Ambassadors For Humanity 2025–2026

We'll start the journey with a focus on deepening the relationship with yourself. You'll explore:

• Befriending your nervous system: How self- and co-regulation enable a deeper connection with yourself and others.
• Inner & outer safety and permission: Create the foundation for authenticity to become possible.
• Real moments: Get comfortable and skilled at expressing what you think, feel, and want in ways so everyone can live more fully.

Click the orange circle to hear a participant of the taster weekend describe their experience (1 minute)

Times

Like all weekends, we start on Friday evening (31 Oct 2025) at 18:30 and end on Sunday (2 Nov 2025) by 17:30 (full timetable).

What happens next?

Two weeks after the weekend, we'll have our first group zoom call. Two weeks after the call, we'll meet for weekend 2.

We'll continue our journey by bringing in the interpersonal layer. You'll explore topics like:

• Clean freedom: How to bring yourself in, so that you create freedom and connection—for yourself as well as for others.
• Interdependence: Support others when you have capacity. Reach out for support when you need it. Learn to co-create, grow, and play together.
• Compassion & curiosity: Rather than feeling righteous about the “right” ways of relating, you can use curiosity as a doorway to genuine connection with a broad range of people.

If it feels right, we migh co-create something this weekend, such as an alternative thanksgiving dinner, but we'll decide on that together.

What happens next?

We'll take a pause from meeting in person, but we'll stay connected through three group zoom calls. We might use these calls to identify some situations in our relational life that could use some care and attention, and support each other in taking some first steps in the right direction.

In February, we'll meet again for weekend 3.

We'll invite you to broaden your perspective beyond your personal life, as we center the collective. We'll touch upon topics like:

• Social justice: Contribute to a world where everyone has equal access to rights, opportunities, and resources, regardless of their background.
• Sustainable activism: Take a stand for your ideals without losing yourself in the process. Use nervous system awareness to know when it's time to step up, and when it's time to rest and restore.
• Cultivating compassion & curiosity: Learn how welcoming yourself makes it easier to welcome others—and how being kind to others helps to be more kind to yourself.

Why this angle is a fundamental part of the program

In these times of war, polarization, systemic oppression, and many governments limiting freedom of speech, everyone can play a role in preserving what makes us human. One side of this is political activism: supporting specific causes or groups. The other side is seeing beyond our differences and staying open to love.

Watch the video to hear me talk about this in more detail:

What happens next?

We'll have another group zoom call after the weekend. A few weeks later, we'll meet for weekend 4.

We'll continue our journey with a weekend about creation. We'll explore topics like:

• Experimentation: Learn to play, take attuned risks & experiment with new ways of doing things.
• Co-creation: To go fast, do it alone. To get far, do it together. But how? Let's find out.
• Sustainable leadership: Practice leading & following, supporting & being supported.

What happens next?

We'll have a group zoom call before we get together for one final time: weekend 5.

We'll get together for our last official gathering. We'll focus on:

• Integration: Recognize and integrate how this journey has changed your life.
• Continuation: Identify how you can continue this journey on an individual, relational, and collective level.
• Dropping the structure: Let go of the group in its current form, so it can potentially be redefined.

What happens next?

Two weeks after the final weekend, we'll have our last planned group call. This completes the official part of the program, yet the group can decide to continue in a self-led form for those who are interested.

In this video, I explain how the 3 levels of humanity can be accessed on a daily basis by creating real moments.

Creating real moments requires safety & permission, which each have an inner and outer component. One way of developing safety and permission is by collecting positive imprints in supportive environments.

There, you can develop confidence, skill & sensitivity to create more freedom for yourself & others. In each of the 5 weekends, we'll explore this from a different perspective.

The video ends with a group conversation about how some of these concepts play out in people's lives.

The zoom calls

These community calls are a chance to receive and offer support outside the weekends. They're a way to stay connected, share your challenges and successes, support each other, and share ideas about ways to shape your life.

The calls happen on Tuesdays from 19:30–21:30 CET:

After weekend 1:

• Tue 11 Nov 2025 (19:30–21:30 CET)

After weekend 2:

• Tue 16 Dec 2025 (all calls same time)
• Tue 13 Jan 2026
• Tue 27 Jan 2026

After weekend 3:

• Tue 17 Feb 2026

After weekend 4:

• Tue 17 Mar 2026

After weekend 5:

• Tue 28 Apr 2026

The Telegram group

A resource that can be used for things like:

• Sunday sharing circle: Possibility to share life updates every Sunday.
• Emotional/practical support: Learn to ask for what you need and support each other.
• Co-creation: Birthing ideas and initiatives together.
• Connect with the team: Ask questions in between weekends.
• Anything else: Host a movie night, ask for feedback or advice, find an accountability partner, or offer your skills and wisdom.

The group will lose its official status after the program, but can continue to exists for those who want it.

Mette Koppelaar (they/he)
Joins weekends: 1, 2, 3, 4 & 5

“I see authentic self-expression in everyday life as a doorway: a way to welcome all of myself, build genuine connection, live meaningfully with less dependence on material things, and contribute to a more loving world. I’m deeply committed to honesty and to welcoming all emotions—including grief, fear, shame, and pride. I often dress outside the gender norms, am on a continuous journey of voicing my genuine yeses and no's, and feel proud of the unconventional ceremony I created to honor my mom’s life and death.

My personal journey led me to traditions like yoga, tantra, Taoism, Buddhism, and Ubuntu. Writing my book left me inspired by people like Brené Brown, Carl Rogers, Esther Perel, Gabor Maté, and Alok Vaid-Menon. My facilitator learning journey introduced me to modalities like Nonviolent Communication, Polyvagal theory, The Wheel of Consent, Internal Family Systems, and the Diamond Approach—in some of which I'm trained.

I strive to create spaces where people of various backgrounds and identities can explore creating real moments: times when you say what you think, express what you feel, or act on your true desires. Not at the expense of others, but in ways that contribute to a culture where everyone can feel more free.

My approach rests on a simple principle: when there's enough outer safety and permission, you'll meet the edges of your inner safetey and permission. When you create positive experiences at the edge of your comfort zone, you can slowly become more comfortable with a broader range of expression. Over time, this allows you to reveal more yourself in more contexts of your life.

To get to know me better, schedule a (free) call, join my mailing list, watch me introduce myself below, or scroll down to read more about my background and lens.

Watch me talk

Why I created Ambassadors For Humanity:

How dressing outside the norm led me to do this work:

My social location & lens
I was born in Amsterdam in 1984. I'm white, able-bodied, and come from a middle-class background. I'm gender nonconforming and use they/them (or he/him) pronouns. After studying AI, I founded a few small startups and co-working spaces. I eventually turned my life around when I created two editions of Nibana Festival in 2018. Although I didn’t turn out to be a typical straight cis-male, I did grow up as one. I’ve never had to worry about hunger, housing, or safety, and I’ve never directly experienced war or poverty. My passport pretty much allows me to travel wherever I want. I’ve faced financial stress, but only because I chose the uncertainty of self-employment. Mild bullying was part of my early teenage years, but I've felt supported overall. The experiences I consider traumatic pale in comparison to what many others have faced. I haven’t experienced severe intergenerational trauma, and my parents spent years in group therapy before I was born, which greatly contributed to the safety and stability of my family home. While my dressing journey deeply challenged me on a personal level, it fades in comparison to the levels of oppression that exist for the majority of people on this planet. I'm grateful for the books and people that have helped me recognize all of these privileges. It feels important to acknowledge them and to use them for playing my part in making the world a slightly better place.

Photos: [1] Bartjan de Bruijn. [2&3] Ilse Wolf.

Christa Cocciole (she/her)
Joins weekends: 2, 3, 4 & 5

“I’m a Berlin-based Systemic and Trauma Therapist. I’ve been walking with people through moments of deep change for more than thirty years. My roots are in movement: dancing, choreographing, and listening to the quiet wisdom of the body. Over time, this grew into a way of working that I call Radical Presence — moving with playful compassion.

I believe the body remembers, and that those memories capture both our wounds and ways forward. As a facilitator, my role is to create spaces where people can meet themselves fully, even in the discomfort of transformation, and discover the resilience and creativity already alive within them.

My journey has taken me from reconciliation work during the war in Bosnia to psychiatric hospitals and grassroots collectives. Along the way, I’ve co-founded spaces like Ponderosa, Gut Stolzenhagen, and k77 Studio. They're places where connection, care, and embodied social justice are not just ideas, but lived experiences.

As a white-presenting BIPOC cis woman, I am committed to questions of belonging, equity, and repair. I see my work as midwifing what is ready to be born—whether in individuals, communities, or systems—and helping release what is no longer needed, so something new can take root.”

Cosima Siegling (she/her)

Joins weekends: 1, 3 & 5

“I’m deeply engaged with questions of human connection—both interpersonal and in relation to the environment. Over the past decade, my work has focused on creating and facilitating spaces for political education, community building, and meaningful connection. In this, I bring a strong commitment to consent, clear communication, and holding space for nuanced perspectives, feelings, and understandings — ideally leading to a sense of clarity, groundedness, and strength to face inner and outer complexities in a more resourced way.

I hold a B.A. in Philosophy and Communication Science and an M.Sc. in Human Ecology, where I’ve explored ethical and structural questions of the human–environment relationship. Combined with my extensive experience in creating group processes and learning environments, this gives me a solid toolkit to understand, analyze, and appreciate the intersections between individual, cultural, and structural dynamics that shape societal values and everyday life.

A particular focus of mine has been the facilitation of sex-positive, experiential, and educational spaces — approaching touch, bodies, sexuality, and relationships in an embodied and emancipatory way. Having lived in polyamorous constellations for almost ten years, it’s close to my heart to support people in deconstructing and reimagining their own concepts of love, intimacy, partnership, and sexuality.

I’m truly excited to be part of Ambassadors for Humanity and to share this journey with you.”

Here's a video of Cosima introducing herself during one of our first Zoom calls:

Mikael Ibrahim (he/him)

Joins weekends: 1, 2, 3, 4 & 5

“Five years ago, I was enjoying a promising career as a software engineer at a booming startup. Having left Google for this exciting job, I had a high opinion of myself and believed my life was perfect. All that came crashing down when my wrists refused to continue typing — I had burned out.

Pain and fatigue became my enemies until I learned that they were messengers telling me to change my life. Along this journey of recovery, I found a quiet inner voice that lead me toward healing and maturity. Today, I am dedicated to following that voice within me and supporting others in tuning in to their own, gently moving through the pain that comes in the way, and uncovering their deepest qualities. I offer private sessions with that intention. My approach is somatic and relational and blends dialogue, touch, embodied meditation, and movement. Over the past few years, I have had the privilege of working closely with incredibly skilled mentors with decades of experience in these areas. I am a fully certified Realization Process teacher and a Pantarei Approach practitioner.

I have a burning desire to co-create collective spaces where we mutually empower and inspire each other to be who we truly are. I am most excited about spaces that break the wall of the workshop room, that invite us to bring this way of being into a work meeting, conflict with a friend, or the U-Bahn. Which is one of the reasons why I resonate with Mette's vision for this program.

Venue: The weekends take place at Karada House in Berlin (on google maps as KARA Kulturraum). It's a beuatiful, queer, collaborative art space in Berlin Moabit. Photos and accessibility description below.

Accommodation: It's possible (and fully optional) to stay at the house on Friday and Saturday night. For €40 per night, you'll get a mattress & sheets and will either stay in the workshop space or in another shared space. Limited availability.

Food: You can bring your own food or go to one of the nearby restaurants during the breaks.

Group size: 10–25 lovely humans (who will likely increasingly feel like close friends as we spend more weekends together over the course of the months)

Availability: There are still free spots.

Language: English

Preparation: When you join, you can join all pre-events for free. You'll also receive a free copy of part 1 of Mette’s book, which you're invited to read.

Bring: comfortable, layered clothing, pen&paper, a water bottle, snacks for in between meals—and whatever brings you comfort or joy.

Pets: You can't bring your super cute doggie. I'm sorry.

Accessibility: There is a ramp and extra bell that can be reached without climbing stairs at the entry. The house has no thresholds. There is an accessible bathroom and shower. The garden can be reached via the garden gate. The only non-accessible parts of the house are the two mezzanines that allow for extra space. There's a parking space available right in front of the door in the backyard. Please get in touch if you require any assistance.

Photos of Karada House

These photos show only part of the house, but give a pretty good idea of the vibe:

Want to spend 5 weekends here with a wonderful group of people?

What you'll get:

• 100+ contact hours in person
• 7 two-hour calls on Zoom
• Ongoing support and connection in the Telegram Group
• A deeply committed group of peers — who all prioritized this in their life.
• Early access to part 1 of Mette’s book.

The sliding scale:

(Also see the lower-income options, paying in installments, and the price calculation)

• €1.450 — when money is tight and you join early
  Available until 31 Aug 2025. Includes 19% VAT.
  Receive alert before prices go up
• €1.850 — when you can afford more or join later
  Available until 23 Sep 2025.
  Receive alert before prices go up
• €2.250 — when you're financially comfortable or join even later
  Available until 26 Oct 2025.
• €3.550 — when you feel abundant and want to pay the sustainable price
  Available until 26 Oct 2025.
• €4.850 — when you can support those with a smaller wallet
  Available until 26 Oct 2025.

Lower-income options

If you feel determined to join, but challened by your financials, here are some options. Please schedule a call to talk about the possibilities.

• Join as a helper: €725 – €1.190
  Preference for those who need it most. Only 2 spots.
• Request a scholarship
  If donations come in, I will be able to offer scholarships in the form of a 25–50% discount.

Paying in installments

It's possible to pay in installments. This brings more risk and administration on my side, so it costs a little more:

• Pay in 2 installments: 1.5% fee
• Pay in 3 installments: 3% fee
• Pay in 6 installments: 6% fee

Make your choice

You can indicate your price preference in the application form. Priority for helper spots and scholarships is given to those facing challenging situations or with marginalized identities. Unsure what to do? Schedule a call or message me on Telegram and we'll discuss the options.

Group photo of a previous event.

Weekend structure

With over 20 contact hours, each weekend is a journey in itself:

• Friday: 18:30–22:00
  A nurturing evening with a focus on landing, connecting, and starting the weekend.
• Saturday: 10:30–22:30
  Daytime practices around the theme of the weekend. An evening of connection within the group, co-creation within the group, or an activity that involves others. (E.g. an alternative thanksgiving dinner in weekend 2.)
• Sunday: 10:30–17:30
  Practices and/or co-creation with a focus on integration and continuing the journey in everyday life.

Five weekends at Karada House in Berlin

Each weekend is a meaningful, immersive group journey:

• Weekend 1
  31 Oct – 2 Nov 2025
  Friday evening – Sunday end of day (times above)
• Weekend 2
  28–30 Nov 2025
  Same times each weekend
• Weekend 3
  6–8 Feb 2026
• Weekend 4
  6–8 Mar 2026
• Weekend 5
  10–12 Apr 2026

The zoom calls

Continued support, connection, inspiration, and co-creation in between the weekends:

• Tue 11 Nov 2025 (19:30–21:30 CET)
• Tue 16 Dec 2025 (all calls same time)
• Tue 13 Jan 2026
• Tue 27 Jan 2026
• Tue 17 Feb 2026
• Tue 17 Mar 2026
• Tue 28 Apr 2026

Add the dates to your calendar...

...and see if it fits :)

Conditions for canceling your ticket

If your spot is taken by someone you found or someone on the waiting list:

• 100% refund minus €75 admin fee

If no one takes your spot:

• Cancel up to 2 months before we start: 100% refund minus €75
• Cancel up to 1 calendar month before we start: 50% refund
• Cancel up to 2 weeks before we start: 20% refund
• Cancel in the 13 days before we start: no refund

A few things to keep in mind:

• The waiting list only opens once the program is sold out.
• I consider your spot taken when when (a) you found someone to take your spot and they mention your name their application form or (b) the program is full, the spots of any people who cancelled before you have been taken first, and someone on the remaining waiting list takes your spot.
• I'll refund you once the new person has paid in full.
• You can't transfer your spot to someone else without my approval.
• If you haven't paid the full amount and no one has taken your spot, you're obliged to pay all remaining installments—even if you cancelled.

Conditions when I cancel the program:

• 100% refund

What you'll get out of it

While every weekend has a specific theme, all weekends will help you grow:

• Confidence: you'll build courage, trust, inner safety, and nervous system capacity as a foundation for taking initiative and showing up authentically in your life.
• Skill: you'll learn many ways to connect with your body and inner world; express your thoughts, emotions, and desires; welcome more of yourself and others; build sustainable connection and support; take initiative; co-create; and be connected with the world as a whole. (more examples)
• Sensitivity: you'll learn to be more present with yourself and others; balance taking space with making space; and cultivate openness and curiosity as an entry point to finding your spot in this interconnected world.

Whatever your levels of confidence, skills, and sensitive are now, the program can take you further on whichever direction you wish to shape your life and relationship to the world.

This program is for you if

• You've been in spaces that welcome authentic expression & connection.
• You want to step into more responsibility for shaping your life & relationships.
• You're interested in developing a group culture of co-regulation, collaboration, and support (instead of focusing on competition or hyper-individuality).
• You're interested in understanding how others experience the world, would like the world to be a better place for a broader range of people, and you're interested in how to create freedom and opportunity for yourself as well as for others.
• You may feel intimated by some of the previous sentences, but you want to learn, be safely vulnerable, and figure things out together.

This program is not for you if

• You prefer to lean back and have a school-style learning experience.
• You want to be handed a complete set of tools to copy/paste into your life.
• You believe certain cultures are superior to others or that there's one right way of living life.
• You're not open to receiving feedback or new perspectives.

The program is more than a series of meaningful weekends. It’s designed to help you bring your learnings into everyday life outside the bubble—to reshape your relationships, authentically show up in your world, and nudge the world toward a more loving way of living.

This can happen through self-leadership and co-creation:

Self-leadership starts with self-care. It might look like journaling, going for a morning run, or taking time to rest. It means receiving support and staying connected with your body—alone or in connection. Self-leadership is also about taking initiative in your life. In daily moments, it can look like being more honest, tending to your emotions, and speaking up for your needs. On a larger scale, it might mean starting a difficult conversation with family or colleagues, organizing a sharing circle with friends, or getting involved in a cause that matters to you.

Co-creation is the art of leading and following; inspiring and being inspired. If you tend to take charge, your challenge may be to slow down and open to the wisdom of those around you. If you tend to hold back, your growth edge may lie in stepping forward, letting yourself be seen, and letting yourself feel that you’re being received. Either way, there’s an invitation to step into presence, support yourself and each other, and co-create environments where you and others can thrive more fully than you could alone.

All in all, this work is about shaping your life while contributing to a better world—taking steps that honor your nervous system’s capacity, and building a way of living where both you and others can flourish.

One central focus of the program is on learning to work with your nervous system. But what does this actually mean, and why is it so important?

What is Nervous System awareness?

Your nervous system plays a crucial role in how you respond to situations that are challenging, uncomfortable, or unsafe.

Your brain constantly scans your inner body, the people around you, and your environment to find out if you're in danger. It checks things like: Am I warm enough? Is anyone looking at me weird? Is anything dangerous happening in this room?

Whenever it spots even the smallest amount of danger, it will activate one of the stress responses (fight, flight, freeze, collapse, or fawn/please). In itself, this is a helpful mechanism that helps you stay safe. The problem is when you get stuck in these states or when the situations from your past still activate those responses today.

When you develop nervous system awareness, you learn to recognize and influence these responses inside yourself (and others). Instead of being controlled by automatic, stress-driven reactions, you can consciously choose how to respond to a situation and do so from a state of safety and connection.

Why is this so important for the program?

The Ambassadors for Humanity program is not just about making changes on a superficial level; it’s also about growing on a deeper, inner level. When you learn to regulate your nervous system, you build the inner safety that lets you:

• Better handle stress and emotional challenges: You’ll be less overwhelmed by external circumstances or group dynamics and can respond more calmly in difficult moments.
• Create more space for authentic connections: By regulating yourself, you can approach the group and those around you with more relaxation and openness, leading to deeper, trusting relationships.
• Recognize and respect your own needs: Well-regulated nervous system responses help you honor your own boundaries and listen to your inner voice, which is essential for personal growth and well-being.

How is This Integrated into the Program?

The program includes practical exercises and techniques for nervous system regulation that will help you better understand and intentionally influence your reactions. This foundation supports personal growth and strengthens the collective energy within the group, allowing for more meaningful and supportive connections, and facilitating a more profound and impactful journey of transformation.

What this look like

Watch a moment of nervous system awareness during the first orientation call.

Sadly, it’s much easier to make a decent living by working for companies that harm the planet or fuel inequality than it is trying to contribute to a better world. It’s especially hard to make events financially inclusive without sacrificing myself in the process. Many facilitators either rely on other income streams or stop facilitating after a few years, when they realize the prices they offered just weren’t sustainable for themselves.

When event prices do work for a facilitator in the long term, these events are often judged as expensive and 'commercial'—even when things are often still not great for the facilitator. I like to reveal how I've calculated the prices, so you can get a sense of how this works from 'my side'.

The price calculation:

1. I aim to work 5 days a week, 8 hours a day. Out of those hours, roughly 40% of my time goes into things like admin, general promotion, and other general tasks. This means I have around 24 hours per workweek to make my income.
2. On a yearly basis, I have to account for vacation, sick days, public holidays, festivals where I work for free to make a name for myself, and the time I receive training that lets me do this work in a responsible, trauma-informed way. This leaves me with around 38 work weeks per year.
3. This means I have to make my entire annual income in 24 x 38 = 912 hours per year, or 76 hours per month.
4. I spend at least 460 hours on one edition of this program:
• 145+ hours of preparation: developing the program; promotion; venue communication; setting up a team; handling signups and cancellations; chasing payments; communicating with participants, helpers, team members, and the venue; shopping; and many more small tasks.
• 275+ hours for preparing and facilitating the actual five weekends
• 40+ hours for preparing and hosting the online calls
5. Besides the time investment, I spend money on overhead costs for my business, renting the venue, paying team members, and buying materials I need for running the program. Depending on how signups are going, I might have to spend money on online promotion, printing flyers, etc.
6. Now, to earn the median salary for someone my age (41) in this part of the world, I have to generate a shocking €104 for each hour that I work on this program (excluding VAT). To achieve this, I would need to have 20 signups for an average of €3.450 per participant (including VAT).
7. To make this program more inclusive, I've lowered my salary to one third (!) of the median, which reduces the average price to €1.850 per person including VAT, which means I rely on additional donations to make it work. It also means that for everyone paying less, there needs to be someone paying more.

So, it's complicated... Bravo if you made it to the end of this. If you want to share your reflections, feel free to message me on Telegram or through the contact form.

This event is SEPARATE from the main program

It's a chance to:

• Experience spending time in Mette's groups
• Take some first steps toward facilitating your life
• Decide if the full program suits you

Foundations to Facilitate Your Life
20 – 21 Sep 2025, Berlin

If you enjoy workshops and spaces where you can show up more authentically, and you long to bring more of your human expression into various parts of your life and the world, then this weekend workshop is for you.

All details: Open the separate event page

Dates: 20–21 Sep 2025, 10:30–18:00 (Berlin)

Venue: Holographic Healing Nest, in Berlin Neukölln (google maps).

Cost: €50/day or €75/weekend (or free for program participants). Can be deducted from the full program fee if you sign up the week after.

Limited to 15 people, so sign up early.

To hear a 1-minute voice note of a previous participant, click the orange button:

Free, online gatherings to:

• Decide if you want to join the actual program
• Start building group energy
• Share your voice, ask questions, and let your voice influence the program

There are 2 orientation calls left:

• Tue 30 Sep 2025, 19:30–21:30 CET (online)
  We'll decide the topic during the prior event
  Join this Orientation Call
• Tue 14 Oct 2025, 19:30–21:30 CET (online)
  We'll decide the topic during the prior event
  Join this Orientation Call

Be aware that the first price increase for the program happens on 31 August—shortly after the 26 Aug call and the first intro weekend.

Orientation Call #2

During our 26 Aug 2025 call, I (Mette) explained the underlying philosophy for this program, as well as the focus point for each of the weekends:

• 00:00:00 — Three levels of humanity
• 00:02:42 — Real Moments
• 00:04:15 — Creating real moments
• 00:06:42 — Safety and permission
• 00:09:00 — The full model
• 00:10:20 — Creating positive imprints
• 00:12:36 — Supportive environments
• 00:14:50 — Confidence, skill & sensitivity
• 00:18:22 — 5 weekends, 5 perspectives
• 00:24:36 — Group conversation

Orientation Call #1

During this first orientation call on 9 Jul 2025, we explored nervous system awareness, and different ways of connecting with our humanity on a personal, relational, and societal level.

• 00:00:00 — Consent & arriving in the body
• 00:02:46 — Check-in round
• 00:14:08 — Virtual touch & co-regulation practice
• 00:29:17 — Mette talks about the three levels of humanity
• 00:49:57 — Movement break
• 00:54:57 — Nervous system awareness
• 01:00:20 — Sharing how each of us relate to our humanity (explanation)
• 01:08:27 — Start of the actual sharings
• 01:36:22 — Closing words Mette
• 01:41:29 — Final sharings from the group

Want to join the next call?

There are three remaining co-creation evenings: Tue 26 Aug, Tue 30 Sep, and Tue 14 Oct. Each from 19:30–21:30 CET.

Be aware that the first price increase for the program happens on 31 August—shortly after the 26 Aug call and the first intro weekend.

The following values are the foundation for all my work. If these don't resonate with you, then we may not be a match. Of course, these values are always a work in progress. If something about them doesn’t feel right, or if you have ideas for improvement, I would love to hear from you. Message me on Telegram or through the contact form.

If it ever feels like I or any of the team members don't live up to these values, I would love for you to tell me.

1. Authenticity: Everyone's invited to verbally, physically, and emotionally express themselves. We can play with our expression without justifying ourselves, yet we strive to do so in a way that’s considerate of other people.

2. Inclusivity: We welcome all identities and personal backgrounds. We try to notice the judgments and assumptions we make about others, and question racism, sexism, ageism, ableism, homophobia, transphobia, or other discriminatory beliefs or behavior.

3. Consent: We respect each other's space, stuff, boundaries and privacy. We share a responsibility to create a safe environment for ourselves as well as for others.

4. Confidentiality: We don’t share about other people’s experiences. We don’t comment on other people’s experiences without their consent.

5. Self and group responsibility: We try to be aware of the ways in which we take up space and strive to contribute to the safety of the group. We’re all responsible for our own physical and emotional needs.

6. No sex or romance with team members: Team members don't share arousal, sexual energy, or romance with participants. (We might like to share hugs or other forms of touch though!)

Not all experiences in these kinds of spaces are pleasant—even when everyone tries to do things right.

If you have an unpleasant experience with a team member or fellow participant, I encourage you to reach out to them directly. Alternatively, you're very welcome to contact me (Mette) via Telegram or the contact form, or to contact any other team member. We may be able to support you. We won’t take any action without your consent.

If you have an unpleasant experience with me (Mette), you're invited to reach out to me directly, contact another team member, or approach my accountability partner Anouk Bongers. She won't communicate with me unless you consent to it. You can find her contact details here.

It may take time to process certain experiences. Sometimes months or years. The offer above remains valid. There’s no such thing as reaching out too late.