What can forests teach us about sustainable business? On International Day of Forests, Alison reflects on seven lessons from nature for more resilient, long-term thinking.
What can forests teach us about sustainable business? On International Day of Forests, Alison reflects on seven lessons from nature for more resilient, long-term thinking.
What would it mean to rewild your role? On Rewilding Day, Alison reflects on what happens when we domesticate ourselves to fit our jobs and what restoration might look like.
If you're feeling overwhelmed about a decision you have to make what about trying something different. Why not have a listen to this poem, or even better go out into nature and do what I did and observe a landscape and notice how much more you observe over time and then apply that insight to […]
If you're struggling with your confidence I thought I'd share this poem for world poetry day - see what you think and do let me know what insight you get from it. Hey confidence, where have you goneI need you nowDon't turn wayDon't run in the opposite direction just when I need you Hey you, […]
Here's my poem I reclaim all my parts inviting you to love and accept yourself I reclaim all of my partsThe parts I’ve lost along the wayThe parts whose existence I’ve deniedThe hidden partsThe unacknowledged and unappreciated partsThe forgotten partsThe parts I’ve found it hard to loveI reclaim all of my partsI give breath to […]
In this video I ask you consider what landscape represents your life and how that insight may help when you're struggling - If you like this poem and the use of nature to help provide insight on situations or problems in your life I'd really love and appreciate a subscribe over on YouTube - thank […]
If the daily grind is getting to you, you’re stuck in a rut with every day feeling the same, if life feels like hard work and joyless and you want to break free of the daily struggle this metaphorical and poetic exploration of “pushing the same boulder up the same hill” may provide some insight […]
In today’s blog I’m sharing a new tool from the Landscaping Your Life coaching and problem solving toolkit that helps you get that sense of being in the right place at the right time back. The premise behind the technique being - if you can get that sense of place and connection back you’ll feel […]
Grounded to me Uprooted & disconnected Reminding me of my ungroundedness And yet, where to look for that grounding? I’d always imagined roots like the might oak Something tethering me deep into the ground Roots bringing the energy I lacked up from the earth’s inner core Into my feet, ankles, calves, knees & then upward […]
I certainly didn’t know what I didn’t knowEven if I did know I didn’t know what to doI knew I was stuckWithout optionsAt a dead-end – or headed for it at least That’s the problem with not knowingI got caught up in a never-ending cycle of stucknessAn absence of optionsEvery direction I looked simply reinforced […]
