Hi Sara,

How could I not take advantage of this offering! I’m going to subscribe. Thank you!

John

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At times I have found the EBI NCC training somewhat overwhelming. There is a sense sometimes that I am in over my head, not having—as several of the others in the group have had—any measure of background in coaching, guiding or counseling—much less psychotherapy. At times this is very disco…

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Foundation 4 – Forum Summary Post

At time goes on in the training, my idea of the ideal client shifts around a bit. Sometimes I think of working with youth because I feel that population is in dire need of Nature connection. Then I consider young adults, say 20-30 agers, that I also feel could really benefit from Nature-connection. I also like t…

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Great post, Lindsay. Wow, those last few sentences are stellar!

F3 Summary Post

As I read back over the kick-off questions and everyone’s initial and feedback posts for this foundation, I am taken by what I see now as ‘the whole package’ of what it is we as coaches do. There’s really quite a lot to it when you consider the process from beginning to end. And this is just talking about a typical 60- to 90-minute…

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F2 Summary Post

My biggest takeaway from our Foundation
2 assignment is the questionable philosophy going around that cries
out that we need to save the planet, or else. It is true that we are
doing irreparable damage to our Earth Mother if you think of it in
humanity’s typical sense of time. But consider that Science tells us
that Earth is 4.6…

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Wow!
Sara, Joy, Lindsay and Hannah P,

I have been struggling with the questions for this foundation for quite
a while, but now having read all of your posts on this I am inspired
with new ideas and vision! Yay! Thank you!

Hi Hannah,

Your description of the threshold feeling like being in Nature’s spotlight, of time slowing down and there being nothing more important than where one is on their path at that moment is wonderful. Being in that space of “presence and pure being-ness” is what it’s all about, isn’t it? Once there, anything is possible; I like where you say…

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<div>Hi Lindsay, great post! I love your description of surrendering to the present moment and waiting patiently for something to be revealed. It really is amazing how the answers do come, yes!, like magic, as you say. I think the challenge to us as coaches is to get our clients to that state of consciousness that comes after silencing all the… Read more

Thanks for your kind words, Hannah. Reading back through what I wrote about core competencies I was reminded of the experience I had as coach in one of our practice sessions at StarHouse. (You were there as an observer). Boy, did I cross the line when it came to “maintaining my own self-awareness” and “controlling my own emotions.” I was totally…

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Hi Sara,

Thanks for your comment. Yes, I agree with you: If it weren’t for us, the Planet would be just fine. I think it’s safe to say the environmental movement is a manifestation of a deep-seated (although subconscious in most cases) guilt we have about what we’ve done and are doing to our Earth Mother. But it comes from a place of so much…

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Thanks, Toni. I frequently come away from my posts wondering if I was even on target, so this is a great affirmation for me! Earlier in my life I was involved in environmental education and worked at the local nature center and later for a summer camp that wanted to implement an environmental curriculum. The “psyche meets gaia” theme here…

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Reflect on your experience as a client in the “threshold”.
The feeling I experience in the threshold is like a point of no return. To get there I have taken a deep look into my self and my past. In doing so I have committed to an intention to change who I am and how I think about myself. I don’t know what the future holds. I don’t know exa…

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Where do Ecopsychology and Coaching come together? How does this blend add foundation to your interests as a Nature-Connected Coach? How might it fall short? What skills are needed?

We as a culture have so thoroughly separated ourselves from any soulful and/or meaningful relationship with Nature that we have made ourselves sick–and crazy–and it…

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<div>SUMMARY POST – Nature Connection can be defined as an interaction with Nature that takes one to a deep level of awareness that is free from the normal(?) everyday mind chatter we all experience. It is a state of being characterized by feelings of awe and reverence, free from the steady stream of technological distractions that modern life has… Read more

Hi Hannah, I enjoyed your post. It’s so true what you say about everything in the ‘container of nature’ (“birds, trees, plants, bugs”) start to become more a part of your awareness, and: “They seem to share information and come at the perfect timing to share its wisdom and lesson…”. Isn’t that the truth?!! Perfect timing, indeed! It’s almost…

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<font face=”Times New Roman, serif”>Joy,
you hit right on what I was writing about in my recent comment to
Lindsay when you wrote, <font size=”2″>“</font>Remembering
to take that feeling [of nature connection] into the p…

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<font face=”Times New Roman, serif”><font size=”2″>Lindsay,
I like your reference to Alan Watts in The Way of Wilderness:
“You didn’t come into this
world. You came out of it, like a wave from the ocean. You are not a
stranger here.” You then wrote “To know this is to be connected
to nature. To feel this and realize this is exhilarating and
com…

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Sorry about the format garbage in my post. Not sure how that happened; it didn’t show up on my original. Next time I will change my font…

It was good to read all of your posts. Toni, I love your first paragraph describing the status quo in mainstream America. That’s what we’re up against, but it feels good to be on a path that addresses that…

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<font face=”Calibri, sans-serif”>I have
tried to think back to my earliest conscious experiences of being
truly connected to Nature. One event when I was about 7 or 8 years
old comes to mind. It took place on the Mississippi Gulf Coast where
my grandmother lived. Most summers my little brother and I were
shipped off there from our home in New…

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