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Coaching OutdoorsCoaching Outdoors Episode 88 - Laura FestaLaura Festa is a mindfulness coach and somatic practitioner whose journey bridges the serene forests of Northern Italy with the vibrant parks of Beijing. With over two decades of cross-cultural experience living and working in China, Laura brings a unique blend of Eastern philosophy, Western coaching frameworks, and deep presence to her clients around the world.Founder of BEING with-in NATURE, Laura’s work is rooted in mindful awareness, compassionate inquiry, and the transformative power of the natural world. Her philosophy is embodied in the metaphor she lives by mindfulness as the roots, somatic wisdom as the tr...2025-07-081h 13Coaching OutdoorsCoaching Outdoors Episode 87 - Annabelle Charman“If you'd just seen my room where I work at that time there were hundreds of post-it notes everywhere. There was lots of paper on the floor, from transcripts that have been cut off, highlighted themes clumped together. It was a very dynamic, lengthy and in-depth process, but also really rewarding” – Annabelle Charman.Self-confessed Outdoor Coach Practitioner Annabelle stepped firmly into the academic world during her research project as part of the MSc in Coaching and Behaviour Change at Henley Business School. Her decision to explore the outdoors, nature and significant life transition connections, and co...2025-06-171h 12Coaching OutdoorsCoaching Outdoors Episode 86 - Frank Bolaji Irawo"Poetry isn't about perfection, it's about presence, allowing words to flow from the heart without judgment or restriction." Frank Bolaji Irawo – The TransFLOWmation Coach, Poet, and Nature ConnectorFrank Bolaji Irawo is a transformational coach, poet, and advocate for reconnecting with nature. With a rich blend of Nigerian and British cultural influences, Frank’s journey has shaped his unique approach to coaching, one that integrates deep self-reflection, creative expression, and an appreciation for the natural world.Growing up in Nigeria, Frank experienced nature as an inseparable part of daily life. However, after moving to t...2025-06-031h 15Coaching OutdoorsCoaching Outdoors Episode 85 - Philip Cowell“The street becomes your coach…” Outdoor arts fundraiser, wordsmith, and curious street wanderer Philip Cowell joins us from Berlin to share the joy of wiggling through life’s big (and small) questions—one walk at a time. You'll hear stories from his squiggly life and career path shaped by accidents and luck through the corporate, sustainability, and creative worlds – from playing on Folkstone beach as a child, how being rescued by a charity fundraiser secured his first job and his wordsmithing work in the sustainability sector.Philip passionately channels his energy working with David Pearl on the openly...2025-05-201h 18Coaching OutdoorsCoaching Outdoors Episode 84 - Russ Watts“One of the things that Nature has taught both of us, and I'd say many of my clients is to see and feel the seasons. This is a winter. This is tragic. This is end. This is death. Like the leaves have fallen. It's deep, dark winter, and you know what there's a glimmer of spring out there” - Russ WattsFrom a whistle and a whisper of wind in the south Sierra mountains in California, a symphony of sirens in Trafalgar Square, London and the rolling hills around Lake Garda, Russ transports us on a journey thro...2025-05-071h 22Coaching OutdoorsCoaching Outdoors Episode 83 - Will Brown“By being in a garden I think we perhaps feel more inspired, more at ease, more connected to each other and to our environment” Will describes his practice, and his life's inquiry, as 'garden thinking'. His work explores how we can reimagine the Garden's role not only as a physical environment but also as a metaphysical space for cultivating more grounded, nature-based ways of living and working together. Will does this primarily through coaching, writing, research, speaking and consultancy and creative collaboration.Will’s journey weaves together his passion for literature, nature, and community. Starting with a...2025-04-221h 12Coaching OutdoorsCoaching Outdoors Episode 82 - Annie Lee“So much serendipity happens when you’re coaching outdoors. Your client finds themselves in the right spot for that particular moment” Annie Lee is a force of nature who spreads her boundless energy across a portfolio career as a coach, coach supervisor, International Coach Federation mentor coach, Barefoot Coaching tutor for postgrad in coaching and coaching supervision, and Founder of Nature’s Blueprint CIC. Self-confessed maverick and disruptor we touch on her love of natural edges, her need to challenge the status quo and inside-out knowledge of the ICF Core Competencies. Her holistic and systemic approach st...2025-04-081h 04Coaching OutdoorsCoaching Outdoors Episode 81 - Sam MacLaren“Cartesian philosophy killed our innate spirituality 300 years ago rendering any kind of animistic belief as a childish, laughable fallacy because spiritual experiences cannot be measured, therefore they don't exist.” Academic at heart Sam has spent a lifetime on a quest to deepen her spiritual beliefs alongside an innate thirst for research-based evidence to satisfy her rational and logical brain. Her animistic lifestyle emerged after an ‘awakening’ experience at seven that subsequently shaped her life and world belief systems. Join us to gain an insight into the foundational nine elements based on ancient Ind...2025-03-261h 12Coaching OutdoorsCoaching Outdoors Episode 80 - Marc Bowles“I found a place by a log, just by a creek, and at the time I didn't realise the impact it would have on my future outdoor coaching conversations"Sometimes an unexpected event can impact our future career trajectory. In 2004, Marc pulled over to the side of the road due to an accident and took his client call for his accreditation by a creek. This unplanned first remote outdoor coaching session shaped his practice for the next twenty years.Life-long learner and educator Marc connects different modalities from within the world of coaching; from leadership, mi...2025-03-111h 04Coaching OutdoorsCoaching Outdoors Episode 79 - Ellie Lloyd-Jones“It will all be different because there’ll be different people there. The weather will be different. It will be a different stretch of the walk. It will be from the source of just the spring all the way into the city when it gets busier and the landscape changes” After a chance encounter with Jonathan Passmore at the inaugural Coaching Outdoors Podcast LIVE @ Henley Business School in July 2024 and subsequent online conversations around outdoor coaching; the ‘Source to Sea Challenge - Exploring the Power of Blue-Green Psychology’ was born. Throughout 2025, a series of roughly 10-mile walks will trace...2025-02-1849 minCoaching OutdoorsCoaching Outdoors Episode 78 - Tom Goldstein“One of the important aspects of vision questing is that practical preparation for people and getting that right, depending on the individual and their experience”Born in the countryside of Norfolk, where endless days were spent exploring forests and coastlines, Tom Goldstein developed an innate connection with the natural world that now infuses his transformative coaching practice in the French Alps. Based in Chamonix for the past 14 years, Tom guides leaders through profound nature-based experiences, including Vision Quests where clients spend four days and nights in wild spaces. Drawing on both his deep ecological wisd...2025-02-051h 04Coaching OutdoorsCoaching Outdoors Episode 77 - Paola Fabbri"Eco-somatic painting is a way to create a dialogue between the body-nature outside and bringing everything on the canvas, and is really based on deep listening" Paola Fabbri, Eco-somatic Coach & ArtistCoach, facilitator, artist and former humanitarian and development consultant Paola invites her clients to rediscover their inner creative flare and express their authentic selves on canvas. Paola shares her own artistic re-connection story after a gap since primary school, when in 2007 she awoke with a visceral urge to draw blue lines whilst working in Uganda. The impulse purchase of ‘Watercolours for Dummies’ whilst on holid...2025-01-1458 minCoaching OutdoorsCoaching Outdoors Episode 76 - George Warren“We cannot rely just on scientists. We cannot rely on politicians to help with this climate crisis. The most valuable thing is spending time in nature, and finding a connection to mother nature, to the natural world, to the ecological and to the spiritual”Coach, coach supervisor, podcaster, writer, runner, swimmer, husband and father George places the climate at the heart of his work and life. He places the climate crisis at the centre of his coaching, influenced by ‘dark nights of the soul’, based on the future trajectory that when his daughter reaches her eighties large swathes...2024-12-101h 08Coaching OutdoorsCoaching Outdoors Episode 75 - Phil Banfield“I would like everybody in their lives if they can, to enter the venture field. And the venture field is positive. It's expansive. It's very green. It's nature. It's probably where your potential can be unleashed, where it can be elevated” Meet Phil Banfield; who founded VentureField® in 2008. Self-described worldwide roamer, thinker, reflector and deliverer of wisdom Phil steps back in time to share stories from his childhood in south-east London suburbia, his life-changing trip to Zimbabwe as a geology student, and early career in FMCG organisations. From the summit of Snowdon...2024-11-261h 08Coaching OutdoorsCoaching Outdoors Episode 74 - Jackee Holder“I think it is that thing for me about being in nature is. It's often where I feel I get really present with myself. It's where I can hear myself, where I can listen to myself, where I feel like I I put bits of myself back together again”Jackee Holder joins us from the outskirts of London to share her passion for trees, tree mythology, nature, outdoor coaching and journalling.Jackee is a coach, supervisor, prolific writer, inter-faith minister and podcaster. Jackee shares insights into her outdoor coaching practice and finding nature in am...2024-11-121h 01Coaching OutdoorsCoaching Outdoors Episode 73 - Clemens Froelich“Being outdoors, simply allows me to be myself”Clemens shares his early years of nature connection right through to memories of family connection to brothers, father, and of course the mountains and the small farms, sometimes drinking cow’s milk and playing in the hay.Clemens shares his thoughts that while in the outdoors, either on his own or with others, somehow our normal set of rules are changing in a way, they are much more authentic and natural, it allows you to be there without filters, and that's what makes it so special. Thi...2024-10-2953 minCoaching OutdoorsCoaching Outdoors Podcast Episode 72 - Giles Hutchins“I actually help them gain an experience of the interconnectedness of how nature works by working with trees and living systems around, explaining how electromagnetism, how forest bathing, aromatic compounds, how connection through sound, how the wood wide web works with Mycelia! All of that, it just opens them up” ~ Giles Hutchins, Coach & Author Pioneering practitioner, executive coach, thought leader, author, keynote speaker and land guardian Giles joins us from sixty acres of ancient forest known as Springwood in Sussex. He tells tales from his formative years as a child through to his coaching client work that blend...2024-10-1558 minCoaching OutdoorsCoaching Outdoors Episode 71 - Lisa Partridge“I was going to these networking events…I was turning up in rooms and it was all very structured, and I just hated it. I was getting really tired of it”Lisa Partridge, founder of SIXCOMMS, joins us from the sunny island of Singapore where she has lived and worked for the last 15 years.Lisa runs a regular walk and talk networking group, encouraging people to get outside, take a walk, have a chat and get creative discussing challenges and exchanging ideas.Lisa explains the positive impact and benefits the walk and talk networ...2024-10-011h 00Coaching OutdoorsCoaching Outdoors Episode 70 - Tabi Jayne“What is your own nature practice? Because if you don't have your own relationship with nature and earth - how on earth are you even going to think about integrating into any aspects of your life?” ~ Tabi Jayne, Nature Trainer and CoachFounding Director of Earthself, a community interest company Tabi Jayne joins Alex and Anna-Marie from her shed office on her allotment in Scotland for the first Coaching Outdoors Podcast conversation in series eight. Set against the back-drop of the local hills that influence her relationship with nature and Scotland she shares her stories and wisdom. 2024-09-1757 minCoaching OutdoorsCoaching Outdoors - Reflections on Coaching Outdoors Live 2024“I do feel this is the start of a new movement” – James FarrellFollowing the huge success of the inaugural Coaching Outdoors Live event on the beautiful grounds of Henley Business School, three of the workshop facilitators joined Anna-Marie the following morning to reflect on the event.Diana Tedoldi posed some great questions to Toby Cowern, James Farrell, Anna-Marie and herself.They reflected on the biggest insights and learning they took from the event, how the event has started a movement and what the future holds for Coaching Outdoors.Toby used the me...2024-07-1732 minCoaching OutdoorsCoaching Outdoors Episode 68 - Oliver Wirths“When you go up on a peak you have a great perspective. When you stand on top of that… it’s just the serenity, it’s like wow. And you can look so far. It gives you a very different perspective on life.”Dr Oliver Wirths, based in Zurich, Switzerland, may have the most unique outdoor coaching technique we have discovered yet!Oliver puts his qualifications as an alpinist to great use, taking his clients on journeys of self-discovery and change through the alpine forests and up into the mountains, to gain new perspectives and challenge...2024-06-1146 minCoaching OutdoorsCoaching Outdoors Episode 67 - Grattan Donnelly“We were sitting in one of those fishbowl offices and it was a beautiful summer day, and I could see the sun was shining outside, and my client was stuck. And I was probably stuck too.” Grattan and Dr Suess his four-legged companion join Alex and Anna-Marie from their local coaching territory on Killiney Hill overlooking Dublin Bay and Dalkey Island. Self-described as endlessly curious Grattan’s fascination and perplexation by human beings has led him to craft a career as a Regenerative and Leadership Coach. He is also a teacher trainer and facilitator of the Mindfulness Based...2024-05-2856 minCoaching OutdoorsCoaching Outdoors Episode 66 - Hazel Farrer“Nature is so beautiful, it takes my breath away, it’s all about giving joy.”Meet and listen to Hazel Farrer who is the founder of Hazel Tree Coaching, based in the Algarve Portugal. Hazel is a professional nature and wellbeing coach and trainer who offers retreats in the Algarve, Portugal. Hazel’s practice is a nature based holistic approach, offering training & health development practices that help individuals access their inner wisdom and achieve their potential.This episode has so much to offer as Hazel has a wealth of experience, both in life and in many dif...2024-05-1441 minCoaching OutdoorsCoaching Outdoors Episode 65 - Leah Davies“I describe nature as my co-host, it’s a facilitator in itself… I feel like there’s some sort of ease when I take people outdoors, that I’m not doing it on my own, that I’m in partnership with nature”Leah Davies, a Somatic Life Coach, joins us from Cardiff, Wales, to share her experiences of working with people who have experienced loss. Somatic Coaching focuses on being embodied, in the moment and Leah has found that taking her clients out in to nature really helps to support the emergent themes of Somatic Coaching. ...2024-04-2949 minCoaching OutdoorsCoaching Outdoors Episode 64 - Raynelle Rino“The four element; in a simplified medicine wheel, earth, air, fire and water, are also part of our bodies. We are nature” ~ Raynelle RinoNature connection lies at the heart of Raynelle Rino’s work from her early career as an ecology field researcher; then grassroots environmental educator and social justice organiser and now nature-based consultant and coach. She joins us from her home in Oakland, also known as the Ohlone Land/Confederated Villages of Lisjan though her roots trace back further as a second-generation Pinay whose parents immigrated from The Philippines in the late 1970s. Ray...2024-04-1651 minCoaching OutdoorsCoaching Outdoors Episode 63 - Ashley Crocker"When did our relationship with rain change? We metaphorically played the idea of what it would look like to jump in those puddles, to be free again, to engage with the outdoor space in a childlike way"Ashley Crocker, Humanistic Counsellor and Transformational Coach is a former chef and Forest School Instructor. Self-described Dorset man born and bred, Ashley takes us on a journey across his local woodlands, parks, trails and into his yurt in south-west England. His work blends the realms of counselling and coaching to offer what’s needed in the moment to sup...2024-04-0258 minCoaching OutdoorsCoaching Outdoors Episode 62 - Kirsteen Jefferies“Horses are prey animals and live as a herd, survival depends on being present and live in the moment.”Meet and listen to Kirsteen Jefferies who is a co-founder of Pebble Associates, based in Derbyshire Dales, near the Peak District. Kirsteen is a professionally trained Equine Facilitated Coach, has a BSC in equine science and is a complimentary therapist in numerous techniques. Kirsteen has combined her lifelong passion for horses with her other love of supporting others’ wellbeing into this beautiful deep work of Equine Facilitated coaching.Her passion and curiosity for horses has evo...2024-03-1843 minCoaching OutdoorsCoaching Outdoors Episode 61 - Lindsay Cray“My life revolves around being outside, I enjoy everything about it, it’s the space I feel most connected to life!”Meet and listen to Lindsay Cray who is the founder of Integrating Nature, based near Lake Ontario, USA. Lindsay is a professional mental health counsellor and outside clinical based field guide. Developing and delivering progressive style nature-based therapy practices for individuals and organisations. If you are a veteran this is one not to miss as Lindsay’s veteran programs are amazing and truly delivery for this important community who need our love and support.This epi...2024-03-0559 minCoaching OutdoorsCoaching Outdoors Episode 60 - Michael Jospe“Remember your client is nature. Their brain is nature. Their body is nature. Their development is nature” Michael Jospe, Founder Earth-Based Institute Nature-based coaching trail-blazer Michael Jospe joins us from Boulder, Colorado, a hot-bed of nature coaching. Founder, lead instructor and curriculum writer at the Earth-Based Institute he’s dedicated his life to exploring the connection between nature and coaching for over 25-years. The International Coach Federation (ICF) certified Nature-Connected Coaching programme has supported hundreds of students become Nature-Connected Coaches, Nature-Connected Leaders, and Transformational Wilderness Guides. Our dialogue traces his roots from childhood memories in Concord...2024-02-141h 09Coaching OutdoorsCoaching Outdoors Episode 59 - Andrew Wolff“I am an evangelist for nature connection”Our last episode of Season 6 of the Coaching Outdoors Podcast takes us to the Rocky Mountains of Colorado to meet Andrew Wolff.Nature has been a steadfast companion throughout Andrew’s life, guiding him on his path toward self-discovery and providing a sanctuary for profound peace. His deep desire to live, work, and play in nature has materialised into a beautiful mountain property in the heart of the Rocky Mountains which is the home base of Andrew’s coaching business, Wolff Coaching.Andrew’s episode tel...2023-11-2144 minCoaching OutdoorsCoaching Outdoors Episode 58 - Georgie Dunn“I see parallels when I coach people who are really at capacity of their Executive Function and how nature really can unlock that just by giving us the space and perspective to do it”For this podcast we journey to the stunning hilly coast line of East Lothian in Scotland to meet Georgie Dunn in one of her favourite places to coach outdoors.Georgie shares her journey to becoming an outdoor coach, from her time spent in the Army developing her outdoor skills and pedigree, to her career change after Covid.Talking about the...2023-11-0852 minCoaching OutdoorsCoaching Outdoors Episode 57 - Claire Bradshaw“Being outdoors really connects people with themselves and each other.”Claire Bradshaw is the founder of Claire Bradshaw Associates, based in near Stockport and the High Peaks of the Peak District. Claire is a professional coach, coach trainer and facilitator plus a Coach Supervisor, working in and around the amazing Peak District.Claire has a long-held belief that transformation happens when we co-create a space for people to feel heard and where, with the gift of our unwavering attention, they can do their most powerful thinking. This coaching philosophy is at the heart of everything Clai...2023-10-2443 minCoaching OutdoorsCoaching Outdoors Episode 56 - Sam Isaacson“To be able to put on a headset and effectively go somewhere that is a lot more natural I think could bring a lot of the same benefits that being outdoors does, just through a different lens”Sam Isaacson, aka global digital and coaching thought-leader, enabler, coach, coach supervisor and author of “How to thrive as a coach in a digital world” and “Superhuman Coaching - Ten technologies that expand coaching beyond what’s humanly possible”, joins us from a park in South Ealing, London to dispel the myths around AI, virtual reality and brain implants in coaching. ...2023-10-1043 minCoaching OutdoorsCoaching Outdoors Episode 55 - Sarah Lawfull“Nature can talk to us & teach us”.Sarah Lawfull is the founder of Where the Fruit is, based in Oxfordshire. Sarah is a professional coach, and Chair of the Forest School Association and Co-Chair of the Nature premium campaign as well as an endorsed trainer and education consultant. Sarah is a passionate advocate of spending time in nature and learning to listen, with clear influences from Nancy Kline’s work. From a lifetime of engaging children, teenagers and families with nature Sarah has learnt the value of play, and observation, alongside the empowerment of trust and cre...2023-09-2557 minCoaching OutdoorsCoaching Outdoors Episode 54 - Jim Hughes“I help people get outside, reconnect with themselves and others and the work they do”.Jim Hughes is a coach and founder of Untamed Coaching based in Bradford-on-Avon, UK. Untamed was founded in 2017 and Jim works with teams and individuals outdoors using adventure to allow reconnection with themselves, others, and their work on a deeper level, through walking, cold water immersion and campfires. Through the outdoors, Jim offers a creative space, open and flowing which gives rise to conversation and reflection, which helps clients to face their fear and find a way of being which is more cont...2023-09-1247 minCoaching OutdoorsCoaching Outdoors Episode 53 - Jenn Bauer“We imprint on water, our thoughts, our words, our energy, images are all imprinted on water. We dive into what it means to imprint on water and therefore how we engage with water, being that we’re mostly water ourselves”Certified in a number of modalities for both coaching and energy healing, Jennifer Bauer has integrated them to develop the PECSS Framework (Physical, Emotional, Conscious, Subconscious and Spiritual levels) and create the International Nature Coaching Center.Jenn started out in corporate Marketing, but following her search for own healing following trauma she realized the tools she was...2023-08-2944 minCoaching OutdoorsCoaching Outdoors Episode 52 - Eleanor Ratcliffe“I’m particularly interested in what we call restorative environments; places and spaces that help people to recover the psychological resources they need to go about their everyday lives” Dr Eleanor Ratcliffe Bringing sound into wider awareness Eleanor Ratcliffe has spent over a decade conducting research and teaching on the human-environment connection, where nature impacts psychological wellbeing. In her roles as environmental psychologist and lecturer at the University of Surrey, she specialises in understanding the ‘how’ and ‘why’ in the human connection between soundscapes, creativity, place attachment and memory. Our conversations weave from unintended career choices into the a...2023-08-1251 minCoaching OutdoorsCoaching Outdoors Episode 51 - Joao Perre Viana“Nothing beats the last eight years of my life when I have had the chance to walk side by side with hundreds of people from all backgrounds and nationalities” Citizen of the world, lawyer turned manager turned mentor; Joao Perre Viana is the founder of “Walking Mentorship”. Developed over twenty years, his methodology weaves together different mentoring formats, walking and nature. At its heart lies Joao’s life philosophy; Don’t count the kilometres; make the kilometres count.Learn about Joao’s insatiable curiosity which propelled him across the Atlantic from his home in Lisbon, Portug...2023-08-011h 05Coaching OutdoorsCoaching Outdoors Episode 50 - Nicki Bass“Approaching life with an adventurous mindset.”Nicki Bass - Founder and Director of Resilience at work a consultancy delivering experiential leadership, resilience and wellbeing solutions for individuals and organisations. Nicki is a business psychologist, facilitator and executive coach who uses outdoor adventure activities to enable resilience and leadership development. Nicki’s innovative approach uses adventure sports, surfing and coasteering to enable clients to access their potential and increase performance and resilience. Having spent over 18 years as a Learning and Development officer in the British Army, Nicki has first-hand experience of working and performing in high...2023-07-1858 minCoaching OutdoorsCoaching Outdoors Episode 49 - Jared Hanley“Time in nature is a free accessible tool, with no side effects. We give nature a number”.Jared Hanley is a co-founder and CEO of NatureQuant, a research and technology firm building tools to assess and promote nature exposure. Prior to founding NatureQuant, Jared used data science and statistical modelling techniques and provided advisory services in finance, energy, and real estate applications. He is a published author and speaker on ERISA laws and plans. He has a B.A. in Economics and a B.A. in Cognitive Science, both from Yale University. He is a FINRA-registered securities prin...2023-05-2936 minCoaching OutdoorsCoaching Outdoors Episode 48 - Garry Pratt“Being outside in nature, and especially moving in nature, are backed up by science as the major ways to fire up creativity” Garry is the author of “The Creativity Factor”, which uncovers the importance of creativity in business success and clarifies how you can use time spent outdoors to fully harness your creative potential. From being the co-founder of multiple tech start-ups, and entrepreneur-in-residence at the University of Bath, to leading walking events in the Atlas Mountains in Morocco and beyond, Garry found his thinking ‘space’ and inspiration outside, with the absolute conviction a desk is a dangerous...2023-05-1650 minCoaching OutdoorsCoaching Outdoors Episode 47 - Marie Dove“I realised I’d lost a part of me; it was so amazing for me to come back to nature”.Marie Dove is a nature-based women’s life coach and founder of The Campfire Community, a monthly circle for women who crave real, meaningful connection to themselves, each other, and the natural world.Join us as we explore her backstory. As a child, Marie had a profound connection to nature, however, as a teenager and young adult, she became disconnected from it and in turn herself. Marie was lucky enough to find her way back...2023-05-0244 minCoaching OutdoorsCoaching Outdoors Episode 46 - Chris Spray and Alex Staniforth, Mind Over Mountain“I’ve always used the outdoors as my toolkit. It’s what I call my Natural Health Service and I believe everyone should have access to it.” – Alex Staniforth Alex Staniforth and Chris Spray are the masterminds behind Mind Over Mountains, a charity whose tagline “Restoring mental health, naturally” conveys their collective passion and vision. The stark realisation by Alex that it took longer to access NHS mental health services than it did to cycle and run 5,000 miles (8000km) around the highest county tops of the United Kingdom (72 days) fuelled his desire to help others access the outdoors to man...2023-04-1750 minCoaching OutdoorsCoaching Outdoors Episode 45 - Pam Cho“Connecting with nature, it’s like giving your brain a mini vacation.” Pam ChoPam Cho is an Executive Coach and certified Forest Therapy Guide from Cincinnati, Ohio, no stranger to the coaching world, Pam has over seventeen years of coaching experience. However, it’s only in the last two years Pam discovered the power of outdoor coaching. She shares insights and anecdotes on the incredible client transformations she has personally observed from taking this path into nature.Join us as we explore Pam’s backstory from the ocean, to hitting a wall of online coaching a...2023-04-0446 minCoaching OutdoorsCoaching Outdoors Episode 44 - Clive Leach and Miss May“Dogs have a real potential impact on our capacity to flourish and sustain our capacity to flourish. It’s hard out there in the world and we need all the help we can get.”In this episode of the Coaching Outdoors Podcast we are joined by another duo, but this time one of them has 4 paws and a shiny nose.Meet Clive Leach, outdoor coach, positive psychologist and wellbeing hospital volunteer, and Miss May, his beautiful 3 year old Golden Doodle “Pets As Therapy” pup.Clive shares with us the serendipitous events that lead to him wel...2023-03-2041 minCoaching OutdoorsCoaching Outdoors Podcast - International Women's Day 2023 Special“Worldwide, everyone everywhere can step forward to truly #EmbraceEquity”In recognition of International Women’s Day 2023 we would like to honour the amazing female guests we have had on the Coaching Outdoors Podcast. We have selected a short snippet of each lady’s podcast to highlight the insight and experience they have to share. And maybe to entice you to watch their episode if you haven’t already.From examples of what brought them to outdoor coaching in the first place and what benefits they and their clients get from the experience, to examples of...2023-03-0713 minCoaching OutdoorsCoaching Outdoors Episode 43 - Peter and Coen“Allow nature to do the work” Peter Krijger Peter Krijger and Coen van Broekhoven have amassed a phenomenal forty years plus of outdoor coaching between them. Step back in time to discover when Peter established the Atma Institute in Amersfoort in the Netherlands in the late 1990s and was later joined by ex-student Coen. The Institute offers programmes from one day introductory or two day advanced ‘Wandelcoaching’ translated as ‘Walking coaching’ to use nature’s symbols. Simplicity lies at the heart of their work where the power of two questions; What do you notice? Wha...2023-03-0657 minCoaching OutdoorsCoaching 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...2023-02-201h 02Coaching OutdoorsCoaching 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...2023-02-0742 minCoaching OutdoorsCoaching 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 stream...2022-10-1744 minCoaching OutdoorsCoaching 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 StegglesRose 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...2022-10-0456 minCoaching OutdoorsCoaching 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...2022-09-2051 minCoaching OutdoorsCoaching Outdoors Episode 37 - You asked, they answered...“As my vision quest guide always said, “don’t press the panic button too early”” – Penelope MavorThis 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 BoersmaDave Stew...2022-09-0641 minCoaching OutdoorsCoaching 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...2022-08-2256 minCoaching OutdoorsCoaching 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 somethi...2022-08-0956 minCoaching OutdoorsCoaching 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 count...2022-07-2632 minCoaching OutdoorsCoaching 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 metaph...2022-07-1352 minCoaching OutdoorsCoaching 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 alo...2022-06-2746 minCoaching OutdoorsCoaching 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...2022-06-1341 minCoaching OutdoorsCoaching 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 h...2022-03-2928 minCoaching OutdoorsCoaching 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...2022-03-1550 minCoaching OutdoorsCoaching 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...2022-02-1540 minCoaching OutdoorsCoaching 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...2022-02-011h 08Coaching OutdoorsCoaching 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 coac...2022-01-1737 minCoaching OutdoorsCoaching Outdoors Episode 25 - Ghislain DemersGhislain, a coach, teacher and consultant, joins us for this episode of the Coaching Outdoors Podcast, from Sherbrook, near Montreal, Canada.He has been taking his coaching clients outdoors for over 15 years. Ghislain has a background in Urban planning and in retail, but found he lost touch with being outdoors as much as he wanted. Whilst coaching franchisee owners, however, he had a realisation that he wanted to change careers and not only become a coach…but an outdoor coach.Ghislain takes us for a walk through the woods where he takes many of his co...2021-12-2145 minCoaching OutdoorsCoaching Outdoors Episode 24 - Jennifer Wills"I look up and there’s a bear!" - Jen Wills Jen Wills, former U.S. Environmental Protection Agency attorney turned leadership, well-being and nature coach and instructor from Virginia, U.S shares her coaching journey over a six month period. This episode is slightly different from our usual format with not one - but two (!) interviews in March 2021 and October 2021. Firm nature advocate she outlines her coaching methodology ‘Nature Roaming’™, which integrates reflecting on intentions, connecting to nature and creating a plan to grow from the experience. This episode also dives into how she connects EQ...2021-12-0657 minCoaching OutdoorsCoaching Outdoors Episode 23 - Lennie Noiles “Walking is a natural phenomenon that allows us to access parts of our brain we don’t have access to when just sitting there” Lennie Noiles joins us from Denver, Colorado, to continue the international theme of series 3 of the Coaching Outdoors Podcast. Lennie is passionate about co-partnering with nature to create great outdoor coaching experiences for his clients. He steps back and lets nature do the coaching, providing context and moments of inspiration, realisation and clarity. Lennie is also an avid learner, gathering a wealth of research around why nature is so beneficial...2021-11-2334 minCoaching OutdoorsCoaching Outdoors Episode 22 - Gwyneth Jones"One thing that’s obvious as you start to connect to nature is that you can’t ignore the climate crisis" - Gwyneth Jones Deep Adaptation Coach, Emotional Intelligence and Positive Psychology coach, aspiring gardener and herbalist, eco-activist, writer and Work That Reconnects facilitator. Gwyneth Jones joins us from the magical city of Prague (Czech Republic), where she tends her small garden and dreams about opening an ecological centre, where she can teach others how to reconnect to their souls, to the earth, to the land. In our conversations together we dive into how Emotional Intel...2021-11-0845 minCoaching OutdoorsCoaching Outdoors Episode 21 - Elle Smith“I could see the impact coaching had on the way people were being really reflective and having an impact on student outcomes”The first episode of Season 3 of the Coaching Outdoors Podcast comes all the way from Sydney, Australia. Elle Smith met Anna-Marie whilst they were both doing triathlon’s in Sydney and has since also honed her outdoor coaching skills in a slightly different context - the Education sector. As Senior Learning Coach at St Andrew’s Cathedral School, Elle and her team have not only introduced coaching as a form of developmen...2021-10-2553 minCoaching OutdoorsCoaching Outdoors Episode 20 - Lesley Roberts“Ideally, wouldn’t it be wonderful if everybody that was running coaching training had a module on coaching outdoors. Wouldn’t that be fantastic?!” Lesley Roberts is founder of Brave Conversations and Coaching Outdoors and award winner from the 2020 European Mentoring and Coaching Council (EMCC) Global Coaching Award for her online outdoor coaching programmes. We track her initial connection to nature playing on a swing in her backgarden to becoming an Outdoor Education teacher, before moving into the corporate world, then creating her own businesses. She’s a trail blazer in the outdoor coach training world having...2021-09-1949 minCoaching OutdoorsCoaching Outdoors Episode 19 - Jacqueline Harris“Many of them (clients) arrive really quite stressed and I can tell as we start walking their pace is quite fast. And gradually they start to slow down a bit as they start to relax, but it’s relaxed in an energised way”Jacqueline Harris has over 25 years of experience as a coach, with the last 15 of them taking her clients into the great outdoors. She joins us from the edge of a lake she often walks around with her clients.This podcast focuses on the great topics of how the senses and client's feelings are im...2021-09-0622 minCoaching OutdoorsCoaching Outdoors Episode 18 - Catherine Gorham“The shadow side of coaching…” Catherine Gorham, coach and supervisor who specialises in working with nature as co-partner joins us on a virtual bench enclosed within a beautiful woodland space. Placing psychological safety centre stage she talks through the 3Cs model (Containing – Contracting – Connecting) which offers a structure for coaches to manage unexpected emotional turmoil which may arise during outdoor coaching sessions. Catherine brings her model to life sharing personal and client stories where the unpredictability of nature can trigger overwhelming emotions. In our work as coaches, it’s essential to be able to self-regulate, contain and man...2021-09-0634 minCoaching OutdoorsCoaching Outdoors Episode 17 - Christiane FrischmuthWhat do Sacred Pauses, Wilderness Visions Quests and a true partnership with nature all have in common? They are all part of Christiane Frischmuth’s wonderful approach to outdoor coaching.“These rituals always take place in nature, and there’s a reason for that”From Washington D.C, Christiane shares her unique and thought provoking approach with us in our latest episode of The Coaching Outdoors Podcast. She is a huge advocate for spending time in nature, and the benefits it can bring us. But also focuses on the importance of creating a true partnership with nat...2021-08-2343 minCoaching OutdoorsCoaching Outdoors Episode 16 - Dr. James Canton“We’re not the first human being to realise we feel more peaceful sitting next to a tree. People have known this for millennia. This is utter basics.” Dr James Canton, author, Director of Wild Writing at the University of Essex and lover of Oak trees shares an insight into this personal relationship with the Honywood Oak. This 800 year old tree would which have been a sapling when the Magna Carta was signed teaches us how to slow down, shift our perspectives and activate our senses. He shares insights from visiting the Hony...2021-08-1050 minCoaching OutdoorsCoaching Outdoors Episode 15 - Alex and Anna-MarieOn a beautifully warm and sunny day on the banks of Loch Fyne on the west coast of Scotland, we finally managed to record our first podcast together! In this episode, we share our insights into some topics that our listeners have asked us for more detail about. Firstly, Anna-Marie covers the hugely important topic of risk awareness in outdoor coaching, and how, as outdoor coaches, we must think about it carefully. Understanding the risks that may be encountered in the outdoors, knowing our own, and our clients’ limits, and ensuring we base our contracting and...2021-07-2649 minCoaching OutdoorsCoaching Outdoors Episode 14 - Simon Hawtrey-WooreSimon Hawtrey-Woore joins us from Regent’s Park in London. Simon has been taking his coaching clients outdoors for a number of years and shares his insights on the topics of permission, diversity and inclusion. Simon talks about his keen interest in the concept of permission and how clients choose to give themselves permission to spend time outdoors - primarily at the weekend and for leisure, sport or exercise. And whether Organisations are giving their employees permission to have coaching outdoors, rather than indoors. We also discuss how accessible, or not, the outdoors is to diff...2021-07-1234 minCoaching OutdoorsCoaching Outdoors Episode 13 - Liz Hall"It’s not easy facing into the climate emergency" Publisher turned coach the phenomenal Liz Hall joins us for our latest episode. She has a string of accomplishments to her portfolio; senior practitioner coach, mindfulness and compassion teacher, writer, editor of ‘Coaching at Work’ magazine and initiator of Climate Coaching Action Day. Climate Coaching Action Day is held annually at the beginning of March and is designated to create space inspire and promote coaches to explore HOW the climate can be brought into the coaching conversation. More recently the coaching community has started to bring the enviro...2021-06-2827 minCoaching OutdoorsCoaching Outdoors Episode 12 - James Farrell“What if my job was to planet please, rather than people please?” - James FarrellA thought provoking and challenging question from James Farrell, of the Natural Coaching Company, who joins us for the latest episode of the Coaching Outdoors Podcast.Drawing on his wealth of experience as an environmentalist and conservationist, James shares wonderful insights into the relationships people have with natural spaces, the benefits of outdoor coaching and it’s link to ecology and the planet.James also discusses the move from ego-centric to eco-centric thinking, sharing his belief that recovery from t...2021-06-1439 minCoaching OutdoorsCoaching Outdoors Episode 11 - Dave StewartOn today’s podcast, the first of Season 2 of the Coaching Outdoors Podcast Series, our guest is Dave Stewart, founder of “The Fresh Air Leadership Company”.Dave has a wealth of experience in the outdoor world, having a background in the military and then as a mountain rescue specialist, which he brings to his group and team coaching journeys. We talk about Dave’s 3 P’s of outdoor coaching - Place, People and Process - and how important each is to creating these wonderful learning experiences for his clients. Dave also shares how he uses the...2021-05-2834 minCoaching OutdoorsCoaching Outdoors Episode 10 - Peter HawkinsTo see the world in a grain of sand and heaven in a wild flowerHold infinity in the palm of your handAnd eternity in just one hour ~ William Blake Peter Hawkins opens our conversation with the beautiful words above from the stunning grounds of Barrow Castle, his home on the edge of Bath in Somerset. We’re delighted to share this interview as part of Mental Health Awareness Week where the theme for 2021 is conveniently… nature. Our conversations dive into Peter’s eco-participatory awakening journey which goes beyond th...2021-05-1138 minCoaching OutdoorsCoaching Outdoors Episode 9 - Diana TedoldiOn today’s podcast we are joined, from Italy, by Diana Tedoldi, a nature coach who founded the Nature Coaching Academy. With a love for the outdoors since she was a young girl, Diana combined this with her coaching and leadership development practice over a decade ago. She has a huge wealth of experience and shares her insights into embodied practices within outdoor coaching, using movement and breathing to enhance the client’s experience, unblock creativity and enable new ways of thinking. Diana also shares some wonderful examples of the experiences she and her clients have had whils...2021-04-2742 minCoaching OutdoorsCoaching Outdoors Episode 8 - Lizzi LarbalestierLizzi Larbalestier, Blue Health Coach at Going Coastal Blue, joins us for this podcast to share her wonderful story of marrying her love for all things nature with her work as a coach in the Coastal areas of Cornwall. Lizzi talks about the importance of understanding the systems which we are all part of, and seeing links between and within eco-systems. Drawing on Blue Health Science, Blue Mind and Ambiguity as the fundamental parts of Blue Health Coaching, her work is scientifically researched and the outdoors is her co-partner. It is an extension of herself as an ambassadors for...2021-04-1335 minCoaching OutdoorsCoaching Outdoors Episode 7 - Rachel WoodsRachel Woods joins us to talk fungi, flora, coaching and the contents of her backpack. She accompanies her coaching clients into the outdoors or brings outdoor metaphors indoors when mother nature throws up barriers. During training on her Masters in Behavioural Change and Coaching programme at Henley Business School a demo facilitated by Alison Hardingham using the ‘Disney Method’ inspired her to take her practice outdoors. This started her journey after recently leaving the HR world to set up her business Coach in Nature. Discover the power of nature metaphors, the time travel ‘Merlin’...2021-03-3040 minCoaching OutdoorsCoaching Outdoors Episode 6 - Cat TrebilcoCat Treblico, from Reach The Peak, joins us from Edinburgh to share her wonderful journey from working in the banking industry in London, to re-training as a Coach and moving to Scotland to persue her passion for outdoor coaching.Cat talks to us about how movement and walking side-by-side are two important aspects of coaching outdoors, that may not be so easily achieved indoors. She explains the benefits of movement, the freedom of forward momentum and how metaphorical it can be when a client is feeling stuck - enabling them to be cognitively mobile as well as...2021-03-1633 minCoaching OutdoorsCoaching Outdoors Episode 5 - David Clutterbuck - Climate Coaching Action Day SpecialOn this Special Edition for Climate Coaching Action Day, we’re joined by the phenomenal David Clutterbuck. He describes himself as “one of the last men standing in coaching” having been involved in coaching and mentoring for over forty years. An avid scribbler, he’s written over seventy books and is a fountain of all knowledge around everything coaching. He shares memories of the outdoors from scaling a cliff on a beach visit aged four, his sixtieth birthday adventures climbing Mount Clutterbuck in the Canadian Rockies, trekking alone through Ireland and his regret that he hasn’t taken a par...2021-03-0440 minCoaching OutdoorsCoaching Outdoors Episode 4 - Nick SmithNick Smith, founder of Square Pegs Coaching, joins us from Glasgow to share his sense of freedom from being outside and how his background in outdoor education and youth work shaped the development of his coaching business working with leaders from the corporate setting. Nick gets super practical on what you need to consider before taking a step outside with advice on route selection, location considerations, risk management from a physical and psychological safety perspective, safety equipment, possible hazards, note taking, weather forecasts and mud! The current lack of research and evidence explaining the benefits of...2021-02-2329 minCoaching OutdoorsCoaching Outdoors Episode 3 - Karen LiebenguthThe sun is shining as Karen Liebenguth, coach and mindfulness teacher joins us from her outdoor office in Victoria Park, East London.Karen transports us back to the start of her coaching journey and gives an insight into breaking out of the confines of her office in a health centre to working outdoors. During a dawn-to-dusk ‘sit spot’ retreat on her ecotherapy training in Scotland in 2010 she experienced an ‘ah-ha’ revelation that she could take her coaching clients outdoors. She touches on how the weather and seasons can influence mood and behaviours of both the coach and...2021-02-0936 minCoaching OutdoorsCoaching Outdoors Episode 2 - Jonathan PassmoreProfessor Jonathan Passmore reveals a genuine connection to nature based on spending hours playing in the fields behind his childhood home.He draws connections between an increased interest in the outdoors with working from home practices under COVID, growing recognition around the importance of ecology and the environment, and more published research which indicates the benefits of nature on mental health. He dips into the importance of evidence-based research and touches on some of the current challenges which currently exists around heading outdoors.2021-01-2527 minCoaching OutdoorsCoaching Outdoors Episode 1 - Alex and Anna-MarieAlex Burn & Anna-Marie Watson have a mutual shared passion for coaching and the outdoor environment.Together they are on a mission to encourage coaches to take their practice outside. In this introductory episode Alex and Anna-Marie outline their future vision for their ‘Coaching Outdoors’ podcast series, touch on the benefits of nature and movement within coaching and share their individual backstories which led them to work within this coaching niche.2021-01-2532 min
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