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Small Successes

In social pedagogy, we often talk about big goals. Development. Independence. Progress. These concepts are important, but in the everyday reality of my work, change usually looks different. It starts small. I work with children in a boarding setting at a speech and language school. Many of these children have already experienced that things do…
Paciva: Building a Tool for When Energy Isn’t Reliable

For a long time, I’ve been thinking about energy — not in the productivity sense, but in the very human sense. The kind of energy that isn’t reliably self-renewing. The kind that doesn’t come back just because you slept, or tried harder, or “pushed through.” That question became much more personal when someone very close…
When energy isn’t infinite

For most of my life, I believed — quietly, unquestioned — that energy was something you could always stretch a little further. You get tired, you push. You feel overwhelmed, you power through. You rest later. That belief is everywhere. It’s baked into how we talk about work, productivity, motivation, even self-care. Try harder. Be…
Why Connecting Volunteers and Organizations Matters More Than We Think

Volunteering is often framed as a simple exchange: time given, help received. But in reality, it is something much deeper. It is one of the few spaces where individual intention meets collective need. Where people do not just participate in society, but actively shape it. When volunteers and organisations connect in meaningful ways, communities become…
Walking as a Cognitive Tool

I started walking more intentionally when I realised that thinking does not happen best when I am still. Sitting at a desk, trying to force clarity, often leads me in circles. Movement, on the other hand, seems to loosen something. Not in a dramatic, inspirational way, but quietly and reliably. Once a week, I try…
Why I Watch Home Alone 2: Lost in New York Every Year

At first glance, it may seem banal to watch the same film again every year. But rituals rarely arise by accident. They serve functions deeply rooted in human needs: orientation, identity, and anchoring oneself within one’s own biographical space. Home Alone 2: Lost in New York has become exactly such a ritual for me—interestingly, only in young…
Radiomachen mit Jugendlichen: 5 Dinge, die ich gelernt habe

Ich liebe Radio. Dieses Medium, das mit so wenig so viel schafft – Stimme, Klang, Stille. Und ich liebe es, mit Kindern und Jugendlichen zu arbeiten. Ihre Perspektiven, ihre Energie, ihr Humor, ihre Ehrlichkeit. Wenn beides zusammenkommt, entsteht etwas Besonderes. In den letzten Jahren habe ich Radioworkshops mit Kindern und Jugendlichen geleitet – im Rahmen…