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Imagine This - When Wrong is Right: Learning from Failure through Play

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LSP Conference curated by intHRface I wear many professional hats and sometimes this means there is nothing to share publicly and sometimes this provides me the opportunity to post an article twice in a week! This week is one of those weeks! Another thing is that it takes me a great deal to record and publicly share a video of me and yet here I am doing exactly that and for good reason too. It is for the Annual LEGO® SERIOUS PLAY® Conference at LEGOLAND Hotel and Conference Centre in Billund, Denmark in October 2024 which I am very much looking forward to attending. If you are a facilitator of the LEGO® SERIOUS PLAY® method and materials, you may want to consider it too. The details can he found here: lego-serious-play-conference-advanced-training Transcript: I am at my happiest when I am cutting the grass at the farm. However my second happy place has got to be attending The Annual LEGO® SERIOUS PLAY® Conference at LEGOLAND Hotel and Conference Centre in Billund, Denmark.

Learning the Art of Making, Preparing and Serving Cacao

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“mastering the sacred art of ceremony and ritual" - Rhonda Spence A different kind of article this time but that is how I roll! This past weekend was wonderfully amazing and a long time coming. I participated in the Embodied Cacao Ceremonial Training created and facilitated by Rhonda Spence at her beautiful retreat space in Angus, and my body, mind and spirit is still overflowing from the experience. Cacao is the raw material from which chocolate is made. It comes from the cacao tree, which is native to Central and South America. The cacao pods, which grow on the tree, contain cacao beans and pulp. These beans are roasted, fermented, and ground to create cocoa powder or cocoa mass, which are the primary ingredients in chocolate. Cacao is rich in flavonoids, which are antioxidants that have been linked to various health benefits, including improved heart health and cognitive function. The training kicked off with a powerful cacao ceremony on Friday night surrounded by an in