Nature-Based Coaching  

Why Use it In Coaching?

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Permaculture works on the premise of finding solutions to challenges. When we are struggling mentally, this can be difficult. Using the Permaculture design methology, we take take a problem and look at how, through a process of re-framing our thinking, we can work towards finding the solution. The natural world always finds a way to overcome obstacles, adapt and regenerate, and as Permaculture is underpinned by nature, this brings a little more creativity to Nature-Based Coaching.

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My coaching programme is inspired and underpinned by a social Permaculture framework called the Design Web. Using this as a guide, I intergrate a selection of tools that I have discovered through research, lived experience of my own therapy, and in my training as a Permaculture Designer and Coach. I also include some Cognitive Behavior Coaching or CBC.

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Hypnotherapy

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I use hypnotherapy as part of a relaxation technique within coaching sessions. I also offer this as a separate service. Please get in touch for more details. Hypnotherapy is not suitable for everyone and may not be used for some individuals due to certain mental health conditions.

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Activate Living Abundance (ALA)

 

Coaching is a way to 'get unstuck' from a problem you are facing. I like to think of the unstuck part as making compost and seeing what you can grow. The compost is the 'bad stuff' or the adversity of challenges that you face, and the solutions you find, are the flowers that grow, turning compost, or the 'bad stuff' into something beautiful and positive. We have all experienced this is in one form or another. From adversity we can learn the lessons of how 'compost' can help us to grow.

 

My 13 week, social permaculture, Coaching programme, works on the principle of helping you to actively work towards finding a way to live, to get unstuck, that focuses on growth and positive thinking. Sometimes we just need someone, or something to help us find momentum, and be able to move forward. 

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Holistic

 

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My approach to coaching is person-centred and holistic, taking into account everything about you, your life, your relationships. From what you like, what you don't like and more, looking at your Intrinsic Characteristics. It's about a 3 way, collaborative relationship, you me and Nature as my co-coach. I believe in the power of Nature to heal us and help us to learn lessons for growth. I use Nature metaphors as well as spending time outside, which will be our main venue.

 

Permaculture is underpinned by nature, recognising that we are all connected and need each other, to be able to exist, including non human species.

 

Using the Permaculture Design framework, we work together by looking at your personal goals for  coaching, and following a life design of your choosing. We start with a Wants and Needs Analysis, gathering wild and realistic ideas, and desires which form part of your goal.

 

From this analysis we work outwards, looking at your personal and wider connections, finding a deeper connection within yourself and start the process to helping you find your own solutions

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Permaculture focuses on solutions thinking. This aligns with the goals of Coaching which are:

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Forward focused

Goal orientated 

Action based.