🚶‍♀️🚶 Reflective Practice is Having a Moment — and Socrates Saw it Coming.🚶

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There’s growing momentum around reflective practice as an essential tool for leaders navigating complexity. While deliberate practice works wonders in stable, rule-based environments (think tennis, chess, coding), much of leadership — and life — doesn’t work that way. We face ambiguity, shifting contexts, and wicked problems where the rules aren’t fixed. “No man ever steps … Continue reading 🚶‍♀️🚶 Reflective Practice is Having a Moment — and Socrates Saw it Coming.🚶

🚶‍♀️🌿 Why Wild Coaching Makes Socratic Sense 🏞️ 🚶

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What if your next breakthrough wasn’t in a boardroom—but on a windswept hill, or deep in woodland stillness? In Wild Coaching & Therapy, we bring ancient inquiry into wild places: forest, mountain, river trail. These are not just backdrops—they're catalysts. They strip away noise and performance. What’s left is presence. And from presence, the real … Continue reading 🚶‍♀️🌿 Why Wild Coaching Makes Socratic Sense 🏞️ 🚶

🚶 Feeling stuck? Your next step could set you free. 🚶‍♀️

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In times like these—when the headlines feel relentless and the nervous system can’t catch a break— it’s easy to find ourselves spiralling. Caught in loops. Anxious. Disconnected. Tired, but wired. But here’s the thing: movement moves more than just the body. Out in the wild, something powerful happens. As the feet move, so does the … Continue reading 🚶 Feeling stuck? Your next step could set you free. 🚶‍♀️

Adventure Based Learning Experiences

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Just back from a recce in Knaresborough, Yorkshire – prepping for tomorrow’s private Freshwalks  netwalking event. River flowing, birdsong echoing, woodland path underfoot. It’s here – in the rhythm of nature – that real conversations happen. The kind that foster wisdom, wellbeing, and resilient leadership. At Stoic Pilgrim Adventures, we combine walking and talking with … Continue reading Adventure Based Learning Experiences

The Golden Hour.

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That quiet window of morning sunlight where everything slows down, softens, and deepens. Yesterday, we stepped into it together with our local community — walking, talking, sharing silence and reflecting, and simply being. These moments matter. Not the churn of capitalism. Not the illusion of endless war. This — connection, nature, and presence — is … Continue reading The Golden Hour.

Fancy some Adventure Based Learning Experiences for your Team?

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In a world where digital mental health challenges are on the rise, young people face increasing pressures, and too many adults shy away from challenging the status-quo. It's been a privilege to support the #CCF and Mark Fox in building resilience and essential outdoor skills in the next generation. Real leadership starts with capability, confidence, … Continue reading Fancy some Adventure Based Learning Experiences for your Team?

⚡ Dynamic Teams: The Future of People Management? 😎

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McKinsey’s latest article on people management highlights a fundamental shift—one that resonates deeply with my work on Dynamic Teaming. Their message is clear: the future of work demands fluid, strategic, and human-centred teams, not rigid hierarchies. Businesses that match skills to value-adding tasks in real-time, empower autonomy, and foster human-centric leadership will thrive. This is … Continue reading ⚡ Dynamic Teams: The Future of People Management? 😎

🤔 Do you feel stuck in your thinking? 🙄

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Try this: Step outside. Walk without a goal. Let the movement carry your mind. Walking is more than just exercise—it’s a catalyst for creativity, problem-solving, and emotional clarity. Research shows that movement stimulates cognitive flexibility and insight, helping us break free from rigid thought patterns. 🔹 A Stanford study found that walking increases creative thinking … Continue reading 🤔 Do you feel stuck in your thinking? 🙄

🌀The Cycle of Power & Collapse🌀

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History shows us a pattern: when wealth and power become too concentrated, collapse and redistribution inevitably follow. Colonialism, exploitation, and extreme inequality create instability—until the system corrects itself. The ultra-wealthy may build gated compounds, but they cannot outrun collapse. Polluters cannot escape to distant islands. Warmongers cannot impose control forever. Like all life, societies require … Continue reading 🌀The Cycle of Power & Collapse🌀

🚶 🚶‍♀️ Does walking make you more creative? 💡

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It was the 'go-to' solution for Charles Darwin, Steve Jobs, Nikola Tesla, Ludwig van Beethoven, Marie Curie and many others. 👨‍🔬 🎹 🤩 ⚡ 🎗️ 📴 It really is that simple and 'Yes', and the science backs it too. Stanford Uni found walking increased creative ideation by around 60% brought about by a break in … Continue reading 🚶 🚶‍♀️ Does walking make you more creative? 💡