As the clocks go back and, the darker, colder months are amongst us. 

Winter can be a tricky time for many. 

 

Less light, chilly days and pressures of celebrations and spending as the festive season comes and goes. 

 

Adapting to the drawn-in hours and trying to re-combobulate your routine. 

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BUT autumn and winter can also invite deeper connection, beauty, and appreciation too. 

Finding our way back to ourselves as we hunker and hibernate. 

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AND delightful talk of 'good knitwear', 'fireside films', and an inviting stillness in the air. 

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Each season offers light and shade - for us to guide ourselves through and lean in. 

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Here is your invitation to join wINTERCONNECTION 2024 - A 30-Day email adventure for daily inspiration. Launching into your inbox from Friday 8th November 2024. Completing in time for the winter solstice and festive period as we wrap things up Friday 20th December. 

 

According to Healthwatch, 1 in 15 people struggle with Seasonal Affective Disorder in the UK, with the Royal Society of Psychiatry honouring that 3 in every 100 people are affected with these winter dips in mood. 

 

Winter can also be a difficult time for those experiencing loss, grief, or trauma. 

From the weather to a focus on family or increased isolation from being indoors more. 

And the lulls of life in the wild! 

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We stay indoors more and complain about our weather. But what if we turned from resistance into resilience. From frustration to creativity. 

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Embracing a call to shift our rhythm and redesign our wintery selves! 

 

With so many of the people I work with sharing their struggles of the winter months,

seeking this time for rest, restoration, and contemplation. Yet fighting to 'keep on going' at a pace that causes tension with our natural wild selves. 

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Through coaching in Nature, I've seen the same people who struggled with those struggles  shift perceptions, enhance well-being, boost mood, and embrace this wintery rhythm. Emerging with clarity and confidence of our place amongst the natural seasons and how to enhance your life in these colder, darker months.

 

I figured I should probably be sharing some of these hints and tips with more of you. 

(a good idea, hey?)

 

So wINTERCONNECTION was created. 

 

A 30-day email adventure to help you boost your mood and adapt throughout these darker days.

After a welcome email on Friday 8th November - a daily dose of inspiration will land in your inbox - Monday to Friday - each week of our adventure together. 
 

With a focus on simple, small, and significant solutions to winter well-being inspired and connected with Nature. 

 

Your daily email provides tips for your personal well-being and invitations to connect with Nature too. 

 

Each day, you will receive an email with a short prompt to inspire and invite action and connection. Inside (Yourself) OR outside (Connecting with Nature) 

 

The daily invitations take inspiration from coaching activities, nature-connection practices, or biomimicry (learning from Nature, not just in it). 

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Having taken part in similar email-only challenges, adventures, and programmes myself over the years. I have found them a great way to resource yourself, with some additional perspectives and ideas. Allowing for self-guided reflection and the flexibility to make time around your own routine each day. 

 

The daily rhythm can support focus and energy, helping you invest in your well-being through the self-guided prompts.

 

There is no need to commit to a certain time or group; flexibility and adaptability are certainly a theme in these seasonal shifts and something to embrace each day of your wINTERCONNECTION 30-day email adventure!

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A light-touch, low-pressure solution to inspiring mental health and well-being and learning (or unlearning) ways of being and doing! 

 

wINTERCONNECTION 30–day email adventure is designed with the following people in mind. Reflected in one or more of the  areas below:

 

• You struggle with mood and motivation at this time of year and can see the value of daily prompts for energy, focus, and inspiration. 

 

• You’re committed long term to enhancing your everyday well-being and love opportunities to do just that, simply. 

 

• You are new to Where the Mind Grows or yet to be involved in our in-nature services. You're curious to find out more about a nature-inspired approach to well-being. 

 

• You are currently feeling isolated or lonely, and the idea of a daily connection, carefully crafted with love and connection in mind, makes you curious to discover the benefits for yourself. (Hi, You!) 

 

• As an existing Where the Mind Grows client or event attendee, you’ve always got a little more time and room for a daily dose of JK and are eager to see what new perspectives this email series will bring and what ‘old-familiars’ you’ll be reminded of too. [Helllooooooo]

 

• Your love for Nature is so extensive and expansive that you’ll find any excuse to spend even more time celebrating and connected as part of our wild world. (I'm with you!)​

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