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Team and workplace wellbeing in nature for healthier, happier workplaces

If your people are thriving, so too can your workplace.

The third sector, charity, voluntary and purpose-led businesses we work with, all have one thing in common.

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You are doing amazing work for your communities, despite limited budgets and resources with a team of dedicated and passionate staff.

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But, as I discovered during my time working within those sector's, organisations either:

  • Find it tricky to prioritise well-being and they feel it’s “too messy to know where to begin.”

  • Dabbled in a few things but they don't last or have a real effect on people because they aren't based on deeper principles of psychology, organisation design, psychological safety.

  • Despite the best intentions change and uncertainty keep returning, calling on and challenging employee resilience and well-being. 

  • Stifle leadership development & vitality, due to 'over-busy' cultures. 

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So maybe you’ve tried some corporate-style team building or “Bored Room” group sessions, even though you can see that half the staff would rather be anywhere else.

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Or had a brief 'adhoc' session - but didn't see any real change?

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I remember taking part in some of those team away days during my time working in the charitable sector. I needed a day after them to decompress because, as much as they were fun, they didn’t address the core feelings of stress, overwork, and compassion fatigue.

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They also weren’t tailored to the individual situation of the team or organisation, which is something I do within all of my sessions.

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With my nature-based team well-being offers, you can escape the traditional team days and enhance your team’s mood, giving them confidence on how to stay well, so that you can all continue to do the best work possible. 

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My approach to workplace well-being in our modern day ever-changing world:

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  • Team re-connection and relationships - with a focus on psychological safety and  natural connections. 

  • Psycho-Education and Mental Health Awareness for team well-being and emotional regulation. 

  • Longer Term and Sustainable solutions to take back to the everyday

  • A whole systems approach - seeing individual, Team and Societal health as inter-connected ecosystem. 

  • Value for money and time: Time and resources are precious in busy work environments. Our team days focus on meaningful, co-created experiences. 

  • Aligning values and vision for focus and motivation: Improving connection, collaboration and cohesion in times of challenge and change. 

  • Meeting as 'human's' as well as professionals: Being trauma-informed, and recognising the diversity of peoples personal experiences, narratives and learning styles. 

  • Creativity: Our wild environment can inspire creative, solution focused perspectives and opportunities. 

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The sessions I offer in the wild, also support people to re-connect with the Natural world. 

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Nature is not just a commodity to feeling good. But an essential part of your purpose-led ecosystem. 

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With regenerative leadership and nature-inspired wisdom woven into each day to help teams enhance your own ecosystem when you return from the wild. 

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Ways I work with workplaces

Cultivating healthier, better connected workplace cultures. 

  • Team/Organisational Away Days 

  • Leadership Programme(s)

  • Regenerative Leadership Consultancy 

  • Leadership & Business Owner Coaching & Retreats 

  • Employee Well-being & Personal Development Coaching

  • Partnership Facilitation - Forums for partnership working 

  • Access to work funded Coaching for employees

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Book some time together

Free Consult to explore workplace well-being 

Wild well-being team away days

Get together outdoors!

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So much can happen when a team comes together in nature. The quietest of people can engage and transform a vision. Nature can help neurodivergent and/or over-stressed people focus and self-regulate.

 

Difficult, honest, and important conversations can be more easily had because of the relaxing, open space that nature gives to you.

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I’ll use my leadership experience combined with 15+ years of coaching and training facilitation to create a supportive, impactful space that’s shaped around your needs – so that your team can connect, overcome sticky challenges, and ultimately leave feeling happier and healthier.

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 It’s the smaller things that add up to the long-term impact

Time in nature are more than just a nice thing to have.

Nature away days & wild coaching sessions will help your leaders or team:

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  • Relax more than when they’re in an office, supporting more open conversations

  • To bond with each other. Dopamine and endorphins are boosted, and cortisol has dropped, so people’s communication and connection are enhanced.

  • Boost their mood (there’s science behind this!)

  • Clear their minds so they feel more ready to take on the next test of their resilience.

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This time in, and learning amongst,  Nature helps engage the part of the brain that can be more creative/problem-solving and innovative. This means you’ll discover bursts of new ideas, new solutions to sticky problems, and a fresh approach to work.

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I’ll adapt my coaching approach to the needs of your group, and my experience in facilitation, inclusivity, and mental health help me quickly figure out what each individual needs throughout those sessions so that nobody feels uncomfortable or left out.

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Workplace Vitality - Done wildly!

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Team Away days

Discover more about wild & wonderful team days with Where the Mind Grows

Coaching One-to-One

One-to-one Coaching opportunities for leaders and employees. 

Supporting well-being and personal growth

Facilitation for Partnerships

​Strengthen partnerships and collaborative delivery through facilitated forums—from peer practice to strategic planning.

What people say...

"Thanks so much for today, the team have gone away feeling lighter" (J, CEO)

"It provided time and permission to think about my wellbeing." James M, North York Moors Trust

"We couldn't have had these conversations indoors...Nature really helped" (Kate, Citizens Advice)

"I can do hard things!" Emma, SELFA CEO

"The time to reflect and discuss things with peers gave me a few insights into some simple changes that might make a big difference" David, North Yorkshire Youth

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Meet your facilitator

Hello! I’m Jennie-Kate but everyone calls me JK. I’ve worked as a leader in the sector before I founded Where The Mind Grows, so I understand first-hand the unique challenges your sector faces that are quite unlike others.

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I’ve seen your charitable, purpose-led sector lose fantastic people due to their own mental health and struggles. Whilst the sector is very fulfilling, and work purposeful. Sometimes overwhelm and workload pressures can get in the way of health. 

And the psychological impact of the direct work, result in vicarious trauma, compassion fatigue and burnout. 

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These aspects of work,  can be prevented with a focus on true team well-being and happiness. One that is proactive and not reactive! Designed for the individual as well as the collective!​

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More about me, JK. 

BOOK A FREE CONSULATION TODAY

Book a FREE discovery consultation today. 

Offered to decision makers and organisers exploring and planning your workplace well-being strategy or away day. 

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