Emotional Permaculture: Healing Through Conflict | 043

How a Colombian community turns pain into connection In this powerful episode, Luis Campos and Jenna Yates, co-founders and core members of the Colombian community El Juego, share with us what happens when you stop hiding your shadows and face them with others. We talk about how conflicts ranging from household chores to community finances became gateways for deeper self-awareness, and how emotional patterns rooted in childhood and family history keep showing up in our everyday relationships, whether at home or at work. What makes El Juego remarkable is that it was never planned: a group of travelers from very different cultural and economic backgrounds simply began exploring shared methods for processing their inner conflicts, and a community emerged organically from that process. Luis and Jenna introduce the concept of "emotional permaculture," the idea that the most difficult parts of ourselves can become the compost from which something genuinely regenerative grows. A core insight from the conversation is that healing is not a solo endeavor: we need other people to point out our blind spots, to hold space for the parts of us that we cannot yet see ourselves. Anyone navigating conflict at work, in relationships, or within themselves will find something concrete and grounding in this conversation. The main lesson is this: real connection and transformation happen not despite conflict but through it, when we have the agreements, the tools, and the community to go there together. 💡 HIGHLIGHTS of this Episode ✨ Conflict is the entry point, not the obstacle ✨ Childhood patterns live inside workplace dynamics ✨ Healing requires witnesses, not just willpower ✨ Community emerges from shared process, not shared plans ✨ Emotions are messengers for unmet needs 👋 ABOUT Luis Campos (he/him) & Jenna Yates (she/her) Luis Campos and Jenna Yates are facilitators and core members of the El Juego community, based in Colombia. Luis is an Argentinian-born father, storyteller, and co-founder of El Juego, and someone who believes that to process our deepest pain, we must be able to laugh at ourselves. Jenna Yates brings together creativity, investigation, and strategic alliances, with a sharp aesthetic eye and curiosity that translates complexity and tension into insight and collaboration. El Juego is a diverse collective of over 30 individuals, investigating how to build cultures based on authenticity and responsibility, using conflict as a doorway to growth. Since 2016, El Juego has been living and working together, developing an approach that is interdisciplinary, non-prescriptive, and deeply rooted in personal and collective experimentation. With their methodology, called “playing”, they accompany individuals, groups, and organisations to live, work, dream, and relate with more freedom. 🔗 CONNECT & follow Luis & Jenna's work 👉 El Juego 👉 Instagram **** 💌 CONNECT & engage with Pia Feel free to connect with me on LinkedIn to follow and support each other’s work. 🤗 If you consider yourself an #impactjobseeker or aspiring #impactpreneur at the beginning of your journey, jump on my Newsletter “Impact Insights” where I regularly share tools and best practices from my work as a sustainability consultant and system change facilitator. 🤓⚖ For daily insights “behind the scenes” and event updates, join the extended community on the @work.with.impact Instagram account. 🧐💓 Take care of yourself and others! Pia 🤍 P.S. You can also watch this Episode on our YouTube Channel to see our faces and the beautiful nature reserve! 🌴🦗👋 🙂 #socialregeneration #intentionalcommunity #innerwork #emotionalpermaculture #conflictastransformation #collectivehealing #communitybuilding #selfawareness #regenerativeculture #livingtogether #conflict #coaching #community #healing