Lydia Belz

Lydia Belz

Fellow

Current Country

New Zealand 🇳🇿

Current City

Featherston

What have you been going through and experiencing?

I have started my next term of traveling in February and it has been going amazing! I have connected and made a friendship with many new people and have really connected with Lexi! I have been very present in my travels and really taking in the new experiences!

March 5, 2026

Intuition

Cultivating inner knowing

A question currently animating me about the inner life/spirit is:

What is my own definition of success and happiness unrelated to what I have previously learned?

March 5, 2026

A question currently animating me about the outer world/universe/multiverse is:

How does culture shape connection?

March 5, 2026

The practices I’m finding most helpful at the moment are:

Time in Nature,Other

March 5, 2026

A moment I noticed my inner light kindled this month was:

Meeting a new friend and truly connecting like I haven’t before. It was one of those connections where two people just click and feel so comfortable and confident right off the bat.

March 5, 2026

A moment I noticed my inner light dwindled this month was:

Worrying about what I cannot control.

March 5, 2026

Courage

Aligning action

Assumptions I'm examining right now are:

Happiness,Success

March 5, 2026

I originally assumed:

March 5, 2026

These assumptions are changing:

They are slowly changing as I continue with the animation course. Learning from those around me and myself.

March 5, 2026

A moment I stepped out of my comfort zone this month was:

Traveling to a new country and embracing the spontaneous and creative ways to travel.

March 5, 2026

Compassion

Engaged Empathy

Something that is helping me build trusting relationships here is:

March 5, 2026

Digital Detox Retreat

Number of days I've gone without technology

Number of days I've gone without technology

15

Being intentionally away from technology and distractions has taught me:

I have a lot of work to do on my attetion span and my reliance on technology. But it has taught me lessons on being present in the moment.

December 2, 2025

Gratitude

Peers I'm grateful for:

Lexi Bennett-Williams

THANK YOU THANK YOU!!! you have truly been such a blessing in my gap year and truly making my time in Sri Lanka magical!

March 5, 2026

Lauren Nietschke

reaching out to me when the flight school first started. It helped me to feel more like I was joining a community.

August 5, 2025

Peers who have expressed gratitude for me:

Lexi Bennett-Williams

Thank you for reaching out about Sri Lanka plans :) genuinely so excited to meet you! Can’t wait for many a beach swim and hikes and so much more

January 31, 2026

Jacey Hilburn

Thank you for taking part of the small group sessions and helping me feel tethered to The Flight School community as I am traveling. Our in-depth conversations have helped give me a place to reflect on my past and inner questionings and give me something to look forward to!

October 1, 2025

Magical Moments

Light-kindling moments

Light-kindling moments

Stepping into my new home

Sawtell

Sep 15, 2025

During my first morning in Sawtell, my roommate woke me up to have a dip in the ocean. Stepping onto the sand for the first time made me feel like this place was truly meant to be my home for the next months.