Do you find it difficult to navigate the speed and pressure of modern life?
Does the rise of artificial intelligence make you question the future of relationships?
Do you want to find a balance that helps you thrive and build meaningful connections in real life, while using technology in a way that truly supports you?

In a world of constant messaging, dating apps, and social media, many of us feel paradoxically more lonely, misunderstood, or disconnected. As technology offers increasingly frictionless forms of interaction and even companionship, a deeper question arises:
How do we stay human, alive, and genuinely connected to one another?

While technology shapes the context we live in, the heart of these evenings is about how we relate to ourselves and to each other, especially when things feel difficult, confusing, or stuck.

Alive and Connected is a standalone three-hour evening, aligned with the principles of Nonviolent Communication (NVC), exploring our needs around presence, relationships, community, and self-care in the modern world. It is offered on three different dates.
Each evening explores a unique aspect of connection, so you are welcome to attend one or come back for more.

How do we stay human, alive, and genuinely connected to one another?

While technology shapes the context we live in, the heart of these evenings is about how we relate to ourselves and to each other, especially when things feel difficult, confusing, or stuck.

Alive and Connected is one standalone three-hour evening alined with the principles of NVC (NonViolent Communication), offered on three different dates.
Each evening explores a unique aspect of connection so you are welcome to attend one or come back for more.

These evenings are for you if

• you want your relationship with technology to support your life rather than quietly run it

• you want to build deeper, more meaningful connections with real human beings

• you spend more time on social media than you’d like, and those shorts somehow keep winning

• you enjoy using AI and technology to save time, but you don’t want them to replace intimacy, connection, or emotional support

• you want to be with people without constantly reaching for your phone, while still being grateful for Google Maps

• dating apps like Tinder or Hinge have left you tired, cynical, or discouraged, and you’re curious about how meeting people in real life could feel again

• you’re trying to keep up with the speed of modern life, while a part of you quietly wishes for less noise and more space

• you often feel a bit, or very, lonely, even though you’re socially active

• you’re drawn to Rumi’s line
“Out beyond ideas of wrongdoing and rightdoing, there is a field. I’ll meet you there.”

My perspective

I’ve noticed how complex, emotional, sometimes confusing, and yet deeply wonderful we can be as human beings. When I stay in relation long enough, conflict almost always shows up. Not as a sign that something is wrong, but often as an indication that something important in me longs for attention, care, to be seen or understanding…

I’ve also seen, in myself and in others, how quickly our nervous systems can move into fighting, withdrawing, or shutting down, especially in a culture shaped by judgement, reward, and punishment. What I’ve come to understand is that what makes relationships difficult is often not the conflict itself, but the way we’ve learned to deal with it.

When I welcome conflict as a natural and predictable occurence, when I give time to explore it and am willing to hear the messages it carries in me and in the other, I multiply my chances of accessing growth, development, connection, depth, peace and ultimately love in my life.

For the last ten years I went on a journey of learning and exploration of relationships, communication and authenticity which has transformed the way I relate and allowed me to build, enjoy and care more deeply for my relationships. My understanding of conflicts and how I navigate them allows me to reap the gifts that they provide and help me live a richer life.

One thing that surprised me along the way is that when I enter spaces where connection, authenticity, safety, and a sense of belonging are present, my urge to be on screens and to scroll simply fades away. It became clear to me that much of this pull toward distraction was not about technology itself, but about unmet needs for connection.

This is why I want to create and facilitate spaces like these evenings. To explore together what supports a life of more aliveness, presence, and human connection.

What you might leave with

By the end of the evening, you may leave with:

• more words to express what matters to you 

• a clearer sense of what is actually important for you in your relationships right now

• the lived experience of being listened to and understood in a way that often feels rare

• tools to navigate conflict in a way that cares more for your needs
• an experience of connection and meaning shared with others
• a sense of relief and reassurance that connection can feel more honest, spacious, and human

• an awareness on how you show up in relationship

• a sense of permission to slow down instead of reacting

• more trust in your capacity to stay present in uncomfortable conversations

• a felt understanding of how your nervous system responds in connection

• a renewed sense of agency in how you choose to relate

• curiosity instead of urgency when tension arises

What the evening includes

The evening combines:

• short theoretical inputs
• guided empathy practices
• playful relational exercises
• group reflections
• live demonstrations