Help !?

by Milla — she=he I’m getting more precise than in my previous request: sent as sms to +36704568197 — “Hi daniel. I’m completely overwhelmed and would like to dump the technical solutions on how to do the voice/video-talk and have it recorded on you (and your network), can you take care of that? And could [...]

Miki Kashtan on bullying (violence, shame, safety)

by Milla — she=he A person talking about systemic responses to systemic violence: Bullying. How to care for the safety/inclusion of ALL the persons involved? BASIC QUESTION: What can we do to meet everybody’s needs? And shortly about empathy:

Are you willing to share your network?

by Milla — she=he I sent a link to this blog post as an sms to +36704568197: Hi Daniel, I’m dealing with depression and mental health problems, my energy-level is low, and my social network is not an active/present one, I’m mostly isolating myself from the world and people, staying indoors in a small room, [...]

Conflict & Communication, Day 3 (one year course)

by Milla — she=he Today’s song: Ursula Rucker – Keep Falling, Neutral Milk Hotel – ‘Let us lay in the sun and count every beautiful thing we can see’ Here are the notes from the third day of a one year course on conflict and communication that I’m participating in. This can also be read [...]

Advanced decision making

by Milla — she=he Something worth contemplating: The difference between “wanting to” and being “willing to” do something. “Maximizing Willingness for Collaborative Decision-Making, with Miki Kashtan How can you support a group in reaching a decision, especially under time constraints, without losing goodwill and inclusion? What can you do to de-polarize a group and create [...]

the internet isn’t big enough for the two of us

by Milla — she=he I saw this, and had a wide grin + chuckle, since it reminds me of all the painful bickering and frustrated mis-communication i see and participate in, here-there-&-everywhere, and in an instant made it clear to me, that this is something I’ve felt so many times – when being triggered by [...]

Triggering sentence

by Milla — she=he Note: I’m writing this blog post drunk. Kind of thinking about why I have this big amount of misery in my life and how my understanding of things is so mismatched with others. Example of a sentence that triggers these questions: “i have tons of ppl around me who i can [...]

Loneliness – Belonging;

by Milla — she=he Spring is slowly coming. Masses of grey snow melting, chunks of slippery uneaven ice, slowly uncovering layers of gravel and dog-poo. The colors shift from white, to grey and black, and then – brown, the gravely, sandy, muddy asphalt; the trees and bushes in greenish and yellowish brown; the flattened stringy [...]

Out in the real world

by Milla — she–he Links to the video clips mentioned in the comments below: // Jeremy Rifkin on ‘the empathic civilization’ // Brene Brown: The power of vulnerability I told a person I wouldn’t post their name and photo on my blog if there would be a disagreement between us in the future. It’s supposed [...]

How to make it (advice from a drop out)

by Milla — she=he I realize now, some years later on, after getting all turned on by the pretty words of Liberation, Freedom and Equality amongst people who support the subculture squatting houses, knowing they are better than the people who know less than they do of how society is all a sham, making us [...]