Having served as vice-chair of the ISCA Board from 2017- 2019 with Max Dauskardt and Aud Marit Esbensen I felt “called” to offer my services for the position of chair of ISCA in 2019. I was delighted to draw together the enlarged board of five: Stephanie, Louis, Alexandra and Cristina with their wonderful variety of skills and servant hearts to share responsibilities over the next 2 years.

When Max handed over his ISCA responsibilities in Cologne in July 2019 our first task as a Board was to consider the vision on our hearts. This is what emerged:

We have a dream of thriving together
By living our diversity while being one
We branch out and we learn by sharing
In a vibrant laboratory of humanity

The death of Bert Hellinger in September 2019 heralded the turning of a page in the world of systemic constellations and as Chair of the ISCA Board I felt the responsibility of honouring the past and embracing the emerging future.

One of the Board’s first tasks was to plan our next ISCA Gathering. There was already great energy for this to take place in Mexico and we became clear that the theme should be “Belonging – thriving Together”. The call for papers produced a wonderful response from 40 presenters and we set up the https://isca2021.com website in preparation.

When the coronavirus pandemic dominated 2020 it became more difficult but even more important to build a sense of belonging to our international community. Our regular monthly online meetings were increased to include other languages and were supplemented by members offering free workshops for “Still together in Corona Times“ and the development of Regional Chapters.  We also created a new members website https://members.isca-network.org to better handle membership, communication and connection.

As the pandemic continued it became clear that the ISCA Gathering should also go online and we are confident that the software we have obtained will greatly facilitate our theme of “Belonging – thriving Together”.

I have found the last two years both challenging and rewarding. I believe we have achieved a lot and there is still much to be done. ISCA does not depend on one person but on having a skilful team with servant hearts who can work well together, listen to our members and make good systemic decisions to benefit the wider constellation community. 

My colleagues on the ISCA Board and I all stood again to be reelected at the beginning of February for the next two years. Although the work is voluntary it is extremely purposeful and rewarding during these challenging times.