Having been lucky enough to personally experience just how much a connection with the natural world can support health and wellbeing, I began to wonder how nature's healing and therapeutic magic could be weaved into my work with other people.
 

The solace, nourishment and inspiration I had found in nature made me curious about what other people's experiences might be. This curiosity threw me into a year long research project, exploring people's experiences of post-traumatic growth and the perceived role that nature had played in this process following trauma. Through this, I discovered just how powerful a connection to the natural world could be for many people, even in the darkest times. It soon became clear, I needed to start taking my work in health and wellbeing outdoors.
 

Now, nature-based wellbeing has become a real focus in the work that I do - offering opportunities for people to safely engage and connect with nature to support their health. Whether it's in the weekly mental health support groups out in parks, seasonal wellbeing workshops, or nature-based coaching - the transformative benefits that positive experiences with nature can offer us continues to amaze me.

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Importantly, research shows the more we connect with the natural world, the more we are inclined to look after it. I hope that in nurturing our relationship with nature in different ways, both humans and the more-than-human world can benefit from better collective (and connective) health.

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