Plans, Tools, & Stories for Connection

Storytelling Beyond Performance: A Spiritual Practice, A Form of Resistance, and a Tool for Community Transformation
Storytelling Beyond Performance: A Spiritual Practice, A Form of Resistance, and 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
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—a... Read more...
Start a Community Story Walk: A Simple Way to Bring People Together Through Storytelling
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
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, the magic... Read more...
A Jar Full of Questions: How Conversation Jars Create Connection
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 jar comes in. At... Read more...
Host a Story & Song Night: The Easiest Way to Build Connection Right Where You Are
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 the simplest,... Read more...
What If the Best Things Really Are Free?
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, yes, but... Read more...
The Path Toward Dreams Is In the Data
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...
Unicorn Mermaid Fairy Magic Kid's Birthday Party & Scavenger Hunt
Unicorn Mermaid Fairy Magic Kid's Birthday Party & Scavenger Hunt
1. Is your kid the most? ☑︎ Yes ☐ No 2. Do you have unlimited money to buy four sets of party decor when your kid wants the most? ☐ Yes ☑︎ No Welcome! Clara... Read more...
How Doing Small Good Things Can Strengthen Your Community—and You
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...
The Benefits of Traveling with Kids
The Benefits of Traveling with Kids
Traveling with kids is an adventure that can be both challenging and rewarding. As a family that has traveled extensively throughout the United States and Europe, my husband, Scott, and... Read more...