Personal Development

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 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.

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 stylish 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.

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.

In addition to working as a whole group, we’ll spend time in small groups and one-to one coaching sessions to help you shift your 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 you’ll have some specific goals to work on. You’ll have created some strategies for dealing with any challenges you encounter and you’ll 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.

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.

There will be about 16 people in each 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 free time which you can choose to spend alone or with some of your fellow participants.

We offer yoga and you can swim in the pool and the lake. There’s a really good library and selection of board games 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 team has vast experience in helping people and organisations make change happen. We use approaches that are anchored in transformation theory and are practical and useable in everyday life. 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. 

The price includes all accommodation, meals, yoga, programme sessions and airport transfers. It doesn’t include flights but they’re usually priced very reasonably at this time of year. If you let us know your arrival and departure times we’ll arrange the transfers for you.

To arrange a conversation about any aspect of our personal development programmes, 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 six but if you want a longer period that can be arranged. You can either meet your coach face to face or you can work with them online.

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If you’d like to have a chat to find out more, please email or call Judy: