As the limousine winds up the sloping hill around the last bend in the road, my whole body relaxes knowing deeply that there will be 4 days of relaxation and decadence ahead. It is very rare that you get invited to a castle and getting invited to stay for 4 days at a recently refurbished private residence is special. You know this could be a whole new level. There are some people in the world who reject normalcy and refuse to be anything other than their brilliant best every day. Gary Douglas seems to be one of these people. International speaker and author, global authority on personal development and well-being, business leader to name but afew of his achievements. He seems to do it all and with a certain ease that is rare in this world. I was excited to go to Casalborgone and it did not disappoint. It is really like nowhere else on the planet.

Casalborgone is a small town nestled around 40 minutes outside Turin. It is accessible from Turin airport and from Milan airport which is...