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Enneagram Personality Test (TALK/MASTERCLASS)

With Akcelina Cvijetic

Introduction to Enneagram

Enneagram is an ancient wisdom teaching that is 2,500 years old and comes from Greek “Ennea-gram” which means “model of nine”. It is based on nine distinct personality types that go well beyond our ‘type’ to highlight the main drivers behind our individual expression and behaviour. It is an insightful way of understanding why we think, feel and act the way we do.

Have you ever wondered why people can’t see things from your perspective or do what you would do? Do you keep repeating the same behaviours or communication patterns and feel misunderstood? Does it seem like you are running on autopilot? Enneagram will teach you about the “programming” that is running you, and that is running others, so that you can be aware of its positive and negative aspects. Most importantly, this workshop will provide you with a far greater awareness of yourself and others in day-to-day life and will give you tools to do something positive with the knowledge you have gained.

Why do you need it?

Successful businesses thrive on their employees knowing how to work most effectively both by themselves as well as part of a team. Enneagram provides empowering insights on how to overcome each person’s barriers to transform challenges into greater achievements and fulfilment. By offering an in-depth awareness and understanding of the “nine ways of thinking and behaving” this workshop enables people within organisations to elevate themselves to far greater levels of success and advantage in a competitive world. The famous “Real Beauty” campaign by Dove was created as a result of the awareness of the Enneagram. Other companies that benefited from using its tools are Google, IBM, Virgin, BBC, Downton Abbey TV series and Hay House Publishing.

Benefits:

Develop a greater understanding of yourself and others
Enjoy better personal and business relationships
Resolve conflicts and work most effectively with each of the nine types
Become the kind of leader you are meant to be
Identify and defuse any underlying barriers
Understand your unique motivation
Transform your challenges into growth and contribution
Achieve greater authentic success, joy and inspiration

How The Enneagram Personality Test Changed My Life – a user story

After we’d taken the test, we were explained about all 9 personality types. I was surprised by how each one was so distinctly different. As I read, I thought about the people in my life- family, friends, colleagues- who are likely a 4, a 6, or a 3 and how that impacts their perspective on the world.

As a result I gained empathy, patience, understanding and self-awareness. I had so many a-ha moments and so much understanding of events and conversations that had occurred in the past which had affected me.

Now these numbers and their descriptions have become a reference point for me both in and out of work. It’s become a map that helps me navigate the world and consider another person’s frame of reference. It helps me approach relationships and interactions with far more thought and consideration. It’s really been quite transformational.

Enneagrams help to frame how one single event can be construed very differently depending on who perceives it. Understanding the Enneagram can help you put yourself in someone else’s shoes and view the world from their perspective.

The 9 Enneagram Personality Types

There are lots of images which describe the 9 enneagram personality types, so here are a few by way of an initial explanation. The image below reveals each personality type, describing where their attention and energy is naturally drawn to.

This next image provides a more visual representation of each enneagram personality type.

What people say about Enneagram

“It changed my life.

“I’ve never thought much of personality tests. But the accuracy and detail of this one blew my mind.

“I was so shocked by it’s accuracy that I couldn’t just stop after reading about my type. I wanted to know about how my type interacted with every other type.

If you’d like to book this half or full day workshop for your organisation click here and we’ll get right back to you.

Fear Hack

With hilarygallo

What scares us, makes us.

Led by former lawyer and senior executive, now author and coach Hilary Gallo, the purpose of this punchy and energising session is to discuss and reframe the idea of fear — so that we can do more of what we want to do and less of what’s holding us back.

In this two-hour workshop, we explore what stops us doing what we should really be doing. We discuss where our fears come from and how they end up having such an effect on us.

Fear Hack is a session which enables us to talk about our fears in an open and unthreatening way. By talking about fear we begin to see that the problem isn’t always quite the big deal we thought it was. We learn what stops us, as well as what holds us, our bosses and our team members back. We also learn that we all have similar fears, which breaks down barriers and makes us feel more at ease with ourselves and each other.

What we’ll cover

An exploration of fear and its prevalence
Dealing with anxiety inducing situations
How to have a different relationship with fear
The things that are holding you back
How to reframe fear as opportunity

How the session will be structured

Hilary will guide you through conversation and exercises, focussed on the topic overall, but also tailored to the fears and stories that we (and the organisation as a whole) bring with us.

Who is the session for?

Any organisation that would like to understand and embrace the concept of fear more readily in an open, unintimidating and gentle way.

The session can be framed for leaders and managers with direct reports, or for specific teams. It can be shortened to 1.5hrs if required.

About Fear Hack – the book

For the past few years Hilary has been talking to people about what scares them and helping them to work through their fears. This book brings together what he has found. Maybe it is about time that we looked at fear differently and asked why it is still, in the 21st Century, such a problem for us.

Hacking here involves looking at fear from another angle. Instead of taking repeated blows at the log from one side, we turn it around and look at it more carefully. It is by doing this that we find a new way in.

What Hilary does is to offer us a breakthrough. Rather than being afraid of our fears, Hilary has an insight to share with us about the underlying framework we use. Instead of fighting our fears what Hilary shows us a way of befriending them. By bringing them close, we can learn surprising things from our fears. Hilary shows us how.

This is no dry academic exercise, for the sake of honesty Hilary has also throws his own fears into the pot so that we can see what happens. This he combines this with his insights into power gleaned from his work previously as a negotiator and his work more recently as an adviser and coach to leaders. Here, we start to see how power and fear work together and that what we see as a power problem is often really a fear problem and vice versa.

Whilst the workshops that Hilary runs deal with fears we can mostly see, the book looks at the deeper fears that shape us. The problem is that our fears and the stories we create from them are not us. They can however end up limiting and stopping us. For anyone who is curious why they can’t change, why they aren’t doing what they could be doing or why something still scares them, this book is the answer.

Fear is a curious thing and there is a reason why the shower scene in Psycho is so scary. Fear Hack shows us why.

In the last part of the book we get a powerful model that re-frames how we see our fears and an opportunity to turn our anxieties into excitement.

Fear Hack is a way of turning our experience from a monster story into a love story.

Here we get to make fear our friend and to come out altogether happier.

Forest Bathing & Storytelling For Organisations & Agencies

With The Life Adventure

Forest Bathing can be used in a number of ways to enhance training and leadership skills in organisations, including building resilience and alleviating stress and burnout. Storytelling has the power to influence and change both individuals and organisations and is an art form increasingly used to sell a concept, idea or set of values both internally and externally.

This session is run by Justine along with writer, management consultant and public speaker Preethi Nair, combining the best of both of these powerful tools and openers. Ideally we’d recommend you allow a full day for this to allow the mind and body to slow right down and engage with the forest environment because it’s here that the magic happens. However, it can also be delivered as a half day experience (we suggest you allow a minimum of 4hrs) and is best delivered for up to 8 people.

Half Day Morning or Afternoon

We begin with a 2 hour experience in the forest. Together we’ll take time to explore the forest environment, immersing deep into the sounds, smells and textures of a woodland ecosystem. We look at how the forest stimulates all five of our senses and moves us from engaging less with our sympathetic nervous system (fight/flight) and more with our parasympathetic system (rest and recover). We do this through a series of light and easily managed physical and mental exercises, known in Forest Bathing as ‘invitations’.

This is then followed by a 2 hour session weaving storytelling into the experiences you’ve had in the forest. Settling down in our covered woodland meeting house, we’ll now turn to explore the work of a storyteller and see how great stories are put together. You’ll learn about the tools they have at their disposable and then use these to put great stories together both in a group and individual context. You’ll come away with the skills of a storyteller along with a newfound creativity, a fresh innovative perspective and learn the power to influence through story.

The combination is a powerful one, leaving you more connected to yourself and those around you. The positive effects of spending 4 hours in the forest are scientifically proven to deliver lasting benefits to your physical and mental wellbeing and will help bring about greater clarity on the challenges you face. A full day will be an enhanced version of what you see above and the benefits to extending your time, hopefully, obvious.

Full Day

A full day allows for more time to immerse yourselves; to switch off, slow down and connect more deeply to your woodland environment. We’ll gather to have breakfast together before the morning session begins and share your experiences over lunch. In the afternoon you’ll have a longer storytelling session with Preethi with more time to explore the work of a storyteller. In our experience, having a day has a greater impact on your health and subsequent vibrancy. If you’d like us to organise a location for you so that you can stay overnight to maximise the experience, we work with several locations such as the 5* Gravetye Manor in East Sussex in the Ashdown Forest.

About Preethi Nair

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.” She writes for BBC Radio 4 and a number of broadsheets and takes creativity and innovation back to the workplace. She works with leadership teams globally, bringing together the worlds of business and the imagination. She is also on the faculty at Cranfield university, London Business School and at the Financial Times/IE Learning, teaching various modules on storytelling and personal leadership.

This workshop can be taught across all levels from senior leaderships teams and down the line.

Please also see our session on Forest Bathing For Organisations.

Contact Justine to discuss on +44 (0) 7714 333418 or email us to start the conversation hello@thelifeadventure.co

Forest Bathing For Organisations & Agencies

With Justine Clement

Get your team out of the office and into the forest.

What is it?

‘Forest Bathing’ means to immerse ourselves in a forest or woodland. It is unique in affecting all our senses and by breathing in the essential oils (phytoncides) that trees give off, which are absorbed by the body, the experience has a profound effect on positive feelings, stress hormone levels, sympathetic nervous (fight or flight) activity, parasympathetic nervous (rest & recover) activity, blood pressure, heart rate and brain activity.

Background

Research, primarily conducted in Japan and South Korea, has proven the health benefits of spending time amongst the trees. Every study so far has demonstrated that forest bathing positively creates calming neuro-psychological effects through changes in the nervous system, reducing the stress hormone cortisol and boosting the immune system. Every study conducted so far has shown proven reductions in stress, anger, anxiety, depression and sleeplessness amongst participants. In fact after just 15 minutes of forest bathing blood pressure drops, stress levels are reduced and concentration and mental clarity improve.

Uses

Forest Bathing can be used in a number of ways to enhance training and leadership skills. We’ll either choose a location and arrange transportation, or, if you are organising an off-site board meeting or away day at a location where there is access to a forest, we’ll come to the location and run the session form there. The experience can be used in many ways, but a few examples include:

To improve staff to customer relationships
Improves creative thinking
Used by CEOs seeking a breathing space
As stress relief and ‘avoiding burnout’ tools
Improves empathy

Useful quick facts & figures

You only need to spend two hours in a forest to see the beneficial effect of Forest Therapy/Bathing
Forest bathing once a month is enough to maintain a high level of natural killer cell activity.
Women’s moods are particularly positively affected by forest bathing
Forest bathing can help you sleep better. Research in Japan 2006 showed that the average sleep time of participants after a two-hour forest walk increased by 15%, or 54 minutes.
Forest bathing lowers your heart rate and blood pressure. It improves your cardiovascular and metabolic rate.
Forest bathing improves your immune system by increasing the number of natural killer (NK) cells. NK cells are a type of white blood cell that attack and kill unwanted cells. They do this with the help of anti-cancer proteins: perforin, granulysin and granzymes
Phytoncides are the natural oils emitted by the trees a forest. The main components of phytoncides are terpennes. These are all proven to help with anxiety and lift depression. They also increase the NK cell activity and presence of anti-cancer proteins perforin, granzyme A and gransulysin
There is a common and harmless bacteria which is released when we walk in the forest, called Mycrobacterium vaccae which makes us feel happy. This is because it stimulates the immune system
Spending time in nature can boost problem-solving ability and creativity by 50%
Researchers have shown that we become more helpful and caring after watching David Attenborough’s Planet Earth and looking at pictures of breathtakingly tall trees. Looking at nature increases our levels of anti-inflammatory cytokines. These are proteins that make our immune system work harder which gives a positive boost to our health.
There’s no medicine you can take that has such a direct influence on your health than a guided walk in a beautiful forest
‘Soft fascination’ is an involuntary attention that requires no mental effort, it just comes naturally and is what we use when we are in nature. Our minds are effortlessly captivated by clouds and sunsets, the movement and sounds of the wind in the leaves, waterfalls and streams. This leads us into a meditative state which allows us to reflect and restore our capacity to think more clearly at work (and home)
When trees die, people die. The US Forest Service found that in places where ash trees had been affected by emerald ash border disease (100 million so far) mortality rates were higher – specifically the rates from cardiovascular and respiratory tract disease which are two of the most common causes of death in America
Natural silence has been called one of the most endangered resources on the planet. Silence is considered such a precious commodity that the US National Park service has put a protection order on it in the middle of the Hoh Rainforest in Olympic National Park, Washington State

What to expect

As a trained Forest Therapy Guide with IOFTM, Justine facilitates safe gentle walks, providing instructions — referred to as “invitations” — which are used as ways to open the senses. We spend so much time using our vision that our other senses often get forgotten and are underutilised. Each walk begins with establishing embodied contact with where you are. Next comes a series of connective invitations, often improvised in the moment and adapted to the needs of your group. These may be followed by wander time and/or sit spot. The walks end with a ceremony of sharing tea made from foraged local plants.

Forest therapy walks are not hikes in the traditional sense. An entire walk is typically 2 to 4 hours in duration and often covers no more than a quarter mile distance. In that relatively short distance and time most people experience contact with nature in a much deeper way than they ever have prior to the session. People have a wide range of experiences, some of which they feel are significant, even profound. As a guide, Justine is trained in the skills and perspectives needed to be a supportive witness of these experiences.

3-hours is the minimal time we recommend you should allow for this experience and it is best run for up to 8 people. It doesn’t matter if you are all from one team or spread amongst a few different departments. This is based on you coming to Surrey or Sussex in the forests we work with there. But if you’re short on time, it’s also possible to run a 2 hours taster session. If you’d like us to travel to woods/forest near your offices or for an offsite, that’s also possible.

Please also see our session on Forest Bathing & Storytelling For Organisations & Agencies.

Contact Justine to discuss on +44 (0) 7714 333418 or email us to start the conversation hello@thelifeadventure.co

Forest Bathing/Shinrin-yoku for organisations

With Justine Clement

As modern life becomes ever more mechanised, and the social, economic and political systems we once considered to be robust are becoming increasingly fragile, we are all thirsting for something more to hold onto. We’re yearning for meaning, for ways to feel at home in the world. We long to see the world as we once saw it when we were children: a world that’s full of mystery, bursting with possibility; a world that will challenge us to become all that we could ever hope to be.” Sharon Blackie, Author

Who is this for?

Getting a team out of their present environment (home or office – either way, out from behind a screen) and into the forest. It’s suitable for any team, at any level, within an organisation. The session can be adapted according to level, outlook and challenges. That said, this session can also be run as a 1-1 for someone looking for clarity, a mind shift and a reset.

Why?

Research, primarily conducted in Japan and South Korea, has proven the enormous health benefits of spending time amongst the trees. Every study so far has demonstrated that forest bathing positively creates calming neuro-psychological effects through changes in the nervous system, reducing the stress hormone cortisol and boosting the immune system – all invaluable to flourish and thrive in a tough working environment. Every study conducted so far has shown proven reductions in stress, anger, anxiety, depression and sleeplessness amongst participants. In fact after just 15 minutes of forest bathing blood pressure drops, stress levels are reduced and concentration and mental clarity improve.

How?

Forest Bathing can be used in a number of ways to enhance training and leadership skills. If you are organising an off-site board meeting or away day and there is access to a forest, we can come to that location and hold the session there. These can be used in so many ways, but a few examples include boosting customer and staff engagement in retail stores, as inspiration for the creative industries and by CEOs seeking a breathing space and by individual senior staff members as a powerful personal tool.

What?

Justine, your guide, will facilitate a safe gentle walk, providing instructions — referred to as “invitations” — which are used as ways to open up the senses. We spend so much time using our vision that the other senses often get forgotten and are under utilised. Each walk begins with establishing embodied contact with where you are. Next comes a series of connective invitations, often improvised in the moment and adapted to the needs of the team. These may be followed by wander time with a specific focus and/or sit spot. The walk ends with tea made from foraged local plants.

Shinrin-yoku walks are not hikes in the traditional sense. An entire walk is typically four hours in duration and often covers no more than a quarter mile distance. In that relatively short distance and time most people experience contact with nature in a much deeper way than they ever have prior to the session. People have a wide range of experiences, some of which they feel are significant, even profound. As a guide, Justine is a CPD-certified Shinrin-yoku practitioner, awarded by the International Society of Nature and Forest Medicine (INFOM) trained in the skills and perspectives needed to be a supportive witness of these experiences.

Four hours is the ideal time you should allow for this experience and it’s ideally run for up to 8 people. It doesn’t matter if you are all from one team or spread amongst a few different departments. The session is based on you coming to Surrey, Kent or Sussex in the forests I work in there. But if you’re short on time, it’s also possible to run a shorter two-hour session. If you’d like us to travel to woods/forest near you, that’s also possible and London sessions are also available.

Duration and cost

2-4 hours

4 hours £1200 for up to 8 people or 2 hours £950

Dates

Shinrin-yoku, or Forest Bathing, is run on a bespoke basis, so please get in touch to discuss your needs and for more details.

Anything else to consider?

We also run this session to include breathwork, which is a very powerful combination. Please see https://thelifeadventure.co/workshop/shinrin-yoku-and-connected-breath-for-organisations/?r_to=8572 for more details.

Getting The Band Back Together (2 night leadership retreat in Dorset)

With Chris Barez-Brown

What is it?

A 2 night/3 day retreat based workshop for boards and leadership teams who need to invest in how they work. A time for reflection and bonding, whilst tuning up the behaviours and skills of how they function. The retreat will be a little bit of leadership rehab, getting away from bad habits and introducing some good ones into the mix. It’s a human, energetic and soul filling adventure held in Lyme Regis, with River Cottage cooking, sea views and 10 acres to stomp around in.

What you’ll learn

We teach new, energetic and creative leadership approaches whilst applying them to issues of the team.
How to make every interaction count.
Increasing awareness so you can consciously ask the question ‘what’s needed here?’
How to love getting feedback and lead for it everyday.
How to think more creatively on any issue without doing brainstorming (yuk)
How to manage your energy to get more good days.
How to flex your leadership style depending on ‘what’s needed here?’
How to lead the change and make it fun and exciting.

Deliverables

Super-tight team
An agreed behavioural standard that all have signed up to.
New ways of being that will make the team more productive, but also change the wider business for the good.
A shot in the arm where everyone feels super excited to get back and make a difference.
A big old smile on everyone’s faces as they realise the future is theirs and they have all they need to make extraordinary.

The nitty gritty

We can take up to 12 people on this retreat but 8 to 10 is ideal. It starts at lunchtime on day 1 and finishes at lunchtime on day 3. It’s held in Chris’s home in Lyme Regis, Dorset. River Cottage will come and teach you some cooking incredible tips on the final evening. This is a proper team adventure.

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Our other workshop with Chris called Wake Up! The Experience which we can also incorporate into this leadership retreat.

Have you got what it takes?

With Kieran Low

Kieran Low was once a successful professional rugby player with the world at his feet, turning pro at 18, he became a Scottish international player at 22. Yet he was forced to retire aged 25, after sustaining multiple concussions and a brain injury, during his short, but eventful, career. One of the matches is described as follows.

As the fog finally lifted, Kieran became conscious of his teammates around him, the applause of the crowd and the lights illuminating the Murrayfield pitch were in brilliant contrast to the cold dark sky engulfing the stadium. That moment – 23rd November 2013 – should have been one to savour, Low having made his international debut against Australia. But instead, it’s one where the cursed male ego has ensured it was one of abject confusion.

Did any the 56,000 fans in the stadium register that Low, just 22 at the time, was a blindside flanker who was vacant and playing on autopilot?

“It was my first cap and I was getting frustrated not getting my hands on the ball so took a really bad line towards a ruck the and ran straight into a big Australian fella, I remember thinking ‘it’s my first carry in international rugby, I can’t go off the pitch’. I then took a blow to my head, and I had no idea where I was, but I’ve seen the video and I just played on in autopilot. It was male pride and ego.”

His traumatic experiences both on and off the field led to him searching for ways to rediscover the person he’d lost and through this journey he discovered healing through a natural lifestyle philosophy and holistic approach to health with a strong focus on breathwork and nature therapy. He has learned a huge amount about his life experiences through deep self-exploration and now shares his knowledge and experiences to help others.

Kieren has accepted that the ‘black dog’ of depression is always with him nowadays, but now he understands his predicament he is able to bear it. But it wasn’t always that way. He ended up going through periods of depression and anxiety and just poor mental health in general, understanding the severity of his concussions, but completely unsure sure what to do about it.

And when he began to see a notable decline in his performance as a result of his physical and mental health. he started to drink a lot more and began taking painkillers.

Alongside the many challenges he faced, like many people, Kieran suffered from imposter syndrome the whole of his rugby career, always noticing a ‘lack’ as a result of coming from a working-class family in Sussex who never went to the ‘right’ schools.

Now, in an altogether better place thanks to nutrition, breathwork, nature immersion, exercise and surrounding himself with the right people, Kieran’s varied talks cover:

The journey he’s been on, placing great emphasis on sharing the way he’s learned to down regulate the body’s nervous system.
His understanding of how we can only control certain things and the importance of letting go of what we cannot.
How he came to the conclusions he has about life and why he believes many others can benefit from the practises he has learned over the years on his dramatic life journey.
General mindset themes including how to turn negatives into positives and how a brain injury was the best thing that ever happened to him.
How all this is underpinned by the power of your breath, living closely alongside and with the natural environment and his general life philosophy.

To discuss what talk Kieran can deliver for your organisation, please get in touch with us here at hello@thelifeadventure.co

Hoanib Valley Camp Namibia

With The Life Adventure

Namibia receives barely 500,000 visitors a year. And the good news is, that whilst more camps are now emerging, many are linked to conservations projects. Noanib Valley Camp is just one of those.

In a country jam-packed with vast, spectacularly beautiful landscapes, Kaokoland may just be the most incredible of them all. Deep in north-western Namibia, the area is a melee of towering mountains, sand dunes, and huge expanses of desert, scattered with unique wildlife and nomadic Himba settlements. It’s also one of Namibia’s most remote and wild environments, and one that not many will get the chance to discover in a lifetime.

Hoanib Valley Camp is a joint venture between the local communities and the Giraffe Conservation Foundation, the world’s only Africa-wide giraffe conservation organisation. The camp is an elegant, intimate affair that immerses you into the wilds of the desert. The six rooms blend seamlessly with the environment, offering a simple aesthetic that matches the rugged landscape down to a tee. Days are spent tracking endangered rhino, desert-adapted elephant, and of course desert-adapted giraffe, before retiring to a private veranda to marvel at the magnitude of the surroundings.

In the midst of the empty landscapes of Northern Namibia, the rivers in this arid terrain, with few roads and almost no towns, is dry for 50 weeks of the year. Created in a spectacular setting, the camp overlooks one of these sand rivers and is a new venture which is working here to monitor desert-dwelling giraffes. The camp is sophisticated yet leaves virtually no footprint in this fragile eco-system. It also makes a considerable contribution to the Himba people, one of the most traditional of African tribes.

Visits to villages and encampments almost untouched by the modern world are the highlight of any stay at Hoanib. You’ll stay in one of six canvas tents, all with vast beds and local art. The setting is dramatic.

Why go?

Discover the true magnitude and magic of Namibia and visit a place that not many will ever have the chance to explore…
This area is one of the best places to see desert adapted elephant, giraffe, lion, rhino, mountain zebra, and oryx.
Sit on your private veranda and contemplate the stark beauty of the landscape spread out all around you.
Learn more about the ground-breaking giraffe research that is being conducted in this remote corner of Namibia.
Spend time with local Herero people and learn a little of their fascinating way of life in such a harsh climate.
Embark on a guided nature walk and uncover the smaller flora and fauna of the desert.

Accommodation

Hoanib Valley’s six guest tents blend perfectly into the rugged environment. The colours, textures and patterns are inspired by the experience of the Hoanib; the rich ochre of the dunes, the geometric patterns of the Himba people and, of course, the giraffe that inspired this project. True to the camp’s ethos they’ve sourced materials local and you’ll find furniture shaped by the local Rundu carpenters and Himba carvers, as well as baskets weaved by the people of the Omba Project in Windhoek. The whole camp is clean and green, leaving virtually no footprint on this fragile eco-system. It’s entirely solar powered to ensure carbon emissions are kept to a minimum, and the tents sit on decks made of a wood, bamboo and 70% recycled-material composite.

At-a-glance

Accommodation & Amenities

6 tents: 5 twins, 1 family
Ensuite bathrooms with indoor showers
Wifi available: Yes
Hairdryers: No
Battery charging facilities: In the mess tent & in room
Complimentary laundry service
Child policy: We welcome children of all ages.
Disabled access: Please enquire with reservations

What’s included?

All meals and local drinks; activities

What’s not included?

Premium brand beverages; tips & gratuities; travel insurance

Camp dates

Hoanib Valley Camp is open all year round

Green season: 10th January to 31st March

Shoulder season: 1st April to 14th June; 1st November 9th January

High season: 15th June to 31st July; 1st September to 31st October

Peak season: 1st – 31st August

Prices

From £465 per person per night based on two sharing. Flights from London to Windhoek £995 per person. Transfers to the camp are either by road or Cessna plane which we can quote on request. Other conservation camps in Namibia are available as part of an 8-night itinerary including 2 nights at each (8 in total). Ask us for more details.

More about the conservation efforts of Noanib Valley Camp and the Giraffe Conservation Foundation

The Giraffe Conservation Foundation (GCF) are the foremost experts on giraffe in the world. They are based in Namibia but their work extends beyond Namibia into Zambia, Niger, Ethiopia, Kenya, and Uganda, with their pioneering focus being on desert giraffe in northwest Namibia. Through their extensive work on the ground and partnerships with zoos and universities, GCF have identified four distinct species of giraffe, whereas before there was thought to be only one. This finding has elevated the conservation importance of the different populations. Concurrently, the hunting pressure on giraffe in northwest Namibia has increased while rainfall has decreased, putting Namibia’s iconic desert giraffe under threat. Hence, the Giraffe Conservation Foundation, together Hoanib Valley Camp are creating a strong consistent presence in northwest Namibia to monitor desert giraffe and further understand population dynamics of the most arid reach of this southern giraffe sub-species.

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How to be Resilient

With Rowan Gray

Resilience is essential for people who want to create change. Research conducted a few years ago by Relume, the consultancy which Rowan works helps to run, involved interviewing business leaders, but specifically those who challenge the status quo. Through these conversations, and their own experience of working within high-profile organisations, they noticed a number of common behaviours in terms of what it takes to create a positive disturbance in a department, organisation or market sector.

One of the stand-out findings was that the ability to bounce back quickly from challenging situations was one of these behaviours. Some people even thrived in these testing circumstances.

What was also interesting is that people commonly mistake resilience for endurance. To endure is to continuously push the body and mind to the limit for prolonged periods of time without giving up. It’s the same with companies. Many wellbeing programs ask employees to be well enough to cope in organisations that are increasingly complex, uncertain and fast-paced.

But to be resilient is different. A degree of endurance is still required but it also means recovering quickly and using the experience to learn, adapt and do something different. It doesn’t mean putting up with more of the same.

Using a mixture of insight, real stories and practices, this workshop will help shift you from an endurance mindset to a resilience mindset. To read more on resilience here.

This can also be delivered as a live webinar by Zoom or similar platform.

How to find happiness at work

With Samantha Clarke

This can be delivered as a talk or we can create fully bespoke workshops and training programs for your organisation, if you are looking to resolve a specific challenge.

This can take many forms from taking an initial temperature check of your business to doing happiness health checks with workshop participants in order to create something super unique. Often these workshops can be combined with coaching and are delivered over the course of 3-6 months (or longer) to ensure sustainable positive change.

By reinventing your working life to balance a range of different commitments, you’ll be able to embrace a collection of skill-sets, increase your earning potential, develop entrepreneurial skills, obtain the flexibility you desire for your life and future proof your career even in difficult times.

There has never been a more powerful time to figure out what being happy at work means to you. The world of work is evolving rapidly. So whether you want to build a portfolio career or start out on your own, this session will teach you how to lay the right foundations, adapt, get creative, thrive with the right support and be happy.

Prices and details available once we know your requirements. Please contact us to discuss.

This can also be delivered as a live webinar by Zoom or similar platform.

How To Motivate Yourself And Others

With Fiona Buckland

Motivation is the difference between waking up excited about the day ahead and dragging yourself out of bed with a heavy heart. It is the key to unleashing potential and realizing our greatest achievements. But according to recent studies, only 16% of people are actively engaged in their working lives. The vast majority are just turning up and coasting to pay the mortgage. Join us in an energising talk that will help you motivate yourself and the people around you.

Sometimes we all need a boost of motivation in our lives. When you face a challenge – whether that’s chosen or brought to your door, after a setback, when you want to make some change in your life. Connecting with why you care, what matters to you, why you are doing something – the vital role of the emotions.

This talk aims to help you get motivated, stay motivated and motivate others.

Filmed as one talk lasting 40 minutes.

How To Prevent Burnout

With Dr Shomit Mitter

How to deal with stress, learn to relax, sleep better and prevent burnout – tools, tips & techniques for a better life

This session covers what it really takes to be positive, strong and motivated under stress.

Outline

This talk covers how to deal with stress, learn how to relax, sleep better and not get triggered. It offers tools, tips and techniques for a better life and an understanding of what it really takes to be positive, strong and motivated under stress. You will leave with a clear understanding of the reasons why you get triggered, aggressive and exhausted when stressed, along with concrete steps you can build into your everyday life to remedy this, so you’ll feel less stressed and sleep better.

This very practical session is vital if you want to improve not just your performance at work but the way you view life as a whole. We’ll cover

Staying energised
How to relax
Tips for how to do all of this at home as well as at work
How to get a good night’s sleep
Practice – the protocol for acute stress
Practice – the protocol for chronic stress
What you need to ask yourself every day to keep yourself on track

This can also be delivered as a live webinar by Zoom or similar platform.

Please contact us at hello@thelifeadventure.co for pricing according to your requirements, and any more details you may require on this session.

Presenter Akcelina Cvijetic

Akcelina Cvijetic Dip NN Reg CCH MPNLP TFT Dx is a leading Wellbeing Expert and Performance Coach, recommended by the 2015 Harper’s Bazaar Directory of Best Health and Wellness Therapists, Tatler Editor’s Choice of Best Wellbeing Treatments and 2016 Vanity Fair’s and Psychologies Wellbeing Guru of Choice 2017, as well as Conde Nast Editor's choice of Best Wellness Experts 2017. She uses a unique blend of highly effective synergistic therapies, namely: Neuro-Linguistic Programming, Personality Profiling Enneagram, Life Coaching, Emotional Freedom Therapy, Naturopathic Nutrition and Hypnotherapy. She also draws upon the wisdom of Ayurveda, Vedanta, Mindfulness and Heartfulness. Unlike single-mode therapies, this master blend of specialist therapies offers a truly integrated, time-efficient approach that treats the entire mind-body-spirit. Akcelina's main area of expertise include enhanced cognitive and physical performance, higher emotional resilience, better stress/anxiety management, energy and sleep enhancement, optimal health (cardiovascular, digestive function and weight management), greater confidence and motivation and empowerment during the transitional times we may face in life. As well as running a successful practice in London, she gives regular talks and workshops for the Life Adventure and other organisations, both in the UK and worldwide. Akcelina is sought after by business people, celebrities and royalty, as well as the media, as their health and beauty go-to-expert. She has contributed to Tatler, Conde Nast, Porter, Harper's Bazaar, Vanity Fair, Psychologies, Natural Health, Health & Fitness, Your Fitness, Marie Claire, Cosmopolitan, Elle, Huffington Post, Country & Town, You Magazine, Kensington & Chelsea Magazine, Canary Wharf Magazine, Epicurean Life, Hi Living, Asiana, Asiana Bride, and Ruby. She also has a successful collaboration with the world’s leading luxury spas and wellness sanctuaries in the Maldives, India and Thailand.

What’s included

Enneagram is bookable as a full or half day workshop as part of our revolutionary business programmes. Please contact us on hello@thelifeadventure.co for more details.

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