✨ Key Features
The Curious Souls Café web app is a digital tool and a companion for our global community, now available for all to spark meaningful conversations, foster genuine connection, and support personal growth.
Conversation Decks
Access collections of curated questions designed to guide soul-searching discussions on diverse themes.
Dice Roller
A fun tool to decide who starts, break ties, or engage in meaningful challenges.
Action Prompts
Spark gratitude, kindness, and inspiration with randomly presented creative tasks.
Collect · Reflect
Your personal hub and session log. Journal privately with Zen Mode, or switch to the Session Log to record group dynamics and field notes.
Live Board For Facilitators
Join via code to submit anonymous questions, or launch a board to crowdsource the agenda.
💡 Pro Tip: The Deck Builder is best for prepared topics (when you have a set list), while the Interactive Live Board is best for crowdsourcing questions live from your participants on the fly.
🚀 Getting Started
Step into meaningful conversations with ease! Here's how to use the app:
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Launch the Web App
Open the app in your browser: app.curioussouls.cafe. -
Invite Others
Share the QR code on the main page so others can join instantly. -
Pick a Topic
Choose a conversation deck that resonates with your group. The Icebreaker deck is recommended for first-timers. -
Start the Conversation
Each person chooses one of the displayed questions, and the group decides which to discuss first.
What is Curious Souls Café?
Curious Souls Café is a "third place" away from home and work, founded to counter the isolation of modern life. Our philosophy is centered on the power of face-to-face conversations to build deeper bonds in a safe, non-judgmental environment. To learn more about the initiative, check out our main website.
Pro Tip:
- Check out the
About page for an
overview of our meetup.
- Explore our
Event Structure Guide for facilitation
tips.
📚 Topics from Our Conversation Decks
Explore over 30 decks designed to guide soul-searching discussions. Each of these has been developed for and real-world tested in our events. Use the search bar to filter by keyword.
- Adulthood: Explore the holistic journey of adulting—personal growth, authenticity, and connection.
- Authenticity: Align your actions with your values and embrace your true self.
- Beginner's Mind New: Cultivate curiosity, embrace 'not knowing,' and see the world with fresh eyes again.
- Happiness Starter: Explore your personal definition and journey with happiness.
- Inner Child: Reconnect with your playful younger self and nurture creativity.
- Languages We Live: Dive into the curious space where our words, thoughts, and identities meet.
- Reflection: Explore how reflection transforms memories into meaning.
- Reimagine: Explore evolving perspectives and reimagine life’s narratives.
- Resilience: Explore how you adapt and find meaning when life tests your limits.
- Solitude: Distinguish healthy alone time from loneliness.
- The Mind Speaks: Reflect on thoughts, feelings, mindfulness, and personal well-being.
- Transitions: Navigate life’s changes with prompts that foster reflection.
- Friendship Starter: Deepen connection and explore the many facets of meaningful friendships.
- Interdependence: Explore the invisible threads that sustain our relationships and communities.
- Love Relationships Starter: Reflect on the dynamics of love and intimacy.
- Parenting: Inspire reflection on the joys, challenges, and growth in raising children.
- Why We Love: A deep dive into the motivations behind our relationships.
- Entrepreneurship: Ignite self-leadership and entrepreneurial thinking.
- Flow: A journey to sharpening your focus and mastering the art of effortless engagement.
- Focus: How we find, lose, and design focus.
- Synergy: True collaboration and adaptive team dynamics.
- Work that Resonates Starter: Explore your evolving relationship with work and fulfillment.
- Clarity: Cutting through noise with values, self-awareness, and insight.
- Flourishing Starter: Spark deep dialogue on purpose, virtue, and resilience.
- Legacy: Reflect on the impact you make and transform values into legacy.
- Purpose: Explore meaning and the journey toward a fulfilling life.
- True Wealth: Explore what it means to live a truly rich life beyond material wealth.
- All in One: Spark meaningful conversations across all topics below. (Includes a "Topic Mixer" to select specific categories!)
- Deep Talk Starter: A reflection on modern life’s complexities—discussed and made in Seoul.
- Icebreaker Starter: Spark lighthearted, meaningful, and heart-warming conversations.
- Global Curiosities Starter: Questions written by participants from our events around the world. (Toggle "Location Mode" to browse by city!)
No topics found. Try a different keyword.
💖 We express our heartfelt gratitude to our Singaporean facilitator for creating the question sets for The Mind Speaks, and co-developing Happiness and Love Relationships, our Seoul facilitator and participants for Deep Talk (also known as 'Seoul Vibe'), and all participants who contributed to the Global Curiosities deck.
✨ App Features & Tools
Designed for seamless facilitation, the app includes:
Browse and select from dozens of themed question decks to guide your conversations.
Use the floating dice icon to randomly select a color-coded team to start the discussion.
Engage in meaningful bonding actions, often used with the dice roller's "challenge" feature.
Paste or generate questions, then print cards or make a QR code for friends to scan.
Facilitators can launch a "Write-Your-Own" session where the group populates the board with questions live.
Participants can revisit past session boards and access their personally saved questions and notes.
A dedicated page to view, search, and backup all your starred questions and notes.
Select the number of questions to display from any deck.
Tap the star icon next to a topic to pin it to the top of your list for quick access.
Search topics on the main page, specific questions within a topic, or your saved items.
Add personal notes to any saved question, then export your session plan to a file.
Stuck? Insert mental models like "5 Whys," "S.T.A.R. Method," or "Gratitude Check" directly into your notes.
A distraction-free fullscreen writing mode with a built-in 5-minute sprint timer and mood picker.
Enable experimental features to save your entire collection to a JSON file and restore it on other devices.
Filter questions by difficulty levels: 🌱 (light), ☕ (middle), and 🌀 (deep).
Quickly jump to a specific question (e.g., "5") or multiple ones using the "Go to" feature.
Select a question to copy text, share a direct link, or translate it instantly using DeepL.
Join a live session using a code to submit questions to a shared board for group discussion.
The entire experience is designed to work seamlessly on smartphones and tablets.
No login required. The app works offline (PWA) and keeps your saved data private on your device.
💡 Tips for Using the App
Unlock the full potential of the app with these features, organized to help you facilitate better conversations.
🎤 Enhance Engagement
- Maximize Visibility: Tap the Expand icon on any selected (highlighted) card to enter Focus Mode. This displays the text in large, high-contrast type, perfect for showing your phone screen to the whole group.
- Gamify Turn-Taking: Use the floating Dice button to randomly select a speaker. The colors on the dice match the border colors of the cards to help assign teams or individuals easily.
- Overcome Decision Paralysis: If the group can't decide on a topic, use the Pick Random button to let the app instantly select a question for you.
🧘 Reflection & Journaling
- Track Your Journey: The Collect · Reflect tool includes a progress bar. Switch filters between "To Do" and "Done" to see how many saved questions you have left to reflect on.
- Privacy Mode: Journaling in a public space? Toggle the Privacy Blur feature to obscure your text from prying eyes while you think.
- Need a Spark?: If you are stuck on a question in Zen Mode, use the Spark button to get a random prompt (e.g., "How would you answer this 5 years ago?") to unblock your writing.
🛠️ Facilitator Power Tools
- Send Question to Session: Found a great question in a static Deck but want to vote on it? Use the Paste in Session button (located under Copy) to instantly send it to your Live Board.
- Control the Flow: Toggle Voting Tools on the Live Board to reveal up/down vote buttons and the ability to hide cards. You can also use Shuffle to randomly re-number cards for easier reference.
- Highlight & Action: Tap any question card to highlight it for the group. This unlocks the "Focus Mode' (the Expand icon ), "Look Up / Translate" and "Copy" buttons at the bottom right.
📲 Technical Shortcuts
- Go Native: For the best experience, tap "Share" (iOS) or the menu (Android) and select Add to Home Screen. This turns the website into a fullscreen app that works more like a native app.
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Share Direct Links: Every topic has a unique URL
(e.g.,
.../topics/icebreaker/). Copy and share these links to send participants directly to a specific deck. - Quick Navigation: Use the sticky "Top" button at the bottom-right to quickly return to the top of any page.
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Thank you for visiting the Curious Souls Café! We hope it sparks many interesting conversations. 😊