COACHING WITH NATURE
Association for Coaching (AC)
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Welcome to the Association for Coaching’s (AC) Newsletter. In this week’s edition:
Discover how to calm and train the mind for mindfulness and mental well-being with the 'virtual mind.'
In our podcast episode Calm and Train the Mind with a Boost of Nature, Darren Robson interviews Dr. Ashleigh McLellan and Hilary McLellan to discuss training people's minds for mindfulness and well-being, whilst considering the impact of underlying trauma. Learn the importance of nature, the connection of human energy to nature, the benefits and strategies of mindfulness, and how mindfulness is fundamental for personal and mental growth.
This discussion is part of our Health and Wellbeing podcast series, where we learn about mental health, the importance of healthy daily habits, the power of positive psychology, practicing mindfulness, and applying neuroscience.
"I experienced trauma as a child and to cope I had to get outside in nature, and it was there I could access the kind of thinking that would help me.”
Hilary McLellan
Listen to Ashleigh and Hilary’s podcast conversation here.
Why and how to incorporate coaching outdoors in our work with clients
Join our next AC Coaching Conversation on Tuesday 24 January, when Clare Manning will interview Anna-Marie Watson live on LinkedIn. Anna-Marie encourages us to get closer to nature and incorporate coaching outdoors into our practice.
Numerous techniques can be integrated into coaching outdoors alongside existing coaching methodologies, theories and styles. The spectrum can range from unconsciously interweaving different approaches into the conversation to actively inviting nature to co-create the coaching process.
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"We often forget that we are nature. Nature is not something separate from us. So, when we say that we have lost our connection to nature, we've lost our connection to ourselves."
Andy Goldsworthy, environmentalist and sculptor
Find out more here.
This is available to members and non-members.
**It’s not too late to join experienced coach, trainer, and supervisor Yannick Jacob for his Live Coaching Lab: Six-Session Journey where he accompanies a client on their coaching journey. It’s a rare chance to observe a coaching journey with Yannick’s eclectic style.
“Heading outdoors and acknowledging nature typically lies beyond our collective accepted norm of what ‘coaching’ should look like.”
Anna-Marie Watson
In this fascinating article for our Coaching Perspectives magazine, Anna-Marie Watson, ?coach, podcaster and writer, shares her knowledge and experience of coaching outdoors - working with leaders across five continents. Anna-Marie encourages us to examine our own relationship with nature and describes a variety of techniques coaches can use with clients. Backed by studies, Anna-Marie will open your eyes to the value and power of coaching with nature.??
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1 年Margaret Walsh Coaching in Nature, a subject that's close to your heart, mind & practice. In fact I seem to recall in a time pre covid we ran an Association for Coaching (AC) event at the stunning location of Madingley Hall & Gardens around this very subject. It was a session that stayed with me & others, thank you. I hope all is well :)