This is what I’m doing NOW (December 2025)

• SEE Well-being A delightful and fulfilling collaboration, prompted by the documentary “The eternal song” is leading to active exploration of 'joint efforts towards moving humanity to the call of meaningful and harmonious lives'. A group of a dozen international fellow travellers came together for a first and second meetings (30th September & 20th October) which I attended as participant facilitator; third meeting in November. We are co-creating and are discovering what may emerge from our shared enthusiasm for social economic and environmental well-being worldwide (provisional name: SEE Wellbeing Worldwide).

• Ten articles 'Live well in Turbulent Times' which were published every Wednesday to early July with a 'PS' in July are still there. Lisa Moldau, Lisa and I are now recording short videos ('Live Well in Turbulent Times - The Best Bits') with Substack subscribers. We plan to post these on Substack and elsewhere from mid January.

• Completed tailored Authentic Leadership Programme with and for Kingston Voluntary Action - bespoke learning for local charity leaders. Happy to have done this probono because this is my local community and also because I will be able to take the (working title) 'Authentic Leadership Practice (ALP) for civil society' programme elsewhere. KVA have done a promo video about the programme Win win win. Open to take ALP wider and further; contact me? Now setting up some follow-through sessions to further embed learning.

• Doing a bit of polishing on the new martinfarrell.org website which went live, on schedule, at the end of September.

• Having facilitated two strategic planning process with the wonderful Youth Options board and team in Hampshire UK now supporting further distillation in time for approval early in 2026.

• Rejoicing in the enriching conversations with Susan Ní Críodáin (see her award winning book 'Leading Beyond the Numbers') which started shortly after 'The Reveal' Business Book Awards event in April. We co-facilitated a session at the PIP author day. We find we are enthused by our early stage thinking of recording Passing it On podcast series. Watch this space.

• With Emma Walker Founder and Director of Change The Chat helping women who have been through workplace harassment, bullying and worse to move on from their pain by passing on their learning from their experiences.

• Good Leaders in Turbulent Times - How to Navigate Wild Waters at Work published by Practical Inspiration Publishing is out in The Wild. See photos of its adventures on mountain peaks ands elsewhere here .

  The book is dedicated to '... all the leaders whom I will never know who, facing the challenges of turbulent times, are courageously aspiring to be the good leaders who will sustain a decent, just and civil society, so we can all live together well for the foreseeable future.' Self help for authentic leaders. Part of

  Having given the first endorsement (in March 2021), Sir Nick Young has written the foreword and spoke compellingly at the launch of which photos are here. Page design and cover co-created with the wonderful Marianne Hartley.

  On the day of publication, 23rd September 2024 it became an instant kindle best seller in UK (Three categories) and USA (two categories). See bottom of the page here Not a bad start :-).

  Buy the book in lots of places, including HERE, here, here here and here

• The 11th gathering of the online group will be in December to share our responses to ‘Flowchart for navigating our climate predicament’. and the state of the world and our place in it With incisive logic and engaging gallows humour Andrew Boyd “sets us off on a quest to learn how to live with the ‘impossible news’ of climate breakdown”. The first group was November 2023 There is one place in this first (Europe & Americas) group; contact me if you'd like to join or if you would like to be amongst the first to start a second circle (eg Asia, Australia, N/S America)

• The 11th virtual global ‘emerging network of us‘ with other CPF | Emeritus facilitators now scheduled for January 2026. Certified™ Professional Facilitator | Emeritus. Participants across 17 time zones so we have one meeting in two parts. Living on the Greenwich Meridian means both times are convenient for me.

• As part of my life long journey inwards I enjoyed a challenging and insightful retreat in the Plum Village tradition (this is my 8th, the first was 2002) at The Institute of Applied Buddhism in Germany in July. Then enjoyed some days alone in the Taunus region.

• With Patricia, Susanne, Ramey and Scott, nourished by our deep sharing in the Live Well, Die Wise deep listening group. Now offering a 'Grief Circle' once a month; contact me if you'd like to join.

• Coordinating monthly 'R' Word gathering with The Experience Network (R - 'retirement' rejuvenation' 're-directing' 're-trying' etc etc). Seven of us. Meet every month or so. Started June 2021. 45th meeting coming up.

• Completed the olympic distance Allgâu Triathlon in southern Germany in August (2025). Was I a bit mad, yes probably. Did no training but crossed the finish line in five hours 26 minutes. I was so slow, I finished outside the cut-off time. Was one of only two 75+ year olds to complete it.
  I've just signed up for a 24 hour team Swim in June 2026. Crazy or what?

• Enjoying learning German Spanish French again. Have joined the CoffeeBreakClub which is fabulous and is helping me to learn to love German grammar and improve my Spanish and French. Learning every day. At end of November I have daily 'streak' of 80 days I'm in danger of disappearing down a lovely linguistic rabbit-hole. And why not?? Also trying to find a cafe in Spain which would like me to work for them for free, to practice my Spanish. Two weeks, early next year some time. Know anyone?

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