Our personal development programmes are for anyone navigating change. You may want to make changes in your life or your life may have changed in ways you weren’t expecting or wanting it to.
Perhaps you’re questioning your relationships, your friendships, where you live, where you work or what you do. Or maybe you want to understand or change aspects of yourself or to re-evaluate the purpose and meaning of your life. You may be feeling lost or stuck or you may be at a crossroads and not sure which path to take. Or perhaps you know what you want but something’s stopping you from getting it.
You might be dealing with changes you weren’t expecting like divorce or loss or perhaps you’re struggling with changes you anticipated but are still finding challenging, like children leaving home, getting older or retirement.
Whichever change you’re navigating, our personal development programmes will give you the time, space, stimulation and support you need to work out where you are, what you want and how to get it.
So if you’re interested in joining us for 5 days of rest, space, inspiration, growth, fun, friendship and new possibilities, read on to find out more.
Our experienced team will create a safe, warm environment to help you share your desires, challenges, struggles, dilemmas and assets. Through a blend of creative methodologies, experiential exercises, reflective techniques and somatic awareness sessions we’ll help you surface your underlying assumptions, beliefs, behaviour patterns, relationship dynamics and blind spots so that you can understand yourself and your stories more deeply.
We’ll spend some one-to-one time with you and we’ll facilitate some small group coaching sessions to help you shift perspective, reconnect with your inner resources, and experiment with new ways of being during the programme and beyond.
We’ll work with your whole self during the programme and we’ll use our environment as a resource. We’ll explore how some of the regenerative techniques used on the farm might inspire your development journey and we’ll visit a beautiful local beach to find inspiration.
The whole experience is designed to help you recharge your batteries, reflect on what feels most important to you and find achievable ways of moving forwards.
You’ll leave feeling rested, refreshed and revitalised and you’ll be ready to embrace and drive the next phase of your life. You’ll feel physically rejuvenated and you’ll be optimistic and confident about your ability to take your next steps.
You’ll have a deeper understanding of yourself and your situation. You’ll be clearer about the way forward and you’ll have some specific goals to work on. You’ll be aware of the challenges that lie ahead and you’ll have worked out some strategies for dealing with them.
You’ll also have a new network of friends who’ll be cheering you on and who you can turn to for support and challenge along the way.
We run our personal development programmes in a spectacular 800-hectare regenerative farm in the heart of the Algarve, which offers breathtaking views, pure fresh air, peace and tranquillity. Your lovely bedroom or apartment will be comfortable and quiet and as we have exclusive use of the hotel, you’ll have plenty of space for reflection time alone or conversations in groups. All of the delicious food you eat will be home grown on the farm, nourishing you with the freshest seasonal ingredients which will be cooked to perfection. And of course, we hope to welcome you with some typical Algarve warm and sunny weather.
There will be about 16 people in the group and during the programme your time will be spent in a blend of whole group, small group and one-to-one settings. We build in plenty of down time which you can choose to spend alone or with some of your fellow participants.
We offer yoga, pilates and fitness sessions and there’s a really good library and a selection of board games. You can swim in the pool or the lake and you can also follow the many walking trails where the sights, sounds and smells will awaken your senses. These activities will nourish and balance your body, mind and emotions so you’ll feel relaxed and open to engaging in the programme’s transformational development experiences.
Our Westcott Group team has vast experience in helping people and organisations make change happen, using approaches that are anchored in our deep understanding of transformation theory. In our leadership, team and organisational development work, we help leaders change public policy and public services and in our coaching and therapy work we help a wide range of people make important changes to their lives in order that they feel safe, healthy, fulfilled and happy.
The next programme will run from 17 to 22 March 2026.
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The price includes all accommodation, meals, yoga, pilates and fitness sessions, as well as all the programme sessions. Flights and airport transfers are not included, though we’re happy to arrange transfers on request
To arrange a conversation about any aspect of our retreats, please email or call Judy:
Our experienced coaches offer coaching in relation to either specific challenges you want to explore or general personal development. Sessions last an hour and a half and are usually delivered in packages of 6 but if you want a longer period that can be arranged. You can either meet your coach face to face in the UK or you can work with them online.
If you’d like to have a chat to find out more, please email or call Judy:
