This is what I’m doing NOW (December 2022)
(Inspired by Derek Sivers and Graham Allcott)
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Co-facilitating more member meetings for third sector CEOs facing cost of living struggles. First one was November second one to take place in December with more next year. 'Spot the Red Flag - and do something' sessions for charity CEOs continue, December and January.
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Meeting with possible publisher in December. With a refreshed fresh book structure for ‘Wild Waters – good leaders in bad trouble’, extending the focus to include third sector Chairs and boards as well as CEOs. With 53,000 words, the manuscript is now nearly complete and I have included comments from CEO beta readers. Working on it with Jenny Berry ACEVO. I am now considering finding an agent so I can bring its 111 nuggets of advice to the third sector leaders who urgently need it. Delighted to have received endorsements from Sir Nick Young, former CEO Macmillan and British Red Cross & Vicky Browning CEO, ACEVO, Sarah Vibert Interim CEO NCVO and Jesper Christensen, Consultant BDB Pitmans, Bernd Eiden, Co-founder and Director of the Chiron Centre for Body Psychotherapy, Amanda Falkson, Peter Leigh and more here
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Happy now to be recognised by the International Association of Facilitators as a Certified™ Professional Facilitator | Emeritus ('The IAF Certified™ Professional Facilitator ǀ Emeritus is a designation granted to an IAF CPF or IAF CPF ǀ Master when the person demonstrates the senior level of an IAF CPF ǀ M [...] who has made significant contributions to advancing the field of facilitation [and] is meant primarily for those who have retired or are retiring ... Initiating a virtual global ‘emerging network of “us” ‘ with other CPF | Emeritus facilitators; first meetings in January.
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Coaching and supporting of four senior charity leaders through turbulent times ('Wild Waters' indeed)
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With Patricia, Susanne and Ramey , nourished by our deep sharing and considering expanding the Live Well, Die Wise deep listening group.
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Coordinating monthly 'R' Word gathering with The Experience Network (R - 'retirement' rejuvenation' 're-directing' 're-tyring' etc etc). Seven of us. Started June 2021, 17th gathering in December
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Preparing for second cost of living workshop (first one here) with Kingston Council in January
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Still wild swimming in the Thames and elsewhere. Now 8 degrees. Now own a nice red 2nd hand kayak and learning how to do it properly with Minima but fell in last month; also exploring sea kayaking.
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Still enjoying learning Spanish with Memworld, German and French and am slowly getting closer to my life-long ambition of being conversationally multilingual. During recent visits to Figueres (Spain) and Limeuil (France) found I could indeed hold fluent enough but ungrammatical conversations in Spanish and French. One to one virtual spanish grammar lessons with Paola from Bogota are fun (did I really say that!!).
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With sadness, have sold my lovely1968 BSA Bantam D14 motorbike. On the edge of getting an electric motorbike next (have had motorbikes ever since I was 16; not ready to let go). And grabbed an opportunity which fell from the heavens and will be the proud owner of a electric motorbike (Super Soco TC) in December
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Continuing on a life long Journey Inwards. The Way Out Is In Meditating most mornings. Finding a journal conversation with my father (who died in 2000) and his father (died 1927) to be revealing and discovering how much of their struggle, as Irish diaspora, I have been carrying with me; it is surprising how real our conversation feels.
