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Victoria Stoyanova
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September 2022

Welcome (back) to the Institute of Belonging, a newsletter for people who bring people together. For those who I haven’t had the chance to meet yet…
Victoria Stoyanova

January 2021

Friends, I love the month of January for the sense of freedom and possibility it carries. There are as many new beginnings as we want. Every moment can…
Victoria Stoyanova
Friends, I loved hearing how many of you tried some of the reflection exercises! Do let me know how it went. I just discovered that my friends at SYP…
Victoria Stoyanova
The first week of January is always my favourite time of the year. The pace is slow and deep, like paste. I can feel the whirling of the new year…
Victoria Stoyanova

December 2020

My phone reminded me that this time last year I was getting ready for a breathtaking trip to Mexico with what I thought would be a small group of…
Victoria Stoyanova

November 2020

Friends, With the gratitude lens that this week brings, I've been reflecting on how much joy, inspiration, and important conversations this newsletter…
Victoria Stoyanova

September 2020

Friends, As we welcome the new season, I'm reflecting on what purpose this project has served over the last six months, and where I can take it next. I…
Victoria Stoyanova
As I sit on a train to the coast, I think about how much of this year has been about rediscovering the beauty of a simpler life. So much of my life…
Victoria Stoyanova
—”Attend, hush, listen.” I think those are the moments we really live for in art, the moment where the artfulness falls away, and all that is left is…
Victoria Stoyanova
A few days ago, I saw my first exhibition since March. While in some spaces social distancing is awkwardly visible, in a gallery it seemed almost…
Victoria Stoyanova

August 2020

We talked about letting go of our conditioned experience so that we can approach life from a place of curiosity and freedom. I want to go one step…
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