Reclaiming Joy Through Play.
Helping you solve grown-up challenges by reclaiming your childlike wonder and love for play.
"Your story may be colorful with lots of dark colors among the bright. No worries. Your words are the brush you use to paint your story. "
Rachel Dolcine
"Your story may be colorful with lots of dark colors among the bright. No worries. Your words are the brush you use to paint your story. " Rachel Dolcine
Upcoming Play Dates
Join us for a casual, creative, community-centered gathering and connect with others while also supporting your mental well-being and enjoying a refreshing break from your daily routine.
Reimagining Play
There's immense transformative power to be harnessed through creative play. At Jovera Collective, we use simple, childlike activities as a joyful way to work with very real, very grown-up dynamics.
Simply we invite people to play together!
Through games, making things with their hands, or shared moments of curiosity, we lower defenses and create a space for honest conversation and new ideas.
Play is the vehicle; Joy is the destination!
As we make time for and find enjoyment in the simple things, somewhere along the journey you will also find community. Play reminds us what it feels like to be present, open, and free.
When we play together, we create space for laughter, belonging, and the kind of connection that reminds us we do not have to do life alone.
Meet Rachel
Rachel J. Dolcine is an award-winning international speaker, author, entrepreneur, artist, and mental health advocate. Drawing from her lifelong journey with anxiety and depression, she uses creativity, particularly crafting, as an essential part of her wellness care and as a way to support others on similar paths. Her passion for art and holistic well-being led her to create Crafting For My Sanity, an online wellness community, and Create Together, a professional development series centered on creativity and self-care.
An accomplished trainer and professional development facilitator, Rachel has spent over 20 years designing more than 30 trainings, workshops, and certification courses. While she has received numerous awards for her work, she is most proud of her domestic and international philanthropic efforts focused on empowerment, healing, and community building.
Rachel earned her B.A., cum laude, from John Jay College of Criminal Justice and her M.P.A. from University of Baltimore.

