“In every walk with nature one receives more than he seeks”

John Muir (1918)

Meet the podcasters

Alex Burn

Alex Burn

Alex Burn Consulting

Anna-Marie Watson

Anna-Marie Watson

Reach For More Coaching

Countryside walk

Why take coaching conversations outdoors?

The benefits of spending time in natural environments is far reaching, from relieving stress and depression, to restoring our brain’s ability to think creatively and come up with new ideas.

In these podcasts we explore in greater detail the specific benefits of coaching outdoors in natural environments. Speaking with coach practitioners who have been coaching outdoors for many years, as well as specialists in areas such as eco-psychology, biophilia, nature connectedness and many more.

We really want to encourage coaches and coachees to consider taking their coaching conversations outdoors and hope these podcasts will inspire you to give it a try.

Latest podcasts

Episode 30: Jonathan Passmore

Episode 30: 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...

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Episode 29: Robin Bowman

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...

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Episode 28: Chris Grimes

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...

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Episode 27: Joe Thomas

Episode 27: Joe Thomas

“It’s in a small woodland, that used to be a quarry nicknamed NLP - Nature's 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,...

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Episode 26: Gerdi Verwoert

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...

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Episode 25: Ghislain Demers

Episode 25: Ghislain Demers

“I could totally see the effect the first 30 seconds had on my clients…they would often arrive in kind of a hyper state of mind, and within 30 seconds everything calmed down” Ghislain, a coach, teacher and consultant, joins us for this episode of the Coaching Outdoors...

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