Good morning! When I was a little girl, my dad would send me out on photographic assignments around the house with a brief: look at things differently. And so I would climb trees, lay flat moss-spotting and imagine the world seen by bugs, snails and frogs.
Good morning; I hope this finds you safe and well.
I like this message opening because it contains the word “hope”. Last week my post was long, and I was feeling focused and ripe with new ideas.
How are you? Welcome to our September Newsletter. How are you doing these days? I am asking this because the leading pattern I am experiencing these days is dysfunction, and it affects me very badly. It requires a lot of grounding. I hear from my friends and clients about a multitude of severe communication challenges and smaller or larger acts of dysfunction. Some of it is justified: let’s face it, …
Good morning! This post is longer somehow because I have more time to write and more things to share. Autumn came early this year, and as we approach the end of September, we are also entering the seasonal advertising period. I don’t know how you feel about PR and advertising – I listen to it now and again for patterns but promptly switch it off. These days it’s designed to trigger intense emotions, and I prefer to feel softly…
Autumn is my favourite season of the year. Mother Nature prepares for winter sleep as the days grow shorter, which can feel sad for many. Entering this transition can be heavy in itself…however here, in the UK, the last two weeks felt even more solemn, somewhat darkened by the news of people dying and people being killed.
Ulrike Reinhard, one of our Advisory Board members, visited us last weekend in Bristol. It was lovely to catch up and reflect on her nomadic life of hers and on my plans for a more inclusive Voxel Hub. Her visit also reminded me of her recent podcast interview with Nix Asteri (also known as Dawid Presley), who in the past co-created some of the best initiatives for young people’s digital wellbeing that did (even before the name “Voxel Hub” was in use). Here is their conversation. Enjoy!
Welcome. Thank you for stopping by. I am posting here now and again, not more than once a week, so you are welcome to sign up or have a read. I will share tips, inspirations and reflections. Some of it may be useful for your digital wellbeing.
And finally, let’s talk about being wrong: what if the assumption that silence is violent in itself is wrong?
We judge asking questions as “being nosy”, while, in my experience, many clients prefer specific questions over an excruciating silence.