Are our biggest challenges hierarchy and cowardice? I watched Agnieszka Holland’s powerful drama, ‘Mr Jones’, last night. James Norton portrayed the real-life Welsh journalist who uncovered Stalin’s genocidal famine in Ukraine known as the Holodomor. Jones brought the tragic events happening in Ukraine to the world’s attention. Moreover, Jones persisted in his mission despite personal … Continue reading We Need More Mr Joneses!
A great day spent guiding a Down at the Social private Freshwalks. I wondered about the recipe for a great day freshworking in the hills. -Inspiring outdoor scenery ( They don't call it the great indoors do they? 😉 -Interesting people (we're all interesting but we just have to create the space and opportunity for us all to … Continue reading Fresh Ways of Working in The Great Outdoors
Rebels Chatting… Lesley McKenna is a three-time Olympic snowboarder and a backcountry ski and snowboarding guide. We chatted about Lesley’s polymathic journey and her aims of increasing connection to self, others and nature with the wandering workshops she set up with co-founder, Hannah Bailey, an outdoor sports photographer. Lesley grew up in Aviemore to ski instructing parents. … Continue reading Rebels Chatting – Lesley McKenna Wandering Workshops CIC
Unfortunately, the world of work and capitalism is driven by stressful neurotransmitters such as cortisol, adrenaline and dopamine. Founders and Entrepreneurs have to be driven people when it comes to breaking new ground and competing for their place in the world. Technology and processed foods need to be addictive and give you a 'RUSH' otherwise … Continue reading Don’t Be a CAD Leader!
Acknowledge — The hero realises that a journey must be undertaken because they’ve arrived at a place referred to in hypnotherapy as the point of ‘No More, Never Again’. It’s the call to adventure because there is a mighty battle to face in search of a new reality. It means confronting all manner of dark foes such … Continue reading The Hero’s Journey Through Trauma
Like most ideas in life, people have various viewpoints on what terms mean and entail. Eco-Coaching will be one of those too. From my perspective eco-coaching can be utilised out in nature and if possible, should be for 4 reasons: Whilst walking side-by-side in nature we begin to feel a level of connection, and as … Continue reading Eco-Coaching – What is it? & Why the World Needs it Now!
When you’re going through some tough times you really have two challenges going on simultaneously. One is the outer world challenge you’re faced with and the other one is the battle that’s raging on the inside. You have to master your inner game if you want to overcome the challenges life throws at you. I … Continue reading Developing a Mountain of RESILIENCE
The Oxford English dictionary announced after much discussion and research, that the word of the Year for 2016 was post-truth. It described post-truth as an adjective defined as ‘relating to or denoting circumstances in which objective facts are less influential in shaping public opinion than appeals to emotion and personal belief’. The word post-truth has … Continue reading RESILIENCE… Oxford’s word of the year for 2017?
