Madrid Women in Leadership Retreat – What I learnt!

Hola!

I hope you are having an amazing week! I am just back from Madrid where I was facilitating a Women in Leadership Accelerator Programme for 24 amazing women from across Europe and Brazil! 

What this week has taught me is:

Women need each other.

We need to carve out space so we can share our triumphs and challenges, we need to know that we are not alone in our struggles and most of all we need to form real connections so we can lift each other up.

Everyone battles with self-doubt and self-worth at some point.

Not one woman on the program (and there were a lot of strong confident women!) would say that self-doubt didn’t creep up on them from time to time. It’s normal and we need to stop using it as an excuse to play small!

Putting yourself in new situations with new people can open up so many more perspectives and insights.

Being in a new city with people from so many different cultures really opened my eyes up to new ideas and ways of thinking. 

Being away from your day-to-day is so refreshing.

Ok, so the hotel room didn’t have a kettle so my tea addiction was compromised! 😂Other than that, having time in the evenings to chill and mornings that were slow and focused rather than rushing myself and the kids out the door, was such a treat!

I missed my husband and kids and coming home to them was pure joy 😍

I know I am so lucky to have travelled to Madrid for such an exciting project and that that’s not everyone’s reality, but I invite you to explore how you might get away for a little while and carve out some new perspectives and inspiration for yourself.

Maybe some pics from my trip will inspire you!

Oh, and check out my latest post on LinkedIn about my first client-paid-for flight on business class! 

I’m so pumped about where this journey has taken me so far and am still in awe about what can happen when you dare to dream big and put yourself out there. 

It didn’t happen overnight and I work damn hard to make my dreams a reality but you know what? 

If I can do it, so can you.