Capturing moments from the event by Kenturah’s Kitchen and BLESZ in the Hague on the 4th of December, 2022

One Question Project is there to illuminate amazing women and their experiences and to make them accessible to anyone. It’s created to inspire, and challenge us to take action, create new connections and rediscover things we maybe already know. This time I ask one question Kristine Fernandez who is a digital coach.

I have never been one for sitting still. And I had plenty of situations to do so. Throughtout my life, past years. Past pandemic.

I have never known how to do that really. I suppose people now call it ADHD or other letters. I call it curiosity, restlessness.. I call it show me more. I call it, what’s next. I call it and now what….

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Some reflections and visuals from the concert that happened on the 13th of November 2022 in Rotterdam, De Machinist.

Pokalbių serijoje apie lietuvius, išsibarsčiusius po platųjį pasaulį, šįkart kalbinu Samantą Bohemą. Ji kūrėja, verslininkė, influencerė ir dar daugeliu veiklų užsiimanti moteris. Samanta šiuo metu gyvena Norvegijoje.

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In this series of conversations with Lithuanian women who have left their motherland for a variety of reasons, I am speaking to Samanta Bohema. She is a creator, entrepreneur, influencer and a woman of many traits who currently lives in Norway.

One Question Project is there to illuminate amazing women and their experiences and to make them accessible to anyone. It’s created to inspire, and challenge us to take action, create new connections and rediscover things we maybe already know.
This time I ask one question to Justina Bučinskaitė who is a serial entrepreneur, businesswoman and overall a total inspiration.

Some moments from this years Global Lithuanian Leaders Pro Club Summit in Oslo, Norway
September 30th - October 2nd, 2022

Pokalbių serijoje apie lietuvius, išsibarsčiusius po platųjį pasaulį, šįkart kalbinu Ievą Martinaitytę - kūrybiškumo ekspertę, kūrėją, mamą ir dar daug kepurių dėvinčią moterį, kuri šiuo metu gyvena Jungtinėje Karalystėje.

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In this series of conversations with Lithuanian women who have left their motherland for a variety of reasons, I am speaking to Ieva Martinaityte who is a creative, creativity expert, entrepreneur, mother and a woman of many other talents who is currently residing in the UK.

One Question Project is there to illuminate amazing women and their experiences and to make them accessible to anyone. It’s created to inspire, and challenge us to take action, create new connections and rediscover things we maybe already know.
This time I ask one question to Colina van Bemmel who is a filmmaker and editor.

Pokalbių serijoje apie lietuvius, išsibarsčiusius po platųjį pasaulį, šįkart kalbinu Mildą Varnauskaitę - nenuilstančią pasakotoją bei kūrėją. Šiuo metu Milda grįžo gyventi į Lietuvą po šešerių metų Amsterdame (Nyderlandų Karalystė).

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In this series of conversations with Lithuanian women who have left their motherland for a variety of reasons, I am speaking to Milda Varnauskaite who is a storyteller and inspirational creative. Currently, she resides in Vilnius, Lithuania after years of being in Amsterdam, the Netherlands.

I am so happy to finally feel that Lithuania has changed. The feeling we used to hold so close of the smaller and inferior country is feeling further and further away. We are proud of so many things - and we don't need to feel lesser for maybe some weirder aspects of that. Yes, its all ours and it's something that is important to remember - it's okay you find our pink soup a little strange or skyscrapers aren't tall enough. Finally we can be proud of the authenticity, of the unique quirkiness we hold. And it's okay. And it’s awesome!

One Question Project is there to illuminate amazing women and their experiences and to make them accessible to anyone. It’s created to inspire, and challenge us to take action, create new connections and rediscover things we maybe already know.
This time I ask one question to Olena Zhytnyk who is an amazing digital marketing professional, powerhouse woman and overall inspiration with an always positive attitude.

Last week I have spent some time together with Nicholas evaluating the MyGen finals of the students at Amsterdam Fashion Institute. It was an experience both interesting, full of vulnerability and inspiration. It also gave me some ideas to speak more about the power of presenting and how you can really get a good glimpse into someone within 7 minutes of presentation and 8 minutes of asking them follow-up questions. So here are my takeaways from the experience that might help anyone with presenting or speaking in public…

Way back, what now feels like an eternity, maybe in March this year, a journalist asked me some questions. And one of those questions was “what do you think is the biggest obstacle when it comes to helping people fleeing the war in Ukraine?”. I remember not taking a pause to think. I remember it was so clear then and feels like premonition now. I said, “the biggest issue is perseverance”. I believed it so strongly then as see now how much fatigue people have when it comes to heavy imagery, unresolved issues, people suffering, survivors' guilt, guilt for having more than those unlucky ones or many other issues I hear from people as time goes by.

One Question Project is there to illuminate amazing women and their experiences and to make them accessible to anyone. It’s created to inspire, and challenge us to take action, create new connections and rediscover things we maybe already know.
This time I speak to Veronica Sorace - an Italian ex-pat in Amsterdam, who is exploring the world through photography and helping people to add value to their homes and businesses.

Maybe nine years ago, I have placed this post-it note on a window in my room as a reminder for myself to be warry. It said “if you are the smarterst person in the room, you are in a wrong room”. And I really carried those words with me. I kept it as a reminder for growth and for constantly challenging myself. Not just for looking for new rooms, chellenging the “norm”, creating opportunities that feed my hunger to learn and explore….

One Question Project is there to illuminate amazing women and their experience and to make it accessible to anyone. It’s created to inspire, challenge to take action, create new connections and rediscover things we maybe already know.

This time we dive in to speak about learning with an old friend with whom encounters cover probably most of Europe - Snezana Baclija Knoch.

Exactly a week ago I made my first balloon animal. A dog. A good one. For a first attempt anyways. It felt strange to be in a space so far away from my daily realities of holding space for stories of trauma, fear and running for safety. It was different. And yet so familiar. This space and those people - I have realized I have spent 23 years in youth work, lifelong learning and non formal education. Maybe scary. Maybe inspiring. Maybe a little bit like folding air…

I heard this sentence “we always find words for the things we no longer need to say” and it really grabbed me. I always question so I was really questioning it. Do we? What are things we no longer need to say? What’s the point? How much weight and importance do we put on the words? Into them? Around them? How much silence needs to linger around the words to make them feel or seem different? More or less important. More or less heavy. Words like love or pain? War? Freedom?