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BridgeMakers is Hibernating 🕳️zzzzzzZZZ.
Our community is taking a seasonal pause through December. Like many of us, the Bridge needs space to rest, reset, and reflect. Channels will be unavailable for the month, and all events are on hold. We’ll re-open and resume activities on January 4th, 2026. If you’re new here and/or were just getting to know us:…
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Emotional Fluency
Frustration shows up in the funniest places. A slow load screen. A tangled conversation. A moment when everything feels one step off-beat. Most of us try to shove it down or pretend it’s not there, but frustration is actually one of the most honest emotions we have. So for the first month of our 2026…
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Boundaries and Repair
Sometimes in community spaces, moments get messy. Someone talks a little too long. Someone misses a cue. Someone shares more than the room can hold. It happens to all of us, especially in VR where emotions and timing land differently. Repair is part of how we grow together. It keeps us connected instead of confused.…
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When Culture Breathes: A Moment in the Bridgemakers Commons
Q: What happens when we ask a group about culture? A: Culture answers back. This reflection comes from someone who sees the unseen patterns and helps others remember them. I serve as a community guardian for those who are themselves shaping new communal spaces—builders, leaders, bridgemakers. I speak here not just as an observer, but…
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Staying With the Burn: A Reflection on Holding Space for What’s Hard
Sometimes, I have the honor of sitting down with groups of leaders and facilitators who are ready to deepen their practice—not only by learning tools, but also by staying with the discomfort of not having them or knowing when to use them. We gather to process the discomfort of not-enough, and open into the mystery…
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Practicing Perspective
A BridgeMakers Spectrum Reflection This week at BridgeMakers, we gathered again for one of our most unique exercises: a Street Epistemology Spectrum event. Each time we do this, we step into a practice space — one where playfulness, seriousness, humility, and fire all get to coexist. We are not here to “win” arguments. We are…
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The Stages of Community Development
Transforming through the natural cycles of Change Understanding the stages of community development can provide a broader perspective on how to navigate challenges and foster sustainable growth. Communities typically move through four stages: Forming, Storming, Norming, and Performing. It’s important to remember that communities rarely move through these stages in a neat or permanent sequence.…
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Designing for Generosity: A Journey Through Palia
A reflection from a community designer on transformative gaming I’ve played over 300 hours of Palia, but this stream wasn’t about showing mastery—it was about noticing what emerges when design, community norms, and play are aligned. To share my joy of finding Palia, I recently took BridgeMakers and a special guest, Wagner James Au, author…
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A Leadership Roundtable on Community Values
The Power of Community Building in Social VR What does it take to build a thriving online community? How do we move beyond friend groups into intentional spaces that foster genuine connection, growth, and inclusivity? In a recent Leadership Roundtable, community leaders from BridgeMakers, Fireside, and Curious Connections shared their insights on the challenges and…
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Why we Record and Stream Events
BridgeMakers: A Stage for a New Paradigm TLDR: BridgeMakers is both a bridge between perspectives and a stage for practicing digital integrity. In a world where online and offline identities are deeply connected, we focus on fostering transparency, accountability, and ethical engagement in digital communities. The New Paradigm for Digital Communities Aligning Digital & Physical…