The Belonging Shift:
Moving from self protection into connection.
WHEN
20th March 2027
WHERE
Notting Hill, London
WHY
What if being well isn’t only about learning to cope, but about feeling safe enough to connect with ourselves, with each other and with the world around us? We can only meet someone as deelply as we’ve met ourselves…
Most of us learned to protect ourselves long before we learned to belong. Over time, that protection can hold us at a distance from the very connection we need. This immersive full day of exploration is about noticing that pattern and gently beginning to move beyond it.
Join Dr Lisa Cherry OBE and Nikki Leader for a rare and deeply experiential day bringing together trauma-informed practice, belonging, relationships, intuition and the spiritual dimensions of connection. Together, they will create a space to pause, question and experience a deeper connection with the self.
Through powerful conversation, practical exercises, reflection and embodied experience, you’ll explore how self-protection shows up in your life and work, what helps it soften and what becomes possible when you truly feel you belong. You’ll leave with simple practices to take back into your everyday life and work.
HOW
9.30 - Arrivals
10.00 - 11.00 - Session One - What Happened to us?
11.00 - 11.20 - Break
11.20 - 12.30 Session Two - The Body Knows - harnessing the wisdom of the body
12.30 - 1.15 Lunch
1.15 - 2.15 Session Three - Belonging, Mattering and Liminality - Creating a Map
2.15 - 2.30 Movement Break
2.30 - 3.30 Session Four - Meaning, Spirituality and the Search for Something More
3.30 - 4.15 Session Five - Intuition, Choice and Inner Authority
4.15 - 4.45 Closing Ceremony
This day is for you if:
You're tired of holding it all together
You work with people affected by trauma and want to nourish your own wellbeing
You're on a spiritual path and ready to go deeper
You long to feel more open, connected and at home in yourself
Your Guides
Dr Lisa Cherry OBE
Dr Lisa Cherry is an author, researcher, leading international trainer and consultant, specialising in assisting schools, services and systems to create systemic change to the way that we work with those experiencing and living with the legacy of trauma.
Lisa has been working in and around Education, Children’s Services & adult services for over 35 years, combining academic knowledge and research with professional expertise and personal experience. Her own research on belonging, care experience and school exclusion has contributed to the knowledge we hold on belonging and informed the creation of the Belonging, Mattering Liminality Framework.
Nikki Leader
Nikki Leader is a spirituality mentor, consciousness facilitator and guide who helps people reconnect with their inner wisdom, intuition and sense of possibility. Her work creates grounded, accessible spaces for people to explore awareness, meaning and the deeper dimensions of being human.
Nikki brings spirituality into everyday life without dogma or expectation, inviting people to have an experience. Through meditation, embodiment, reflection and intuitive practices, she supports individuals to move beyond limiting beliefs, reconnect with themselves and explore what becomes possible when we live with greater presence, purpose and conscious awareness.
BOOK TICKETS
2027
London
(Pay in full, request an invoice or email lisa@lisacherry.co.uk to pay in installments).