Thought Garden - Personal Growth In Nature Rachel Woods

Angie Wakeman is a former Nurse and Steiner Teacher. Her 3 adopted children paved her way to finding clowning, where she discovered her own need for playfulness and freedom.  Having trained as a clown facilitator, she went on to facilitate Clowning workshops for medical students at the University of East Anglia for a number of years. 

Her interest in clowning is only really to do with love; which in essence she sees as the freedom to be ourselves, which turns out to be funny and beautiful, or not at all funny, but  still beautiful.

Take notice of the world with eyes of  innocence wonder awe and reverence. In this strong relationship, your inner world meets the mystery and invites you to play.

It doesn’t matter what you look like in clowning, it matters more how you feel.

Find Angie at www.clowns-truly.com and connect with her on LinkedIn at https://www.linkedin.com/in/angie-wakeman-596754212/ 


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Having worked as a sign language interpreter for many years and experienced stress and burn-out, Robyn decided to research ways in which we can support ourselves to let go of striving and instead begin to thrive.

I love both what Robyn has to say and how she says it, a soft Northern Irish lilt that is calming and soul soothing.  We talk meta-consciousness, grief, the irony of sweet treats as rewards and the power of time in the presence of horses.

Robyn mentioned the following books which are worthwhile for further reading


When the Body Says No by Gabor Maté
The Body Keeps the Score by Bessel van der Kolk

Find Robyn on the following links

https://www.facebook.com/Equenergy 

https://www.instagram.com/equenergy/ 

https://www.linkedin.com/company/equenergy/

If you have a thought to plant and want to join me on Thought Garden, apply by contacting me on the below email  

rachel@coachinnature.co.uk


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John Freeman calls himself the Stress Buster and he's on a mission.  A mission to prove that our priority should always be to feed our spirit - and everything else simply takes care of itself!

He helps his clients turn stress & anxiety into a life of positive choices & freedom.

I didn't initially agree with John's assertion that stress should not be tolerated or accepted as normal, until we got clear on how we were each defining it.  Labels matter!

About John and key links:

Speaker; Author of Vivid Visualisation: Success without Stress; Creator of the world's most effective meditation recordings; Founder (and Headmaster) of The Thriving School; Rapid stress & anxiety 1-1 recovery programs; THRIVE! a 12-week program to break free of unconscious programming and take charge of your life.

https://bit.ly/thriving-school

https://johnfreeman-stressbuster.com/


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Dana Chapman is a Nutritional Therapist with a bachelors degree in Nutrition Science, she specialises in mental health, as it is an area that fascinates here where so many of the bodily systems are involved.

Dana is extremely well qualified and shares openly here how the foods we eat can impact our mental health.  Healthy gut, healthy brain?  Listen here and if you want hear more visit Dana's website and subscribe to her fascinating newsletter.

Find Dana at www.dc-nutrition.co.uk

Facebook: DC Nutrition https://www.facebook.com/DC-Nutrition-109061997319132

Instagram: dchapersnutri


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I'm dallying with the competition!  Shock horror.  So yes, we are in the same business but with a shared mission to connect humans with nature for the good of the planet (or at least the bits we have some influence over) it's a collaboration of mutual interest.  So who is it?

He's an Associate Certified Coach and Chartered Environmentalist. Now Director of The Natural Coaching Company, Founding Partner at The Human Nature Partnership and Chair of Brighton & Hove Building Green. Oh yes and work with a government agency (although I'm not sure which one - could he be an environmental bond?)

He recently published the book ‘Being in Nature - 20 practices to help you flourish in a busy world’ with his business partner Lee Evans, and spoke at TEDx Aston on the subject of Nature Coaching with Diana Tedoldi of The Nature Coaching Academy.  

Living with his family in Brighton, and somewhat obsessed with surfing and music.  It's James Farrell.....

To find out more about James and his work - here's some handy links.  Also if you want to check out the book, it would make a fab gift.

‘Being in Nature’ book - 10% off for listeners, with code ‘NatureConnect’

Https://natureconnectionbooks.com

Coaching and training

Https://naturalcoachingcompany.com

Consulting

Https://humannaturepartnership.com








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I last spoke with Maureen Calamia in 2020, her love of nature and her passion for biophilic design is truly infectious.  We never really got to talking about her work in Feng Shui and how she combines this. 

Maureen truly is a thought leader and is a sought-after speaker on transforming spaces and clients lives through the inspiration of nature, biophilic design, and feng shui. She is author of Creating Luminous Spaces (Conari Press 2018) and offers consulting, coaching and training for business and residential clients. Maureen empowers others to discover and nourish their True Nature in their inner and outer spaces.

Find her on Linkedin https://www.linkedin.com/in/maureen-k-calamia-11949b2/

or her Youtube Channel at https://www.youtube.com/user/luminousspaces 

For the advice we offer at the end of this recording, drop me a line in the first instance to rachel@coachinnature.co.uk and I will answer or pass to Maureen for a response. 

In the meantime, enjoy🌿


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