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Daring Self-Leadership & The Nature Connection

53 episodes - English - Latest episode: about 2 years ago - ★★★★★ - 2 ratings

Conversations about self-leadership and how connecting with Nature can help busy (female) managers, executives and coaches become the leaders they want to be. Guests offer tips, tools, strategies and resources to help you step into your own self-leadership; connected with yourself and with Nature. ----- I am on a sabbatical from Dare Greatly Coaching and this podcast. All episodes are being transferred to my YouTube channel and I'll close this platform down as soon as they are available there.

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#51 Heather Thorkelson on her entrepreneurial polar journey

March 22, 2022 07:00 - 50 minutes - 34.4 MB

What do the pharmaceutical industry and an icebreaker turned polar cruise vessel have in common? You’re forgiven when your answer to this question is, “Absolutely nothing!” You would – however – be wrong. Because my guest today is the link between these two very different worlds. Entrepreneur in the polar expedition world  Heather Thorkelson is an entrepreneur who runs a coaching company, a polar expedition company, and is part owner of a polar ship management company. While she was succ...

#50 Heather with Gerdi Verwoert on living in alignment with your values

February 15, 2022 07:00 - 49 minutes - 34.4 MB

Hi! My Name is Heather Monro. To those of you who are regular listeners will no doubt be wondering at this point, “What’s become of the usual host, Gerdi Verwoert?” So let me put your mind at rest. She’s still here because today’s guest is the very same Gerdi Verwoert. For this 50th episode, it seems fitting to do something a little different and if like me, you really value Gerdi’s perspective and the line-up of wonderful conversation partners she’s gathered, maybe you’ve also wanted to ...

# 49 Torill Wilhelmsen on creative walking

February 08, 2022 07:00 - 59 minutes - 41.1 MB

Today’s guest is Torill Bye Wilhelmsen, an entrepreneurial coach from Norway. She started her slow business coaching and consultancy firm Fjellflyt to help people develop profitable and sustainable companies, so they can live off what they are passionate about. Over the course of her career she has started two companies, won awards for innovation and website texts as a salesperson, worked as a project manager and business manager, and completed a master's degree in international economics a...

#48 Yuriko Baba on becoming a Climate Reality Leader

January 30, 2022 13:00 - 27 minutes - 19.1 MB

This episode is part of a series of interviews with members of The Climate Reality Project community who have trained with former US Vice President Al Gore to become Climate Reality Leaders. *-*-* Yuriko Baba is a Sustainability and Brand Experience professional and intrapreneur with experience in leading cross-functional, multi-disciplinary teams. She has proven herself as a change agent leading with empathy. She’s also passionate about the creative arts. Working for a global organisatio...

#47 Clare Snowdon on becoming a Climate Reality Leader

January 24, 2022 10:00 - 36 minutes - 25.2 MB

This episode is part of a series of interviews with members of The Climate Reality Project community who have trained with former US Vice President Al Gore to become Climate Reality Leaders. *-*-* Today’s guest is Clare Snowdon, a mum of 2 daughters – a 22- and a 7-year-old and living on the outskirts of London, UK.  By day she works as a physicist in a lab. In her spare time, she is passionate about guiding Nature connection, sharing mindfulness, championing biodiversity and getting invo...

#46 Diane F. Wyzga on self-leadership and storytelling

January 18, 2022 07:00 - 1 hour - 47.6 MB

Remember the first time you rode a bike and took your hands off the handlebars? And then because it felt fun and daring you did it again - and again - riding down a hill with the wind in your face, arms up over your head screaming, “Look, ma! No hands!” You showed up. You did it. Letting go of the handlebars The arc of Diane Wyzga’s professional career stretches from working as a US Navy officer, nurse, corporate businesswoman, platform storyteller, lawyer, educator, and litigation consu...

#45 Diana Tedoldi on The Nature Coaching Academy

January 09, 2022 11:00 - 59 minutes - 40.6 MB

Diana Tedoldi is a leadership and teamwork development specialist. Since 2000 she’s been working in the corporate environment; first as a manager in the Organisation and HR field, and then as a freelance professional. Throughout her professional life, she has been developing projects for organisational evolution, managerial growth, leadership and team development. Integrating her passions As a Professional Certified Coach and expert facilitator of personal and professional growth, she inte...

#44 Garry Pratt on walking with leaders in the outdoors

January 04, 2022 07:00 - 55 minutes - 37.8 MB

A passion for archaelogy Garry Pratt has always had a passion for archaeology. A passion that had him spend a lot of time in the outdoors. Early on though, he realised that despite having a BA in Archaeology, having a successful career in that field would be challenging even in the very best of times. So he stepped onto a very different trail and embarked on a career in publishing and advertising. It didn’t take him long to heed the call of entrepreneurship and start his first business, St...

#43 Claire Victoria Bishop on natural photography and connection

December 27, 2021 11:00 - 44 minutes - 30.3 MB

I am an avid follower of photographers. I simply love how they can show us the world, in particular Nature in all its beauty, in ways we’ve never seen it before. I especially like photographers who don’t photoshop their images so much, you can’t help but think the end result looks nothing like what they actually photographed. Today’s guest is such a photographer. Claire Victoria Bishop, founder of ‘Rewild the Frame’, is a natural light photographer who is passionate about all things natur...

#42 Toby Cowern on passion for the outdoors and survival in it

December 21, 2021 07:00 - 55 minutes - 38.2 MB

You know you’ll be talking to an interesting person when his Linkedin headline reads like this: “Fusing Nature Engagement, True Resilience and Individual/Business Development. Certified Facilitator in Lego® Serious Play®. Wilderness and Urban Survival Skills Instructor, FireFighter, Soldier, Business Director (x3)” Tread Lightly Today’s guest is Toby Cowern. He uniquely fuses his teaching background, risk management qualifications, military training and outdoors experience to deliver Wilde...

#41 Amy J.V. Atwell on the Personal Nature Project

December 12, 2021 13:00 - 1 hour - 43.6 MB

Curiosity, Connection and Stories Curiosity, connection and stories have served as driving forces in Amy Atwell’s personal and professional journeys. With a degree in journalism, she began her career in public relations and corporate communication in the days before texting and video calls. In her PR work, she served clients focused on everything from satellite imaging to healthy ageing before joining a large regional chamber of commerce as editor and content developer. During her eight y...

#40 Anne Bland on social entrepreneurship and saving the planet

December 05, 2021 16:00 - 1 hour - 49.3 MB

This episode is part of a series of interviews with members of The Climate Reality Project community who have trained with former US Vice President Al Gore to become Climate Reality Leaders. *-*-* How often have I interviewed someone with their very own Wikipedia page? Never! That’s how often. But that’s changing today as I’m interviewing Anne Bland, born and raised in Finland and now a social entrepreneur in the UK. That Wikipedia page? It’s because she used to be the Deputy Leader of Fi...

#39 Craig Constantine on semi-retirement, climbing and parkour

November 29, 2021 19:00 - 1 hour - 48.5 MB

Craig and I have a wide-ranging conversation touching upon working in IT, the Appalachian Trail, hiking, climbing and parkour as well as all lessons we can learn from them. I was introduced to today’s guest when I listened to an interview on his podcast with future ‘Daring Self-Leadership’ guest Diane F. Wyzga. They had a conversation about podcasting in general but specifically about how Diane got into podcasting. I regularly listen to her 1-minute podcast ‘Stories From Women Who Walk’ an...

#38 Nicole Snell on self-defense in the outdoors and life

November 23, 2021 07:00 - 54 minutes - 37.5 MB

Nicole Snell had a successful career in the entertainment industry but then switched to leading workshops on self-defense in life and the outdoors. How and why? Hiking safely I first became aware of Nicole Snell when she popped up in my Instagram timeline. At the time I was converting a video series on safely solo hiking among mountains into a podcast. Where I focussed on the technical aspects of safely hiking mountains and frankly any other Natural environment, Nicole brought to my attent...

#38 Nicole Snell on self-defence in the outdoors and life

November 23, 2021 07:00 - 54 minutes - 37.5 MB

Nicole Snell had a successful career in the entertainment industry but then switched to leading workshops on self-defence in life and the outdoors. How and why? I first became aware of Nicole Snell when she popped up in my Instagram timeline. At the time I was converting a video series on safely solo hiking among mountains into a podcast. Where I focussed on the technical aspects of safely hiking mountains and frankly any other Natural environment, Nicole brought to my attention an aspect ...

#37 Grattan Donnelly on mindfulness in Self-Leadership

November 15, 2021 16:00 - 1 hour - 44.3 MB

After finishing college, Grattan went to Australia for a year and returned home 12 years later. He lived and worked in Taiwan for 8 years, where he studied Chinese, taught English and eventually set up his own business. He also travelled extensively in South East Asia; often for months at a time. Returning to Ireland in 1998 he bought a training franchise, specialising in leadership and management development. Qualifying as an Executive & Business Coach in 2006 was a natural progression. Co...

#36 Ellen Snee on how to claim your authority

November 08, 2021 21:00 - 54 minutes - 37.3 MB

Ellen Snee has worked at the forefront of women’s leadership development for more than 25 years. But for the first 18 of those years, the front line of leadership wasn’t an Ivy League MBA program or a high-end consulting firm: It was an international order of Catholic nuns. During her time in the order, Ellen was surrounded by smart, educated, committed, and fun women who held roles of authority that were uncommon for women in the 1970s. She gained a number of essential — and, happily, tran...

#35 Jo Roberts on a life spent outdoors and writing

November 01, 2021 18:00 - 56 minutes - 38.8 MB

Jo Roberts is a writer living in Cumbria with her fabulous dog Millie - She believes that words and nature have the healing power to transform inner thoughts, feelings, and emotions. And that a blank page has the magical potential to dance with innate creativity. Writing Inside Out – is her new venture to inspire and motivate others to explore & share their own stories. As she believes that we ALL have a story to tell and that experiencing life’s ups & downs is a journey we all travel.  Sh...

#34 Caroline Ferguson on 4 pillars of Self-Leadership

October 24, 2021 16:00 - 1 hour - 46.7 MB

I met Caroline Ferguson a couple of years ago when we both attended a workshop on presentation techniques. Not that she particularly needed to improve her technique; from what I could see, she was already doing just fine. After all, having appeared on television, radio and numerous podcasts she has ample public speaking experience. She’s won awards as a pathological writing person a.k.a. a comedy writer.  Caroline’s a not-so-pathological mind unscrambler when she puts her talents to very g...

#33 Jennifer Walsh on Nature Connection In The City

October 19, 2021 07:00 - 54 minutes - 37.6 MB

25 Years ago Jennifer Walsh of ‘Walk With Walsh’ started her career in the beauty and wellness industry. She has since branched out significantly and is now on a mission that is two-fold: to help the beauty industry understand how deeply connected to Nature it is and always has been. How it is so much more than just being sustainable – which is all the buzz in beauty these days. Jennifer is working towards putting Nature at the centre of those conversations vs. sustainability. to get more ...

#32 Heather Monro on the place of our birth

October 12, 2021 06:00 - 37 minutes - 25.6 MB

My guest today is Heather Monro of Brightspace Thinking I’ve got to know her as part of an intimate and powerful thinking circle she initiated for a small group of soul-centric coaches. In it, she has shown herself to be a great space holder and a deep thinker who can often come at subjects from intriguing angles. Heather grew up in Central London but from a very early age experienced her greatest sense of belonging in nature. As a teenager, she cultivated this through the discovery of a p...

#31 Paul Ryken & Sandra Rosenau on minimalism

October 07, 2021 06:00 - 51 minutes - 35.3 MB

Paul and Sandra are a Gen X couple passionate about EXPERIENCING MORE of life and our amazing planet BY LIVING WITH LESS stuff, distractions, waste.  Guided by their personal values, they've been creating a life they love: In 2016, they swapped their well-paying corporate careers in Sydney, Australia for the uncertainty of self-employment and location independence. Since then, they've backpacked around the Americas and Europe for two years, explored New Zealand for a year in a campervan and...

#30 Julie Lewis on the art of resilience

October 05, 2021 06:00 - 41 minutes - 28.7 MB

Julie has an empowering story of courage, resilience and trust. A story of tremendous inward focus, strength and connection. Having climbed some of the World’s highest peaks, being held at gunpoint crossing the desert during the Gulf crisis, widowed at 36, starting the first female expedition company in the Middle East in 2003 and caring for her husband through stage 4 brain cancer to complete recovery are just a few of the diverse and unusual experiences that have allowed her to perfect th...

#29 Bernhard Fanger on living a better-balanced life

September 28, 2021 06:00 - 1 hour - 43.8 MB

Born in 1962, Bernhard Fanger is one of the “boomers” who has had an interesting career path that was anything but a straight line. As with many things, in retrospect, it is relatively easy to connect the dots of his military service, a carpentry apprenticeship, positions in management consulting and product management and later on the board of directors and supervisory boards of medium-sized stock corporations. The 25 years it took to draw that squiggly line were necessary to ultimately b...

#28 Linda Aspey on becoming an activist for our Planet

September 20, 2021 16:00 - 57 minutes - 39.5 MB

Linda Aspey lives in the beautiful Cotswolds, a rural area of south-central England. Designated as an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty in 1966, the Cotswolds covers 787 square miles (2,040 km2) and, after the Lake District and Yorkshire Dales national parks, is the third-largest protected landscape in England. That she’d be living in an Area of Outstanding National Beauty is very fitting when you consider Linda’s passionate love of Nature and her drive to protect it. Something she started...

#27 Deborah Mendes on forest bathing

September 11, 2021 10:00 - 48 minutes - 33.2 MB

Like me, Deborah Mendes believes strongly the pandemic has taught many we can’t go on the way we have. It is something she herself realised in 2018. It’s when she decided to train as a forest bathing guide She believes we need to reconnect to who we were. To the wisdom of our ancestors, to Nature, to an understanding of how the world really works, natural laws so we can navigate the terrain and look to Nature to know how to behave.   It is only then that we can stay well, optimize our healt...

#26 Jennifer Wills on discovering the power of Nature

September 07, 2021 06:00 - 36 minutes - 25.1 MB

Jennifer is the founder of J. Wills Coaching, a leadership coaching and training firm where she works with individuals and teams at the intersection of leadership, emotional intelligence, strengths, well-being, purpose, and work-life harmony. Prior to JWC, Jennifer was an attorney with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency for more than 15 years where she worked with senior leaders and political appointees on national policies and regulations impacting manufacturing, retail and chemical ...

#25 Lisa Liljeberg on living a non-conventional life

August 31, 2021 06:00 - 47 minutes - 32.9 MB

Although she was born in the United States, Lisa considers herself a “citizen of the World.” She has spent more than 35 years living outside the continental US. She’s lived in 5 countries, speaks 5 languages and believes that if everyone spent 6 months living in another country, we would be a lot closer to world peace. Her first “real” job was as a Flight Attendant for Lufthansa, which started her life-long love of travel. She has also worked as a building contractor (yes, building houses w...

#24 Lesley Roberts on leadership lessons in the Highlands and on the waves

August 21, 2021 12:00 - 1 hour - 46.2 MB

Lesley Roberts is a business coach and adventurer. During her Master of Science in Executive Coaching at Ashridge Business school, her research focused on how Nature can support both coach and client. Her passion for people development in the outdoors began at university, whilst studying to be a PE teacher majoring in Outdoor Education. After teaching, Lesley worked with youth-at-risk groups in the Highlands of Scotland, using the environment as a catalyst for personal development. In 200...

#23 Lorenza Clifford on leadership climate and climate leadership

August 14, 2021 16:00 - 1 hour - 42.9 MB

Lorenza Clifford started her working life at 11 as a paper girl, car-washer, baby-sitter, stable-hand, and when old enough, barmaid and waitress: like many, working through college and uni. Her first job after her psychology degree was as an HR consultant for a psychometrics consultancy. It didn’t take her long to take up coaching and before the second decade of her working life was out, she had set up shop as a freelance consultant and coach. Over the course of several years —she also hel...

#22 Nuno Santos Fernandes on how a long walk led to an important decision

August 08, 2021 13:00 - 50 minutes - 34.6 MB

My guest, Nuno Santos Fernandes, is Portuguese and has had a very varied career. He is the owner of the renowned dog hotel Quinta del Sol near Portugal’s capital Lisbon. Through international benchmarking, he was able to create a successful business model that has served as an example for other pet hotels throughout Portugal. Very interested and ultimately involved in sustainable agriculture Nuno was the executive vice-president of the non-profit AFLOPS Landowners Organisation for 6 years...

#21 Heather Wright on how Nature can support us during stressful times

August 03, 2021 06:00 - 38 minutes - 26.3 MB

Heather Wright is based in Wokingham about 40 miles west of London and helps leaders to get unstuck and find fulfilment in their career and wider life. She’s a qualified coach and predominantly works with mid-career women who are feeling increasingly unmotivated, overwhelmed or simply stuck. She helps people to re-connect to what's truly important to them and tackle the things that might be holding them back from living the life they want. After mainly working over Zoom during the last year...

#20 Jess Dewell on the importance of knowing yourself

July 27, 2021 06:00 - 43 minutes - 29.7 MB

Jess Dewell lives in Boulder, Colorado with her family and has a view of the gorgeous Rocky Mountains There she guides start-ups, small and medium-sized enterprises. Driving solutions and leadership, the teams she works with learn to ask the right questions and think quickly on their feet. As an interim executive, she guides the development of a powerful culture of performance and helps solve operational limitations. Her superpowers include supporting leaders’ and teams’ development; faci...

#19 Melissa Stephens on your own definition of success

July 20, 2021 06:00 - 49 minutes - 34.3 MB

My guest today helps leaders, entrepreneurs, and business owners break through to unbridled business growth by leading life from their vision. She does this by helping them reignite their soul purpose so they can experience greater freedom, satisfaction and balance in their lives. She is an iPEC certified professional coach and an Energy Leadership master practitioner as well as a Leadership Dynamics and Wellbeing specialist. For a long time, she made — as she puts it — “personal sacrifice...

#18 Sarah Ross on finding her reason to breathe

July 13, 2021 06:00 - 44 minutes - 30.5 MB

*** In this episode the subject of suicide ideation is discussed.  When you struggle with thoughts of suicide or know someone who does, please reach out for help. Exercise discretion when listening to this episode. *** Sarah Ross is an international award-winning speaker & mentor, who uses her own experiences with Burnout and Depression to help others avoid the dark place that she found herself in when she left the corporate world. Having spent over 16 years in Compliance, Ethics, and Proc...

#17 Michelé Keehn on the healing power of horses

July 06, 2021 06:00 - 52 minutes - 35.8 MB

Today’s guest is a Shaman and provider of Equine Facilitated Healing Sessions in Alberta, Canada Before becoming a Shaman though, she worked long and hard in the business she ran together with her then partner. That work in combination with raising children and running a farm eventually took a toll on her mental and physical health. Though she has Native American blood running through her veins my guest was raised in a family that had turned their backs on that heritage. Only her non-indi...

#16 Memnia Theodorou on lessons learned from real adventures

June 29, 2021 06:00 - 44 minutes - 30.3 MB

Memnia Theodorou is — among other things — an adventurer, motivational speaker with a TEDx talk under her belt, coach and — wait for it — dentist. When you’re now thinking think “What an exceptional combination?”; you’re not alone. I thought the same thing when I first came across her profile on LinkedIn. Her story is intriguing and we’ll touch on parts of it during on this episode of the podcast. As she would say, her story starts with a diagnosis of ovarian cancer. Not in herself, but i...

#15 Sarah Brewer on being authentic to yourself

June 22, 2021 06:00 - 38 minutes - 26.2 MB

Today’s guest has had a long career in the Clinical Research industry Sarah started out with the Scottish National Blood Transfusion Service. First as a project support officer and later as a Clinical Research Associate. She commenced a new role as a project manager in the world’s largest Contract Research Organisation, now known as IQVIA, a Human Data Services company that combines a supply of expert clinical research personnel with breakthroughs in data science and technology. There Sara...

#14 Fiona Clark on losing and finding yourself

June 15, 2021 06:00 - 47 minutes - 32.7 MB

I met Fiona Clark when we both attended a seminar on presenting techniques in London. Since then we’ve been following each other on social media. Keeping up to date with what each of us was up to. Because of that, I became familiar not only with the work she does, but also with the fact that she is a very enthusiastic cyclist. When she’s not roaming over roads in the hills where she lives, she helps stressed businesswomen to drop the masks of perfection and connect to their inner power so...

#13 Marina Pearson on the horizon effect and the joy of being

June 08, 2021 06:00 - 27 minutes - 18.8 MB

Marina Pearson is a best-selling author and international speaker, who supports individuals and entrepreneurs to transform their stress into effortless living. As a mum and a business owner herself she knows what it’s like to be all things to all people. For years she worked in the music industry doing marketing and promotion.  She used to work 60 hour weeks and not be able to switch off from her work which took its toll on her relationships. Especially with her son and then husband. All...

#12 Rosemarie Wilson on how a scary diagnoses started her self-leadership journey

June 01, 2021 06:00 - 36 minutes - 24.9 MB

I’m really excited to be having a conversation with today’s guest. When you hear her story you’ll know why. My guest is an experienced Change Agent, Coach & Mentor.  It’s her mission to work with Women in Business and after having worked in Finance and Technology in the corporate world for over 20 years she’s a firm advocate of supporting Women in Tech. She created her coaching practice Pragmatica Coaching to bring to life her natural ability and desire to work with others to help and sup...

#11 Fiona Anderson on what makes self-leadership daring

May 25, 2021 06:00 - 33 minutes - 22.9 MB

While working for the BBC today’s guest travelled the globe covering events like the Hong Kong handover to China, democracy in Burma, American elections and the attacks of 9/11. She then settled down in the UK working for the BBC’s College of Journalism where she worked with emerging and experienced broadcasters to help them further their professional development. When she left the BBC she also left journalism behind and focussed on teaching as well as coaching people and organisations on ...

#10 Anne Iarchy on the importance of a healthy lifestyle for self-leadership

May 18, 2021 06:00 - 32 minutes - 22.6 MB

Today’s guest describes herself as a Haribo addict in remission. She was born and raised in Belgium. After finishing high school she moved to Israel to study at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem where she received an MBA in Computer and Information Systems & Organisational Behaviour. Once she had her degree she embarked on a career in IT, holding different management positions in several international IT companies. Along the way she moved to the UK where she settled down in London. With...

#9 Pia Ault on her horse as her coaching partner

May 11, 2021 06:00 - 34 minutes - 23.9 MB

My guest is from Denmark and has lived and worked not just there but also in the UK, the US and the United Arab Emirates. Recently she moved again. This time to Spain, where she’s living now. She started her career in the world of Salt as an export supervisor responsible for sales to South America, Europe and Asia. As she moved on to other jobs and higher up the career ladder she remained in the world of sales, eventually finding herself in the position of Director responsible for Strategy...

#08 Julia Felton on working with horses in business coaching

May 04, 2021 05:00 - 50 minutes - 35 MB

I can’t quite remember when and where today’s guest and I met. Definitely online and maybe even in person at a workshop in London. What I do remember though is being very intrigued (and somewhat jealous) when I learned the partners in her coaching work are four-legged, noble animals — horses! Having dubbed herself the business wrangler and herd leader at Business Horse Power Ltd, my guest is an award-winning Master Coach, business mentor and consultant. She also is an accomplished business...

#8 Julia Felton on working with horses in business coaching

May 04, 2021 05:00 - 50 minutes - 35 MB

I can’t quite remember when and where today’s guest and I met. Definitely online and maybe even in person at a workshop in London. What I do remember though is being very intrigued (and somewhat jealous) when I learned the partners in her coaching work are four-legged, noble animals — horses! Having dubbed herself the business wrangler and herd leader at Business Horse Power Ltd, my guest is an award-winning Master Coach, business mentor and consultant. She also is an accomplished business...

#7 Gwyneth Jones on the balancing act called life

April 27, 2021 06:00 - 35 minutes - 24.8 MB

Today’s guest has so far had a life and career that spanned the globe. Born in Wales, after graduating she left the UK to work as a language trainer in Japan assisting Japanese English teachers in elementary and junior high school. She then moved on to being a self-employed English teacher in Prague, capitol of the Czech Republic. For a while she moved back to Wales and the UK to work in — as she puts it — the ‘Happiness at Work’ space. Realising that humanity needed more than ‘happiness ...

#5 Jo Baldwin Trott on morning routine and the gifts of Nature

April 10, 2021 15:00 - 50 minutes - 34.5 MB

My guest today is a multidimensional mentor and coach. Working with profound intuition, energy and business experience she supports her clients' progression personally as well as for their business. Her work in mentoring and coaching extends into connection and energy. Through thirty years of experience and a powerful insight she takes her clients to a new level of visibility and influence whilst supporting them through changes in mindset, behaviour, and relationships.  The biggest and mos...

#6 João Perre Viana on the benefits of walking in Nature

April 10, 2021 15:00 - 47 minutes - 32.7 MB

I first came across today’s guest on Linkedin when we both responded to a post that spoke to us. I think he may even have liked my comment. Always curious to know who is interacting in some way with the same content I am, I checked out his profile and was immediately intrigued. On his profile, he describes himself as the founder and pioneer of Walking Mentorship. Combining walking in Nature with individual and Group Mentoring.  If that wasn’t enough he goes on to say that Walking Mentorsh...

#2 Rachel Woods on making yourself redundant and coaching in Nature

April 10, 2021 15:00 - 45 minutes - 30.1 MB

My guest lives in Somerset in the UK with her two dogs. In 2020 she left a thriving career in HR behind to fully commit to coaching and supervision. She now is the ‘Coach in Nature’ with Nature — or “Mrs N” as she likes to call her — as her business partner. To become the ‘Coach in Nature’ she earned a Master in Science degree in Coaching and Behavioural Change in 2018. She is accredited by the European Mentoring and Coaching Council as a Senior Practitioner. She’s a member of several pro...