drama to build teamwork, critical thinking, and language learning through play. ๐ŸŒฑ Delivered an @ERASMUS+ Staff Training with Euromentor SL on…