“Nature is our biggest ally and greatest inspiration.“
Sir David Attenborough
121 Outdoor Coaching
Today’s executives and senior managers have never been under so much pressure
Demands come from every direction and the stresses to perform are immense. We must balance work and home life in an ever noisy world of social media and external pressures. Everyone needs to find some perspective and receive support to fight through the fog to reach their potential.
Our unique team are exemplary qualified coaches, clinical psychologists, entrepreneurs and senior business leaders who are also qualified Hill and Moorland Leaders. This rare combination of skills enables them to work skilfully and safely with nature to help your team unlock solutions to challenges and issues.
We understand business and the challenges you face. We understand issues within teams and how they can be dysfunctional. We understand what it’s like to face seemingly unsurmountable obstacles within business. We understand how stressful issues at work can be and this may affect staff morale, wellbeing and productivity which then leads on to other issues. We don’t have all the answers but we do have the keys to help support your team to unlock them.
Why 121 Coaching?
Working with a highly skilled coach will unlock individual potential and help them to achieve. It is excellent for personal and professional development and is useful for anyone at any stage of life. There are an infinite number of situations where a Mind and Body Walking Coach can add value . Here are a few examples:
- In the first few months of a new role
- Managing the work life balance
- Returning to work after a career break
- Managing a challenging situation at work
- Boosting confidence and working on imposter syndrome
- Career development
- Managing a challenging workload
- Needing to be more innovative and creative
Our coaches will bring about long term changes within the people we work with and we achieve this through the development of long term coach / coachee relationships which are built on trust, confidence and respect.
Why Outdoor Coaching?
The benefits of coaching are well documented and understood. These benefits can be manifold when the coaching experience happens outside, in a safe, supportive environment.
Traditional coaching takes places indoors, sat down, confined within the traditional four walls of an office. Outdoors coaching immediately brings the benefits of movement and nature and the different dynamics that they bring to the coaching relationship which can massively open things up. The benefits of outdoor coaching fall broadly within four main areas:
- Physical – movement and being able to change your pace as you walk opens up conversations
- Mental – well documented mental health benefits of being outside such as relaxing, reducing stress and slowing our brain down
- Nature – visual, smells, sounds of being connected to nature reduce blood pressure, cortisol levels and immune boosting
- Creativity – other parts of the brain open up stimulating creativity and new ways of doing things
How We Work
Chemistry Mind and Body Walking recognises that much of the success of the coaching relationship is based on the chemistry between the coach and coachee. Before we begin coaching, let alone venture outside, we suggest a free of charge chemistry conversation to check that there is good chemistry between us which facilitates open conversation.
If you decide to go ahead there is an element of trust that needs to be built up between us so we suggest having our first meeting indoors, in an environment where the coachee is comfortable and feels safe. We will discuss how the coaching can proceed, not everyone wants to go outside, and we respect this and can carry on indoors, integrating benefits from nature into the process in other ways. However, if the coachee is keen to explore the benefits of taking this outside then we build a plan to make this happen.
Coaching Agreement
The coach and coachee will build an agreement together between them which sets out the terms of reference of the coaching sessions with agreed outcomes and timescales. We look to define what areas we will cover, although this may well evolve as the process develops.
Coaching Locations
Locations for coaching sessions could be in a local park around the corner from the office, remotely with us both on the telephone whilst walking, a beautiful forest walk or a breath taking climb up the side of Kinder Scout, or a combination of any of these, depending on what feels right for the conversations we shall be having. We often meet people first thing in the morning before their day starts, sometimes we take a few hours in the morning for a walk and a trip to a coffee shop. sometimes in the evening. Whatever works best for the coachee. We use metaphors a lot in our practice and nature provides an abundance of opportunities to explore which relate to every day life and circumstances.
After each meeting we take time to reflect on the conversations and consider how we can develop the conversations. We ask the coachee to do the same and we work with them for as long and often as they feel necessary.
Typical Coaching Session
A typical coaching session lasts between 90 and 120 minutes and is tightly built around the specific needs of the coachee. Each session is built specifically around helping the coachee to achieve their goals, with much of the first session built around defining these. Coaching usually happens once a month and carries on for as long as it is beneficial to the coachee. In between coaching sessions you will be reflecting and working on actions to help you to achieve your goals and putting your agreed actions into practice.
Testimonials
We have many happy customers! Details of all of our clients are confidential, so please so find anonymised verbatim testimonials from our lovely clients. Many thanks to them for sharing these comments with us.
“Working with Katy has been a transformative experience. She is one of the most perceptive people I’ve ever met — calm, intuitive, and skilled at guiding conversations in a way that gently challenges your thinking without ever offering direct advice. Instead, she helped me uncover my own insights and ideas, opening up new perspectives that made a real difference in how I see myself and my experiences.
Over the course of my sessions, Katy helped me reconnect with an inner strength I’d forgotten was there. She supported me in re-building my self-confidence and uncover my resilience in a way I’ve never experienced before. Katy also introduced me to practical tools and ways of thinking that have genuinely stuck with me — not just something you try once and forget, but day-to-day practices that have supported my mental health and wellbeing in meaningful ways.
I’ve learned a lot about my own patterns, especially around burnout, and how important it is to prioritise my wellbeing. Katy has a rare ability to read where you’re at and steer things in just the right direction. I’m so grateful for the time we spent working together — it’s made a lasting impact. Thank You!”
I had some coaching sessions with Katy just before a big change was due to happen in my life. There were quite a lot of ideas and worries swimming around in my head at the time and I hoped that a coach could help me make sense of them.
Katy immediately put me at my ease and I felt totally comfortable sharing how I was feeling. Katy ended up guiding me through what ended up being a totally collaborative process. By the end of my course of sessions I felt much more in control of m life and super positive about the future.
Being coached by Katy feels like wrapping yourself in a warm, comforting blanket — safe, nurturing, and exactly what you need in the moment. She has this incredible ability to hold space with kindness and deep presence, making every session feel like a gentle pause from the chaos of life. Her questions are powerful and precise, cutting through the noise and leading to real, transformative insights. It’s this rare balance of warmth and depth that makes her coaching so special, and I leave every conversation feeling both grounded and empowered. Thank you!
Katy was kind enough to offer her skills to me during a massive time of personal flux and upset in my work and personal life.
Katy and I immediately clicked and we formed a working relationship of coach and coachee. She was clear around the session expectations, she worked with me to devise ways for me to work through my challenges, There was laughter and tears and frustration and more laughter. Everything you need when you’re breaking down your old life to help find the new you. She set homework to help me through key issues and gave me new insights.
I highly recommend Katy for all types of coaching. She is kind, empathetic and dedicated to you as her client. Thank you so much for your help Katy. You can not go wrong using her.
Katy is an expert coach. She combines her natural curiosity and respectful empathetic side with her extensive experience in business and life in general. She is equally comfortable coaching in person, in a business setting, via video conference, or even walking in nature which is a particular strength and interest of hers. Katy flexes her style to the client’s needs and wishes, and provokes new awareness and the impetus for change in her clients’ lives. I would have no hesitation in recommending Katy to any individual or business looking for a strong Executive Coach.
I have had three sessions with Katy who has been very professional and supportive. She is easy to speak with and was able to analyse and explore avenues for positive goals, solutions and direction in both personal and professional issues as the conversations developed. Katy enabled me to explore qualities, traits and behaviour to identify skills needed to develop my own business and existing professional working life plus exercises to boost confidence. I would definitely recommend Katy to anybody who feels they would like help to review personal and business circumstances .
I would highly recommend Katy. Over three sessions, she listened and got me to open up on personal issues and circumstances important to me. She helped greatly to look at things differently and in a perspective I would never have thought about until she mentioned them.
Katy is very understanding, easy to speak to and supportive. Her professionalism is second to none and I have no doubt in recommending her to anyone seeking support and advice.
I have met with Katy a few times over the summer, and greatly benefitted from her coaching. She has an amazing ability to focus on the key thing without me realising that she was doing it. I learnt a great deal about myself and my potential, whilst setting out specific steps to grow as an individual and as a business.
However the most significant work happened walking on Axe Edge Moor. The beautiful outdoors is where Katy comes alive, and her energy is contagious and the moors made for an amazing backdrop to process all sorts of things without that feeling of being the centre of attention. It was also the perfect place to chat about my work in the outdoor industry, I came back inspired and motivated with some very clear things to do next.
I would highly recommend Katy, so much so I have booked another group of sessions with her and I am looking forward to taking things to the next level with her help.
We are confident that our 121 coaching will benefit you
Making a decision about a coaching provider is not simple. We understand that it takes time and it is important that you make the right choice. Often having a conversation with us is the best place to start so please get in touch and we will set up a no obligation chat so that we can explore options with you. Do complete the contact us form or telephone us on 07941 465 799 and we will set a conversation up.