Is Nature-based coaching sexy?

We all want to do work that is new and shiny, work that arouses interest, work we are drawn to. We desire the hot project or product. The sexy work.

The thought of walking in nature arouses feelings of freedom, excitement, Awe.

Then we realize the work we are asked to do on a Nature-based coaching walk-and-talk is hard. It is deep work, challenging work, purposeful work.

Nature-based coaching sexy

Nature-based coaching takes the client (executive, leader, team, individual, etc.) out of the confines of the office and into nature. On the path the client, coach, and nature co-create an experience of substantive change.

Contrary to what some believe, Nature-based coaching is not a bunch of touchy feely exercises. My clients do more deep work, including discovery and skill building to activate potential, than they would in a traditional setting. However, My Nature-based clients claim the impact of our Nature-based coaching is exponentially more powerful. 

Now that is sexy!

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What is Nature-based coaching?

I have been asked several times recently,

“What is Nature-based coaching?”

Ask 10 different nature coaches and you’ll get 100 different questions. 

SHORT ANSWER:

Nature-based leadership coaching takes the client (executive/leader) out of the confines of the office and into nature where the client, coach, and nature co-create the coaching experience.

LONGER ANSWER:

Nature based coaching is more than coaching a client in a natural setting.

Nature-based coaching is a systemic coaching modality where the client, coach, and nature co-create the coaching experience. The beneficial impacts of coaching are compounded with the health benefits of walking in nature. This combination allows for both a deeper and broader exploration of the client’s agenda. 
Nature-based coaching finds the sweet spot between the contemplative practice of Forest Bathing and the adrenalin fueled experience of Wilderness/Adventure therapy.

A nature-based coach pulls from many disciplines and is tool agnostic. I tell my clients “I let nature become the coach and I take on the role of the accompagnateur - one who walks with.”

Where as an anthropocentric coach sees nature as a resource to use, letting nature coach requires an ecocentric mindset. 

Contrary to what some believe, Nature-based coaching is not a bunch of touchy feely exercises. My leadership clients do the same (if not more) hard work, of discovery and skill building to achieve their potential, as you would expect from a traditional setting. However, they claim the impacts of Nature-based coaching are exponentially more powerful.

This webpage provides a view into one of my Nature-based programs www.lennienoiles.com/nature-of-leadership

I work with individual leaders and leadership teams grappling with the hard questions. And I am always willing to talk about the process and the work I do.

the Innate Wisdom of Nature