Fellow
Current Country
Netherlands 🇳🇱
Current City
Rotterdam
What have you been going through and experiencing?
What can the Japanese culture teach me about handling stress?
January 28, 2026
Intuition
Cultivating inner knowing
A question currently animating me about the inner life/spirit is:
What can the Japanese culture teach me about handling stress?
January 28, 2026
A question currently animating me about the outer world/universe/multiverse is:
Is there such thing as a 'bad person' or is behaviour always a result of nurture & nature and are we deep down all 'good'?
January 28, 2026
The practices I’m finding most helpful at the moment are:
Creating Music/Art
January 28, 2026
A moment I noticed my inner light kindled this month was:
Two of my cousins coming over for dinner. Might be the most normal thing for many, but due to bad family relations I never really see my family besides my grandma (other than my siblings and parents). I hadn't seen them in years and the night was full of love & laughter!
January 28, 2026
A moment I noticed my inner light dwindled this month was:
I thought my lifestyle would be different now that I came back from my travels. That I would have more time to live without hurry. But somehow, I ended up planning my days as full as possible, and find myself having to disappoint others last minute because I need more mental rest
January 28, 2026
Courage
Aligning action
Assumptions I'm examining right now are:
Time/Attention
January 28, 2026
I originally assumed:
I used to think saying yes to everything would make me happy & give me energy.
January 28, 2026
These assumptions are changing:
Now I sense it can be very draining and it is important to put myself first sometimes, and give myself some time to not only physically rest, but also mentally.
January 28, 2026
A moment I stepped out of my comfort zone this month was:
Going with a friend of my brother to their student association for a night to get a taste of student life and experience the association I want to join next year. I didn't know anyone (not even the girl I went with) but it was such a great night!
January 28, 2026
Compassion
Engaged Empathy
Something that is helping me build trusting relationships here is:
Breakout rooms in meetings
January 28, 2026
Digital Detox Retreat
7
Being intentionally away from technology and distractions has taught me:
To be so much more connected to myself, through realising how certain experiences in the past have shaped me to who I am now. To feel detached from technology without this restless feeling of boredom. To, for the first time, feel fully content with just myself and nothing else.
December 29, 2025
Gratitude
Peers I'm grateful for:
Asmaa Drawat
Asmaa! Thank you so much for helping me with my food allergy translation for my trip to Morocco, you might have saved my life!! <333 You're so sweet and I would love to connect with you more!!
January 28, 2026
Douglas Teixeira de Queiroz Santos
Another thanks to you because you deserve it Doug!! I want to thank you for being immediately so excited when I asked you to plan a meeting together and look forward to planning it further!!
December 29, 2025
Lexi Bennett-Williams
Lexiii! I loved the times we were put in a breakout room together and I can’t wait to have more time to talk over a call! Thanks for being such a good conversation partner and I’m excited to get to know you better!
November 30, 2025
Douglas Teixeira de Queiroz Santos
Doug, thanks for being amazing to talk to! Some time ago we had a few meetings which I loved, and recently you took the initiative again to plan another. Although we still need to have this one, I've loved chatting with you in breakouts! Thanksthanksthanks <3
October 31, 2025
Kashimani Simasiku
Thanks for reaching out to me to have a call that turned out to be way greater than I could’ve anticipated!! You’ve not only helped me with my current struggles but also made me laugh with tears, can’t wait to catch up again! :)
September 27, 2025
John Makuei Bath Madut
I want to thank you for your insights you’ve shared in the meetings, because I think your point of view is so interesting and your words have really put me to think! You were the one to stand out for me with the things you said, I remember such interesting thoughts you shared
August 31, 2025
Lizzy Leone
Thank you so much for reminding everyone about every meeting and also reminding me personally about lists of things I still need to do in Circle - this has helped me a lot because otherwise I fear I would definitely have forgotten some important things!! Thanks Liz!
July 31, 2025
Peers who have expressed gratitude for me:
Kashimani Simasiku
Thank you for always making time to have funny conversations about meat, parties, and Halloween. I really appreciate the time we have to get to know each other.
November 1, 2025
Lexi Bennett-Williams
Thank you for sharing in the group sessions and for a couple conversations we’ve had!
July 30, 2025
Magical Moments
Snowy days!
Rotterdam
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Jan 5, 2026
A few days with an abundance of snow ended up to be so meaningful. Closed schools, cancelled flights. Many kids playing on the streets, strangers building snowmen together, everyone slowing down and taking a moment to enjoy the weather. A strong feeling of community in such an individualistic country. Beautiful!
Feeling at home in Granada
Granada
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Dec 8, 2025
When I found a guy playing the guitar for his friends in the most beautiful sunset spot and talked to them for a while. He asked me what kind of songs I listen to (for him to play) and when I told him about the song my brother always plays - that always makes me feel at home - and he happened to know it completely + lyrics (see video)!!
Sunset walk
Palma de Mallorca
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Sep 18, 2025
Nothing crazy, just connecting to my host family mom on a beautiful sunset walk with the dog :)
Connecting with locals over another beautiful hike!
Palma de Mallorca
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Nov 26, 2025
After the first hike I did with the 3 spanish people, we immediately planned another one for a week later. At the end, we went to a bit of a secret viewpoint for the sunset and it was absolutely stunning. I felt so deeply happy and really connected with people I only saw twice!! So so thankful!!
Facing the storm!
Palma de Mallorca
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Oct 26, 2025
Although the weather is lovely here 90% of the time, it was absolutely terrible yesterday. It was raining a looott, the coldest since I’ve been here and even very windy. However, to celebrate my host family mom’s birthday, we still went out to explore a beautiful place of the island I hadn’t seen yet. We took some umbrellas and had a walk through the city in pouring rain, and somehow (even though I hate rain), I felt so happy! A small reminder not to let external forces determine how I feel too much :)