Working with Alison, and the group, has made me feel like a rough diamond who is learning to sparkle.  It’s exciting.

Everything I have learned was in me already, just waiting to be mined. I found I had all these hidden skills, which had been buried under tiredness, self-limitation and insufficient time invested in me, by me.

I expected to learn skills to support my professional ambitions and I certainly have, yet this course goes deeper than work.  It’s about who I want to be.

I really like working with the group. It’s rather like going on a walk with friends – there is companionship yet the opportunity to think alone and take in the scenery. I walk at my own pace.  I learn from other people too – both when I see things the same way or differently.  There is something that resonates profoundly: a commonality in the challenges we face even though our lives are really very different.

My favourite is the relaxation exercises which are yoga for the mind, combining a mental stretch with a bit of tranquility.

The programme is really enjoyable, gently confronting and I look forward to it and always, always feel great and inspired at the end of a session.

I am significantly more resilient, resourceful and insightful.  I have developed a fortitude which surprises me.  I am clearer about what I want (that uncertainty has been my downfall).  I have gained more self-respect and that is pretty valuable.

I’m still me, yet more accomplished and polished somehow.  I like myself more.

More to the point, I see myself enjoying achieving what I choose to do as well as getting there.  I think I have found what was missing.  How great is that.