greenspace

#coachingoutdoors #outdoorcoaching #coaching #ecopsychology #ecocoaching #bluespace #greenspace #natureconnectedness #naturalenvironments #ecology #nature #environment #mentalhealth #wellbeing #coaches #coachees #movement #thinkingdifferently

en-gbMarch 06, 2023

Coaching Outdoors Episode 42 - Elen Sentier

“I think the basis of all Old Ways, all around the world, is about that connection between the planet we live on because we can’t live without it, and the sun which enables the planet to come alive.”

Our guest, Elen Sentier’s, journey to outdoor coaching is a winding road, from being a dancer, working at the MOD and training as a Transpersonal Psychotherapist, through to running her Wild Women Retreats in the scenic hills of Shropshire. At the route of everything is her connection with nature and her grounding in the Old Ways, the British Native Traditions that she grew up emersed in, the hills of Dartmoor and Exmore.

Elen loves to encourage her clients, mostly women, who reach out to her to release their badass selves on her Wild Women Retreats, connecting with nature and their inner selves.

Her father asked her, as a child, “What makes your heart sing?” and now Elen asks all her clients this question to help them to put the soul back into their life and business.

We have had previous guests who have shared how the Old Ways of their culture have influenced their outdoor coaching, and Elen’s experience with the British Native Traditions adds another example of these wonderful practices.

The podcast is dotted with really interesting stories that Elen shares, bringing these connections and feelings vividly to life for our audience.

View podcasts and get in touch.

#coachingoutdoors #outdoorcoaching #coaching #ecopsychology #ecocoaching #bluespace #greenspace #natureconnectedness #naturalenvironments #ecology #nature #environment #mentalhealth #wellbeing #coaches #coachees #movement #thinkingdifferently

en-gbFebruary 20, 2023

Coaching Outdoors Episode 41 - Ian Merrill

“Being in nature leads a bit of perspective; maybe your problems aren’t so earth-shattering. There’s a world out there which is bigger than you”

The client’s outdoor coaching experience takes centre stage as Ian Merrill shares his experience of partnering with our previous guest Paul Jefferies in this episode. Our conversations trace his initial love for nature back to his childhood in Cheshire and how he believes coaching outdoors is ‘supercharged’ in comparison to the traditional coaching indoors.

This episode covers how the undulating terrain of Macclesfield Forest mirrors the ebb and flow of ideas and reflections; shifts in perspective set against the expanse of nature and how the ‘commute’ to and from a coaching session can be used to prepare and process information.

View podcasts and get in touch.

#coachingoutdoors #outdoorcoaching #coaching #ecopsychology #ecocoaching #bluespace #greenspace #natureconnectedness #naturalenvironments #ecology #nature #environment #mentalhealth #wellbeing #coaches #coachees #movement #thinkingdifferently

en-gbFebruary 07, 2023

Coaching Outdoors Episode 40 - Anna Brown

“The Systems Approach, put simply, is thinking about how everything is interrelated and interdependent”

In our 40th Podcast Episode, and the last one for season 4, we meet Anna Brown, Executive and Developmental Coach and Coach Supervisor.

Anna’s practice is informed by the Systems Approach, Systems Psychodynamic Approach and Adult Learning Theory, so we delve into these extremely interesting areas of Coaching and how Anna adapts them to be used outdoors. We chat about the opportunities for mirroring, metaphor and seeing patterns in the great outdoors.

Anna also describes her concept of slip streaming and how we can help our clients to nurture their soil to help them develop and nourish themselves.

Anna shares her recollections of living abroad as a child and how she noticed the way nature was similar but different between Switzerland, Japan, Hong Kong and the UK. And we share a wonderful childhood memory of the book “The Folk from the Far Away Tree”.

A great podcast to round off series 4, released Tuesday 18th November.

Watch this space for an update on series 5.

If you have a topic you’d like us to include in a podcast, or you’d like to recommend anyone to be a guest on The Coaching Outdoors Podcast please get in touch. We always love suggestions and recommendations from our followers.

View podcasts and get in touch.

#coachingoutdoors #outdoorcoaching #coaching #ecopsychology #ecocoaching #bluespace #greenspace #natureconnectedness #naturalenvironments #ecology #nature #environment #mentalhealth #wellbeing #coaches #coachees #movement #thinkingdifferently

en-gbOctober 17, 2022

Coaching Outdoors Episode 39 - Rose Dixey and Ruth Steggles

“It feels such a privilege when you get to walk literally and metaphorically; walk beside people in these kinds of transformations. It’s an incredible thing to do” ~ Ruth Steggles

Rose Dixey and Ruth Steggles teamed up in 2013 to breathe life into the collaboration known as “Fresh Air Fridays”. Online, in-person, community-based or corporate, Fresh Air Fridays offers a range of programmes to create an oasis within your daily life. From “Breathing Space” daily 30-minute virtual practices, half-day walk-shops and 12-week or month programmes, Rose and Ruth or their trusted facilitators unpack a theme through a combination of mindfulness, sensory activation practices and time for reflection.

Our conversations trace the emergence of Fresh Air Fridays and how the concept has diversified, and touch on a myriad of topics with mindfulness, listening without commentary and self-awareness, all illustrated with an insight into participant journeys along the way.

View podcasts and get in touch.

#coachingoutdoors #outdoorcoaching #coaching #ecopsychology #ecocoaching #bluespace #greenspace #natureconnectedness #naturalenvironments #ecology #nature #environment #mentalhealth #wellbeing #coaches #coachees #movement #thinkingdifferently

en-gbOctober 04, 2022

Coaching Outdoors Podcast Episode 38 - Susan Joachin

“The real healing happens outside”

Susan Joachim is the President and Founding Member of the International Nature and Forest Therapy Alliance (INFTA) and her purpose in life is to promote public health through the preventive health practice of Nature and Forest Therapy.

Her career stretches from project management work for US Aid in the rural areas of Sri Lanka, where she witnessed the simple life amongst nature, to the white four walls of Australian Institute of Professional Counsellors. She was deeply struck by the contrast of her personal experiences hiking in comparison to the confined indoor nature of counselling. The discovery of “Shrinin-yoku” inspired her to travel to the epicentre of research in Japan, to learn from the experts and bridge the gap back to Australia.

In our conversations Susan describes the key elements of a typical “Shrinin-yoku” session, how her clients seek relief from loneliness, loss, grief, health or relationship challenges and ongoing trauma inflicted by the pandemic, and her desire to replicate research from Japan in Australia.

View podcasts and get in touch.

#coachingoutdoors #outdoorcoaching #coaching #ecopsychology #ecocoaching #bluespace #greenspace #natureconnectedness #naturalenvironments #ecology #nature #environment #mentalhealth #wellbeing #coaches #coachees #movement #thinkingdifferently

en-gbSeptember 19, 2022

Coaching Outdoors Episode 37 - You asked, they answered...

“As my vision quest guide always said, “don’t press the panic button too early”” – Penelope Mavor

This episode of the Coaching Outdoors Podcast brings a number of our past guests back to answer 4 of the top questions we are asked the most by our followers.

Our guests are international, joining us from the Netherlands, Sweden, Spain and the US, as well as from across the UK. Their backgrounds are equally as wide ranging, from survival experts and mountaineers, to seal rescue specialists, sustainability experts and equine coaches.

Our guests:
Cat Boersma
Dave Stewart
Jacqueline Harris
John Farrell
Nick Smith
Penelope Mavor
Toby Cowern
Lennie Noiles
Lizzie Larbalestier

They share their insights and experience in answering these top 4 questions – how do they take notes when coaching outdoors, how do they deal with inclement weather, what challenges or unplanned events have they encountered and their 2 top tips for successful outdoor coaching sessions?

Their different coaching styles and approaches mean we get a really great range of answers to these questions. To take notes or not to take notes? That really is a question! Planning is most definitely key with outdoors coaching, as is the contents of your backpack (**other brands of poncho are available**) and if you do plan properly the weather is unlikely to be an issue. There are always opportunities for unplanned events and challenges, however, often in the form of animals, and these can be great opportunities to integrate.

The key is… “Be open minded and curious, curious for what’s to come” – Cat Boersma

View podcasts and get in touch.

#coachingoutdoors #outdoorcoaching #coaching #ecopsychology #ecocoaching #bluespace #greenspace #natureconnectedness #naturalenvironments #ecology #nature #environment #mentalhealth #wellbeing #coaches #coachees #movement #thinkingdifferently

en-gbSeptember 06, 2022

Coaching Outdoors Episode 36 - Claudia Geratz

“Trust in connection with outdoor coaching…this starts to build way before your clients even reach out to you. It starts in two pathways. The first, if a client considers outdoor coaching they are going to stalk you potential longer than they would do another coach because they need to have a bit more trust in you because you’re taking them to a place they’ve potentially never been before”

This episode of the Coaching Outdoors Podcast delves deep into the topic of research into the benefits of taking coaching outdoors, both for the coach and the client.

Claudia Geratz is working hard on her MSc dissertation, looking at how the coaching alliance develops within the outdoor space, and took time out from her analysis and write up to share some of the exciting findings of her research.

Claudia’s research has identified a number of key themes which can help us to understand the benefits of coaching outdoors: space; trust; movement; freedom; connection; side-by-side walking and the coaching alliance. As well as the vital importance of post-it notes when you’re doing thematic analysis!

Watch this space for the written research once Claudia has completed it.

View podcasts and get in touch.

#coachingoutdoors #outdoorcoaching #coaching #ecopsychology #ecocoaching #bluespace #greenspace #natureconnectedness #naturalenvironments #ecology #nature #environment #mentalhealth #wellbeing #coaches #coachees #movement #thinkingdifferently

en-gbAugust 22, 2022

Coaching Outdoors Episode 35 - Paul Jefferies

“I wanted to be the pebble in the pond that is the ripple of change, it means something to me”

Paul Jefferies, of Pebbles Associates, joins us for the next episode of the Coaching Outdoors Podcast from his home in the Peak District.

Paul’s made the decision to become a coach following a health scare which lead to a realisation that a change of career was needed and, by using the Ikigai Framework (Passion, Mission, Vocation and Experience), that not just coaching, but outdoor coaching was his passion and his mission was to give something back.

We talk about the journey Paul took from being a corporate business leader to an outdoor coach, as well as the benefits he finds his clients gain from taking their coaching conversations outdoors.

Paul shares a multitude of great stories from his client’s experiences using metaphors, for example the importance of a leaf to one client and the use of terrain as a metaphor for change for another. Using water to talk about how to get from one place to another and using pace as an evocative way of letting clients process their thoughts. Paul also delves into the power of walking side by side.

View podcasts and get in touch.

#coachingoutdoors #outdoorcoaching #coaching #ecopsychology #ecocoaching #bluespace #greenspace #natureconnectedness #naturalenvironments #ecology #nature #environment #mentalhealth #wellbeing #coaches #coachees #movement #thinkingdifferently

en-gbAugust 09, 2022

Coaching Outdoors Episode 34 - Cat Boersma

“Bluebells are such a hardy little plant; underground for three seasons and then they come back in spring. Strong, vibrant, green… It’s magic.”

Cat Boersma, former social worker, coach, founder of ‘Bluebell Coaching’ and outdoor person at heart works predominantly with members of the expat community in the Netherlands. We interrupt her two-month retreat to England to learn about her recent career transition from social worker to coach and qualifying as an ‘Outdoor Life Coach’ under Peter Kryger through the Atma Institute.

She shares her decision to take time out to resource herself amongst the English countryside in spring, why she always carries juggling balls or bubbles in her back pack and the challenges she’s faced setting up her business.

View podcasts and get in touch.

Link to Full Transcript and Show Notes

#coachingoutdoors #outdoorcoaching #coaching #ecopsychology #ecocoaching #bluespace #greenspace #natureconnectedness #naturalenvironments #ecology #nature #environment #mentalhealth #wellbeing #coaches #coachees #movement #thinkingdifferently

en-gbJuly 26, 2022

Eco-Justice - Justice for Whom?

Eco-Justice and Environmental Justice...What do those terms mean and how they inform our thinking about the question: Justice for Whom? Join us today as we learn more about these terms and talk with conservationist, Rebecca Bolich-Wade, about how communities can use eco-justice, environmental justice, and the community commons to build more inclusive and equitable communities.

Signup for The Inclusive Community Newsletter

enJuly 25, 2022

Coaching Outdoors Episode 33 - John Farrell

“One of the questions is ‘and is there anything else?’, that’s a clean language question”

New Zealander, John Farrell, joins us for this podcast episode which focuses on Clean Language and Equine Coaching – two very interesting topics.

John got into coaching 20 years ago thanks to his wife and a rather unexpected fire walk, and hasn’t looked back since, developing his practice into outdoor coaching and then adding horses for a unique take on outdoor coaching.

Through the use of the Clean Language and Emergent Knowledge techniques, John helps his clients to develop metaphors to resolve their challenges and traumas.

The horses act as powerful archetypes, helping, often just at the right time with a friendly, gentle nudge to inspire the client with a spark of knowledge or understanding. They communicate on a sensory level, providing truly unique metaphors that clients will never forget.

View podcasts and get in touch.

#coachingoutdoors #outdoorcoaching #coaching #ecopsychology #ecocoaching #bluespace #greenspace #natureconnectedness #naturalenvironments #ecology #nature #environment #mentalhealth #wellbeing #coaches #coachees #movement #thinkingdifferently

en-gbJuly 13, 2022

Coaching Outdoors Episode 32 - Toby Cowern

“I’m facilitating that time, space and place for people to have that higher quality internal conversation”

Our next podcasts takes us to Sweden to meet the inspiring Toby Cowern, who’s list of qualifications and achievements is long and extremely varied. From wilderness survival and bushcraft skills, to canoe, mountain biking and dog sledding tours, and on to outdoor coaching.

Toby shares his backstory of how his love for nature and being outside shaped his career and evolved into outdoor coaching.

We delve into the importance of giving ourselves permission to spend time alone, immersed in the natural environment, as well as the use of positive psychology to promote meaningful connection with nature to help minimize trauma.

Toby also shares some of the tenants that create the foundations for the courses he runs, such as Nature Literacy.

We will no doubt be joining one of Toby’s courses next year!

View podcasts and get in touch.

#coachingoutdoors #outdoorcoaching #coaching #ecopsychology #ecocoaching #bluespace #greenspace #natureconnectedness #naturalenvironments #ecology #nature #environment #mentalhealth #wellbeing #coaches #coachees #movement #thinkingdifferently

en-gbJune 27, 2022

Coaching Outdoors Episode 31 - Penelope Mavor

"What is your compost?"

Life. Death. Birth. Rebirth. Growth. Decay.

The cycles of life and inevitability of change lie at the centre of our conversations with the remarkable Penelope Mavor. Through her business ‘Earth Converse’ she encourages individuals to move beyond our cultural denial of death and engage in real conversations with themselves and the earth.

Leadership coach and consultant; and founder of Earth Converse Penelope is on a life-long mission to help leaders best serve people and planet. Her nature work has been strongly influenced by the School of Lost Borders which offers vision fasts, guide trainings, and other programs that offer initiatory, transformational experiences to those seeking growth, insight, and restoration.

She has strong roots and wings; originating from New Zealand, spending time in United Kingdom, Italy and now resides in Spain. With a background in sustainability, she holds not one; but three (!) Masters in Regional and Resource Planning; a MBA in International Business; and Corporate and Business Coaching. Over the last 25 years she has worked in partnership with award winning and top leadership providers such as Common Purpose, Lane4 and Impact International.

Our conversations weave across the use of mirroring and metaphors in coaching, the inevitable and constant change of life, knowledge uncovered through medicine wheels, the mystery behind VUCA (Volatile, Uncertain, Chaotic and Ambiguous) and our human desire to leave legacy.

View podcasts and get in touch
https://www.coaching-outdoors.com

#coachingoutdoors #outdoorcoaching #coaching #ecopsychology #ecocoaching #bluespace #greenspace #natureconnectedness #naturalenvironments #ecology #nature #environment #mentalhealth #wellbeing #coaches #coachees #movement #thinkingdifferently

en-gbJune 13, 2022

Coaching Outdoors Episode 30 - Professor Jonathan Passmore

"I can see niche markets evolving and I think that’s where there’ll be a variety and a strength; and coaching outdoors is one example of that"

Professor Jonathan Passmore muses over the wider coaching profession reflecting backwards over 2021; then forwards into 2022 and beyond. He delves into the accelerated growth of digital coaching, the democratisation of coaching and the unique skills coaches bring to their profession.

Taking coaching conversations into nature sits within this wider ecosystem and our conversations look across the broader business world set against unprecedented global events which have unfurled over the last twelve months.

View podcasts and get in touch.

#coachingoutdoors #outdoorcoaching #coaching #ecopsychology #ecocoaching #bluespace #greenspace #natureconnectedness #naturalenvironments #ecology #nature #environment #mentalhealth #wellbeing #coaches #coachees #movement #thinkingdifferently

en-gbMarch 29, 2022

Coaching Outdoors Episode 29 - Robin Bowman

“Realising the transformative and powerful experience of feeling that resilience from being able to gather things from the natural world and provide for yourself…it’s a really important thing I try to encourage, that it’s not an exploitative relationship, that it’s a reciprocal relationship, that you give back”

Robin Bowman is a true inspiration. The co-founder of The Old Way programme, mentor of teenagers at WildWise camps, tracker, bushman and expedition leader in the Kalahari and proponent of the ecological restoration movement.

Recording this podcast episode gave us so much to think about as we listened to his stories and examples.

Such as spending time with the San Ju Bush people of the Namibian Kalahari learning indigenous bow hunting and tracking skills, and grass hut making.

At his rewilding project Moor Barton, mimicking the behaviour of native animal species long since gone from our land to help rewild parts of the Dartmoor moors, gathering oysters and cockles on the bank of the river Dart, encouraging people to sleep outdoors and spend time in the woods at night and not be scared.

These are just some of the range of topics we cover in this podcast.

Robin is a champion for being a participant in nature, rather than an observer, and leaves us at the end with a real call to arms… now really is The Great Turning.

View podcasts and get in touch.

Biophilic Solutions: Nature Has the Answers

#coachingoutdoors #outdoorcoaching #coaching #ecopsychology #ecocoaching #bluespace #greenspace #natureconnectedness #naturalenvironments #ecology #nature #environment #mentalhealth #wellbeing #coaches #coachees #movement #thinkingdifferently

en-gbMarch 15, 2022

What’s Your Nature Score? With NatureQuant Founder Jared Hanley

This week, we’re speaking with Jared Hanely, the CEO and founder of NatureQuant, a company whose mission is to leverage technology to promote a greater connection to nature. The idea for NatureQuant came out of a multi-day ski trip with Jared’s co-founders Christopher Minson and Christopher Bailey, when they realized that the power of metrics and trackable data could encourage people to get outside and reap the benefits of time spent in nature. NatureQuant’s applications include NatureScore, which measures the quality of greenspace in a given area, and NatureDose which individuals can use to keep track of their time spent outdoors. In this episode, we talk to Jared about the exciting applications of his technology beyond individual health, the possibilities of measuring biophilic design benefits, and if he is at all worried about “app fatigue.”

Show Notes

NatureQuant
NatureScore
Nature Dose
NatureQuant White Paper: Delivering Technology to Assess and Promote Nature Exposure
Nature is Medicine. But What’s the Right Dose? (Outside Magazine)
The benefits of green exercise go far beyond physical fitness (The Globe and Mail)
10 Minute Walk Pledge

Key Ideas: Nature based solutions, technology and society, environmental issues, health and wellness, biophilic design

en-usMarch 01, 2022

Coaching Outdoors Episode 28 - Chris Grimes

"The ‘Clearing’ is an oxygenated space where anything is possible. It is linked to the improvisation mindset ‘’yes and…” I use this as a space to coach in"

Comedy meets coaching with trained actor, teacher and comedy improvisation performer, Chris Grimes who blends these three performance disciplines to inform his engaging, innovative and powerful approach to Personal Impact coaching.

From Uganda, Bristol and Gifford’s Circus we discover the threads of Chris’ backstory which have converged to form his coaching work in ‘The Clearing’. This is a space and place to think, free from clutter and full of inspiration.

Self-described ‘Sherpa with a flip chart’ Chris also collaborates with Dave Stewart for transformational journeys in the Scottish Highlands where the power of co-coaching, storytelling, a “yes and…” mindset and a healthy dollop of laughter collide.

View podcasts and get in touch.

#coachingoutdoors #outdoorcoaching #coaching #ecopsychology #ecocoaching #bluespace #greenspace #natureconnectedness #naturalenvironments #ecology #nature #environment #mentalhealth #wellbeing #coaches #coachees #movement #thinkingdifferently

en-gbFebruary 15, 2022

Coaching Outdoors Episode 27 - Joe Thomas

“It’s in a small woodland, that used to be a quarry nicknamed NLP - Natures Loving Palm - because you’re in a bowl of space with our fire within it… for me it's magical, because I get to see it in a snap shot every two weeks, through the years, through the seasons, through different climate… it’s gorgeous, a real special place because of the location and the work we do”

Mental health awareness and promoting positive mental health are two of the biggest challenges facing us today.

Our special guest on this episode is Joe Thomas, arborist, nature lover and owner of “Joe Thomas Tree Care”. We have invited Joe to join the Coaching Outdoors Podcast to share his experiences of “The ManKind Project (MKP)” which has helped him, and his fellow group members, to become aware of, deal with and overcome mental health challenges.

Meeting every other week, surrounding a campfire, in a copse of trees, in woodland just outside bath, Joe and his fellow members use the MKP structured approach to open themselves up to talking about and sharing their mental health challenges. Through support from other group members and the natural world around them, they experience a safe place to explore their feelings and emotions.

Having the meetings outdoors allows nature to play a critical part, providing metaphor, mimicry, safety, sensory security and emotional support. Joe shares with us how nature plays such an important part in the MKP process and why they choose to hold their sessions outdoors.

There are many lessons that can be transferred from the world of MKP into outdoor coaching, such as inviting nature play, nature connections and nature themes into the language of our conversations, to help bridge challenging emotional situations and providing a way for our clients to express themselves.

View podcasts and get in touch.

#coachingoutdoors #outdoorcoaching #coaching #ecopsychology #ecocoaching #bluespace #greenspace #natureconnectedness #naturalenvironments #ecology #nature #environment #mentalhealth #wellbeing #coaches #coachees #movement #thinkingdifferently

en-gbFebruary 01, 2022

Coaching Outdoors Episode 26 - Gerdi Verwoert

"The work that I do, is in the large part reconnecting people with themselves, through reconnecting them with nature"

Gerdi Voerwoert, is a Self-Leadership Coach from ‘Dare Greatly Coaching, a Hiking Guide, Ski Instructor and Host of "Daring Self-Leadership and the Nature Connection" podcast.

She joins us to talk about the impact of the corporate world on her own personal health and her daring decision to shift her world from the Netherlands to Austria to live amongst the mountains.

Gerdi talks about the concept and importance of self-leadership, the differences of being a coach and/or guide, reconnecting clients with themselves through nature and the need for safety when taking people into the mountains.

View podcasts and get in touch.
https://www.coaching-outdoors.com

Anna-Marie https://www.rfmcoaching.com
Alex https://www.alexburnconsulting.com

#coachingoutdoors #outdoorcoaching #coaching #ecopsychology #ecocoaching #bluespace #greenspace #natureconnectedness #naturalenvironments #ecology #nature #environment #mentalhealth #wellbeing #coaches #coachees #movement #thinkingdifferently