“Nature is so beautiful, it takes my breath away, it’s all about giving joy.”

Meet and listen to Hazel Farrer who is the founder of Hazel Tree Coaching, based in the Algarve Portugal. Hazel is a professional nature and wellbeing coach and trainer who offers retreats in the Algarve, Portugal. Hazel’s practice is a nature based holistic approach, offering training & health development practices that help individuals access their inner wisdom and achieve their potential.

This episode has so much to offer as Hazel has a wealth of experience, both in life and in many different practices. Hazel talks about coming from a family of therapists and teachers and early memories of Zambia, all of which have clearly given her so much curiosity. After University Hazel started working with children’s charities and learning the importance of space to play and explore. She shares how she moved into therapy & coaching adults using different complementary health modalities, but always with nature in the background.

Hazel shares how she returned to Africa, but this time South Africa where is got involved in corporate executive coaching and teaching, discovering more semantic therapies and indigenous traditions. Finally, eight years ago Hazel moved to Portugal and took her master’s degree in Mindfulness with lockdown forcing her to change her thesis to an 8-week nature-based mindfulness course which forms her work today.

Learn how her business name “Hazel Tree Coaching” was created, how she became involved as the Global Coordinator at the Climate Coaching Alliance and the importance of bringing climate conscious conversations into coaching. Hazel shares resources and how to access and get involved with the CCA.

"It’s often about getting local communities, often disadvantaged communities into their local spaces and parks.”

If you'd like to join us for a truly immersive outdoor experience, with some of the leading names in outdoor coaching, why not come along to the inaugural Coaching Outdoors Live event in partnership with Coaching at Henley Business School on 12th July 2024.

Tickets are available from https://www.henley.ac.uk/events/coaching-outdoors-live

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