Category: Blog

  • Inclusive Design Training

    All set for a 5 day training in Inclusive Design! ๐Ÿ‘‰ ๐—ค๐˜‚๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ธ ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ฝ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ธ๐—ฒ ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜€ ๐—บ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—น๐˜‚๐˜€๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒIf your slide only has text, add a relevant image.If your slide has only an image/images, add relevant text. That’s two ways for the recipient to engage with your material instead of one – you will have…

  • Weekly Recap 7.10.2026

    Weekly Recap below! Back in Barcelona after a few weeks of travel, and this week felt surprisingly easy to settle back into โœจ ๐ŸŽญ ๐—ง๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—–๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐˜€๐—ฒ ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—ฆ๐—ผ๐—ฐ๐—ถ๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—˜๐—บ๐—ผ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—Ÿ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ป๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด: Delivered a course with Euromentor SL alongside educators from Lithuania and the Czech Republic, reminded me how universal these conversations are. ๐ŸŽญ Visual Thinking Strategies…

  • How can we bring the arts into learning?

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    Tomorrow Iโ€™ll be running my first official Visual Thinking Strategies (VTS) Institute experience at the National Museum of Catalan Art in Barcelona! ๐ŸŒฟ I was immediately drawn to how simple yet powerful it was: a quiet structure that opened up rich dialogue, imagination, and multiple perspectives. For anyone unfamiliar, VTS is a discussion method that…

  • Weekly Recap 7.3.2026

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    Weekly Recap below! From Bulgaria to London. From Digital Nomad Fest to back to reality.  A week of thinking, planning, and still processing โœจ ๐ŸŽญ ๐—œ๐—ฆ๐—ง๐—” ๐—ฆ๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ด๐˜†: Over the weekend, spent 6 hours discussing strategy and shaping next steps for this wonderful organization. Having been a student of ISTA – Global Learning Through the Arts…

  • The Power of Yohaku

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    ๐—›๐—ผ๐˜„ ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—ป ๐˜„๐—ฒ ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ป ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด๐˜€, ๐˜„๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ธ๐˜€๐—ต๐—ผ๐—ฝ๐˜€, ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ฒ๐˜…๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐˜„๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐˜€๐—ถ๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ฒ, ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฏ๐—น๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ธ ๐˜€๐—ฝ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ, ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐—ฎ๐—ป ๐—ฎ๐˜€๐˜€๐—ฒ๐˜, ๐—ป๐—ผ๐˜ ๐—ฎ๐—ป ๐—ฎ๐˜„๐—ธ๐˜„๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฑ ๐—บ๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜? At Bansko Nomad Fest just last week, there was so many brilliant talks. One talk that stuck with me in particular was by SHOKO HIROSE on The Power of Yohaku, the Japanese concept roughly…

  • Weekly Recap 6.26.2026

    Recap of the week! ๐ŸŽญ Bansko Nomad Fest: So many inspiring ideas, new ways of working, and amazing people met along the way. ๐ŸŽญ ๐—ฃ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ฎโ€™๐˜€ ๐—•๐—ผ๐˜… ๐˜„๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ธ๐˜€๐—ต๐—ผ๐—ฝ: In the middle of it all, I ran an online workshop on critical thinking, using the story of Pandoraโ€™s Box through drama in education. Always fun! ๐ŸŽญ ๐—œ๐—ฆ๐—ง๐—”…

  • Bansko Nomad Fest Day 2: Your Uniqueness is Your Superpower

    Bansko Nomad Fest day two, and my key takeaway was: ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ถ๐—พ๐˜‚๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜€ ๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐˜€๐˜‚๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฝ๐—ผ๐˜„๐—ฒ๐—ฟ. The session that resonated with me most today was Piera Mattioliโ€™s talk on online collaboration through participatory design. In meetings, online or in person, there are often voices that donโ€™t get heard. Maybe people need more time to find their…

  • The Honest Truth: Is Coliving Worth the Investment?

    Thrilled to be the moderator Coliving Hub‘s panel here at Bansko Nomad Fest yesterday. This week, 800+ digital nomads from all over the world and walks of life are gathering to explore, discuss, and reflect on what it means to live and work this way. Yesterday, Haz Memon from ESCAPE, Katia Dimova from Chateau Coliving…

  • Weekly Recap 6.22.2026

    Busy week last week, so hereโ€™s my weekly recap a little late. ๐ŸŽญ ๐—ข๐˜‚๐—ฐ๐—ต ๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐˜„๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ธ๐˜€๐—ต๐—ผ๐—ฝ: Ran one of my favourite process drama workshops online, where we stepped into a 19th-century village and used drama as a way of exploring inclusion. ๐ŸŽญ ๐—–๐—ผ๐—น๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—š๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด: Ran Coliving Hubโ€™s Gathering right before Bansko Nomad Fest – three…

  • Mountain Air Reconnection

    Iโ€™ve just arrived in Bansko, Bulgaria ahead of Bansko Nomad Fest, and being in the mountains already feels like a deep exhale. Thereโ€™s something about mountain air, open space, and the simple act of slowing down that brings me back to myself. Over the years, Iโ€™ve come to understand just how important my reconnection practices…