Belonging is one of our most basic human needs. Within a modern society that isolates us more and more, how do we find each other and grow together?
We come alive in the company of beings who know us and stay close, where we're seen as we actually are.
I wish for a world where more of our lives are held by community. Not only by family or a small inner circle, but by a wider web of beings who show up for each other. A place where we can take real risks because the collective supports us to explore, grow and create.
This kind of environment changes what's possible. A spark from one becomes real because the tribe carries it forward. Individual expression and group synergy live in the same room, the voice of one person feeding the rhythm of the many. Within such a field, different ideas don't have to compete to survive. They can be listened to, tested, held with care. Conflict softens when it's met openly and can move through rather than settle in.
I think a lot about how our lives would feel if more of our needs were met by our tribe, less navigated alone, more figured out together. From the quiet confidence of belonging, would the big and small moments of life would meet us differently?
It's with these thoughts that I have, unknowingly at first, and purposefully now, been building, nurturing and holding communities for the past ten years.
A physical home in Zürich for the Authentical.li community. Most communities stay online, and that works up to a point. But something shifts when people can walk through the same door, stay past the end of an event, and build the kind of familiarity that only comes from being in the same room more than once. This space is meant to be that anchor — currently in its founding phase, taking shape alongside the community it will serve.
ActiveA platform connecting conscious growth events and communities across Switzerland, built for the beings, communities, and tribes who share a common pull toward depth. It started as a Telegram hub and grew into something people rely on: retreats, workshops, festivals, gatherings — the kinds of spaces that take inner work and real connection seriously. For anyone trying to find their community in Switzerland's conscious growth scene, it has become the place to look.
authentical.li↗
ActiveFlora is the association behind the Bloom Gathering, a co-creation event built around consent, consciousness, and collective flourishing. The structure is unusual: there are no passive spectators. Everyone shows up as a creator, contributing in whatever way fits them. The gathering is entirely substance-free, and consent is practised actively rather than posted on a wall. The in-between moments — the conversations that spill out of sessions, the things that weren't planned — tend to matter just as much.
bloomgathering.love↗
Handed overSwitzerland's largest tabletop role-playing game association. It started from nothing in 2018 and grew to over 6,000 members, the biggest of its kind in the country. The ambition was always to build something truly national — spanning four language regions, where French, German, and Italian-speaking players had never had a shared home before. By the time it was handed over, it had its own events infrastructure, a Champion program, and a leadership team running it as a real institution.
swissrpg.ch↗
Handed overA group for the next generation of business leaders. I joined at the founding stage and eventually became Chair, building out the strategy and network over seven years. The YPG sat between two professional worlds that didn't naturally overlap, which made it genuinely useful for people earlier in their careers. High-profile speakers, 50+ events, a volunteer committee feeding into the Chamber's board. What stayed with people were the relationships they found there.
bscc.co.uk↗Building something, or looking for your people? Tell me what you're shaping, or just say hello. I read everything.