I'm still floating from the event in New York. Not because I was on the stage with amazing speakers. Not even because of the incredible connection in the room. But because two of our Impact Activator graduates, Stewart and Wendy, flew me out to speak at their inaugural event, the New York Peace Project. Their first ever event. And honestly, I hadn't even realised the connection until the closing remarks. For context, Stewart had been volunteering with a criminal justice organisation in NY for quite some time. He joined the first ever Impact Activator program to help him write a pitch to get paid for his work. What he ended up with was a completely different sense of what was possible, and the next thing I know, he's co-organising a conference. He said that what I showed him was that he was keeping himself small. And that so much more is possible! So when the idea of a conference came up he actually thought, "why not!" Wendy held the room as facilitator with a presence I don't think she'd ever fully let herself have before. She also published her first book, Still Waters Within, while pulling the whole event together. As you do! The lineup was beautiful, I shared the stage with Dr. Jeanne-Catherine Gray, Chana Studley, and Rob Cook, and the room itself was the most diverse and engaged I've spoken to in a long time. At the end of the day, Wendy looked over at me and said: "𝗦𝘁𝗲𝘄𝗮𝗿𝘁 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗜 𝘄𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝗯𝗼𝘁𝗵 𝘀𝘁𝘂𝗱𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘀 𝗼𝗻 𝗠𝗮𝗺𝗮𝗝'𝘀 𝗜𝗺𝗽𝗮𝗰𝘁 𝗔𝗰𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗮𝘁𝗼𝗿, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗜 𝗰𝗮𝗻 𝗵𝗼𝗻𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗹𝘆 𝘀𝗮𝘆 𝘄𝗲'𝘃𝗲 𝗯𝗲𝗲𝗻 𝘄𝗲𝗹𝗹 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗿𝘂𝗹𝘆 𝗮𝗰𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗱." That's when I realised the full circle moment. So here's why I'm posting. I came home with so much, about what makes someone actually take the leap, what activation really looks like in practice, what I saw working in that room and what I'd do differently. I want to share it properly. Not a polished masterclass, more of a casual, sit-down-and-talk-it-through kind of session, just me, what I learnt, and your questions. Who'd be up for that? Drop a comment below if you'd want to come, and I'll get a date in the diary and send the invite over.