
FUTURE FACER
Mentorship Program
March 2025 - 1 year - virtual - global cohort
Follow Your Curiosity Into Our Orbit!
UnitePlayPerform is an Australian arts health organisation enhancing wellbeing through creativity in a globally connected world.
We pioneer new pathways born at the intersection of art, health, science, wellbeing & spirituality
The portal to UnitePlayPerform 2025 Future Facer Virtual Mentorship Program is now open to our global family, with a limited number of spaces for our upcoming virtual cohort.
Explore, expand, broaden and deepen within our 1 year long-form, interactive virtual program designed and guided by Australian Contemporary Artist (OFFERINGS), Founder of (UnitePlayPerform Arts Health Organisation, UPP Design Studio and The Nest Creative Spaces), Educator (UPP Method™️) Melissa Gilbert.
“Did you know this is a tax-deductible professional development program?
Plus, you can explore local and national grants, quick-response funding, and other opportunities to support your transformation.
Your growth just got even more accessible!”
What’s included?
Future Facer 12-month Mentorship Program
Starts in March 2025
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NEW MOON (12-13)
Exploring Inspiration and Ideas:
In this program, we dive deep into exploration, experimentation, and innovation. Each month, we expand on emergent themes researched, crafted and presented within live calls by ÖFFËRÏNGȘ. Individually and collectively, and explore how they resonate with your personal experiences while aligning them with the month’s correspondences. Through playful invitations, prompts, and tasks, we guide you into a pure flow state where creativity and clarity naturally emerge. These exercises present innovative, emergent ways of thinking, being, and doing, all seen through ÖFFËRÏNGȘ’ unique lens.
Live Oracle Transmission:
Receive Offerings’ live transmission around the big monthly theme and its correspondences. In this segment, we get curious as Offerings unpacks the theme, breaking down her insights and deep-diving into systemic behaviors, physical, cognitive, and spiritual dimensions. Through playful, insightful, and deeply restful approaches, we explore new possibilities for transformation.
Reflection:
Offerings uses her signature mirroring technique to invite you into embodied application of the monthly theme, guiding you through space, sense, movement, form, language and energy. This process allows you to reflect on your experiences, capture those aha moments, and integrate them into your life.
This program is a multidimensional experience designed to capture those insights and integrate them, helping you expand your awareness and step into a new paradigm. Prepare to be mind-blown as these new perspectives reshape your approach to life and open doors to new possibilities.
Roadblocks and stagnation are welcome here!
This is the good stuff—the thresholds we often shy away from leaping over. This is why a year-long mentorship is so important. Through processing, we sift through the same challenges, finding the debris and old studs that need to be refined and redefined.
And yes, we do find diamonds and golden nuggets in this process! At UPP, we call them AH HA’s—those moments of insight, breakthrough, and transformation that shine light on new possibilities. These moments are the gold we uncover as we work through what’s holding us back, and they are key to unlocking the next level of growth and potential.
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FULL MOON (12-13 Live Calls)
Integrating your experiences of the UPP Method™️ is a process of sharing gained insights, challenges, and opportunities within our brave container. We encourage peer-to-peer conversations and provide new tools, including lateral leadership and co-regulation skills, to help you deepen your practice. Through an introspective lens, you’ll practice the applied embodiment of our UPP Method™️, expanding your understanding and integrating new wisdom.
You will deepen, broaden, and expand inspired by ÖFFËRÏNGȘ’ First Nations lineage and ways, specifically through the art of Dadirri (deep listening). This style of integration invites you to witness and embrace your inner world with radical compassion, helping you cultivate a deeper connection to yourself, others and most importantly nature!
Once you’ve integrated the teachings, you return to everyday life—experiencing the monthly theme with both internal and external expressions. As you move through this experience, you will discover what is unveiled for you, offering new layers of understanding and insight to navigate and evolve through.
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Future Facer Hybrid Handbook is a multi dimensional tool is designed to capture the embodiment of change, offering a space where you can map your AH HA moments and track your personal growth throughout the year. This is not just a journal or workbook—it is a living, breathing entity that evolves alongside you as you transform. It’s interactive by design, helping you harness and prompt expression in real time, deeply tied to the UPP Method™️ and Offerings’ unique experiential design.
This interactive handbook is completely unique and utterly familiar, just like our space, yet….. it’s unlike anything you’ve witnessed. UPP Hybrid Handbook creates what we call “Space for Possibility’ — where there is freedom to be playful, joyful, heart felt, messy, wild, and liberated from outcomes. It’s where intimate things unveil themselves, often in unexpected ways. What challenges you is so welcome here too, ALL PARTS OF YOU ARE WELCOME HERE (insert echo on mountain top).
What you witness, learn and take with you will be completely different from what others receive, because this tool is as unique as your journey, as unique as you!
Future Facer Hybrid Handbook becomes a powerful ally in your personal evolution, working alongside you with the year-long mentorship program. Over this time, the process of multi layered distillation allows you to integrate your insights, accountability, and commitment to yourself.
This long-form program helps solidify the growth you experience, with the handbook serving as a constant reminder and guide for how far you’ve come—and where you still can go.
It’s not just about learning; it’s about becoming. UPP Hybrid Handbook supports you in weaving together new knowledge with embodied practices, ensuring that you embody what you learn and create lasting change.
By integrating accountability, commitment, and personal reflection, the Future Facer Hybrid Handbook gives you a tangible way to track and sustain your transformation. It provides the structure you need to stay focused while also allowing the playfulness needed to explore new dimensions of yourself. As you continue through the year, the handbook becomes a trusted companion, guiding you back to the lessons and insights you’ve gained, helping you to stay aligned with your intentions, and deepening your connection with your authentic self.
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You will leave the brave container with a personalised Heart Brand Book—a powerful resource that encapsulates your Core Values, Methods, Purpose, and Vision. This is where your ethics, ethos, language, and aesthetic come together, designed and co-shaped by you, for you, as a new way to approach Future Facing.
A COMPASS: This essential component serves as the centre of your body’s compass, guiding you as you pioneer your purposeful pathway.
PRIMAL VITALITY: Heart Brand Book™️ will be the pulse that keeps you in flow and momentum. Designed over a year-long process of distillation, it will become a trusted asset, resource, and ally in your life. Every part of it will be thoughtfully processed, so you can confidently access this as the heart of your beliefs, values, and true nature.
“As the artist, founder, and educator behind this program, I have found this to be the missing piece, empowering me to innovate, create, and build—whether it’s art, products, design, or programs. It’s a living, breathing asset, supporting self-leadership and aligned collaborations, keeping you true to your authentic path”. ÖFFËRÏNGȘ
An Anchor: Heart Brand Book™️ acts as your personal anchor, grounding you in your unique truth. It will serve as a steady foundation, supporting you as you navigate life’s challenges and opportunities. With every insight and integration, this book becomes a powerful tool for maintaining clarity, focus, and alignment with your true values. It will be there to help you stay rooted in your authenticity, especially during times of uncertainty, allowing you to move forward with confidence, knowing you are always anchored in what matters most. It will anchor you, allowing you to leap in many directions with authenticity.
Bestie: This book is also your cheerleader. It’s a trusted companion that you can turn to when you need clarity, guidance, or a reminder of your true self. Whenever you need to ask yourself the tough questions, this book holds the answers, offering insight and wisdom from the journey you’ve co-created. As you navigate challenges and opportunities, you’ll return to its pages to find the ingredients that empower you to jump forward with confidence. In that way, it becomes your best friend, your confidant, and a steadfast ally that you can always trust.
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You will practice Future Facing through the applied embodiment of our UPP Method™️. In the two weeks between live calls, you will be invited to engage in play, ritual, and embodiment prompts designed to help you explore new ways of thinking, being, and doing. These invitations create space for you to try, test, and experiment with these practices in your everyday life, making them a natural part of how you approach the world.
This process is not just for the “special few”; it’s a toolkit for “everyday humans, humans just like you”. The practices we share are designed to equip you with the tools of self-leadership and agency, empowering you to make decisions that align with your true self. You will become your own council, ally, champion, and cheerleader. In doing so, the self becomes the healer, educator, and guide, offering you the insight and wisdom needed to navigate life’s challenges with confidence and clarity. These tools are here to help you step into limitless power, make intentional choices, and lead with authenticity every day.
The tools are developed and placed into your kit, but the difference here is that we use the UPP METHOD™️ to practise these tools through embodied application, ensuring they don’t just sit in your toolkit collecting dust. Instead, they become integral tools in your LIFEKIT, unlocking your genius and allowing you to navigate life with clarity and confidence. Through consistent practice, these tools aren’t just theoretical—they become part of you, ready to be activated whenever you need them, empowering you to make confident decisions, lead with authenticity, and unlock your full potential.
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In 2025 we are launching our new online portal - it will contain:
Downloadable content,
Live call recordings,
Video content including embodiment practices, play, ritual and embodiment prompts & invitations
Resources and assets to support you through your UPP Journey
Interactive community portal.
Space for capturing gained insights through our UPP METHOD™️.
Prompts and Invitations: Capturing accountability and commitments.
Human Commitment Contract: Shaping a new breed of “Culture Cultivators”.
Heart Brand Book ™️
*Lifetime Access
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The 24 HR PEER TO PEER SPACE is a crucial part of the UPP Method™️, facilitated by ØFFËRÎNGS to create a brave container where community thrives. In this space, peers can openly share thoughts, insights, and conversations, while leaning into the supportive nature of community. This is where alchemy develops—ideas are tested, refined, and cultivated, as the group collectively processes information in real time.
Deep Listening: By engaging in deep listening (a key principle from Dadirri), participants can hold space for each other’s experiences and insights. It’s a powerful practice that allows each individual to feel seen, heard, and understood, promoting a sense of belonging and emotional safety. This collective act of listening fosters understanding and encourages open-mindedness, allowing everyone to connect at a deeper level.
Practicing New Language: One of the core elements of the UPP Method™️ is the development of new language— that resonates with your authentic self and embodies new ways of thinking, being and doing. In this peer-to-peer space, participants can practice and refine this language, experimenting with new ways to express themselves and communicate their truths. This process not only builds confidence but also nurtures a shared vocabulary that strengthens the community’s collective understanding.
Playfully Embracing Change and Development: This space encourages playful experimentation, where peers can explore ideas and embrace change with curiosity and excitement. By providing a safe environment for exploration, it becomes easier to take risks, make mistakes, and grow from them. The community becomes a supportive playground where you can test out your new ways, both individually and collectively. This playful approach helps to lighten the process of change, making personal and collective transformation feel more joyful and less intimidating.
Community as Alchemy: When a group comes together to process and share, the collective energy becomes transformative. The diverse perspectives and experiences contribute to a rich tapestry of growth, where insights mingle and new ideas emerge organically. As participants share their challenges, breakthroughs, and evolving understandings, the community itself becomes a living, breathing alchemy that catalyzes further development for everyone involved.
In this 24-hour peer-to-peer space, the community in nurtured, and by embracing the UPP Method™️, you will learn to receive and offer support, practice radical compassion, and navigate transformation with confidence. Through shared conversations, deep listening, and playful exploration, this space becomes an invaluable tool for personal growth, mutual learning, and collective evolution.
“We can’t achieve big things alone, we can’t thrive alone, and we definitely can’t bring our big dreams to life alone.” When we truly understand “ME”, it benefits “WE”. The era of narcissism has led to a disconnection in society, creating division and separation. My work is designed to offer the antidote to this—the bridging of gaps and the healing of these divisions. This is how we adapt, pivot, play, and thrive. By embracing connection, collaboration, and shared wisdom, we begin to heal the divide and foster collective growth. When we understand ourselves deeply, we are able to come together, empower each other, and build a future where community and shared dreams lead the way.
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Future Facer Access (20% off) to our Human Culture Club Substack - podcasts, interviews, long form content, value-driven content creation to complement your Future Facer journey.
Professional Development & Personal Transformation
UPP Founder, Artist and Educator ØFFËRÎNGS (Melissa Gilbert) has collaborated with global brands, cultural institutions, and aligned communities to empower individuals to access their own genius.
The 2025 Mentorship Program is the next evolution of this journey, blending hybrid professional development with deep personal exploration.
Who is your mentor?
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Melissa Gilbert
UnitePlayPerform
ØFFËRÎNGSMelissa Gilbert is an award-winning multidisciplinary Australian contemporary artist, educator, and experience designer. She is a descendant of the Mununjali Clan of the Yugambeh Nation in South East Queensland, with links to Quandamooka.
Described as “an exemplar of socially engaging art” (Australian Design Review), Gilbert is known for creating otherworldly, immersive environments as a “cultural disruptor” (Broadsheet). Her projects offer transformative experiences at the intersection of art, health, science, wellbeing, and spiritualism. Her latest venture, the arts health studio UnitePlayPerform, disarms, provokes, educates, and heals through socially engaging art, pedagogical play, design, and community culture creation.
As the art world recognizes her growing influence, Gilbert has been acknowledged as an emerging Australian artist to watch. In 2023, she was invited to create a collectible artwork for ‘Discovery’ at the Melbourne Design Fair, chosen by National Gallery of Victoria (NGV) curators Timothy Moore, Simone LeAmon, and Ewan McEoin (her artist proof sold). She received TMRRW award for her socially engaging art and cultural work and also serves a three years term as a critical voice on the panel of City of Sydney's cultural and creative sector.
Gilbert’s Playkit series was featured in the summer blockbuster exhibition Play Moves at the Museum of Brisbane (MOB), where her socially engaging artworks were praised as one of the top exhibitions of 2023 in Australia (Arts Hub). She has exhibited and performed commissioned works at leading Australian institutions, including the Art Gallery of New South Wales (AGNSW), Museum of Contemporary Art (MCA), Museum of Old and New Art (MONA), Carriageworks, Cockatoo Island, Museum of Brisbane (MOB), and Rockhampton Museum of Art (RMOA).
Over the past decade, she has created ambitious multi faceted works in collaboration with major cultural and corporate giants, including Nike, EY, Google, Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week, Hong Kong Design District, Sydney Contemporary, Vivid Festival, Pitch Festival, and the Queen Victoria Building (QVB), Melbourne Design Week, Melbourne Design Fair, Purpose Conference and more.
Gilbert continues to expand. leaning into research trips and response works abroad.
As well as her established creative career as an artist, Melissa is also the co-founder of The Nest Creative Space, where she has built and managed four permanent cultural spaces. These include The Nest 1.0 (2013, Sydney), housing 30+ creatives in a 1400sqm building; The Nest 2.0 (2018, Sydney), accommodating 90+ creatives in a 2000sqm space; The Nest 3.0 (2023, Brisbane), with 30+ creatives in a 700sqm venue; and The Nest 4.0 (2024, Eora), supporting 90+ creatives in a 2000sqm facility. Each space provides affordable, artist-run studios alongside galleries, photographic studios, workshop spaces, and cultural events, fostering vibrant creative communities.
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Mentoring Alchemy:
MULTI-COMPANY OWNER - GRASS ROOTS / INDEPENDENTLY FUNDED / ENTREPRENEUR
ARTIST
27 years
Professional Contemporary, Multidisciplinary, commercial, art establishments and public spaces.
ADVISOR
Panel for Cultural Creative Sector - City of Sydney
Symbiocene Institute - Symbiotec Founding contributor
MUSIC
25 years
International touring Dj, Singer, Producer, Artist.
Internationally acclaimed musician (Ginger and the Ghost, Ta-Ku, Indian Summer, Nancy Vice - Tv Rock, Dedmaus). International touring Performer, Experiential artist major festivals world wide).
METAPHYSICAL STUDIES
20 years - Divination, oracular studies, astrology, cosmology, mythology, folkloric practises, hermetic mystery teachings - tree of life, numerology, archetypes, colour therapy, Biofield tuning, crystal healing, mytho-somatics, Marina Abramovic Method.
CULTURAL LEADERSHIP
12 years
Founder / Designer / Creative Director - Nest Creative Space
(Eora, Meanjin).
INNOVATION, EMERGENT IDEAS, ART, HEALTH, SCIENCE, WELLBEING.
5 years
Founder - UnitePlayPerform
PSYCHOLOGY
4 years
Neuropsychology, Internal Family Systems, Polyvagal Theory, Applied Jungian Theory, Developed and Applied UPP METHOD™️ embodied application
SCHOLARSHIPS
Small Giants Academy
Bob Brown Foundation
Academy of Oracle Arts
“Melissa is becoming a trailblazing and much needed force for good across the purpose and impact sector. With a unique method behind her approach, simply put, there is nothing else quite like it out there. Her work and vision is transformative, and experiencing a part of her world in a profoundly moving and uplifting experience. We need more of this in our world.”
CLAIRE MALONEY, FOUNDER OF THE BRAVERY
Is this for you?
Are you curious about whether the Future Facer Mentorship Program with Melissa Gilbert is your next big step? Let’s find out! If any of these sound like you, then it might just be time to say yes:
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You’re seeking practical and creative ways to handle life’s curveballs with grace, courage, and a little bit of magic.
Future Facer Mentorship Program helps you do just that! ÖFFËRINGȘ will guide you to anchor in your truth and celebrate your growth, attuning you to divine timing and deep presence. By aligning with universal law and order, our mentorship empowers you to tap into deeper time and pursue your path with clarity, focus, and awareness, navigating life’s challenges with grace and resilience.
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You know there’s more for you out there, but you need guidance, structure, and some playful nudges to bring it to life.
This journey isn’t about pushing harder, it’s about creating the space for your potential to unfold in alignment with who you truly are. With the right tools, support, and a bit of play, you’ll discover new ways of thinking, being, and doing that feel authentic, empowering, and fun. The Heart Brand Book of Self is here to give you the structure, support, and freedom to explore what’s next. You’ve got the spark, now let’s light the way together.
How Future Facer Mentorship Can Help:
Future Facer Mentorship is designed to help you unlock your full potential, providing the guidance, accountability, and tools to take your journey from idea to action. With monthly Playshops™️, interactive tasks, and personalised support, you’ll gain clarity on your path and learn how to apply the UPP Method™️ to your daily life. The program is tailored to nurture your creativity, develop your leadership, and align you with your true purpose.
Through peer support, playful experimentation, and embodied practices, the Future Facer Mentorship will give you the confidence and momentum to turn your vision into reality. Whether you’re navigating personal growth, leadership challenges, or creative projects, this mentorship helps you stay grounded and aligned, offering you the structure and playful nudges you need to bring your dreams to life. This is your time to step into your power, embrace your authenticity, and move forward with clarity and confidence.
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Whether it’s with yourself, others, or the world around you, you’re ready to explore meaningful relationships and cultivate a sense of belonging.
UPP Method™ interweaves Internal Family Systems and Polyvagal Theory to explore your “survival parts”—those aspects of yourself that show up in response to stress or past experiences. We get curious about where, how, why, and with whom they show up in your everyday life. By studying self first, we build tools for radical compassion, allowing you to practice these insights in your family, friendships, collaborations, and work dynamics, fostering deeper, more authentic connections.
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If you find yourself saying “yes” when you really mean “no,” it’s time to rewrite that script and create space for you.
ÖFFËRINGS uses slow processing techniques to dive into deep time and space, exploring your yes and no with curiosity and playfulness. Shame and blame are the killers of all things flow state, so we identify the roadblocks and break them apart, one by one. Along the way, you’ll discover the people-pleaser parts that are attached to this version of you, helping you reclaim your true voice and create healthier boundaries.
It’s like that scene in The Matrix, when time slows down and the bullets fly by in slow motion, just out of reach. In that moment, Neo begins to perceive differently, realising he’s not bound by the limits of his past beliefs. Similarly, as you break through the roadblocks, you’ll feel time slow, the chaos around you become clear, and you’ll make empowered choices with ease—no more rushing, no more people-pleasing. Just you, fully in control of your truth.
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Hmmmmmmm big one right? Whether it’s in your personal life, creative projects, or professional path, you’re ready to step into purpose-led decision-making that aligns with your values.
UnitePlayPerform, we support you in stepping into purpose-led decision-making by helping you align your actions with your core values. Through our UPP Method™️, we provide tools, practices, and mentorship to guide you in making decisions that are in harmony with your authentic self. Whether in your personal life, creative projects, or professional path, we create space for you to explore your inner wisdom, refine your values, and apply them consistently in your decisions.
We offer a structured yet playful approach, where embodied practices, reflection, and peer support allow you to tap into your deepest desires and core beliefs. By integrating self-awareness, embodied action, and mindful reflection, we help you cultivate clarity in decision-making, ensuring each step you take is aligned with your true purpose. This process empowers you to make intentional choices that resonate with your vision, bringing greater fulfillment and alignment to all aspects of your life.
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You’re done with self-doubt and ready to become your own biggest cheerleader (with a little guidance, of course).
OFFERINGS will help you build self-belief through the UPP Method™️, empowering you to step into your potential. Our approach combines playful experimentation, embodied practices, voicing, and peer support to help you break through limiting beliefs and build confidence. Through voicing your truth and experimenting with new expressions, you’ll move from doubt to self-empowerment, making decisions and celebrating your growth with trust and clarity. OFFERINGS offers the tools and support needed to help you confidently trust yourself and embrace your journey.
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Forget rigid, boring structures—this mentorship invites you to test, try, and play your way to transformation.
Through the UPP Method™️, we encourage exploration and experimentation, making the process of growth dynamic, fun, and completely tailored to your unique journey. This program is all about flexibility, curiosity, and creativity, allowing you to discover what works for you while enjoying the process of becoming.
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Life’s thrown you a curveball, and you’re looking for a supportive space to find clarity, grounded action, and emotional strength.
Challenges and crisis points are tough—they test our ability to stay present and move forward. But at UnitePlayPerform, we face the fear together. Through our Future Facer Program and ØFFËRÎNGS, we guide you through with our “rocket through the stratosphere ” scenario, where getting comfortable with discomfort becomes the launchpad for transformation. With tools for adaptability, resilience, peer support, and actionable steps, you will learn how to turn hard moments into breakthroughs. Fear doesn’t hold us back—it fuels the ride. Ready to face the future? Let’s take off.
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You’re ready to understand your energy. If you’re intrigued by ideas like energetic hygiene (quote our Astro Queen Jules Ferrari), esoteric systems, or deep listening, this is the Universe is for you!
In this mentorship, you will dive deep into how your energy flows and how you can harness it to align with your purpose. It’s a space where you can explore, experiment, and develop tools for navigating the unseen forces that shape your experiences, all while cultivating a deeper understanding of your own energy system. It’s not woo, it’s mathematical!
With a lifetime of knowledge in wisdom traditions and a wealth of tools from OFFERINGS (affectionately known as Tech Witch) —including oracular insights, esoteric transmissions, technical rituals, ethnologies, and a deep understanding of ceremonial spaces and metaphysical correspondences. This mentorship offers a rich blend of ancient wisdom and practical tools for transformation and transmutation.
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Whether it’s procrastination, negative self-talk, or self-doubt, you’re ready to break the cycle and step into a new way of being.
Future Facer Mentorship helps you unpack the roots of sabotage—whether it’s procrastination, self-doubt, or inner conflict. Guided by ØFFËRÎNGS as your mentor, we use Internal Family Systems (IFS) and Polyvagal Theory to explore sabotage as a sequence. Together, we identify the triggers, map your nervous system’s responses, and reconnect you with your core self.
Through this process, we turn blocks into breakthroughs and align you with a new way of being. Supporting humans doing great work is at the heart of ØFFËRÎNGS’ purpose. Ready to disrupt the cycle and step into your potential? Let’s make it happen.
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You’re stuck in cycles of conflict or disconnection, wanting to rewrite those outdated dynamics that prevent healthy ways of relating.
UPP Method™️, cultivates deeper self-awareness, emotional intelligence, and clear communication. This process helps you identify old patterns and replace them with new, healthier ways of being and connecting.
How we do it:
Embodied Practices: We use embodied techniques to help you tune into your body’s responses in moments of tension or disconnection. This allows you to recognise triggers and shift in real time.
Deep Listening: We introduce practices like Dadirri, the art of deep listening, to help you truly hear others without judgment. This fosters compassion and deeper connection.
Conscious Communication: Through guided exercises, we’ll teach you how to express yourself with clarity, authenticity, and empathy, moving beyond reactive communication into more mindful, intentional interactions.
Lateral Leadership & Co-Regulation: Learn lateral leadership and co-regulation tools, which allow for shared power and emotional support within the group. This creates a more collaborative and balanced way of relating.
Radical Compassion: We encourage approaching relationships—especially challenging ones—with radical compassion, using every interaction as a space for learning, growth, and healing.
The 24-Hour Peer-to-Peer Group Container:
A core part of this mentorship is our 24-hour peer-to-peer group container, a delicious incubator built as a brave container for practicing new language and relational communication. This space is a supportive, safe environment where you can experiment with expressing yourself and practice healthy relational dynamics in real time. The group becomes a living laboratory, where you can lean into community, reflect on your experiences, and grow together.
Through these combined tools and practices, you’ll rewrite your relational patterns, creating more meaningful connections and stepping into a future where communication is clear, compassionate, and empowering.
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You’re ready to uncover the hidden beliefs and behaviours that hold you back—and transform them with compassionate guidance.
ÖFFËRINGS guides you through her formula of heart-led approaches, using tools to explore compassion and understanding that help you identify and shift those limiting patterns, empowering you to step into your fullest potential.
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The over-achieving, burn-out culture we live in constantly pressures us to do more, be more, and prove our worthiness through success and productivity. This relentless cycle can leave you feeling exhausted, unfulfilled, and disconnected from your true self. The focus on achievements as the measure of your value creates a never-ending need for external validation, leaving little room for rest, self-care, or authentic connection.
In this mentorship, we help you break free from this culture of over-achievement and burnout. By shifting from a mindset of external validation to one rooted in self-acceptance and inner worth, you will learn to cultivate a healthier relationship with yourself. Through compassionate guidance and practical tools, together and oh so so soooooo so slowly we will help you reconnect with your inherent value, allowing you to slow down, recharge, and approach your goals with a sense of balance, clarity, and sustainability.
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You’re exhausted, constantly chasing your tail with a never-ending list of tasks and projects piling up. You’re frustrated with well-being spaces offering philosophical quotes but no real formula for lasting change.
Yuuuuuu are nooooot alone (insert MJ singing with clenched hand in glove). This isn’t a quick fix. It’s a year-long journey that we take together of building self-agency, aligning with your purpose, and transforming how you live, lead, and love. Through slow processing, we take the time to dive deep, understanding the parts of you that influence your thoughts, behaviors, and patterns. Using Internal Family Systems (IFS) and Polyvagal Theory, we explore the emotional and physiological responses that shape your experiences. By integrating play, ritual, and embodied practices, we create space for healing and growth—allowing you to shift from old patterns to a more aligned, intentional way of being. This year is about deep transformation, not surface-level change, and we’ll guide you with compassionate mentorship every step of the way.
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Looking for genuine space to explore with diverse minds hearts and experiences ?
We are your council! Modern Mentorship, a cohort of peers by your side, consistent support, nourishing accountability, and inspiration to face challenges and celebrate wins.
“As a facilitator, I have spent four years studying Applied Neuroscience, where I not only studied the science but also studied myself, gaining a deeper understanding of how we relate to ourselves and others. One of the most important lessons I’ve learned is that my approach is always to meet you halfway. Energetically, I can sense when people are withdrawing or pulling back. Instead of letting them fade away, I move them forward with compassion, encouraging them to face their challenges and crises, so they can continue on their journey.
“This is the hardest path—the path unknown, the path untrodden, the path unseen or unheard. But when we are seen, heard, valued, witnessed, accounted for, and committed to—with mutual agreement—we can accomplish amazing, incredible, and spectacular things together. This mentorship is about creating that space where we rise together, meet our challenges, and grow”.
I see you, I witness you, I. acknowledge you, I value you, I validate you and I am committed to you!
If any (or all!) of these resonate, then the Future Facer Mentorship Program is calling your name. Step into a year of play, purpose, and transformation with Melissa Gilbert and UnitePlayPerform!
Outcomes of a Year-Long Mentorship with the UnitePlayPerform Future Facer Mentorship Program:
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Empowered decision-making and a sense of ownership over your life.
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Strengthened connection to self, others, and nature through practices of deep listening and presence.
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Improved clarity, emotional intelligence, and confidence in expressing ideas and feelings.
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Insights into nurturing, collaborative, and cyclical ways of leading and living.
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Techniques to embrace patience, reflection, and thoughtful decision-making.
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Alignment with personal and collective values for meaningful impact.
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Expansion of empathy and understanding for yourself, others, and the collective.
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Development of respectful, balanced, and nurturing interpersonal connections.
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Mastery of setting, communicating, and maintaining personal and energetic boundaries.
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Exploration of subtle energy systems, rituals, and ancient wisdom for resilience and transformation.
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Tools for weaving UnitePlayPerform’s Mytho-Somatic gestures, play, and rituals into daily life.
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Insights from astrology, numerology, and the Tree of Life framework to navigate life purposefully.
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Guided by the bi-weekly phases—Disarm, Disrupt, Unite, Play, Perform, Transform—for personal growth and integration.
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A personalised toolkit for navigating challenges, making purposeful decisions, and living in alignment with your values.
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Cultivation of patience, presence, and receptivity through nature-based and somatic practices.
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Empowering you as a cultural leader and agent of change in your field or community.
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Unlocking creativity and innovation through play and experimentation.
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Grounding deep time and space principles into present-day practices for adaptability and flow.
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Tools for purification, grounding, and maintaining presence amidst external demands.
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The program offers collective space for navigating points of crisis with guided frameworks, peer-to-peer support systems, and actionable steps. These structures provide tools for resilience, alignment, and transformation, turning challenges into opportunities for growth.
This mentorship is designed to support you in becoming a visionary leader and conscious creator, embodying UnitePlayPerform’s ethos of play, neuropsychology, modern and ancient ritual, and transformation.
Introducing UnitePlayPerform Interactive Hybrid Professional Development Handbook
Physical & Digital Assets
This offering has been designed to complement our 2025 Year-Long Mentorship Program.
This interactive guide is designed to move with you throughout a full year-capturing your insights, mapping your ideas, and shaping your iterations into a solid foundation for you to catapult from our universe into the stratosphere.
UnitePlayPerform Interactive Hybrid Professional Development Handbook is not just a book - it's a living, breathing companion for your journey of growth, transformation, and innovation.
Rooted in UnitePlayPerform’s methodology that exists at the intersection of art, health, science, wellbeing & spirituality.
We invite space for possibility!
UnitePlayPerform Future Facers will gain access to their own genius through the UPP Method™️, pioneering new pathways that support self-leadership and limitless potential.
UnitePlayPerform 2025 Future Facer Mentorship cohort is gathering -
A welcoming space for ageless, timeless, genderless humans to share diverse perspectives and design new, emergent narratives.
Experiential Program Design
12 months / 12 Values / UPP’s 12 Archetypes / 12 Astrological signs / Planetary alignments / Seasonal expressions
UnitePlayPerform Method™️
designed and developed by upp artist, founder and educator Melissa gilbert.

Disarm
Relax into the sacred safety of art
Focus: Softening our everyday armour and protections, opening up to our environment and opening up to our own experiences
HOW: GUIDED, SENSORY, RELAXING, SOOTHING, ENGAGING THE BODY AS A VESSEL

Disrupt
Shift old thought patterns and behaviours
Focus: Introducing tasks, creating tasks through invitation, challenge, risk and choice
HOW: SPONTANEITY, CHANGE, SAFE BUT NOT TOO SAFE, AGILE ACTIVATION

Unite
Engage intuition, collective intelligence and self-agency
Focus: Connection to others, listening, sharing, vulnerability, being part of something bigger than ourselves, oneness
HOW: COLLECTIVE TASKS, COLLECTIVE CEREMONY, RESPONSIBILITY AND CONTRIBUTION, SHARING, ACKNOWLEDGING, COMMITTING

Play
Activate expansive imagination
Focus: Curiosity, experimentation, improvisation choose your own adventure within a container
HOW: INVITING PARTICIPANTS TO GUIDE THEIR OWN WAY, ANCHORS, LIFELINES, SOFT STRUCTURES, OPEN TASKS, PRACTICE, REPETITION, INTUITION, SELF-GUIDANCE

Perform
Activate new ways through voicing, visualising, expressing, dancing, moving and making
Focus: Intentional practice, forecasting, visioning, enacting the future self within the future community
HOW: INTENTIONAL SIMULATED ENVIRONMENTS, VOICING, EXPRESSING, MOVING, DANCING, COLLECTIVE PERFORMANCE

Transform
Commit, acknowledge and integrate new skills into real life experiences
Focus: Identify shifts, experiences and real time change, integration
HOW: MEANING MAKING, JOURNALLING, RESTING, PAUSING, REVIEWING, DAY DREAMING, CELEBRATING
Our Values
Supporting generative growth within a safe container.
Sparking potent purpose as a legacy leading onward.
Inspiring joy and self development through curiosity.
Exploring the freedom to walk with truth.
Motivating dynamic experimentation and creative invention.
Activating radical self expression through socially engaging experiences.
Empowering spirited strength through vulnerability.
Inviting limitless potential and possibility.
Pioneering new ideas with a novice approach.
Tuning into harmonies and rhythms of universal energy.
Honouring the human experience with confidence and celebration.
Cultivating empathy through humility.
UnitePlayPerform Future Facer Alumni
Testimonials
“Melissa's impressive creative vision and her team's captivating performances were instrumental in the success of our event, and we are delighted to be partnering with her again for our upcoming Purpose Conference in November 2023.
We are particularly excited about the new interactive works that Melissa and her team will be creating for our 2023 event. These works will offer opportunities for our community of entrepreneurs, change makers, and social impact organizations to engage with participatory and socially engaging art. UnitePlayPerform's heart-led approaches and play design, as well as their use of storytelling to discuss larger societal and environmental topics, make them a perfect fit for Purpose Conference's mission.”
KATE HURST, CREATIVE DIRECTOR, PURPOSE CONFERENCE
As the Founder and Director of Purpose Conference, I had the pleasure of collaborating with Melissa, the Artist and Founder of UnitePlayPerform, as part of our 2022 conference. Our event brought together over 800 individuals to explore cutting-edge ideas in business, ethics, brand, ESG, and corporate responsibility. Melissa's contribution to the two-day event was nothing short of extraordinary, featuring captivating art installations, multiple performances, and an intimate artist talk.
As one conference participant eloquently put it, "Missy Gilbert is an explosion of energy and empowerment." We were fortunate to have Melissa share her talents with our community, and her contributions were a highlight of the conference.
SALLY HILL, FOUNDER AND DIRECTOR, PURPOSE CONFERENCE
“No safety edge - Melissa Gilbert excels in producing socially engaging art.
Gilbert strongly welcomes a pushing of boundaries in the art and design world, and celebrates the proliferation of self-taught artists who are hungry to take risks – and the design world is equally excited to lap them up.”
HELENA MORGAN, AUSTRALIAN DESIGN REVIEW
(REVIEW FOR MELBOURNE DESIGN FAIR)
“UnitePlayPerform shows how design can go above and beyond to tell a story. When art becomes tangible and interactive, an accessibility is unlocked. UPP's focus on neuroscience and awareness around mental health through engaging workshops is fundamental in sparking the conversations needed for positive change.”
EMILY MEDBURY, AWARD-WINNING DIRECTOR & CO-FOUNDER, NICEFILM CO.
“Did you know this is a tax-deductible professional development program? Plus, you can explore local and national grants, quick-response funding, and other opportunities to support your transformation. Your growth just got even more accessible!”
WE INVITE YOU TO APPLY THROUGH OUR FUTURE FACER CURIOSITY QUESTIONNAIRE.