Rachel 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’ tool and the importance of contracting.
And to find out more about what’s in Rachel’s bag read her blog “What’s in my Bag? 5 Things to take into Nature”.
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Rachel Woods is a Coach and Coach Supervisor specialising in behavioural change and wellbeing . She launched Coach in Nature Ltd in April of 2020 and supports individuals and teams with mindset, purpose alignment and career or business transition. She professionally supervises other coaches and supports those seeking accreditation.
Rachel’s industry background includes construction, facilities management and medical foods operating as a valued Senior HR Business Partner to senior teams. She has coached and supervised individuals from academia, oil & gas, non profit, education and leisure.
Rachel’s approach to coaching is eclectic and bespoke to the individuals and teams she works with. Drawing on a range of models, Rachel finds the narrative and methods that elicit impactful insights and shifts for her clients. She is experienced in cognitive behavioural theory, group dynamics, systemic coaching, mindfulness, environmental psychology and reflexive practice. She launched Coach in Nature Ltd in April 2020 after being made redundant and offers her services online and face to face in natural environments when safe and appropriate to do so.
Rachel is a Mental Health First Aid Champion, an avid supporter of Bcorp as an organisational standard and volunteers her expertise to coach frontline workers through the ‘Coaching through Covid’ initiative.
