Current and Past Events
The 12 Virtues of the Soul
A 13-week online course for those longing to reconnect with the richness of their inner life and authentic
Embodied Wisdom | Restoring Harmony - A One-day Transformational Workshop in Melbourne, Australia
Our bodies are speaking to us all the time, giving us a direct experience of the world and informing us, but are we paying attention? Do you know how to listen to the subtle whispers or respond to the important messages your body sends?
Leading with Grace and Resilience - A 5 Day Transformational Immersion for Women
Join our 5-day residential immersion for this transformative experience, connecting and collaborating with like-minded women to catalyse change in your life and organisation. Drawing on over 40 years of acquired expertise in transformation and culture change we integrate healing methodologies, neuroscience, psychology and somatic training with a focus on developing feminine principled leadership. This highly interactive programme ensures immediate application of your insights and learnings, whilst gaining new skills and resources for maximum impact on your leadership and life.
The 6th FemmeQ International Summit: Feminine Intelligence Shaping Our Future
We are pleased to be the main sponsor of FemmeQ’s 6th International Summit in Strasbourg, France. Together we will contribute to the global solidarity which is growing in momentum and numbers. We will hear from those in action, demonstrating how to respond to the challenges of our time. We will let go of beliefs that no longer serve us, take time in nature to reflect and integrate this new way of thinking and acting, nourish body, mind and spirit to build capacity and resilience, and resource ourselves with a new sense of possibility to powerfully go forward.
Leading with Grace and Resilience - 7 day Transformational Leadership Retreat for Women in Costa Rica
Leading with Grace & Resilience is a seven-day residential women's leadership programme led by Karen Downes and local partners for women business leaders, change makers, senior executives and social entrepreneurs. Those who are committed to bringing about a new paradigm of leadership and ensuring business becomes a positive force for good in the world.
Flourish: Beyond Wellbeing six-week online programme
A six-week online programme to build a new kind of radical resilience. The past 18 months have taken their toll on all of us. As we near the end of summer in the northern hemisphere, some may be returning from holidays or breaks feeling more restored, others challenged with the question of how to maintain their energy as we go into the colder months. Regardless of our circumstances we’re needing to find courage in the face of our vulnerability, be clear-headed amidst the uncertainty and standing tall to fulfil our purpose. For all of this, and more, we need radical resilience.
Join me to understand and embody the principles of flourishing by using all of our four intelligences - physical, mental, emotional and spiritual.
FemmeQ: Feminine Intelligence for a Regenerative Future
We are pleased to be the main sponsor of FemmeQ: Feminine Intelligence in Costa Rica and virtual global hubs, where we will support other changemakers, activists, social entrepreneurs, leaders of enterprise and future thinkers who are ushering in a new future.
Leading with Grace & Resilience Speaker Series with Indra Adnan
Women's leadership series hosted by The Flourish Initiative's Karen Lee Downes. This week we talk to Indra Adnan.
Leading with Grace & Resilience Speaker Series with Katrien Franken
Women's leadership series hosted by The Flourish Initiative's Karen Lee Downes. This week we talk to Katrien Franken.
Leading with Grace & Resilience Speaker Series with Pamela von Sabljar
Women's leadership series hosted by The Flourish Initiative's Karen Lee Downes. This week we talk to Pamela von Sabljar.
Leading with Grace & Resilience Speaker Series with Dr Scilla Elworthy
Women's leadership series hosted by The Flourish Initiative's Karen Lee Downes. This week we talk to Dr Scilla Elworthy.
Leading with Grace & Resilience Speaker Series with Rebecca Lee Day
Women's leadership series hosted by The Flourish Initiative's Karen Lee Downes. This week we talk to Rebecca Lee Day.
Leading with Grace & Resilience Speaker Series with Thais Corral
Women's leadership series hosted by The Flourish Initiative's Karen Lee Downes. This week we talk to Thais Corral.
FemmeQ — A Dialogue with a Mother and Daughter about Feminine IQ
As part of the Humanity Rising Global Solutions Summit, Karen Lee Downes will be speaking on 9th October online.
FemmeQ — A Dialogue with a Mother and Daughter about Feminine IQ
The Twelve Virtues - Our Pillars of Strength
Join us for 12 weekly, one-hour sessions to explore the 12 virtues that are the inherent fabric of the human spirit; a development pathway.
The Twelve Virtues - Pillars of Strength
Join us for 12 weekly, one-hour sessions to explore the 12 virtues that are the inherent fabric of the human spirit; a development pathway.
Rebel Wisdom Festival
Many of us have a sense that the old is dying, but the new is yet to be born. The institutions we’ve relied on to make sense of the world are unravelling at an ever faster rate, assaulted by new technologies and renewed tribalism. We now find ourselves in a 'post-truth' world that clouds our search for purpose and meaning. Join The Flourish Initiative Founder and CEO, Karen Downes at the Rebel Wisdom Festival in May 2020.
Navigating Uncharted Waters
Join us for a 2-part webinar series to reflect on existential questions, challenge old ways of thinking and create new perspectives.
The Elephant Meets... Karen Downes, on the feminine intelligence we need to flourish
Next week's Zoom public discussion/forum, with members of the Alternative UK's next-system group The Elephant is with Karen Downes.
Karen has had a remarkable career, building a global business in essential oils before moving her attention and energy to the bigger challenge of the transformation of corporate culture. She has worked with major clients from Virgin to Coca-Cola, introducing the concept of a feminine intelligence as the route to a more humane connection with people and planet. Karen has also worked in global NGOs such as the Hunger Project in India and Africa to initiate new relationships between people and Aid.
Karen is currently a co-chair in Catalyst 2030, a network of global social entrepreneurs and philanthropists - including The Alternative UK - that are collaborating to achieve the UN Sustainable Development Goals by the end of the decade.
Come and join us on Zoom to hear her visions for what will drive a better system, post-Covid, on Tuesday, 19 May 2020, 17:00 – 18:30 BST. Click the Eventbrite link here, or visit the Alternative UK website here.
How to Flourish in Troubled Times
In troubled times, it's much more difficult to imagine the possibility of flourishing. Join us to find out how.
Embodied Wisdom | Sensory Awareness one-day workshop at 42 Acres, London, UK
Our bodies are speaking to us all the time, giving us a direct experience of the world and informing us, but are we paying attention? Do you know how to listen to the subtle whispers or respond to the important messages your body sends?