The Growth Experience

Tuscany, Italy from 31 May - 5 June 2027

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The Growth Experience is an intimate, all-inclusive retreat where Sue Langley brings 25 years of expertise in positive psychology, neuroscience, and emotional intelligence to a small group in the Tuscan hills.

Join Sue in a villa with long tables, learning through living in an immersive wellbeing experience. It is five days of deep learning, real conversation, and lived wellbeing, in a place Sue has called her second home for over 20 years.

Five days to change how you grow.

The Growth Experience takes place at Molino di Bordone, a private villa and grounds nestled in the hills near Cortona.

All inclusive

Accommodation, every meal, wine, activities, and the airport transfer. You can focus on learning and wellbeing, knowing it is all taken care for you.

Small by design

Twenty people maximum. Every participant is personally selected. The group is deliberately diverse, and deliberately small.

Learn by living it

The science comes to life in how you spend the day. Morning sessions flow into afternoon walks, wine tastings, and time in the olive grove.

Access to Sue

For five days, Sue is right there with you. At the sessions, at dinner, on the walk to Cortona. This is as close to her work as you can get.

What to expect

A villa in the Tuscan hills

Molino di Bordone, near Cortona. Morning sessions with Sue. Shared meals around long tables. Afternoons in the countryside.

Learn it, then live it

A walk through olive groves becomes a lesson in attention. A group dinner becomes a conversation about connection. The learning is woven into the days, part of every moment.

The itinerary is a guide

Sue reads the energy of the group and adapts as the week unfolds. The structure is there. The schedule makes room for what the group needs most.

What you leave with

Practical tools. Real relationships. A deeper understanding of what wellbeing looks like when you take it seriously.

Monday

Arrival

Monday, 31st May 2027

Arrive at the villa from late afternoon. Settle into your accommodation across the estate. Welcome drinks by the pool as the sun drops behind the hills. Dinner together at the Molino. This is where it begins.

Tuesday

First day

Tuesday, 1st June 2027

Breakfast at the villa. Morning and afternoon sessions with Sue. The first deep dive into the science of positive psychology, neuroscience, and wellbeing. As the day ends, walk up through the olive grove for a sunset toast and dinner at Locanda del Molino.

Wednesday

Cortona

Wednesday, 2nd June 2027

Morning session at the villa. After lunch, transfer to the medieval hilltop town of Cortona. Wander the cobblestone streets, browse the shops, and join a wine tasting in a building that has stood for a thousand years. Dinner overlooking the main square at La Loggietta.

Thursday

Dawn hike

Thursday, 3rd June 2027

For those who want it, an early walk up to the top of the hill for breakfast with a view across the valley. Back at the villa, sessions begin at 10.30am. The evening is pizza night in the olive grove under the stars.

Friday

Your day

Friday, 4th June 2027

Morning session with Sue. After lunch, choose your own afternoon: free time by the pool, a yoga workshop, a hike to the monastery, or a coffee making workshop with the local team. The evening is Sue’s birthday dinner at Locanda del Molino.

Saturday

Departure

Saturday, 5th June 2027

Leisure breakfast. Check out by 10am. Airport transfer for those flying from Rome. For those continuing their travels, Tuscany is yours.

An intimate wellbeing experience
with Sue Langley

Why join Sue?

Sue Langley has spent more than two decades exploring one of the most compelling questions in modern science: what does it truly take for people and organisations to flourish?

As founder and CEO of the Langley Group, Sue brings together neuroscience, positive psychology, and emotional intelligence in ways that are both rigorous and practical. Her passion for the science and her belief in the capacity of individuals to grow, thrive, and flourish have made her one of the most trusted voices in the field, sought after by leaders and organisations across the globe.

She has delivered keynotes across four continents. She holds qualifications in neuroscience, emotional intelligence, and positive psychology. And she has been coming to this corner of Tuscany for over two decades.

The Growth Experience is something Sue has wanted to create for years: a space where a small group of people can step away from their regular lives and spend a week immersed in the science and practice of wellbeing, in a place that has shaped her own.

What Sue's participants say

Sue connects authentically and cultivates an atmosphere of empowerment. Yes, she provides tangible new data or stats, but she also teases out the applications, the extrapolations, the next set of unanswered questions that arise from those established facts. She also masterfully encourages those around her to do the same, knowing that our understanding is enhanced when we take on that task of actively contextualising rather than passively listening. To engage with Sue is to watch someone living their purpose, and that in itself is as inspiring as the content she shares!

"Sue is an excellent communicator. She makes difficult stuff more easy to comprehend. She is inspiring and engaging."

"Sue is the mentor and teacher you did not know you needed. She is authentic and leads by example. She helps to build 'collective effervescence' in how she shares her academic passion with students. Sue is an inspiring leader/teacher and I am forever grateful for diving in a learning from her."

"A professional - wealth and depth of expertise, knowledge, experience.....translated into an accessible, digestible form.....presented with an engaging, energetic, enthusiastic and easy style."

"Sue is real and she gets it. She does not put herself up as the prime example but a work in progress like we all are. This reality makes the learning not only enjoyable but real."

"Sue provides clear, engaging explanations of concepts in the field of positive psychology, encouraging discussion, particularly towards its practical application."

"Sue personifies positive psychology! She walks the talk and has a powerful life changing message to share."

"Sue always explains things in plain English which unpacks all the jargon. Her humour and stories illustrate the content being taught in a really user friendly way."

"Sue’s wealth of knowledge, science, practical life lessons and her constant pursuit of rippling the benefits of positive psychology and well being is not only inspiring but transformative in ways that she connects with you personally no matter how many people are in the room. If you have not heard her present you need to, once you do the ease of then applying the science she outlines so clearly for yourself is empowering."

Apply for The Growth Experience

Places are limited to 20 and allocated by application. If this sounds like something you have been looking for, we would love to hear from you. The application takes a few minutes and there is no obligation. We will be in touch within two weeks.