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Storytelling, Creativity & Unleashing Your Superpower

This 3-hour women’s leadership programme is designed for women in, or aspiring to, leadership positions who are interested in developing personal power through storytelling and creativity. It unearths and builds on some of the superpowers women already possess:

– Creativity
– Storytelling
– Intuition
– Visioning and inspiring

And explores new narratives to make them unstoppable.

Programme outline

UNDERSTANDING THE POWER OF STORY

• “Stories are data with soul” – The importance of storytelling as leaders and how stories have the ability to influence, inspire and create engagement.
• Great women storytelling leadership examples.

EXPLORING THE WORLD OF CREATIVITY

• Exercise to shift from left-brain thinking to right brain thinking.
• Understanding your personal narrative, the stories you tell yourself and other people. (Exercise – creating a time line of significant life events. Sharing an element of this story).

LEARNING THE SKILLS OF A MASTER STORYTELLER

• Analysing a master storyteller – Guy de Maupassant “The Necklace”.
• Participants learn the story model below, understand narrative and learn to tell stories in a compelling way:

CHANGE YOUR STORY, CHANGE YOUR LIFE

• Looking at this model, they also learn about perspective, reframing events, challenging their own limiting stories.

APPLICATION

• Application of this model to reframe narratives and retell/share stories.

UNLEASH YOUR SUPERPOWER – CREATING A COMPELLING VISION

• Creating an inspiring next chapter
• Close, bringing the session together

DELIVERABLES:

• Skills of a storyteller
• Influencing, leading and inspiring through story.
• Adopting a new framework to think about risk, uncertainty, failure and challenge limiting beliefs such as imposter syndrome.
• Visioning skills to pursue greater opportunities beyond the to-do list.

Why a storytelling module just for women?

Preethi provides a safe environment to explore storytelling at a much deeper level and discuss topics women may not necessarily feel comfortable doing in a mixed group (e.g. imposter syndrome, having to become someone else to fulfil potential).

Why Preethi? Why this module?

Preethi teaches the front end of storytelling (how to tell a great story and present it well) but more profoundly, she understands the immense transformational power storytelling has; how by changing a narrative, you can unleash great personal power.

Street Wisdom For Businss

“Whether for personal exploration or to encourage creativity in business, Street Wisdom is an incredible tool and important movement”
David D’Souza: Head of Engagement, CIPD

If you’ve not heard of this yet – where have you been?!  When you’re looking to create something new, fresh and memorable for your people, you don’t need to look as far as you think. There’s inspiration right outside your office. If you know how to find it. We’ll create a bespoke experience for your organisation.

What’s it about?

Street Wisdom is a powerful, innovative tool that helps reboot thinking, set new directions and unlock ideas. An immersive walking workshop that teaches individuals to use city streets to find fresh answers to the questions on their mind. Street Wisdom is already a global social enterprise popular in over 30 countries with powerful applications to help your business.  You’ll be joining other forward-thinking organisations such as Ogilvy, FT, Google & Samsung who have already tried it and loved it.

A growing number of businesses are waking up to Street Wisdom as a fresh new way to:

• Crack problems
• Inspire people
• Unleash Creativity
• Develop collaboration
• Boost well-being
• Connect with the community
• Enhance personal development

What is it?

Street Wisdom is a global social enterprise with a mission to bring inspiration to every street on earth. It’s a technology that allows you to get unusual inspiration from your everyday surroundings. As fully trained-up Street Wizards, we’ll give you the skills to access the ‘invisible university’ that’s all around you on the streets and help you as individuals, or teams, to find fresh answers to personal or work-related questions – with profound results.

Why the streets?

Because they are many and varied. They are free to use. They are where we spend an increasing amount of our metropolitan lives. And they are a rich source of untapped wisdom. It turns out, you don’t need an exotic getaway to find inspiration, it’s right outside your door. And you won’t burn a tonne of fossil fuel getting there.

How can you experience it?

Street Wisdom is a generally run as a three-hour workshop, although our team will create a bespoke experience for your organisation. Plenty of individuals use Street Wisdom to solve their business problems, now, entire businesses can do the same.

It’s an innovative and sustainable way to:

• Inspire your people and give them a way to inspire themselves
• Find new ways around problems
• Collectively set a new direction
• Improve wellbeing
• Connect you better with your community and customers

How does it work?

It’s very simple – that’s because the process has been refined for years.

Tune Up. Quest. Share.

1. First, our street guide helps you and your group tune up your senses so you can pick up much more information from the urban environment that you would normally.
2. Then you’re off on a journey by yourself – your street quest – where you ask a question and see what answers present themselves.
3. Finally, you gather together again to share what happened and, more often than not, wonder at how magical an ordinary street can become when you’re really aware of those hidden messages, chance meetings and unexpected discoveries.

Who came up with the idea?

Founder David Pearl is an internationally renowned speaker who specialises in igniting creativity and changing working cultures. With expert facilitators based around the UK, we can work at scale. Our toolkit and bespoke training sessions give in-house facilitators the ability to roll out Street Wisdom within an entire workplace – inspiring whole companies to use the streets as a source of new ideas.

What about the results?

In just three hours of walking and wandering, participants have resolved problems that have dogged them for years, found new business ideas, discovered new directions, and learned how to deal differently with living, learning and loving.

Street Wisdom by The Life Adventure can be run as a group experience booked by an individual on behalf of a group of friends, or for a team within an organisation who may be looking for answers to problems, or to innovate.  Ideally, you’ll need a minimum of 10 people, but get in touch here or tweet us to discuss.

It’s such a fascinating experience so if you’d like some further reading on it see this review on Street Wisdom by The Times.

Or read more about our own very first experience with Street Wisdom, as participants, here.

Street Wisdom For Businss At Home

“Whether for personal exploration or to encourage creativity in business, Street Wisdom is an incredible tool and important movement”
David D’Souza: Head of Engagement, CIPD

Street Wisdom during Lockdown

Street Wisdom is a wanderful experience you have to do out there – in the street, right? Actually no. With all that’s happening we wanted to help your teams focus on staying calm, grounded and inspired without leaving their homes. It’s time to bring Street Wisdom, home.

We have applied our WalkShop techniques to your home and garden (if you have one), so you can still find everyday inspiration. Every day.

If you’ve not heard of this yet – where have you been?!  When you’re looking to create something new, fresh and memorable for your people, you don’t need to look as far as you think. There’s inspiration right outside your home office door. If you know how to find it.

What’s it about?

Street Wisdom is a powerful, innovative tool that helps reboot thinking, set new directions and unlock ideas. An immersive workshop that teaches individuals to find fresh answers to the questions on their mind. Street Wisdom is already a global social enterprise popular in over 30 countries with powerful applications to help your business. You’ll be joining other forward-thinking organisations such as Ogilvy, FT, Google & Samsung who have already tried it and loved it.

A growing number of businesses are waking up to Street Wisdom as a fresh new way to:

• Crack problems
• Inspire people
• Unleash Creativity
• Develop collaboration
• Boost well-being
• Connect with the community
• Enhance personal development

What is it?

Street Wisdom is a global social enterprise with a mission to bring inspiration to every home (or street) on earth. It’s a technology that allows you to get unusual inspiration from your everyday surroundings. As fully trained-up Street Wizards, we’ll give you the skills to access the ‘invisible university’ that’s all around you and help you as individuals, or teams, to find fresh answers to personal or work-related questions – with profound results.

How can you experience it?

Street Wisdom Comes Home will be run as a 90 minute Zoom workshop.

It’s an innovative and sustainable way to:

• Inspire your people and give them a way to inspire themselves
• Find new ways around problems
• Collectively set a new direction
• Improve wellbeing
• Connect you better with your community and customers

How does it work?

It’s very simple – that’s because the process has been refined for years.

Tune Up. Quest. Share.

1. First, we help you to tune up your senses so you can pick up much more information from your environment than you would normally.
2. Then you’re off on a journey around your home (and garden if you have one) by yourself – your quest – where you ask a question and see what answers present themselves.
3. Finally, you gather together again on Zoom (we’ll breakout depending on numbers) to share what happened and, more often than not, wonder at how magical an ordinary wander can become when you’re really aware of those hidden messages and unexpected discoveries.

Who came up with the idea?

Founder David Pearl is an internationally renowned speaker who specialises in igniting creativity and changing working cultures. With expert facilitators based around the UK, we can work at scale. Our toolkit and bespoke training sessions give in-house facilitators the ability to roll out Street Wisdom within an entire workplace – inspiring whole companies to use the streets as a source of new ideas.

What about the results?

In just 90 minutes participants have resolved problems that have dogged them for years, found new business ideas, discovered new directions, and learned how to deal differently with living, learning and loving.

Street Wisdom by The Life Adventure can be run as a group experience booked by an individual on behalf of a group of friends, or for a team within an organisation who may be looking for answers to problems, or to innovate.  Ideally, you’ll need a minimum of 10 people and we can work with up to 16, but get in touch here or tweet us to discuss.

It’s such a fascinating experience so if you’d like some further reading on the original Street Wisdom, see this review on Street Wisdom by The Times.

Or read more about our own very first experience with Street Wisdom, as participants, here.

Street Wisdom For Marketing Agencies

The Street Wisdom activity had the biggest impact on me. Embracing the idea and actually slowing down enough to notice the world was something that opened my mind quite a bit. I can safely say that I know what I want now.” D&AD New Blood Academy participant

What’s it about?

Street Wisdom is a powerful, innovative tool that helps reboot thinking, set new directions, unlock ideas and help you find answers when life is looking a little difficult. It’s an immersive walking workshop that teaches you to use city streets to find fresh answers to the questions on your mind. Street Wisdom is already a global social enterprise popular in over 30 countries with powerful applications to help your agency.  You’ll be joining other forward-thinking organisations such as Ogilvy, FT, Google & Samsung who have already tried it and loved it.

A growing number of agencies are waking up to Street Wisdom as a fresh new way to:

• Crack problems
• Inspire people
• Unleash Creativity
• Develop collaboration
• Boost well-being
• Connect with the community
• Enhance personal development

What is it?

Street Wisdom is a global social enterprise with a mission to bring inspiration to every street on earth. It’s a technology that allows you to get unusual inspiration from your everyday surroundings. As fully trained-up Street Wizards, we’ll give you the skills to access the ‘invisible university’ that’s all around you on the streets and help you as individuals, or teams, to find fresh answers to personal or work-related questions – with profound results.

Why the streets?

Because they are many and varied. They are free to use. They are where we spend an increasing amount of our metropolitan lives. And they are a rich source of untapped wisdom. It turns out, you don’t need an exotic getaway to find inspiration, it’s right outside your door. And you won’t burn a tonne of fossil fuel getting there.

How can you experience it?

Street Wisdom is a generally run as a three-hour workshop, although our team will create a bespoke experience for your agency. Plenty of individuals use Street Wisdom to solve their business problems, now, entire businesses are doing the same.

It’s an innovative and sustainable way to:

• Inspire your people and give them a way to inspire themselves
• Find new ways around problems
• Collectively set a new direction
• Improve wellbeing
• Connect you better with your community and customers

How does it work?

It’s very simple – that’s because the process has been refined for years.

Tune Up. Quest. Share.

1. First, our street guide helps you and your group tune up your senses so you can pick up much more information from the urban environment that you would normally.
2. Then you’re off on a journey by yourself – your street quest – where you ask a question and see what answers present themselves.
3. Finally, you gather together again to share what happened and, more often than not, wonder at how magical an ordinary street can become when you’re really aware of those hidden messages, chance meetings and unexpected discoveries.

Who came up with the idea?

Founder David Pearl is an internationally renowned speaker who specialises in igniting creativity and changing working cultures. With expert facilitators based around the UK, we can work at scale. Our toolkit and bespoke training sessions give in-house facilitators the ability to roll out Street Wisdom within an entire workplace – inspiring whole companies to use the streets as a source of new ideas.

What about the results?

In just three hours of walking and wandering, participants have resolved problems that have dogged them for years, found new business ideas, discovered new directions, and learned how to deal differently with living, learning and loving.

Street Wisdom by The Life Adventure is ideally run for around 8-10 people, but get in touch here or call Justine on 07714 333418 to discuss.

It’s such a fascinating experience so if you’d like some further reading on it see this review on Street Wisdom by The Times.

Or read more about our own very first experience with Street Wisdom, as participants, here.

Read about the Street Wisdom we ran at the D&AD New Blood Academy.

Swim With Change

Heraclitus, the Greek philosopher, said that the only constant in life is change. And yet, sometimes change can seem daunting: we appreciate it is inevitable, even necessary, and that good things might come out of it, but while it happens, our life becomes suddenly difficult to navigate, and more stressful.

It does not need to be like that. We can learn to engage with change in a constructive way, and thrive. Human beings are hard-wired to be agile: we are the only animal species that adapted to live on every continent, and even in space. Taking lessons from adventurer, philosophers, and business people, in this intensely interactive workshop we find how to swim with change rather than against it, and reconnect with the deeper meaning of our work.

You will learn:

– How to stay calm in times of change
– How to stay focused
– How to spot opportunities
– How to face unexpected problems
– How to face fear of change
– How to find allies
– How to think long-term

Runs for anywhere from a 90 minute session to half, or even a full day. This can also be delivered as a live webinar by Zoom or similar platform.

Tackle Your Inner Critic: Increase Your Confidence In Work And Life For Marketing Agency Staff

Learn how to lessen the power of your inner critic, feel more confident and fulfil your potential in agency life

Most of us are guilty of being harder on ourselves than we are on others. What our inner critic tells us about our progress and worth are things we would never say to a friend – and this can have devastating effects on our personal and professional development. We are living in an epidemic of self-criticism; nearly everyone suffers with it, no matter how successful and this is particularly so in the demanding environment of agency life.

To fulfil your potential within the agency and realise your self-worth, you will need to tackle your inner critic – but this can be a daunting task. So how do you shut off that negative voice?

Enter leading life coach Fiona Buckland, who has worked with organisations including the United Nations, Google and many more.  She will show you how to break the vicious cycle of self-doubt and setbacks, providing you with skills and techniques that you can integrate into your everyday life.

You will come away feeling confident in your abilities to reduce the power of your inner critic, diminish negative self-talk, and with an increased connection to those inner resources that energise and inspire you into positive action – even in challenging times. You will also learn how to be more present, to notice your habits of negative thinking, and how to take action with courage and compassion so that you can be more positive, effective, resilient and successful in every aspect of your life.

In this session you’ll learn:

• Why we can often be so self-critical and out-of-touch with our ability to feel confident
• How to develop greater confidence through self-awareness
• Noticing negative thoughts and taking action to reduce them
• Tuning your confidence through understanding what you stand for
• How to reduce tendencies to avoid uncomfortable situations and thoughts
• Spotting and reducing self-sabotage
• Increasing resilience

This session is best run over 3 hours, but we can adjust the content to suit your timings. We thoroughly recommend going out of the agency to learn in a new environment and can arrange this, otherwise we’ll come to you.

Please contact us at [email protected] for pricing according to your agency’s requirements, and any more details you may require on this session.

The Art Of Having No Idea

The answer is right in front of us

We’re pretending we know what we’re doing…

When actually we have no idea.

We’re trying to achieve something that’s unclear.

So we ignore our feelings in order to do things…even when they don’t feel quite right, which is very inefficient!

It doesn’t have to be this way. Laurence shorter, leadership coach & comedian – author of ‘the optimist’ & ‘the lazy guru’s guide to life’ – will talk you through ways of being that are less stressful and radically more creative and efficient: we’ve called it The Art Of Having No Idea. In this session he’ll share his experience of navigating uncertainty by accepting failure & confusion, giving examples from his own life and his work with teams, leaders and entrepreneurs. You will leave with both insights and practical tools for change.  You’ll also learn:

Effort vs effortlessness
An inquiry into how good things really happen

Space & Inspiration
A live experience of creative space

Shoulds & Can’ts
Understanding what gets in the way of creativity

Insights for Action
How we fill space & how to create more of it

If you’d like to book this session for your agency or organisation click here and we’ll get right back to you.

Click here to read more on the subject of not knowing and not doing.

The Caring Female Leader

A 28-day programme for women in positions of leadership

Background

A great leader is one who cares. A caring leader creates a culture of openness and inclusivity where difference is valued. They look after the physical and mental well-being of their staff, encouraging self-care and digital disconnection. However, before connecting with others, a leader must first look inwards, be self-aware, care for themselves, listen to themselves and have those difficult conversations with themselves. In essence, caring leadership starts with self-leadership.

In this 28 day programme we’ll look at 3 hugely powerful tools for self-connection. these are:

• Journaling
• Conscious Connected Breath
• Nature Connection =  Self-Connection

Understanding and integrating each of these methods into your life has the potential for profound and lasting positive impact. We make learning to breathe, TO connect more deeply with who and what we are (nature) and becoming the author of your own story, simple to learn, amazing to experience and when integrated into your life, offers you the opportunity to radically change how you live and work.

Time commitment

• 1 day intensive at Nower Wood private nature reserve, near Leatherhead, Surrey (other locations may be possible).
• Weekly group check in by zoom x 3 90 mins sessions
• Final group check in 90 mins on 28th day

Group size

This programme is run as an intimate, small group for 6 people – either as one team or across an agency/ organisation.

Connection To Self = The Authentic Leader: what we’ll be covering

1. JOURNALING IS THE SUPERPOWER

The most amazing yet simplest of tools to connect you to yourself is journaling. If you establish a practice of journaling for at least 28 DAYS, it will change your life. Journaling connects you to your authentic self in a way that nothing else does. It allows you to cultivate humility and empathy for yourself first and then allows you the space to do that for others.

In this programme, you’ll learn the art of journaling – not just for wellbeing, but for innovative thinking. There are so many benefits to journaling. Here are some of the standouts:

• Cultivates authenticity – acting as a mirror to ourselves.
• It’s the quickest way to move from left brain logical thinking to right brain creative thinking where intuition, clarity and insight reside.
• According to the National Science Foundation’s study in 2005, an average person has about 12,000 – 60,000 thoughts per day. Of those, 80% are negative and 95% are repetitive thoughts. That leaves a very small window for fresh thinking and creativity.
• The practice of journaling gets all the unwanted thoughts out and onto the page and creates room for fresh thinking. Think of your creativity as a well and on the top of this well are dead leaves (old patterns of thinking). The practice of showing up and writing everyday gets rid of the detritus and allows you to access this well.
• Various scientific studies show that journaling improves wellbeing, provides clarity and boosts happiness.

      2. CONSCIOUS CONNECTED BREATH IS A DETOX FOR EVERY LEVEL OF OUR BEING

Humans have been aware of the healing power of their breath for millennia. Through the centuries we’ve developed a vast array of breathing practices, all designed to bring about physical and emotional wellbeing and connect with our deeper selves.

But in today’s society, we often neglect our bodies’ built-in capabilities. Imagine owning the most high specification TV in existence, keeping it plugged in on standby and then living with it for years and years without ever actually turning it on. The fact is, most of us live in ‘standby mode’ most of the time. Breath – the most powerful mechanism is literally right beneath our noses waiting to be explored, yet we rarely give it more than a passing thought.

Conscious Connected Breathing is a powerful and safe way to infuse the body with oxygen and energy, recharging our own (often depleted) systems to work to their healing capacity. It facilitates openings to higher levels of consciousness, allowing us to tap into our deeper resources and live our lives joyfully and in abundance.

The quality of our breath provides a perfect mirror to the state of our inner world. When we are nervous or agitated our breath becomes short, erratic and at times non-existent. When our breath flows smoothly and calmly so does our experience of life. The benefits of regular breathwork are huge, here are just a few:

• Boost your immune system
• Feel completely energised
• Experience deeply nourishing peace and relaxation
• Be the healthiest you’ve ever been
• Become aware of emotions halting your personal growth
• Let go of emotional baggage permanently and easily
• Move beyond whatever is standing between you and your growth and happiness

    3. NATURE CONNECTION = SELF-CONNECTION

Learning how to gently reconnect back to nature contains a subtle power – one that reminds us what and who we truly are, taking us back to the interconnectedness which surrounds and empowers us.

When we feel connected to people and places, we feel a sense of belonging and wholeness. We feel ourselves truly alive. Yet over thousands of years, human beings have gradually become mere onlookers. Bystanders, not just to the glory and wonder of the natural world, but also to ourselves, our lives and our understanding of our place in the world.

There seems to be a gentle, yet unmistakable awakening happening. An increased desire to get out into nature. And whether we realise it’s a pull to find our way back to what it is we have lost in ourselves or not, doesn’t matter. Most important is the shift.

Our belief is that in order to thrive, we need to reconnect with who and what we are – all of which is, and can be found in nature. Our specific focus here is the forest. We’ll introduce you to sensory and meditative invitations that will help you find your way back to an easier way of living. One where you intrinsically know and understand your place in the world and how your connection with nature will bring you back to wholeness, happiness and a thriving, well- balanced life. The range of scientifically-backed benefits of regular shrin-yoku practice include:

• Balancing blood pressure
• Lowering stress levels
• Improving cardiovascular and metabolic health
• Lowering blood-sugar levels
• Improving concentration and memory
• Increasing anti-cancer protein production
• Improving pain thresholds
• Improving energy levels
• Boosting the immune system with an increase in the count of the body’s natural killer (NK) cells

Facilitators

PREETHI NAIR

“The storyteller who makes up the skills gap” The Financial Times

Preethi is a writer and innovator who works with leadership teams globally to communicate vision, lead culture change and build communities within their organisations. She is a visiting professor at various business schools (Cranfield School of Management, London Business School and Headspring) teaching modules on creativity, storytelling and personal leadership.

With twenty years of experience, projects range from facilitating the board of an Investment bank to communicate their strategy in a story format, working with Deutsche bank’s leadership team with their D&I strategy by building communities through storytelling and most recently, working with TikTok’s senior leadership team to become better communicators.

Preethi is author of 4 books, she has written, produced and performed a one woman show in London’s West End and is currently writing a television series for the BBC.

JUSTINE CLEMENT

Justine is a city-based CEO, founder of a B Corp travel and experiences agency, turned Shinrin-yoku guide and Conscious Connected Breath coach. She believes that in order to thrive, we need to reconnect with what and who we really are.

She was the CEO of a ground-breaking £2m backed experiential travel start-up unmissable, working with global brands such as Unilever and PepsiCo. She also launched wellbeing agency The Life Adventure, which works with the UK government to set and improve their wellbeing agenda. She’s also Non-Exec Director for a community solar farm project and crowd-funded a community project called the Selsey Sea Bathing Society to encourage women of all ages back into the sea. She’s co-author of a lockdown-inspired book called I AM EVERY WOMAN and a forthcoming guide to nature connection, called Wonder Woods – Finding Wisdom In The Forest.

COST: £950pp/£5700 total for 6

Including 1 day intensive 10am-4pm at Nower Wood Private Nature Reserve, Leatherhead, Surrey, with coffee,teas, herbal teas, healthy nibbles, healthy lunch and afternoon snacks before departure, plus 4 x 90 mins video calls/check ins.

To book email [email protected] or call her on 07714 333418 to discuss in more detail.

The Green Pharmacy: Shinrin-yoku/Forest Bathing for organisations

Shinrin-yoku is the Japanese practice of immersing yourself in nature whilst gently engaging all of the senses. In this virtual Shinrin-yoku (Forest Bathing) workshop, you’ll learn about the immersive experience of connecting with the forest,  the healing and calming properties of trees and plants, and how to enhance our sensory connection to nature (wherever you live).

Being close to trees has powerful benefits in reducing stress, increasing happiness and a sense of awe, and a feeling of being grounded and ‘held’.  When we feel connected to people and places, we feel a sense of belonging and wholeness. We feel ourselves truly alive and connected, in some indescribable way. Yet over thousands of years, human beings have gradually become mere onlookers – bystanders, not just to the glory and wonder of the natural world, but also to ourselves, our lives and our understanding of our place in the world. Yet there seems to be a gentle, yet unmistakable awakening happening. An increased desire to get out into nature. And whether we realise it’s a pull to find our way back to what it is we have lost, or not, doesn’t matter. Most important is the shift.

This one-hour talk will take you through the ancient wisdom and modern science of Shinrin-yoku to reveal the amazing healing and wellbeing benefits of trees, as well as exercises for you to take and try for yourself either in the city or in the countryside. There will also be a short Q&A session to give you the opportunity to get answers to questions which will help you find your way back to an easier way of living – one where you intrinsically know and understand your place in the world and how our connection with nature will bring you back to wholeness, happiness and a thriving, well-balanced life.

Your two speakers for this enlightening talk on Shinrin-yoku are Stefan Batorijs and Justine Clement. Stefan is trained as a psychotherapist and Outdoor Activity Leader. He’s also an Associate Lecturer at Plymouth University on the D.Clin. Psych training for 20 years teaching the benefits of Nature to assist mental health recovery. He set up the Ecotherapy Project with Plymouth NHS, and since 2017 have been offering training courses in Shinrin Yoku based in South Devon.

I just wanted to say how much I loved your talk last evening, Justine. I’ve thought of nothing else since! I am part way through watching the Earthing movie and have scoped out some local places for my first bathe. Oh and I’ve walked barefoot in the grass this morning! Thank you for inspiring me!

In this 60-minute webinar will explore:

• A short history of Shinrin-yoku in Japan
• The science behind Shinrin-yoku
• How trees impact our physiology and psychology
• The importance of grounding in everyday life and how this will benefit your health
• Redefining intelligence for a new world
• The importance of awe and wonder
• How Shinrin-yoku can have a positive effect on depression, anxiety and sleep issues
• Lessons from nature
• How Shinrin-yoku can help to improve your mental clarity
• The top 6 benefits of Shinrin-yoku
• Practical exercises to connect with trees and nature
• Q&A

The Physiology of Stress

Stress is normal. Our bodies need cortisol (the stress response) to function on a daily basis. The problem is that stress is now chronic and we are unable to regulate it. Understanding the physiology of stress is the basis for better regulation.

This workshop is available as part of a corporate subscription package. Contact us for details.

Wake Up! Escape A Life On Autopilot (2 nights)

Background

With the demands that we have on our time and attention, it is no wonder that we find it tough to always be who we truly are. Just to survive, we have to socialise to the norms and make constant compromises just to ‘fit in’. Our habit loops take over. Before long, we have lost touch with what makes us special and unique.

Wake Up! is an app, a book and, in this case, a 2 night/2.5 day program that helps you step back from all the busyness and reconnect with who you are, what’s important to you and how you spend your time.

Working with dynamic learning and development consultancy Upping Your Elvis’ unique creative approaches, we help you become more conscious and aware, giving you the skills and confidence to stay on track and not let the world shape your daily experience for you. The Wake Up! Experience goes deeper than Wake Up! the book or app can ever go but is based on the same principles of escaping autopilot so we can all lead a more technicolor and extraordinary life.

It is held in idyllic surroundings in Lyme Regis, Dorset, and involves a full submersion into beautiful countryside, nutritious local food and the collaboration of like minded folk.

Brilliant for teams and individuals alike and ideal for anybody looking for a personal boost.  Also, undoubtedly good for anyone wishing to become a more accomplished and creative leader.

Who is it for?

Anyone who feels like they need time to have some fun, get their energy right and give attention very selfishly on themselves. It’s particularly suited to those who love creativity and surrounding themselves with beautiful nature.

Where is it held?

At Rhode Hill House, Lyme Regis, Dorset, the home of the Baréz-Brown family

What will we do?

This will be a creative immersion into your life. You will get a chance to play with your perspectives to help you connect with your passions and your unique talents, making sure that they show up every day.

You will also learn some pretty cool ways to ensure that every day counts, your energy is working well for you and that when you feel stuck, you have ways to get moving again.

Creative approaches are at the heart of this workshop so be prepared to throw yourself in. We won’t spend much time with clever models and learning frameworks; in fact none at all. The workshop is deeply experiential where you will go on a journey with like-minded folk and expand your understanding of what’s really possible. And whilst we do it, we’ll have a stomp along the sea, be fed the most nutritious food from the best chefs in Dorset (aka the River Café crew) and reconnect with what loving life is all about.

What Wake Up! The Experience will deliver 

•    Confidence – a renewed confidence in yourself
•    Excitement –  passion and energy for your work and life
•    Creativity – skills that you can use everyday to remain more conscious and aware
•    Clarity – a clear plan of what needs to change for you to tap into your unique genius everyday
•    Inspiration – about your world and the role you play in it
•    Impact – you will be in the driving seat of your life both at work and at home

Wake Up! The Experience is available as a bespoke group event. Please contact us to discuss your requirements in detail.

Comments on Chris’s work

He’s exceptionally good at what he does. I was making a list of the most influential people or things in my career and this was in the top 3.

Chris Binns, Managing Partner MediaCom

So much big talk about transformation… Chris actually delivers it. Time and again. Part art, part gift, part crazy man. He works his magic every time!

Maria Eitel – Founder and President of the Nike Foundation

Wellbeing Power Hour (London)

Looking for something to invigorate, calm and help boost productivity at work? Our Wellbeing Power Hour may be the perfect idea for this year’s Mental Health Awareness Week – running 9-15th May 2022 – or indeed for any time of year. 

Session overviews

1. Introduction to Conscious Connected Breathwork with Justine Clement

Breathing is an amazing tool for healing and optimising your physical and mental health. Conscious Connected Breathwork is a powerful and safe way to infuse the body with oxygen and energy and recharge your system to its maximum healing capacity. It can lead you to optimum health, mental and emotional clarity and experience an ever-deepening relationship with yourself.  In-person max 10 people or online max 20.

2. Journaling is the superpower! with author and playwright Preethi Nair

Scientifically proven to improve mental health and general wellbeing, journaling gets all the unwanted thoughts out and onto the page and creates room for fresh thinking, innovative thinking. In-person or online max – unlimited in numbers.

3. Mini Street Wisdom around the streets of your office with Justine Clement

Street Wisdom is an everyday creative practice you use as you walk. A smart fusion of mindfulness, neuroscience and wellness, it unlocks our minds and unblocks our creativity with every step. Suddenly every street is full of inspiration. And whatever our questions, we are finding answers are everywhere. In-person max 10 people or can be delivered online as a ‘street wisdom at home’ session. max 15 in-person or unlimited online.

4. Ballroom Dance session with Andrew Cuerden

An incredibly fun session providing simple ways that dance can help improve your overall wellbeing with a former dance teacher from Strictly Come Dancing. Max 60 people in-person only. Please ensure you have the office space for this activity.

5. Tai Chi

Based on disciplines related to the wellbeing of the body and mind with a focus on relaxation and opening. Sessions cover postures and exercises to help you relax tense and stressed points of the body. Max 15 – best done in person. Please ensure you have the office space for this activity.

6. Re-write your story with Preethi Nair

A powerful tool to look at the stories you tell yourself – the ones that are outdated and are holding you back. This is an opportunity for you to explore new exciting chapters. Max 20 – online or in-person.

7. Mindfulness

Practicing present moment awareness which involves breathing methods, guided imagery, and other practices to relax the body and mind and help reduce stress. Max 30 – online or in-person.

8. Nutrition

This session explores the effects of different food, and drink on our performance and wellbeing. Our bodies are miraculous machines that are designed to be fuelled and driven by the food we eat. Food is not just calories, it is medicine. Unlimited – online or in-person.

9. Have Better Sleep

Whether you’re a sound sleeper or suffering insomniac, join our sleep therapist to discover tips and techniques to ensure the sleep you do get – even if limited, is the most restful and restorative it can be. Unlimited – online or in-person.

10. Cultivating deep listening with Preethi Nair

“The most precious gift we can offer anyone is our attention.” ― Thich Nhat Hanh
Deep listening builds trust and loyalty, creates a culture of inclusivity and wellbeing. Teams that have leaders who listen are far more engaged and productive.  Unlimited – online or in-person.

COST: £600 per session/£3600 for 6
Select your 6 preferred sessions for a 6 or 12-week programme delivered either every week or every fortnight online or in your office (London based)

To book email [email protected] or call her on 07714 333418 to discuss in more detail.

Presenter Preethi Nair

Preethi Nair, author of 3 novels published by Harper Collins, is a writer and entrepreneur whose incredible story motivates audiences all over the world. Preethi left her job as a management consultant to set up her own publishing and PR company after her manuscript, Gypsy Masala, was rejected by most publishers. With no resources to rent an office and publish her book, she established a multinational company in her bedroom and appointed feisty director, Pru Menon (an alter ego) to energetically hype her work. Preethi won the Asian Woman of Achievement award for her endeavours. ‘Pru’ Menon’ was short-listed for PPC Publicist of the Year. Preethi has shared a platform with Sir Bob Geldof, Kevin Spacey, the head of Green & Blacks & Prêt a Manger and spoken on “talking less & doing more.” Preethi has completed her third novel and writes for BBC Radio 4 and a number of broadsheets. She is an ambassador for the Prince’s Trust, promoting creativity to young people. Preethi works with us to help blue-chip organisations take creativity and innovation back into the workplace.

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This 3 hour programme is available to organisations as part of our revolutionary business programmes. Please contact us at [email protected] for pricing according to your requirements, and any more details you may require on this session.

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Presenter Justine Clement

Justine Clement is Founder of The Life Adventure. Curiosity prevails, for she is a chaser of life's magic and wonders. The past 20 years have been spent understanding the path to true wellbeing, both her own, as well as how others can learn to take responsibility for their own health and wellness. She has spent much of her career sourcing and creating unique experiences for global brands, their marketing agencies, as well as for organisations. She's currently working on a community enterprise called The Selsey Sea Bathing Society, improving the confidence and outlook of women through outdoor swimming.

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Street Wisdom is available as a bespoke group event or we can create one for your team as part of our revolutionary business programmes. Please contact us for more details.

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Presenter The Life Adventure

For individuals and organisations who want to feel and think better, both emotionally and physically, The Life Adventure is a wellbeing consultancy and online platform that offers you practical tools and techniques in the form of talks, workshops, programmes and online video. We teach you how to live your life more fully, how to be more present and how to operate at your best, both at work and play. We give you clear, practical takeaways on unique subject matter that will change the way you, and your organisation, sees the world, forever.

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Presenter Justine Clement

Justine Clement is Founder of The Life Adventure. Curiosity prevails, for she is a chaser of life's magic and wonders. The past 20 years have been spent understanding the path to true wellbeing, both her own, as well as how others can learn to take responsibility for their own health and wellness. She has spent much of her career sourcing and creating unique experiences for global brands, their marketing agencies, as well as for organisations. She's currently working on a community enterprise called The Selsey Sea Bathing Society, improving the confidence and outlook of women through outdoor swimming.

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Street Wisdom is available as a bespoke group event as part of our revolutionary business programmes. Please contact us for more details.

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Presenter Francesco Dimitri

Francesco Dimitri is an internationally recognised author, business consultant, and trainer. He writes both fiction and nonfiction in English and Italian, and his works have been translated or are in course of translation in eight countries. He has also written for cinema, in Italy, and comic books, in France. As a business consultant and a trainer he has worked with major brands in the UK and Italy, helping thousands of people to become wiser around work and life, and creating prize-winning campaigns.

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This Swim With Change session can be delivered to your organisation as a 90 min interactive talk or a longer half or full day interactive workshop (or of any required duration) is available as part of our revolutionary business programmes. Please contact us at [email protected] for pricing according to your requirements, and any more details you may require on this session.

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Presenter Fiona Buckland

Fiona Buckland is a Professional Co-Active Life Coach trained by the internationally recognised Coaches Training Institute and is a Member of the International Coach Federation. She is also an experienced workshop facilitator, writer, writing coach. Her professional experience flows from her passion in engaging people in ways we can live richer, fuller lives. Everyone has a story that brings them to where they are today. Fiona is a Fulbright scholar and published author, with a Ph.D. in Performance Studies from Tisch School of the Arts at New York University, where she lectured in writing and performance. Rather than continue a career in academia, she took a road less travelled and worked extensively in UK and US corporate life, including key strategic roles with Amazon and Penguin, where she worked with thought-leaders from the worlds of psychology, neuroscience, behavioural science and culture. For the last few years, she has also worked as a curator, producer and speaker coach for TEDx.

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This Tackling Your Inner Critic For Marketing Agencies is best delivered as a 3 hour interactive workshop, but can be tailored in time and content to work for you. It is available as part of our 'Tackling Mental Health In Marketing Agencies' programme. Please contact us at [email protected] for pricing according to your requirements, and any more details you may require on this session.

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Presenter Laurence Shorter

Laurence is an author, speaker and creative entrepreneur. His journey of personal discovery has taken him from McKinsey consultant & tech entrepreneur to best-selling author and stand-up comedian. In his events, Laurence shares insights from creativity and business to frame a picture of how we could look at our problems in a radically different way. As a speaker and facilitator, he creates powerful spaces for people to step back, reflect and find new pathways towards success in their teams, projects and personal lives. His most recent project, The Lazy Guru’s Guide to Life – the world’s first cartoon guide to mindfulness – is a new approach to problem solving which answers the question: how do good things really happen? Today Laurence coaches CEO’s, consultants and creative teams, helping them to create extraordinary environments where results-driven innovation can thrive.

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'The Art Of Having No Idea' is bookable as a live 1hr talk through to a half day workshop as part of our revolutionary business programmes. Please contact us on [email protected] for more details.

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Presenter Justine Clement

Justine Clement is Founder of The Life Adventure. Curiosity prevails, for she is a chaser of life's magic and wonders. The past 20 years have been spent understanding the path to true wellbeing, both her own, as well as how others can learn to take responsibility for their own health and wellness. She has spent much of her career sourcing and creating unique experiences for global brands, their marketing agencies, as well as for organisations. She's currently working on a community enterprise called The Selsey Sea Bathing Society, improving the confidence and outlook of women through outdoor swimming.

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1 day intensive 10am-4pm at Nower Wood Private Nature Reserve, Leatherhead, Surrey, with coffee,teas, herbal teas, healthy nibbles, healthy lunch and afternoon snacks before departure, plus 4 x 90 mins video calls/check ins.

Price £5,700.00

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Presenter Justine Clement

Justine Clement is Founder of The Life Adventure. Curiosity prevails, for she is a chaser of life's magic and wonders. The past 20 years have been spent understanding the path to true wellbeing, both her own, as well as how others can learn to take responsibility for their own health and wellness. She has spent much of her career sourcing and creating unique experiences for global brands, their marketing agencies, as well as for organisations. She's currently working on a community enterprise called The Selsey Sea Bathing Society, improving the confidence and outlook of women through outdoor swimming.

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A one hour live virtual talk

Price £950.00

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Presenter The Life Adventure

For individuals and organisations who want to feel and think better, both emotionally and physically, The Life Adventure is a wellbeing consultancy and online platform that offers you practical tools and techniques in the form of talks, workshops, programmes and online video. We teach you how to live your life more fully, how to be more present and how to operate at your best, both at work and play. We give you clear, practical takeaways on unique subject matter that will change the way you, and your organisation, sees the world, forever.

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on-demand access to this workshop and exclusive bonus materials are available as part of a corporate subscription package. Contact us for details.

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Presenter Chris Barez-Brown

Chris Barez Brown is a master of transformation. His unique energetic approach challenges businesses to embed a dynamic creative culture within their company ethos. Brands such as Nike, Coca-Cola, Diageo, Unilever, Sony, Mediacom, ITV and WPP come back time and again as his results produce tangible returns on investment. The impact of his work with Unilever was recently featured in the Harvard Business Review. A talk delivered by Chris is, well, quite simply, like no other you will have experienced before. Chris’s life mission is people (with a side line in guitar playing!) This ethos, combined with a wealth of experience in innovation and leadership across 6 continents, means Chris’ talks are memorable, interactive and human. Through humour, charisma and expertise, Chris brings out the potential in everybody and people leave not just inspired and energised, but thinking a little differently about the world: Equipped with tangible skills to deliver immediate change to their lives. The Guardian recently summed up Chris’s style as ‘a long haired twinkly eyed cross between Richard Branson and a wizard’, which paints the most accurate picture: A dynamic business change-maker with a magical hippy vibe.

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Wake Up! The Experience is available as a bespoke group event. Please contact us for more details and costs.

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Presenter The Life Adventure

For individuals and organisations who want to feel and think better, both emotionally and physically, The Life Adventure is a wellbeing consultancy and online platform that offers you practical tools and techniques in the form of talks, workshops, programmes and online video. We teach you how to live your life more fully, how to be more present and how to operate at your best, both at work and play. We give you clear, practical takeaways on unique subject matter that will change the way you, and your organisation, sees the world, forever.

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6 x 1 hour sessions either online or in your office (London-based). You may mix these as you like.

Price £3,600.00

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