The fortnight that changed everything
It is now 16 years since that fortnight in England that changed everything.
I remember arriving there, in that typical ‘not-knowing-what-I-don’t-know’ certitude. Thinking the fact that I was a psychologist put me in a better position than the business executives around for what was lying ahead.
I remember having tea with a group of people, who seemed more or less my age, just before the conference started. There was a guy from Singapore, one from Denmark, a woman from Romania and one from Lithuania. We were filled with butterflies, knowing that we were about to dive into an immersion that would change us.
What I didn’t know, couldn’t have known, was just how profound this change would be. It was that first Leicester experience, in 2008, that kick-started my journey into myself and onto what would become an unbelievably fulfilling career.
Like any life-changing adventure, there is only one way to make it happen: Decide that you want to go. Then figure out the practicalities.
This year the conference will be in August, and I will be one of the consultants, working alongside some of the people whom I met during that 2008 conference.