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Reclaiming Wholeness
The Life Worth Living (LWL) programme offers a deeply personal journey for each participant, and for some, it’s a challenge to capture that experience in words. One of our participants, Eli, shared a beautiful testimonial that reflects the transformation she underwent during the programme.Eli begins by recalling a collage she created during the COVID-19 isolation…
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A Life Worth Living: Radostina’s Journey
My name is Radostina, and I decided to join the Life Worth Living (LWL) programme to learn how to speak more openly about myself, to break free from the fear of sharing, and to embrace myself as I am. I believe that God is the one who changes us, and nothing happens by chance. This…
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Life Worth Living Life Retreat in Greece
Ever tried. Ever failed. No matter. Try Again. Fail again. Fail better!Samuel BeckettThe two weekend retreats held in Greece (February 3-4 and April 27-28, 2024) despite all the inevitable limitations (some of which self-imposed) demonstrated that reflection contributes to self-improvement, especially when certain conditions are met. These conditions include adopting a meaningful system of values…
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Exploring the power of faith and hope in Greece
On April 2nd, 2024, participants from Greece engaged in a profound online meeting as part of their ongoing journey with the Life Worth Living project. This 90-minute session focused on the transformative role of faith and hope in overcoming life’s challenges, guided by both personal reflection and interactive group discussions. Here, we delve into the…
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The LIFE Facilitator Journey to the Final Retreat
“If we want to grow as teachers — we must do something alien to academic culture: we must talk to each other about our inner lives — risky stuff in a profession that fears the personal and seeks safety in the technical, the distant, the abstract.” ― Parker J. Palmer Eleven months ago, 15 experienced facilitators…
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Text doesn’t have to have words: Reading art in LIFE
Walking into the National Gallery of Iceland in Reykjavik, the Icelandic LIFE participants, sat on foldable stools facing a painting. This time the texts would offer no written language, no letters on a page. Instead, the text the participants were “reading” was visual art. Through an engagement with art participants expanded their thinking on any…
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Keep communicating: that's the lesson I take away as principal
In 2024, 11 Flemish teachers and school directors take part in the European LIFE project. They start a search for the meaning of their personal and professional lives and reflect on important life questions. But how does such a journey effect a person? And does LIFE also have an impact on their job? We asked Leen Langenbick, principal of Torhout…
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From teaching quality to well-being: what do you focus on as a school?
Nele Verdonck is pupils’ coordinator of the Flemish secondary school Dalthonatheneum Het Leerlabo. Together with her principal Hilde Raets, she participates in the LIFE project. «Over the past few years, Hilde and I have focused on more connection within the school team and more room for authenticity. That was an intense journey. So the LIFE…
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Life Worth Living lands in Sicily
The Life Worth Living project has had its meaningful impact also in Italy, and specifically in Sicily where the CSC Danilo Dolci operates, being it one of the organizations that is part of this thrilling path of discovery of the approach of the project.Indeed, in the green countryside of Palermo, Sicily, twelve chosen educators and…
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The Depth of the LIFE Experience by Lisa Avarello
When the Life: Caring for our Educators and Principals project was approved and, as a project manager of the CSC Danilo Dolci – one of the partner organizations- it was placed in my hands, I had no idea that it would be a life changing experience both on a personal and professional level.The topic was…