CURRENT MISSION

taking time to learn and listen

ABOUT ME

I am currently taking some time to focus on developing on my own practice as a social worker and the way in which I want to engage with the world and its' structures.

I'm on a two-fold path to study narrative therapy in Adelaide and learn from indigenous social work practice, with the hope of learning from different sources of knowledges, communities, ways of thinking.

I love being with people and also being alone,

keen to learn

PHILOSOPHY

Dialogue does not impose, does not manipulate, does not domesticate, does not ‘ sloganize’… Instead there are Subjects who meet to name the world in order to transform it.

Paulo Freire
Pedagogy of the Oppressed, 1970

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I'm a newbie learning the ropes of this game -

Interests

Listening to people, learning from stories, escaping with music, Grounding with Tango, Walking, Climbing, Gardening, Yoga, Thinking, Breathing,

Food, Wine, Smelling, Feeling, Eating Making

Reading, Learning, understanding, Reflecting

I'm all hands-on and like laughing

• tango
• dining
• wine
• yoga
• walking
• gardening
• reading
• music
• rock climbing
• law
• social work

Music, Movies, and Books

Alice Walker, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Paolo Friere, Frantz Fanon, Phillip Pullman, Reading Reading and still Reading...

LOVE musique, Nina Simone, Etta James, Cesaria Evora, Ella Fitzgerald, Salif Kieta, Staff Benda Bilili, Yasmin Levy, Tinariwin, John Lee Hooker, Howling wolf, Titi Robin, Muddy Waters, Akala, Fugees, SuperBestFriendsClub, The Chieftans, Paul Brady, Armenian Folk - still discovering, Romanian Gypsy... still learning... listening

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Spending time with my Ba ngoai, Grandmere, and eating Vietnamese Pho at 6am every morning - tracing her tracks through Vietnam

Teach, Learn, Share

If children live with criticism, they learn to condemn.
If children live with hostility, they learn to fight.
If children live with fear, they learn to be apprehensive.
If children live with pity, they learn to feel sorry for themselves.
If children live with ridicule, they learn to feel shy.
If children live with jealousy, they learn to feel envy.
If children live with shame, they learn to feel guilty.
If children live with encouragement, they learn confidence.
If children live with tolerance, they learn patience.
If children live with praise, they learn appreciation.
If children live with acceptance, they learn to love.
If children live with approval, they learn to like themselves.
If children live with recognition, they learn it is good to have a goal.
If children live with sharing, they learn generosity.
If children live with honesty, they learn truthfulness.
If children live with fairness, they learn justice.
If children live with kindness and consideration, they learn respect.
If children live with security, they learn to have faith in themselves and in those about them.
If children live with friendliness, they learn the world is a nice place in which to live.

Dorothy Law Nolte

Countries I’ve Visited

France, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Papua New Guinea, Russian Federation, Serbia, Spain, United Kingdom

Countries I’ve Lived In

France, India, Japan, Viet Nam