"That inner voice has both gentleness and clarity. So to get to authenticity, you really keep going down to the bone, to the honesty, and the inevitability of something".
Meredith Monk
Mission
Coming Into Your Own is a personal leadership development programme for women who are interested in engaging in a process of reflection, exploration and regeneration.
Over the past 20 years, the CIYO programme has helped women access their reservoir of presence and to bring forward a fuller expression of themselves. It guides women in the journey towards mastering the relationship between inner dynamics and work/life challenges.
The workshop focuses on each woman’s individual journey and help them discover where they are in their current life cycle. Many women find that in the process of striving to succeed at work, they have developed only part of who they are while leaving vital aspects of themselves behind. In the midst of substantial achievement women often report feeling empty, burned out or invisible.
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Objectives
- Identify women’s life and workplace challenges
- Explore ages and stages unique to women’s lives
- Understand different archetypal dimensions of your self
- Identify and begin to deal with some of the barriers that stop you from being fully yourself
- Strengthen your undeveloped capabilities
- Use a symbols process to see your current situation from different perspectives and reshape it to release the potential that you see emerging
Learning methodology
We will work experientially using dialogic and four quarter models, together with story, imaginative and kinesthetic exercises, to access your whole self.
We will use short presentations, dialogues, video, journaling and a symbols process to address different aspects of your current life such as work, relationships and family.
The design, experimental and research phases of this programme were funded by the Fetzer Institute (USA), and supported by The Ashland Institute’s work.
Audience
Women from all age groups, different nationalities and different hierarchical levels.
Public programmes (women from different horizons) or in-house programmes can be organised.
With a maximum of 16 participants and 4 certified coaches: Isabelle Pujol, Ann Canham, Nicola Shearer, Sarah Rozenthuler. Each participant benefits from a good amount of individual attention.
Length
2.5 days
2010 Public Coming Into Your Own dates. Please register soon! (click here to register!)
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Read the feedback...
CIYO provides a deep insight into oneself and a powerful aid to address and possibly overcome problems, fears or stress. Once these fears are addressed the world seems a much better place”
2009 participant
“Being introduced to a dialogue circle was immensely rewarding.. It offers the opportunity to explore rather than feel it is necessary to have the answers and so allow oneself to think openly, honestly and deeply”
Tania, 2009 Participant
“CIYO came into my life at the perfect time…I finally had the time to sit with my reality, be curious with what was possible and imagine a new future that I had never allowed myself to consider out loud. I left feeling nurtured, befriended and energised”
Valerie, 2008 participant
“Thanks to the CIYO programme I now have a supportive group of women from different age groups and walks of life that I can always turn to. It feels incredibly reassuring and very powerful to be connected to such amazing wisdom”
Elina, 2008 participant
“I joined CIYO at a time when I was considering a change of direction in my career. It provided a positive environment for reflection which helped me clarify my objectives and move to a role where I could reconnect with my passion”
Anna-Marie, 2006 participant 
