Sue Wintgens at Kairos Encounter Centre

17/04/2023

I love hearing from couples how their time with me during an Intensive Session has impacted them and created a deeper, more meaningful connection. the Intensive Session is 3 consecutive days (1 full day followed by 2 half days) where a couple is led by me through a series of innovative, deeply connecting experiences teaching them how to repair things after conflict and move back into warm connection. Sounds interesting? DM for further details or contact Sarit on sarit@suewintgens.co.uk

10/04/2023

We have now been back from Gothenburg, Sweden, for a week and are relishing the time we had together with our European tribe! It was absolutely wonderful to welcome so many new faces, while greeting old friends again! The wonderful group left with a deep longing for more time together, and so we will be announcing the dates for the Autumn Gathering in London shortly. Stay tuned!

22/03/2023

We are on countdown with just over a week to go until we meet in Sweden with our wonderful European tribe for the Spring Gathering! Brett and I are so excited to see some of our regular tribe and meet many new participants who will be joining us. With almost 20 people registered, we have a couple of spaces left, so do contact Sarit on sarit@suewintgens.co.uk if you would like to attend.

22/03/2023

Brett and I are just back from a wonderful trip to South Africa, where we were privileged to reconnect with our families and the lovely SA tribe!
I am now booking Intensive Sessions for end of April/ start of May, do get in touch if you would like to have a chat about how these sessions work.

24/01/2023

My second SA training will take place on the 12-14 March in Potchefstroom and is called "Navigating Life Thresholds with Awareness".

Although ECCT® has been developed within the couples context, the underlying wisdom and building
blocks are about human interactions and how the loss of connection inwards and between creates
challenges for everyone. This small gathering is about exploring the ways we can use this relational wisdom
and practices to support and guide both individuals and across generations.

We will creatively explore:
How the arrival of a life threshold asks for differing support.
What life skills are needed to be strengthened to meet the challenge in a healthy way.
What is needed in different life chapters to recover joyful aliveness.

Our vision and excitement:
We all have a widened understanding and confidence to support people approaching a significant threshold, as well as people who find themselves suddenly across a threshold they had not chosen.
We have a map that honours different life chapters and generations.
We have some core skills and practical ways to invite people in such places to touch their innate resilience and recover more joyful aliveness.

To register please contact Vera Roos on Vera.Roos@nwu.ac.za

24/01/2023

I am delighted to be back in South Africa in March to reconnect with the amazing SA tribe! The first event will take place in Cape Town from the 8-10 March and is called "Creating My Own Unique Intensive".

Have you wondered what it might be like to settle in and have time to lead a couple deeper into their relationship?

Maybe you have had an intuition that some couples might benefit and enjoy such an opportunity rather than the more traditional approach. Wouldn’t it be wonderful to have a place to explore with people who have the same curiosity how you might create your own Intensive experience – to give yourself space to ask, explore and grow inspired for your next chapter as a Couples Guide?

If this resonates, this training is for you! To register please contact El’Marie Grove:
Tel: +27 81 559 9130
Email: info@imagoafrica.co.za

24/01/2023

From the wonderful podcast ‘On Being’, a beautiful reminder to keep choosing to live in the ‘as if’ and how it changes our focus and body-brain!

“…..that in the space between the world as it is and what we long for it to become, we are called to “live as if” the possibility we aspire to is already present. Our job is to make it more visible, more vivid, more definingly true.
Interestingly, mysteriously, when you do this, you begin to see differently. You get oriented to notice tendrils, traces, the new shapes of emergence that we miss when we are oriented around the distractingly noisy and obvious headlines and memes of “what is.”

I hope you enjoy reading this as much as I did!

11/01/2023

Good morning! I love this quote from psychologist Donald Hebb. So, tell me, where do you rest your mind?

02/01/2023

INTRODUCTION TO ENCOUNTER CENTERED COUPLES THERAPY - 9 & 16 FEBRUARY 2023
Are you looking to expand your work with an exciting approach that will help you support your clients even more? Then you might consider Encounter centered Couples Therapy®, an innovative way of working, developed within couples work, and powerfully useful with clients in all scenarios.

Get a glimpse into a way of working that is flexible, joyful and richly transformative where you will see:

*How to meet your client in the now moment where true change lives
*How to invite all their strengths and resources to be available for their healing and growth
How to be present yourself in a more relaxed, creative way.

This two session training is only £175 and available to book on www.suewintgens.co.uk!

01/01/2023

In mid December we gathered with our youngest daughter and family for a Christmas tea because they are going to be away during Christmas. All of us, bar one lucky member, had been recovering as best we could from a vicious virus of some sort and were tentative of digestion, coughing in relays and low in energy. We were a rather sorry lot gathering for a spot of seasonal cheer! As I looked around at the pale faces and tired eyes, it would have been easy to declare the event a dead loss with the decorations highlighting the flatness in the energy and conversation. Yet when I looked around the table at all the dear faces, I felt a wave of profound gratitude that each dear face was there – recovering and with opportunities ahead to enjoy. Letting go of the festive fantasy and touching love for the now moment made our tattered tea rich with a gentle pleasure and a profound gratitude.

It reminds me of the words the poet Maya Angelou spoke:

“Like a tree planted by the river, I shall not be moved.” Maya Angelou

It seems to me that we HAVE TO MOVE to meet the complexity of life – and yet we also have a choice to not be moved. To have sunk our roots down into such deeply moist and nourishing places that we can bend, flex, sway and remain. What are my roots sunk into? What lends the water of life to my foundation – the magic of nourishment to my Essence? Thich Nhat Hahn said it is not enough to touch suffering, we must also touch joy and peace. Choosing to slow down and savour a moment helps sink your roots down into a river that is always there if we will but remember.

This 2022 has included for both Brett and I, Sarit and her family, relocations and new homes. The challenges were often enormous especially done with a backdrop of shortages, spiralling prices and war. We know that all of you have faced your own challenges against such backdrops and we have so often witnessed your courage, perseverance and flexibility – Bravo! Join us in celebrating all the growth and ‘root-sinkings’ you have chosen this year – may they bring all of you a rich harvest for 2023!

We have a wonderful line up of events in the first quarter of 2023 and we hope to see as many of you as possible!

20/12/2022

I am so pleased to announce our next Spring Gathering will be held in the beautiful city of Gothenburg, Sweden!
This is the first time we will be holding this gathering outside the UK and hope to see as many of you as possible at what promises to be a wonderful, inspiring event!
More details can be found on my website www.suewintgens.co.uk

06/07/2022

I highly recommend watching this brilliant, eye-opening talk from Dr. Gabor Maté. A clear example that we as humans are wired for connection!

Who is Gabor Maté? A renowned speaker, and bestselling author, Dr. Gabor Maté is highly sought after for his expertise on a range of topics including addicti...