Coaching Outdoors
Episodes
Coaching Outdoors Episode 88 - Laura Festa
08 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Laura Festa is a mindfulness coach and somatic practitioner whose journey bridges the serene forests of Northern Italy with the vibrant parks of Beiji...
Coaching Outdoors Episode 87 - Annabelle Charman
17 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
“If you'd just seen my room where I work at that time there were hundreds of post-it notes everywhere. There was lots of paper on the floor, fr...
Coaching Outdoors Episode 86 - Frank Bolaji Irawo
03 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
"Poetry isn't about perfection, it's about presence, allowing words to flow from the heart without judgment or restriction." Frank...
Coaching Outdoors Episode 85 - Philip Cowell
20 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
“The street becomes your coach…” Outdoor arts fundraiser, wordsmith, and curious street wanderer Philip Cowell joins us from Berlin to share th...
Coaching Outdoors Episode 84 - Russ Watts
07 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
“One of the things that Nature has taught both of us, and I'd say many of my clients is to see and feel the seasons. This is a winter. This is ...
Coaching Outdoors Episode 83 - Will Brown
22 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
“By being in a garden I think we perhaps feel more inspired, more at ease, more connected to each other and to our environment” Will describes hi...
Coaching Outdoors Episode 82 - Annie Lee
08 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
“So much serendipity happens when you’re coaching outdoors. Your client finds themselves in the right spot for that particular moment” Annie ...
Coaching Outdoors Episode 81 - Sam MacLaren
26 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
“Cartesian philosophy killed our innate spirituality 300 years ago rendering any kind of animistic belief as a childish, laughable fallacy because s...
Coaching Outdoors Episode 80 - Marc Bowles
11 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
“I found a place by a log, just by a creek, and at the time I didn't realise the impact it would have on my future outdoor coaching conversatio...
Coaching Outdoors Episode 79 - Ellie Lloyd-Jones
18 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
“It will all be different because there’ll be different people there. The weather will be different. It will be a different stretch of the walk. I...
Coaching Outdoors Episode 78 - Tom Goldstein
05 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
“One of the important aspects of vision questing is that practical preparation for people and getting that right, depending on the individual and th...
Coaching Outdoors Episode 77 - Paola Fabbri
14 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
"Eco-somatic painting is a way to create a dialogue between the body-nature outside and bringing everything on the canvas, and is really based on...
Coaching Outdoors Episode 76 - George Warren
10 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
“We cannot rely just on scientists. We cannot rely on politicians to help with this climate crisis. The most valuable thing is spending time in natu...
Coaching Outdoors Episode 75 - Phil Banfield
26 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
“I would like everybody in their lives if they can, to enter the venture field. And the venture field is positive. It's expansive. It's ve...
Coaching Outdoors Episode 74 - Jackee Holder
12 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
“I think it is that thing for me about being in nature is. It's often where I feel I get really present with myself. It's where I can hear...
Coaching Outdoors Episode 73 - Clemens Froelich
29 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
“Being outdoors, simply allows me to be myself”Clemens shares his early years of nature connection right through to memories of family connection ...
Coaching Outdoors Podcast Episode 72 - Giles Hutchins
15 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
“I actually help them gain an experience of the interconnectedness of how nature works by working with trees and living systems around, explaining h...
Coaching Outdoors Episode 71 - Lisa Partridge
01 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
“I was going to these networking events…I was turning up in rooms and it was all very structured, and I just hated it. I was getting really tired ...
Coaching Outdoors Episode 70 - Tabi Jayne
17 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
“What is your own nature practice? Because if you don't have your own relationship with nature and earth - how on earth are you even going to t...
Coaching Outdoors - Reflections on Coaching Outdoors Live 2024
17 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
“I do feel this is the start of a new movement” – James FarrellFollowing the huge success of the inaugural Coaching Outdoors Live event on the b...
Coaching Outdoors Episode 68 - Oliver Wirths
11 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
“When you go up on a peak you have a great perspective. When you stand on top of that… it’s just the serenity, it’s like wow. And you can look...
Coaching Outdoors Episode 67 - Grattan Donnelly
28 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
“We were sitting in one of those fishbowl offices and it was a beautiful summer day, and I could see the sun was shining outside, and my client was ...
Coaching Outdoors Episode 66 - Hazel Farrer
14 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
“Nature is so beautiful, it takes my breath away, it’s all about giving joy.”Meet and listen to Hazel Farrer who is the founder of Hazel Tree Co...
Coaching Outdoors Episode 65 - Leah Davies
29 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
“I describe nature as my co-host, it’s a facilitator in itself… I feel like there’s some sort of ease when I take people outdoors, that I’m ...
Coaching Outdoors Episode 64 - Raynelle Rino
16 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
“The four element; in a simplified medicine wheel, earth, air, fire and water, are also part of our bodies. We are nature” ~ Raynelle RinoNature c...
Coaching Outdoors Episode 63 - Ashley Crocker
02 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
"When did our relationship with rain change? We metaphorically played the idea of what it would look like to jump in those puddles, to be free ag...
Coaching Outdoors Episode 62 - Kirsteen Jefferies
18 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
“Horses are prey animals and live as a herd, survival depends on being present and live in the moment.”Meet and listen to Kirsteen Jefferies who i...
Coaching Outdoors Episode 61 - Lindsay Cray
05 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
“My life revolves around being outside, I enjoy everything about it, it’s the space I feel most connected to life!”Meet and listen to Lindsay Cr...
Coaching Outdoors Episode 60 - Michael Jospe
14 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
“Remember your client is nature. Their brain is nature. Their body is nature. Their development is nature” Michael Jospe, Founder Earth-Based Inst...
Coaching Outdoors Episode 59 - Andrew Wolff
21 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
“I am an evangelist for nature connection”Our last episode of Season 6 of the Coaching Outdoors Podcast takes us to the Rocky Mountains of Colorad...
Coaching Outdoors Episode 58 - Georgie Dunn
08 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
“I see parallels when I coach people who are really at capacity of their Executive Function and how nature really can unlock that just by giving us ...
Coaching Outdoors Episode 57 - Claire Bradshaw
24 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
“Being outdoors really connects people with themselves and each other.”Claire Bradshaw is the founder of Claire Bradshaw Associates, based in near...
Coaching Outdoors Episode 56 - Sam Isaacson
10 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
“To be able to put on a headset and effectively go somewhere that is a lot more natural I think could bring a lot of the same benefits that being ou...
Coaching Outdoors Episode 55 - Sarah Lawfull
25 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
“Nature can talk to us & teach us”.Sarah Lawfull is the founder of Where the Fruit is, based in Oxfordshire. Sarah is a professional coach, an...
Coaching Outdoors Episode 54 - Jim Hughes
12 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
“I help people get outside, reconnect with themselves and others and the work they do”.Jim Hughes is a coach and founder of Untamed Coaching based...
Coaching Outdoors Episode 53 - Jenn Bauer
29 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
“We imprint on water, our thoughts, our words, our energy, images are all imprinted on water. We dive into what it means to imprint on water and t...
Coaching Outdoors Episode 52 - Eleanor Ratcliffe
12 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
“I’m particularly interested in what we call restorative environments; places and spaces that help people to recover the psychological resources t...
Coaching Outdoors Episode 51 - Joao Perre Viana
01 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
“Nothing beats the last eight years of my life when I have had the chance to walk side by side with hundreds of people from all backgrounds and nati...
Coaching Outdoors Episode 50 - Nicki Bass
18 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
“Approaching life with an adventurous mindset.”Nicki Bass - Founder and Director of Resilience at work a consultancy delivering experiential leade...
Coaching Outdoors Episode 49 - Jared Hanley
29 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
“Time in nature is a free accessible tool, with no side effects. We give nature a number”.Jared Hanley is a co-founder and CEO of NatureQuant, a r...
Coaching Outdoors Episode 48 - Garry Pratt
16 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
“Being outside in nature, and especially moving in nature, are backed up by science as the major ways to fire up creativity” Garry is the autho...
Coaching Outdoors Episode 47 - Marie Dove
02 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
“I realised I’d lost a part of me; it was so amazing for me to come back to nature”.Marie Dove is a nature-based women’s life coach and founde...
Coaching Outdoors Episode 46 - Chris Spray and Alex Staniforth, Mind Over Mountain
17 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
“I’ve always used the outdoors as my toolkit. It’s what I call my Natural Health Service and I believe everyone should have access to it.” –...
Coaching Outdoors Episode 45 - Pam Cho
04 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
“Connecting with nature, it’s like giving your brain a mini vacation.” Pam ChoPam Cho is an Executive Coach and certified Forest Therapy Guide f...
Coaching Outdoors Episode 44 - Clive Leach and Miss May
20 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
“Dogs have a real potential impact on our capacity to flourish and sustain our capacity to flourish. It’s hard out there in the world and we need ...
Coaching Outdoors Podcast - International Women's Day 2023 Special
07 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
“Worldwide, everyone everywhere can step forward to truly #EmbraceEquity”In recognition of International Women’s Day 2023 we would like to honou...
Coaching Outdoors Episode 43 - Peter and Coen
06 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
“Allow nature to do the work” Peter Krijger Peter Krijger and Coen van Broekhoven have amassed a phenomenal forty years plus of outdoor coachin...
Coaching Outdoors Episode 42 - Elen Sentier
20 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
“I think the basis of all Old Ways, all around the world, is about that connection between the planet we live on because we can’t live without it,...
Coaching Outdoors Episode 41 - Ian Merrill
07 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
“Being in nature leads a bit of perspective; maybe your problems aren’t so earth-shattering. There’s a world out there which is bigger than you”...
Coaching Outdoors Episode 40 - Anna Brown
17 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
“The Systems Approach, put simply, is thinking about how everything is interrelated and interdependent”In our 40th Podcast Episode, and the last o...
Coaching Outdoors Episode 39 - Rose Dixey and Ruth Steggles
04 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
“It feels such a privilege when you get to walk literally and metaphorically; walk beside people in these kinds of transformations. It’s an incred...
Coaching Outdoors Podcast Episode 38 - Susan Joachin
19 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
“The real healing happens outside” Susan Joachim is the President and Founding Member of the International Nature and Forest Therapy Alliance (IN...
Coaching Outdoors Episode 37 - You asked, they answered...
06 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
“As my vision quest guide always said, “don’t press the panic button too early”” – Penelope MavorThis episode of the Coaching Outdoors Pod...
Coaching Outdoors Episode 36 - Claudia Geratz
22 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
“Trust in connection with outdoor coaching…this starts to build way before your clients even reach out to you. It starts in two pathways. The firs...
Coaching Outdoors Episode 35 - Paul Jefferies
09 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
“I wanted to be the pebble in the pond that is the ripple of change, it means something to me”Paul Jefferies, of Pebbles Associates, joins us for ...
Coaching Outdoors Episode 34 - Cat Boersma
26 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
“Bluebells are such a hardy little plant; underground for three seasons and then they come back in spring. Strong, vibrant, green… It’s magic.”...
Coaching Outdoors Episode 33 - John Farrell
13 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
“One of the questions is ‘and is there anything else?’, that’s a clean language question”New Zealander, John Farrell, joins us for this podc...
Coaching Outdoors Episode 32 - Toby Cowern
27 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
“I’m facilitating that time, space and place for people to have that higher quality internal conversation”Our next podcasts takes us to Sweden t...
Coaching Outdoors Episode 31 - Penelope Mavor
13 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
"What is your compost?" Life. Death. Birth. Rebirth. Growth. Decay. The cycles of life and inevitability of change lie at the centre of ou...
Coaching Outdoors Episode 30 - Professor Jonathan Passmore
29 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
"I can see niche markets evolving and I think that’s where there’ll be a variety and a strength; and coaching outdoors is one example of that...
Coaching Outdoors Episode 29 - Robin Bowman
15 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
“Realising the transformative and powerful experience of feeling that resilience from being able to gather things from the natural world and provide...
Coaching Outdoors Episode 28 - Chris Grimes
15 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
"The ‘Clearing’ is an oxygenated space where anything is possible. It is linked to the improvisation mindset ‘’yes and…” I use this a...
Coaching Outdoors Episode 27 - Joe Thomas
01 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
“It’s in a small woodland, that used to be a quarry nicknamed NLP - Natures Loving Palm - because you’re in a bowl of space with our fire within...
Coaching Outdoors Episode 26 - Gerdi Verwoert
17 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
"The work that I do, is in the large part reconnecting people with themselves, through reconnecting them with nature"Gerdi Voerwoert, is a...
Coaching Outdoors Episode 25 - Ghislain Demers
21 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Ghislain, a coach, teacher and consultant, joins us for this episode of the Coaching Outdoors Podcast, from Sherbrook, near Montreal, Canada.He has be...
Coaching Outdoors Episode 24 - Jennifer Wills
06 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
"I look up and there’s a bear!" - Jen Wills Jen Wills, former U.S. Environmental Protection Agency attorney turned leadership, well-being...
Coaching Outdoors Episode 23 - Lennie Noiles
23 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
“Walking is a natural phenomenon that allows us to access parts of our brain we don’t have access to when just sitting there” Lennie Noiles j...
Coaching Outdoors Episode 22 - Gwyneth Jones
08 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
"One thing that’s obvious as you start to connect to nature is that you can’t ignore the climate crisis" - Gwyneth Jones Deep Adaptation...
Coaching Outdoors Episode 21 - Elle Smith
25 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
“I could see the impact coaching had on the way people were being really reflective and having an impact on student outcomes”The first episode of ...
Coaching Outdoors Episode 20 - Lesley Roberts
19 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
“Ideally, wouldn’t it be wonderful if everybody that was running coaching training had a module on coaching outdoors. Wouldn’t that be fantastic...
Coaching Outdoors Episode 19 - Jacqueline Harris
06 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
“Many of them (clients) arrive really quite stressed and I can tell as we start walking their pace is quite fast. And gradually they start to slow d...
Coaching Outdoors Episode 18 - Catherine Gorham
06 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
“The shadow side of coaching…” Catherine Gorham, coach and supervisor who specialises in working with nature as co-partner joins us on a virtua...
Coaching Outdoors Episode 17 - Christiane Frischmuth
23 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
What do Sacred Pauses, Wilderness Visions Quests and a true partnership with nature all have in common? They are all part of Christiane Frischmuth’s...
Coaching Outdoors Episode 16 - Dr. James Canton
09 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
“We’re not the first human being to realise we feel more peaceful sitting next to a tree. People have known this for millennia. This is utter basi...
Coaching Outdoors Episode 15 - Alex and Anna-Marie
26 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
On a beautifully warm and sunny day on the banks of Loch Fyne on the west coast of Scotland, we finally managed to record our first podcast together! ...
Coaching Outdoors Episode 14 - Simon Hawtrey-Woore
12 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Simon Hawtrey-Woore joins us from Regent’s Park in London. Simon has been taking his coaching clients outdoors for a number of years and shares his ...
Coaching Outdoors Episode 13 - Liz Hall
28 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
"It’s not easy facing into the climate emergency" Publisher turned coach the phenomenal Liz Hall joins us for our latest episode. She h...
Coaching Outdoors Episode 12 - James Farrell
14 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
“What if my job was to planet please, rather than people please?” - James FarrellA thought provoking and challenging question from James Farrell, ...
Coaching Outdoors Episode 11 - Dave Stewart
28 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
On today’s podcast, the first of Season 2 of the Coaching Outdoors Podcast Series, our guest is Dave Stewart, founder of “The Fresh Air Leadership...
Coaching Outdoors Episode 10 - Peter Hawkins
11 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
To see the world in a grain of sand and heaven in a wild flowerHold infinity in the palm of your handAnd eternity in just one hour ~ William Blake ...
Coaching Outdoors Episode 9 - Diana Tedoldi
27 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
On today’s podcast we are joined, from Italy, by Diana Tedoldi, a nature coach who founded the Nature Coaching Academy. With a love for the outdoor...
Coaching Outdoors Episode 8 - Lizzi Larbalestier
12 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Lizzi Larbalestier, Blue Health Coach at Going Coastal Blue, joins us for this podcast to share her wonderful story of marrying her love for all thing...
Coaching Outdoors Episode 7 - Rachel Woods
30 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Rachel Woods joins us to talk fungi, flora, coaching and the contents of her backpack. She accompanies her coaching clients into the outdoors or bring...
Coaching Outdoors Episode 6 - Cat Trebilco
16 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Cat Treblico, from Reach The Peak, joins us from Edinburgh to share her wonderful journey from working in the banking industry in London, to re-traini...
Coaching Outdoors Episode 5 - David Clutterbuck - Climate Coaching Action Day Special
04 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
On this Special Edition for Climate Coaching Action Day, we’re joined by the phenomenal David Clutterbuck. He describes himself as “one of the las...
Coaching Outdoors Episode 4 - Nick Smith
23 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Nick Smith, founder of Square Pegs Coaching, joins us from Glasgow to share his sense of freedom from being outside and how his background in outdoor ...
Coaching Outdoors Episode 3 - Karen Liebenguth
09 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
The sun is shining as Karen Liebenguth, coach and mindfulness teacher joins us from her outdoor office in Victoria Park, East London.Karen transports ...
Coaching Outdoors Episode 1 - Alex and Anna-Marie
25 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Alex Burn & Anna-Marie Watson have a mutual shared passion for coaching and the outdoor environment.Together they are on a mission to encourage co...
Coaching Outdoors Episode 2 - Jonathan Passmore
25 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Professor Jonathan Passmore reveals a genuine connection to nature based on spending hours playing in the fields behind his childhood home.He draws co...