About
Jennifer Campbell
How do you get to be a skilled learning and development expert, who has facilitated the learning and growth of thousands of professionals around the world? What leads you to write on the training of trainer/facilitators and leaders? What supports you to develop training and development programs for global organisations, national brands and independent small businesses? What leads you to set up your own business and sustain that experience for more than 25 years? What leads you to question common practice and seek ways to enhance the human experience?
In my case, I started with a deep love of people and being fascinated by what makes them tick. Then there is the question of how we help people thrive? There seems so much to discover and uncover to really appreciate and elevate the human experience.
My fascination grew through my early teaching career. I was so interested in the lives and experiences of the young people in my classrooms that leaving teaching for a career in youth work made sense. It seemed so many young people struggled to navigate their own early life experiences and make their way in life, especially then they perceived themselves different in some way.
academic I’d spent my early life trying desperately to fit in and feel the safety that comes with acceptance and belonging. I played the role of the ‘good girl’ – a favourite of the Catholic school girls of my day. This meant doing what I was told to do, not speaking up or speaking out, not creating waves or challenging the status quo in any way, complying in the hope it would make me acceptable.
It didn’t work for me. I felt like a fraud. I didn’t see the world in the same way that others did. I experienced the invisible, metaphysical world in powerful and profound ways. I visited clairvoyants, studied tarot, numerology, astrology, palmistry and past life regression but did not share this ‘secret’ part of myself with others.
My commitment to keep my personal life – personal, became even stronger after a nasty experience with my employer, a church-based organisation. On discovering I had read tarot for one of my personal friends, I was pulled up before the church council and threatened with the loss of my job! Their accusation – I was counselling young people through the use of witchcraft! This was definitely not the case, the idea was preposterous. I have never engaged in witchcraft and I kept the two parts of my life separate.
Meanwhile I continued studying things that many others felt were highly unusual – energy healing, iridology, a myriad of natural healing techniques and practices, mind-powers, energy practices, vibrational therapies, metaphysics, consciousness and spirituality in many forms. The things I studied energised me, it excited me and connected me with many like-minded people.
All these studies gave me a deeper insight into people and their experiences which, blended with my academic and professional studies, supported me through a range of practitioner, managerial and leadership roles in the community sector. Then, as I expanded my skills and practices in adult education, these insights I’d gained informed my practice both as a business owner and educator. Throughout this time, I continued to remain silent about most of what I knew and loved.
Finally, the divide in my own life was too great, and it was having a major impact on my sense of well-being. I needed to integrate the metaphysical aspects of myself into my professional self. This was a very challenging and confronting journey, as I had kept so much of myself invisible in the past, and my fear of rejection and ridicule was very high.
This unveiling of my true essence was inevitable. As the pandemic created global changes, it also created the space for deep personal healing, self-acceptance, and transformation. For me, this process was about becoming integrated and visible, stepping into my full power, and deeply committing to fulfilling my life mission and purpose. It is now time to share my gifts with the world.
I am glad to say I have now walked the path of reintegration of myself. Finally, all the parts of me belong. All the things I have learnt can now sit together, each informing the other. My professional learning and development practice is greatly enhanced by my other skills. I am free to create in a variety of ways. Clients now grow and thrive with speed and grace as I offer them the full range of tools I now have available.
Would you like to be one of my clients? Are you ready to bring about growth and development for yourself and your team? If so, let’s chat. Book your discover call today using the link below.
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