Connection & Community

Traveling with a team of scientists changed the way I see how we live.

In 2022, I traveled around Europe with a team of archaeologists and paleoanthropologists who study Palaeolithic people - people who lived tens of thousands of years ago. It fundamentally changed... Read more...

Storytelling Beyond Performance: a Tool for Community Transformation

When most people hear the word storytelling, they imagine a stage: a performer in the spotlight, an audience leaning forward, listening. The word conjures images of folklore passed down around a... Read more...

Trivial Charades: The Ridiculous, Hilarious, Zero-Cost Game That Brings People Together

Sometimes, the best nights are the ones that cost nothing, involve no planning, and end in side-splitting laughter. That’s what happened when I made up a little game called Trivial Charades... Read more...

Start a Community Story Walk: A Simple Way to Bring People Together Through Storytelling

In an age of screen fatigue and social disconnection, many of us are looking for meaningful ways to gather, slow down, and remember what it feels like to belong. One... Read more...

Connection at Home: Reimagining the Space You Already Have

Sometimes we go looking for connection outside ourselves, our homes, or our neighborhoods - thinking it must be somewhere else, better equipped or more beautiful. But more often than not,... Read more...

A Jar Full of Questions: How Conversation Jars Create Connection

In a world that moves fast and often feels disconnected, the idea of sitting together and simply talking - sharing, listening, laughing - can feel almost revolutionary. That’s where a conversation... Read more...

Host a Story & Song Night: The Easiest Way to Build Connection Right Where You Are

In an age where connection can feel like a luxury, “Story & Song Night” brings it back to basics - face-to-face, heart-to-heart, and voice-to-voice. These cozy gatherings are one of... Read more...

What If the Best Things Really Are Free?

Lately, it seems like a quiet kind of ache hums beneath the surface of everything. People are overwhelmed but undernourished - emotionally, socially, spiritually. There’s the squeeze of rising costs,... Read more...

The Path Toward Dreams Is In the Data

In July 2020, we took a look at our lives. There were three things keeping us from moving forward - rural living, natural disasters, and not enough money. This... Read more...

How Doing Small Good Things Can Strengthen Your Community - and You

We all want to feel like we matter. That we’re connected. That we belong. But for many of us, that kind of connection feels harder and harder to come by.... Read more...