Into the Woods with Holly Worton
536 episodes - English - Latest episode: over 1 year ago - ★★★★★ - 32 ratingsInto the Woods is all about going into the woods of you. It’s about personal growth through outdoor adventures and travel. It’s about getting to know yourself, so you can create the life you want to live. It’s also about the transformative power of Nature: of getting outdoors so you can reconnect with yourself at the deeper levels.
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403 Susan Jagannath ~ Adventures on the Camino Inglés
April 12, 2021 08:00 - 1 hour - 58.6 MBI'm excited to introduce this week's guest, Susan Jagannath. She was recently a guest on episode 391, where we talked about her journey to the Valley of Flowers in India. This time, we're talking about the Camino Inglés, which she's walked twice to research her book on the trail. I originally planned to walk the Camino Inglés last year, but of course travel restrictions got in the way. Now, I'm hoping to put it in the calendar for 2022. While the Camino is not yet open for international visi...
402 Cynthia Radford ~ Do You Know How to Leave No Trace?
April 05, 2021 08:00 - 54 minutes - 52.1 MBI'm excited to introduce this week's guest, Cynthia Radford. A lovely Instagram follower recommended I have her on the show after we had a chat about some of the gray areas of Leave No Trace. This was such a fantastic episode, and I'm so happy that I finally found someone to help clarify some of these gray areas for me. I learned a lot about LNT and I have a new perspective on several things. COVID lockdowns have meant that many people who weren’t previously spending time outdoors on the t...
401 Holly Worton ~ How to Forge a Deeper Connection with Plants and Trees
March 29, 2021 08:00 - 27 minutes - 27.3 MBI'm back again, with another solo episode! I often get questions about how to talk to trees and plants, and how to form a deeper relationship with certain trees and plants. In this episode, I share practical ways of doing that, including ways of connecting both physically and spiritually. Listen To This Episode What You'll Learn Why you might want to deepen your connection with trees/plants How to pick a plant/tree to connect with Ways of connecting physically Way...
400 Holly Worton ~ Life is an Ultra
March 22, 2021 08:00 - 23 minutes - 23.6 MBI'm back again, with another solo episode! In this episode, I reflect on the past 399 episodes of this podcast, and talk about its evolution and how I've pivoted on my path over the years. I also discuss how you can decide whether to stick with something, pivot, or quit. Listen To This Episode What You'll Learn The evolution of this podcast over the years How to stick with things How to switch things up instead of quitting Questions to ask yourself when you want t...
399 Holly Worton ~ How to Consciously Give Back to Nature
March 15, 2021 08:00 - 23 minutes - 23.8 MBI'm back again, with another solo episode! This episode was inspired by a listener who wrote in several months ago with this topic: “We get something, many things, from hiking along trails. What do we give without realizing it, and what can we give consciously?” This was a tough one! I've had it on my mind for ages, and I really had to think about this. What do we give without realizing it? The more I thought about it, the more I realized we “give” all kinds of things—for better and fo...
398 Cara Wilde ~ Opening up to Connecting with Other Realms
March 08, 2021 08:00 - 50 minutes - 48.6 MBI'm excited to introduce this week's guest, Cara Wilde. Cara has been a guest on this show many times in the past. I've been receiving emails lately from people who have had spontaneous experiences of tree communication—where a tree has reached out and spoken to them. Because they weren't expecting to have this experience, they were frightened or confused, and sought out more information on the topic, which led them to my website. A lot of people feel like they're going crazy when they...
397 Holly Worton ~ When You Get Impostor Syndrome With Your Outdoor Adventures
March 01, 2021 08:00 - 27 minutes - 27.5 MBI'm back again, with another solo episode! This week, I'm talking about impostor syndrome and how it relates to our hobbies and outdoor adventures. We often talk about impostor syndrome in terms of our professional lives, but I've just started to realize that I experience it with my hobbies and outdoor adventures, too. Listen To This Episode What You'll Learn What is impostor syndrome Why do we get impostor syndrome How do you know if you have impostor syndrome Wh...
396 Jane Talbot ~ How to Improve Your Sports Mindset
February 22, 2021 05:00 - 57 minutes - 55 MBI'm excited to introduce this week's guest, Jane Talbot. I've done lots of work with Jane over the past few months around my sports mindset, and she's helped me a lot. I realized that I kept mentioning her on this show, and it was time to bring her on once again. We discussed Jane's adventures a few years ago when she was first on the show in episode 130. This was such a juicy conversation, full of super practical tips on how you can improve your sports mindset. As Jane says, you don't...
395 Holly Worton ~ How to Know When to Quit Your Adventures
February 15, 2021 08:00 - 20 minutes - 21.1 MBI'm back again, with another solo episode! This episode is inspired by my 42 km (26.2 mile) run last week. I got about halfway through, and I almost quit. But then I went on, and I was so happy to have completed my goal for the run. Afterwards, I evaluated my experience, and I thought about what would help me get through the low points in my next long run. In this episode, I share my own personal guidelines for quitting, and how you can plan in advance to more easily evaluate whether or no...
394 Suneet Kaur ~ Plant Spirit Healing
February 08, 2021 08:00 - 51 minutes - 49.5 MBI'm excited to introduce this week's guest, Suneet Kaur. I’ve known Suneet for about ten years now, and I’ve always had massive respect for her work. She was my teacher for the Plant Spirit Healing Apprenticeship I completed in 2019, and I hope to learn from her again in the future. In this week’s episode, we talk about plant spirit healing: what are plant spirits, and how they can help us with our healing and personal growth. About Suneet Suneet is a trained and initiated Shamanic...
393 Holly Worton ~ Staying Safe in the Outdoors
February 01, 2021 08:00 - 34 minutes - 34 MBI'm back again, with another solo episode! In this week's episode, I talk about how to stay safe in the outdoors—what you need to know in advance to be safe, what you need to bring with you, and what skills you might want to learn. I often hear from women that I'm really brave to go hiking on my own or do my solo long-distance walks. But I mostly feel safe in the outdoors. I've taken a lot of courses—and I plan, plan, plan. I hope this episode helps you to feel safer and more confident...
392 Kerriann Mackenzie ~ Normalizing Tree Communication
January 25, 2021 08:00 - 1 hour - 58.9 MBI'm excited to introduce this week's guest, Kerriann Mackenzie. We recently met through online, and I instantly knew that I wanted to have her on the show. Like me, Kerriann is a tree communicator. She’s made it her mission to normalize tree communication. In this episode, we talk all about how she got started with tree communication and talking to trees. Kerriann shares what it was like to start opening up to this experience, and how she has helped others learn to talk to trees. This is...
391 Susan Jagannath ~ Hiking the Valley of Flowers in the Himalayas
January 18, 2021 08:00 - 1 hour - 60.5 MBI'm excited to introduce this week's guest, Susan Jagannath. I read her book on the Camino Inglés early last year, when I was planning to walk the trail in the fall. Then, once lockdown hit the UK, I participated in a book promotion with other outdoors authors, and Susan was one of them. The book that she was promoting was her book on the Valley of Flowers, which I loved. It's so different from any of the walks that I've done, and I wanted to have her on the show to tell her story. In ...
390 Holly Worton ~ What to Do When You Don't Feel Like Having Adventures
January 11, 2021 08:00 - 19 minutes - 19.5 MBI'm back again, with another solo episode! This may sound like a ridiculous topic, but I think it's timely. We're in the middle of winter. It's freezing cold in some places. You may not feel like having outdoor adventures. So – what do you do instead? Listen To This Episode What You'll Learn What to do when you don't feel like having adventures How to figure out how else to meet your need for adventure How to check in with yourself and make sure you're really up for...
389 Holly Worton ~ How to Plan Your 2021 When the Future Feels Uncertain
January 04, 2021 08:00 - 21 minutes - 22.1 MBI'm back again, with another solo episode! This is the third episode in the series on planning the year you want, and it's inspired by my recent experience when I worked through my planner The Year You Want. In this episode, I share what I did wrong, so you can avoid my mistake! I also talk about how you can plan your ideal 2021, even when there's still so much uncertainty in our world. Listen To This Episode What You'll Learn How not to do your new year planning (and w...
388 Holly Worton ~ How to Give Yourself Credit and Why It's So Important
December 28, 2020 08:00 - 24 minutes - 24.7 MBI'm back again, with another solo episode! Before we get into planning our travel and adventures for 2021, it's important to give ourselves credit for what we achieved this year. 2020 was a strange year for all of us, and your year probably didn't work out how you planned it. Maybe your plans changed time and time again. Maybe you couldn't achieve most of your goals or finish many of your projects. That's fine. Give yourself credit for what you did achieve—even if it's “just” surviving the y...
387 Holly Worton ~ Wrap Up the Current Year Before You Start Planning the New One
December 21, 2020 08:00 - 25 minutes - 25.4 MBI'm back again, with another solo episode! It's winter solstice when this episode goes live, and it's the time of year that many people are thinking about the new year to come. One step that a lot of people forget to take is to evaluate the current year: what went right, what went wrong. In this episode, I walk you through some things to consider before you start planning your 2021. Listen To This Episode What You'll Learn Ways to celebrate the winter solstice The thi...
386 Heather Waring ~ Walking for Personal Development and Self Care
December 14, 2020 08:00 - 53 minutes - 51.2 MBI'm excited to introduce this week's guest, Heather Waring. Heather and I know each other in real life, as we're both based near London. This is one of those episodes where I could have kept talking all day long, as we're both huge fans of long-distance walking. Heather has a big mission to get one million women walking, and this drives everything she does. I absolutely love how she's getting out there and helping women to start the life-changing journey of walking. About Heather Hea...
385 Holly Worton ~ How Your Adventures Can Revolutionize Your Relationship With Your Body
December 07, 2020 08:00 - 33 minutes - 33 MBI'm back again, with another solo episode! This week, I'm talking about how outdoors adventures can revolutionize your relationship with your body. This is something I've been thinking about a lot lately, and I wanted to share it with you. In this episode, I share my own journey, plus tips on how you can change your relationship with your own body. Listen To This Episode What You'll Learn How to shift from focusing on aesthetics to focusing on function How to see the ...
384 Halona Black ~ How to Change Your Life By Changing Countries
November 30, 2020 08:00 - 46 minutes - 45 MBI'm excited to introduce this week's guest, Halona Black. She was originally a guest on this show back in April 2016 when we talked about how to create a signature book for your business. About Halona Halona Black is a freelance writer for the tech industry, self-help book ghostwriter, and Thought Leadership Consultant currently living in Kigali, Rwanda. She made her exit from the US in June 2018 to seek healing from fibroids, severe adrenal fatigue, depression, and a host of other h...
383 Anne Malambo ~ How Solo Travel Can Change Our Lives
November 23, 2020 08:00 - 33 minutes - 32.5 MBI'm excited to introduce this week's guest, Anne Malambo. I recently read her first book, #PassportReady: The Ultimate Guide to Solo Female Travel, and loved it. It's a quick read, and it's full of super useful links, making it a great reference for both new and experienced solo travelers. I've been traveling alone since 1994, and I learned a lot of great new tips. About Anne Anne Malambo is a London based marketing professional and writer who has been travelling solo since 2016. She...
382 Holly Worton ~ Know Your Why For Your Outdoor Adventures
November 16, 2020 08:00 - 33 minutes - 32.7 MBI'm back again, with another solo episode! I've been thinking a lot about the importance of knowing your WHY for your outdoors adventures and fitness activities. It really helps to troubleshoot, make changes, and adjust details when you're in the middle of an activity and something goes wrong—or when you simply need to make some changes. Knowing your WHY helps you to push yourself through challenging times so you can achieve your goals and stretch yourself out of your comfort zone. It ...
381 Helen Forester ~ How Getting Outdoors Can Help Us Release Creative Blocks
November 09, 2020 08:00 - 50 minutes - 48.4 MBI'm excited to introduce this week's guest, Helen Forester. I was inspired to invite her on the show by one of her recent Instagram posts about nature and creative blocks. Nature is fantastic at helping me to relax, get into flow, and get back in touch with my creativity, so I wanted to be sure to touch on this topic for the podcast. About Helen Forester Prompted by Nature podcast founder and presenter Helen lives, works and creates in Hove, UK. She is usually to be found wandering t...
380 Sarah K Brandis ~ What To Do When Our Passions Lead To Burnout
November 02, 2020 08:00 - 57 minutes - 54.5 MBI'm excited to introduce this week's guest, Sarah K Brandis. She's a friend of mine and I was inspired by her recent article on Medium to invite her onto the show. I've got some ambitious goals coming up with my running, and I want to be sure that I don't end up burned out from the training. While this conversation is about running, the things we discuss can apply to all types of fitness and adventures: hiking, cycling, whatever. As you'll hear in this episode, they also apply to work, bu...
379 Holly Worton ~ How to Re-evaluate Your Goals, Plans, and Projects
October 26, 2020 08:00 - 21 minutes - 21.4 MBI'm back again, with another solo episode! As I was going over my informal list of fitness goals for the next few years, I realized that I have already planned some events for this year that I wasn't intending to do until next year. This got me thinking about why it's so important to regularly re-evaluate our goals, plans, and projects. Sometimes we can do things sooner than planned. Sometimes we can even add new goals. And sometimes we need to take things off our plate. In this episode...
378 Holly Worton ~ How to Balance Your Hobbies When You're a Multipassionate Person
October 19, 2020 08:00 - 25 minutes - 25.2 MBI'm back again, with another solo episode! As the end of October is approaching, I've been thinking about my plans and goals for 2021. There are so many things I want to do—how can I fit them all in? Obviously, I won't be able to do all the things I want to do, so how can I manage to do the things that are most important to me? In this episode, I share my plans on how to do this. This episode is the perfect complement to episode 377, which is about how to prioritize your hobbies and inter...
Business Blocks: How to Discover Your Business Blocks
October 16, 2020 08:00 - 10 minutes - 11.3 MBBusiness Blocks: How to Discover Your Business Blocks
377 Holly Worton ~ How to Prioritize Your Hobbies and Adventures
October 12, 2020 08:00 - 27 minutes - 26.8 MBI'm back again, with another solo episode! This week's episode is inspired by a search phrase that someone used to arrive at my website. I always pay attention to the search terms that people use: if they're relevant to what I'm writing about now, I often use it as inspiration for a new blog post or podcast episode. In the past, I've talked about how to prioritize the things that are important to us. Life is busy. We often don't have time to do all the things we want to do. But it's impor...
Business Blocks: The Horrible Power of Fears
October 09, 2020 08:00 - 8 minutes - 9.84 MBBusiness Blocks: The Horrible Power of Fears
376 Holly Worton ~ Long Distance Walks: Time and Space to Think and Reflect
October 05, 2020 08:00 - 26 minutes - 26.1 MBI'm back again, with another solo episode! This week's episode was inspired by two emails from listeners. In it, I reflect on my recent Ridgeway walk, and I discuss what came up with all the daily themes that I selected before my trip. To me, the inner journey of walking a long-distance trail is just as important as the physical challenge. Listen To This Episode What You'll Learn My inner journey of walking the Ridgeway National Trail How long-distance walks can give...
Business Blocks: The Nefarious Power of Blocks
October 02, 2020 08:00 - 8 minutes - 9.7 MBBusiness Blocks: The Nefarious Power of Blocks
375 Joanna Hennon + Holly ~ How Oracle Cards Can Enrich Your Outdoor Adventures
September 28, 2020 08:00 - 37 minutes - 36.8 MBJoanna Hennon and I are back with another co-hosted episode! This week, we’re talking about how to use oracle cards in your outdoor adventures, and how the cards can enrich your inner journey. Ever since I first walked the South Downs Way, I’ve been pulling oracle cards before my long-distance walks. I pull one card for each day, and sometimes I’ll pull an extra card to represent the overarching theme of the journey. It helps me to set the intention for each day, and gives me insight ...
374 Holly Worton ~ How Outdoors Adventures + Travel Help With Digital Detox
September 21, 2020 08:00 - 31 minutes - 31.2 MBI'm back again, with another solo episode! This topic was inspired by my recent walk on the Ridgeway National Trail, where I was away from computers and emails for just over a week. I came back to the office feeling rested, refreshed, and ready to get going on my work. It was like a total reset for my mind, even though I wasn't completely offline – I did use my iPad to type up my book chapters each evening, and I did use my iPhone to take photos and upload them to Instagram. Still, it...
373 How Outdoors Adventures Can Help You Give Yourself Permission to Be You
September 14, 2020 08:00 - 24 minutes - 24.6 MBI'm back again, with another solo episode! This week, as I get ready to walk the Ridgeway for the second time, I'm reflecting on how outdoors adventures can help us to give ourselves permission to just be ourselves and do things our way. Listen To This Episode What You'll Learn How outdoors adventures can help you to give yourself permission to be you How you can learn more about yourself from your outdoors adventures How to plan your adventure your way—even wh...
372 Holly Worton ~ How Outdoors Adventures Can Help Us Achieve Our Life Goals
September 07, 2020 08:00 - 32 minutes - 31.9 MBI'm back again, with another solo episode! I've been reflecting a lot lately on perseverance: when I'm good at it, when I'm not so good. Most importantly, I've been thinking about how my outdoors adventures have set me up to achieve my life goals more easily. Listen To This Episode What You'll Learn Why perseverance is so important How outdoors adventures can help us to achieve our life goals Tactics to help us push through the challenging bits How to know when t...
371 Joanna Hennon + Holly ~ How to Achieve "Overnight" Success
August 31, 2020 08:00 - 51 minutes - 49.2 MBJoanna Hennon and I are back with another co-hosted episode! In this episode, we talk about how to achieve “overnight” success. Often it looks like people have achieved overnight success, but we don’t really see all the effort they put into their journey. At the same time, we’re so used to instant gratification that sometimes it makes it hard to actually have the drive and determination to do what it takes to achieve our goals and make our dreams come true. Here’s what to do when the going ...
370 Brad Borkan ~ How Outdoors Adventures Can Help You Make Better Decisions In Life
August 24, 2020 08:00 - 59 minutes - 56.6 MBI'm excited to introduce this week's guest, Brad Borkan. We first met at a Meetup group for authors in London, and I recently read his first book, When Your Life Depends on It: Extreme Decision Making Lessons from the Antarctic. I loved reading the stories of Antarctic explorers, and how we can learn to make better decisions in our own lives based on how they made decisions 100 years ago. While most of us will not make it to the South Pole, we all have our own outdoors adventures in life,...
369 Holly Worton ~ Getting Out of Your Comfort Zone With Outdoor Adventures
August 17, 2020 08:00 - 26 minutes - 26.6 MBI'm back again, with another solo episode! This week, I'm talking about how to get out of your comfort zone by having outdoor adventures. I've been blogging about solo hiking and solo travel lately, which has led me to really reflect on just how powerful these experiences can be. They're truly life-changing, because they help me to get out of my comfort zone and face my fears. Listen To This Episode What You'll Learn What is your comfort zone Why you might want t...
368 Yvette Webster ~ How to Take Your Hiking to the Next Level
August 10, 2020 08:00 - 1 hour - 57.5 MBI'm excited to introduce today's guest, Yvette Webster. She’s one of my new favorite people: I absolutely love her blog and I love reading about her travel and outdoor adventures. In today’s episode, we talk about how to up your game with your hiking and outdoor adventures. How do you know what you’re ready for? How do you know how much is too much? Yvette answers these questions and more. This episode will get you excited for your next adventure! Listen To This Episode ...
Business Beliefs: The Power of the Subconscious Mind
August 07, 2020 08:00 - 12 minutes - 13.8 MBBusiness Beliefs: The Power of the Subconscious Mind
367 Holly Worton ~ Finding Yourself Through Solo Travel and Outdoor Adventures
August 03, 2020 08:00 - 31 minutes - 30.8 MBI'm back again, with another solo episode! You may have noticed that I'm talking more about hiking, Nature travel, and outdoor adventures. I've been reflecting a lot lately on how my solo travel has helped me to get to know myself better. I've learned so much about myself ever since I started traveling alone—way back in 1994 when I studied abroad in Spain. Listen To This Episode What You'll Learn Things you can learn about yourself through solo travel and outdoor adven...
Business Beliefs: The Power of Mindset
July 31, 2020 08:00 - 9 minutes - 10.7 MBBusiness Beliefs: The Power of Mindset
366 Joanna Hennon + Holly ~ Mid-life: Reevaluating Where You Are and Where You Want To Go
July 27, 2020 08:00 - 53 minutes - 50.9 MBJoanna Hennon and I are back with another co-hosted episode! Today, we talk about mid-life: how to pause and reevaluate where you are in life and where you want to go. It’s only recently hit me that I’m at this mid-life phase right now. I’ll be 47 by the time this airs, and if I’m lucky, I’ve probably got another 47 years to go. Half of my life is over! I’m already a big planner, and a goal-setter, but you can bet I’m going to be extra conscious of how I create the rest of my life. ...
Business Beliefs: The Power of Beliefs
July 24, 2020 08:00 - 20 minutes - 20.8 MBBusiness Beliefs: The Power of Beliefs
365 Holly Worton ~ How to Keep Life Simple
July 20, 2020 08:00 - 23 minutes - 24 MBI'm back again, with another solo episode! As we come out of lockdown here in the UK, I'm finding it a bit overwhelming. There are more options in life. All the things that I was supposed to do back in April are now starting to happen, and things that were canceled during lockdown are now back up and running. I wasn't ready for this! I'm trying to be mindful of what I say yes to so that I don't fill up my calendar and end up tired and burned out. I suspect I'm not the only one seeking...
364 Holly Worton - Personal Growth Through Outdoor Adventure
July 13, 2020 08:00 - 29 minutes - 29.4 MBI'm back again, with another solo episode! This week, I'm talking about personal development through outdoor adventures. Getting outdoors in Nature has been a huge part of my personal growth, though I never actually thought about it that way until recently. There is so much you can learn about yourself from getting outdoors, and there are so many mental muscles you can develop. Listen To This Episode What You'll Learn How outdoor adventures can be an important part...
363 Holly Worton ~ Visiting Sacred Sites: Spiritual Places to Visit
July 06, 2020 08:00 - 23 minutes - 23.8 MBI'm back again, with another solo episode! Things are starting to open up here in the UK and around the world. It's time to start planning our new adventures. This week's episode is all about visiting sacred sites: what are they? Where are they? What to do when you get there? Listen To This Episode What You'll Learn What are sacred sites, spiritual sites, and sacred places What are power spots and energy vortices How these are different from a pilgrimage Why ...
362 Joanna Hennon + Holly ~ How to Be More Disciplined in Life
June 29, 2020 08:00 - 56 minutes - 53.9 MBJoanna Hennon and I are back with another co-hosted episode! In this week’s episode, we talk about discipline. This is a really juicy episode—we started out having two different perspectives on discipline and what it looks like and feels like to us. Our perspective on discipline was also very different to the official dictionary definitions! Whether you already consider yourself to be a disciplined person or not, this episode will have something for you. Listen To This Episode ...
361 Cara Wilde ~ How to Take the Breaks Off Your Personal Growth
June 22, 2020 08:00 - 1 hour - 62.4 MBCara Wilde is back on the podcast, and she's joining me for a co-hosted episode! Cara has been a guest on the show several times before. Today, we talk about what’s really driving us, and what’s really keeping us stuck: our values. Cara has a totally different way of working with values than I had ever seen before, and I’ve found it to be life-changing. In just two weeks since I worked with her on redefining my values, I’ve shifted into a new identity and started making completely diffe...
360 Holly Worton ~ What to Do When a Friend Seems Much More Accomplished
June 15, 2020 08:00 - 26 minutes - 26.1 MBI'm back again, with another solo episode! This week's topic was sent in by a listener, who wanted to know: “how to be when a colleague/friend seems so much more accomplished than oneself.” I've done a few episodes that touch upon this topic, but it's always good to have a reminder of how to deal with having a friend who seems to be much more accomplished or successful than we think we are. Listen To This Episode What You'll Learn What to do when your friends seem ...