Hi, I’m Natalia.

I bring human-centered design into mental health and psychosocial support in Ukraine, and I practice mindfulness and joy with children through The School of Joy.

I love a very hot double cappuccino on coconut milk, and staying curious about people, myself and the world.

Studio P

Studio P is my studio for mindful education and psychosocial practice, founded in 2021.
Here I develop mindfulness-based methods for children and the adults around them, and practice them in real places, with real people. I still learn the most from the children.

Here is what we’ve accomplished so far:

800+ people practiced daily presence
through Micropraktyky, a Telegram bot offering short mindful pauses.

650+ educators across Ukraine
discovered mindfulness through our free webinars as a way of being present with children — not just another tool.

200+ children in Mykolaiv region
(170 in 2024, 130 in 2025 — many came back for a second year) completed The School of Joy —mindfulness-based emotional resilience program

130 Ukrainians engaged in 22 CircleP sessions
learning practical grounding, mindful movement, and emotional regulation skills.

Outside the studio, I work with organizations and state institutions. Usually they’re creating something for people (a service, a program, a reform), and they want it to feel human for the people on the other end. I help them get there by:

Consulting at the system, program and product level;
Advising on mental health and psychosocial support, from strategy to services;
Training teams in trauma-informed approaches and nervous system literacy;
Facilitating strategic sessions and design workshops;
Co-creating with the teams and the people who will use what we make.

Psychology is one of my toolboxes, along with design and mindfulness. My work is shaped by years of psychosocial practice inside Ukraine’s MHPSS system during the war, and by my own daily practice.