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Melissa Ladd

Joy Island

Drawing your own "Joy Island" with named areas for things that bring you joy, and sharing with others.

Mirna Smidt  from Trainers Toolbox

Ideal Day - Design Your Perfect Average Day

A reflective writing exercise that helps participants visualize and design their ideal future lifestyle.
By imagining a single “perfect average day” five years from now, they explore what truly makes them happy & what is important to them across work, relationships, health, and adventures.

This activity guides participants to dream big without limitations.
The outcome is a vivid, detailed description of a day that reflects their most authentic, joyful life.

Creative Commons Methods

Seeds

Seeds begin to shape what emerges during a time of silence and reflection. Seeds are small personal notations, but they hold the potential for deep change. This practice is especially useful after a process of Guided Journaling as a way of identifying what resonated most strongly from the “field of the future.”

Didzis Krogzems

Lord Lord Milord

Lord and Villagers is a lively outdoor game blending physical activity with playful deception, rooted in the tradition of role-playing games that test agility and strategy. Inspired by classic children’s games like "What’s the Time, Mr. Wolf?

Social Fabric Mapping

This activity gets participants thinking about the power of relationships and what it means to be a part of a connected community.


Participants use the shared visualization to create a visual representation of all the communities and groups that they have been and currently are a part of. They can create their "map" any way that want, but it's best if the facilitator has an example to share with participants for reference.


After five minutes, participants pair up and share their maps with each other. Alternatively, the reflection can be in a full group.


Reflection Questions:

  • How did you feel while you were making your map, and how did you feel looking at your completed map?

  • Considering everything you included in your map, what do you think makes a community “woven strong”?