Lea

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Activities i am interested in:

I love eating together & cook for others, as well dancing, boxing & climbing, feel the sun & sea, discover, breath & stretch, creative writing & arts, having dense talks & loving gatherings.

Description

Hi, I'm Lea!

I'll be 29 this year and I've been traveling and working with Workaway for two and a half years. I've done several volunteerings in Italy and Turkey while working remotely as an academic editor and proofreader. I have now moved to Italy and live with my boyfriend on the border of Liguria and Piedmont, visiting Genoa regularly, where I previously lived for several months. I'm more settled, but I still work remotely and I still feel the need, the energy and the openness to keep traveling, experiencing, inspiring and being inspired.

In addition to my work as an editor, writing consultant, and teacher, I have been writing poetry for years and have my own novel project. I would love to exchange ideas with people who also write, and it would be great to be involved in art and writing workshops and creating creative spaces. I am looking for collaborations between artists to network and reflect with each other and perhaps start joint projects, for example on poetry and photography or painting. I am happy when I can use, promote and offer my strong intuition for language and multilingualism in an artistic context. I also enjoy dancing and singing and would like to do music with others, my part would be any percussion.

I have worked in hostels, a watersports school, on an organic farm, with private individuals and with many dogs and other animals. I am very sensitive, sociable, warm and helpful and try to give and receive love in healthy relationships. I also enjoy cooking for others and sharing meals. I feel happiest and most active in warm, sunny, bright places. Under certain conditions I can offer myself as a host for creative projects.

I'm looking forward to what's to come! Feel free to contact me. I've been inactive on Workaway for a while as I settle into my new life in Italy and establish new routines and relationships. However, I am back and happy to receive messages.

All the best and take care.

Interests

Animals

Art & design

Cooking & food

Blogging

Events & social

Drawing & painting

Dancing

Culture

Hiking

Languages

Nature

Outdoor activities

Performing arts

Photography

Sustainability

Politics / Social justice

Van life

Writing

Vegetarian or vegan

Yoga / Wellness

Languages

Languages spoken
German: Fluent
English: Fluent
Italian: Fluent
Spanish: Intermediate
French: Intermediate

More details about my language interests
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Skills and knowledge I'd like to share or learn

Some knowledge of:  

Charity Work

Art Projects

Eco Projects

Being an elderly companion

Gardening

Life at a Farmstay

Helping with Computers/ Internet

Babysitting and creative play

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Able to teach about:  

Languages

Teaching

Animal Care

Creating/ Cooking family meals

Helping around the house

Hospitality/Tourism

House sitting

More details about your skills

- due to the current job: editing and proofreading, communication, coaching in writing, teaching German as a foreign language, time and self management in homeoffice

- graduated university studies:
B.A.: history, german philology
M.A.: literary studies & criticism
- other training/apprenticeship while studying: academic writing consultant with working experience incl. research, online communication, giving workshops and PR. This training enables me as well to give creative and academic writing workshops. In Göttingen (GER) and Genova (IT) I organised a group of writers and drawers who were interested in sharing their texts and in working together in a creative, open and respectful environment.

- former jobs:
coaching students while writing their thesis,
teaching English, Spanish, French and German to teenagers,
helping out at a literature festival in Germany,
caring for elderly persons,
helping out at a tiny gourmet food store,
and voluntary: working with and for refugees incl. ER, writing/translating for publicity as well as teaching German.

- workaway experiences:
hostel reception, event hosting, bar/kitchen assistance (English/Italian/German/Spanish/French),
appartment, hostel and beach cleaning,
kayak and stand up paddle class in a watersport center (French/English),
caring for and training of dogs,
gardening and farming,
housekeeping and cooking,
taking care of guests (English/Italian).

I am a sensitive, empathic person with a feeling for people and moods and have quite a lot of experience in consulting also in a psychological sense - without having a degree in that field, this is just what I learned during research, practicing, reflecting and therapy. I feel like those experiences help me now helping others. In fact, this helps me in addition to connect with animals and to be sensitive for their needs and way of communication. In general I connect deeply with people and animals quite fast and have good access to both my emotions and those of others.

Age

29

What else ...

I trained Muay Thai in Germany for a year and would love to go on training,
I like climbing besides that, so far I have a toprope level and I wish to climb also outside,
I enjoy singing and dancing very much and would enjoy some training, too ...
... for my master thesis I did a lot of research in trauma studies.

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  Special dietary requirements
  vegetarian/vegan