Lykkå Cohabitation

09/02/2026

(English Below)

Chaque dernier dimanche du mois, Lykkå Cohabitation propose une activité à la communauté Lykkå.

Ce dimanche, nous étions 30 à découvrir trois projets de cohabitation qui prennent forme au sein de notre communauté.
Et quelque part entre les présentations, les conversations, les nouvelles rencontres et le repas partagé, j’ai eu ce petit moment:oui. C’est pour ça qu’on est là.

Lykkå crée des espaces sécurisants pour celles et ceux qui aspirent à vivre davantage en communauté, que ce soit en partageant un chez-soi, en créant des liens dans son quartier ou d’une façon qu’on n’a pas encore imaginée.

Des espaces pour se rencontrer, apprendre, trouver ses personnes, essayer, construire ensemble et, surtout, apprendre à bien vivre ensemble.

Certains sont venus avec un vrai projet de vivre autrement. D’autres avec de l’expérience à partager. D’autres encore, simplement par curiosité.

Et c’est peut-être ça qui me reste le plus : on n’a pas besoin de savoir exactement où l’on va avant de se rassembler.
Parfois, il suffit d’arriver avec une idée, une question ou un peu d’espoir… et de voir qui d’autre est là.

Ça fait toujours du bien de voir Lykkå prendre vie. À chaque rencontre, nous comprenons un peu mieux ce que nous voulons construire ensemble et comment avancer.

Merci aux 30 personnes qui ont créé cette belle matinée avec nous, et à nos trois présentateurs d’avoir partagé des projets encore en train de s’imaginer et de se construire.

Une belle façon de commencer l’automne.

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Every last Sunday of the month Lykkå Cohabitation offers an event to the Lykkå community.

This Sunday 30 people came together to hear about three co-living projects which are slowly taking shape from within our community.

And somewhere between the presentations, the conversations, people finding each other, and food being shared, I had one of those moments of feeling... This is why we’re here.

Lykkå is here to create safe spaces for those of us who are longing for more community in how we live, whether that means sharing our home, knowing the people on our street, or something we haven’t imagined yet.

Places where we can meet each other, learn from each other, find our people, try things out and build together.

And, maybe most importantly, learn how to live well together.
Some came because they were seriously thinking about living differently. Some had experience to share. Some were simply curious.

I think that’s the part I keep coming back to. We don’t always need to know exactly where we’re going before we gather.
Sometimes we just need places where we can show up with an idea, a question, or a little bit of hope, and see who else is there.
It always feels really good to see Lykkå come alive. With every gathering we get more clear about what Lykkå is becoming, what we want to focus on and how to get there!

Thank you to the 30 people who made the room what it was, and to our three presenters for letting us into something that is being imagined and built.

It feels like a good place to begin this fall.

09/01/2026

What we need is not more achievements - but deeper belonging

03/18/2026

This weekend I went to Toronto with my friend Vanessa to a conference on co-ownership and shared housing.
.. and I came home with a full notebook and a lot to think about.

A little full circle moment… years ago Vanessa opened her home to me when I first moved to Montreal. That “temporary stay” became the beginning of a whole new life. So sitting next to her talking about shared living felt very special.

A few things that stayed with me: housing is changing. We all know that more and more people can’t afford to buy alone, and many homes are either underused or not allowed to house multiple people or families because of outdated rules.

There are people.
There are homes.
But they don’t easily meet.

The main focus of the conference was to explore the idea: what if buying a home didn’t have to mean buying alone?

And also this: “clear is kind - good friends have good contracts & sweat the small stuff up front"

If we want to live together, we need to learn how to talk about money, expectations, boundaries, and differences. Not always easy… but totally learnable.

P.S.... You might have heard that Lykkå Village now have a non-profit wing called Lykkå Cohabitation. As we enters this new chapter, we really want to hear from you, so we can build this next phase together!

We’ve created a short survey to help us better understand your needs, hopes, and how you’d like to engage with and support this slow cultural shift toward community-led shared living and deeper belonging


Your voice will directly shape what happenes next...

👉 Link to the survey here in English
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSelwZuFZBrLEkdd-7c08zWr_BLPd1dGk-4s7yg4-Q9H8G9kyA/viewform

👉 Lien vers le sondage ici
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSf8qteClz9a2PnHPHbMjDxTpTugiEJcJdR3RLrKMevehmJ4Xw/viewform

07/12/2025

09/07/2024

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"I need my family around me right now."

Just watched Moonstruck, and the whole story, the character development, is brought to a delicious and fraught final scene where all the characters find themselves together in a kitchen. The air is thick with tension, rife with so many intermingled, deeply human, and even mundane issues. It’s one of those "sh*t-hit-the-fan" moments that feels both larger-than-life and utterly relatable. Cher’s character, Loretta Castorini, says it best when her own revelation is about to unravel: "I need my family around me right now."

There are these terrific silent moments—everyone sitting around the kitchen table in their discomfort, staring down at their hands (or lack of hand, if you’ve seen this movie), or glancing awkwardly at each other. It’s the kind of moment we've all known at some point, that strange privilege of being at the table, feeling part of the belonging, even when the energy is thick with tension and everything feels just a bit off-kilter.

That scene—it embodies what we do in our own home, and what we’re creating with Lykkå Village. Our co-living community is about being part of that kitchen table, that gathering of lives, where even in the most awkward, heavy moments, you know you’re not alone. You might find yourself in someone else’s kitchen, the smell of coffee filling the room, sitting at a worn wooden table with mismatched chairs. You might not be with your own family, but you feel that sense of belonging anyway, accepted into the mix, part of the unfolding story. And I’ve been blessed to experience that many times myself—being welcomed into someone else’s kitchen, witnessing their lives, sharing in their highs and lows. There’s something quietly profound about being invited into that space.

Likewise, in our own kitchen, we’ve had so-called, extended life witnesses—people who were there with us during turbulent times. We absolutely wanted them by our side, and through those shared experiences, we've formed bonds that are irreplaceable, born out of all the rawness and realness that life throws at us.

Like in Moonstruck, where everyone’s together, grappling with their own messes and yet still connected, we know that real connection happens in those unvarnished moments. It’s when life feels messy, maybe even broken, but you’re still held by the people around you. Here, we’re building something just like that—an everyday kitchen table where you can show up, as you are, and know that you’ll be seen, accepted, and cared for. Sometimes that means finding family among strangers, sometimes it’s the people you know best, but it’s always about belonging.

Because in this space, we're creating something special: a community where we witness each other’s lives, where trust and shared moments—big and small—create something that feels like family, even when it isn’t. And whether we’re sitting in the quiet after a long day, washing dishes side by side, or navigating the chaos together, this is where the bonds are forged. Sometimes messy, sometimes awkward, but always real.
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05/07/2024

I would love to share my thoughts, insights and stuck places with anyone here who are systems thinkers and breakers, social enterprise mixed with NFP mentors, community builders and shakers.

Come over for coffee and help me get clarity around how we move forward with Lykkå in a sustainable way for everyone! 🦋

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How do we create resilient, sustainable, self managed and equal future ready people and communities?

How do we learn the balance between caring for ourselves and each other at the same time?

I think about this all the time, yet I can never seem to find the time I feel I would need to get any real headway towards solid answers and models.

I so often find myself stuck in the weeds, spending my days responding to immediate but often small needs around me and within me.

This is how day-to-day life is for most of us, especially if we are lucky enough to live in the beautiful, and crazy making chaos, of living with others, be it family, friends or any form of community living.

So the only way I know how to find time and space to dig deeper and think longer about how to tackle the bigger needs of our social make up, is by giving myself time alone…. And for this I also use my community.

This week I have spent 4 days at a friend's home, while she is away. (Thank you M.M. 🙏🏼💕)

Allowing myself time to eat when I need to and what I need, sleep when I need to (full on ⭐️ position), with no interruptions, and work when I am in flow for as long as the inspirations and insights are coming to me is absolutely 💯 amazing and brings me out of the weeds and into much needed clarity.

Systems change, done with a community takes time, a ton of energy, willingness to listen and sit with complexity.

And at times, it takes being really alone! 🛌💨🪴