About me
Expert leadership, mental health and nature coaching, training and resources
Hello!
I am James, a warm, curious and genuine coach and environmentalist. I care deeply about the challenges and opportunities my clients face, and I am dedicated to helping overcome them.
My practice is grounded in leadership, having worked in the environment sector for over 30 years. I have worked in a wide variety of other roles including executive leadership, business management, operations, partnerships and policy. Working with people sparked my interest in coaching, and the more I learn, the more fascinated I become by its potential.
In coach ‘jargon’, my work is humanist and existential, and draws deeply on positive psychology. I specialise in nature based coaching, and I am a qualified mental health coach. I also have particular experience in working with people with ADHD (Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder) – or ‘ADHDers’.
My work is uniquely multi-disciplinary, and draws on evidence-based practices such as Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, systems thinking, neuroscience, somatic practice and the science and psychology of nature and health. I work with the whole person – body and mind – and the community and ecological systems we live within.
I am a Professional Certified Coach with the International Coaching Federation. My credentials include a Diploma in Professional Coaching Skills and MSc Nature Conservation. I am a Chartered Environmentalist with the Chartered Institute of Ecology & Environmental Management and Society for the Environment. I have several relevant certificates including in Systems Thinking, Science of Happiness, Mind Management Skills for Life and Self Determination Theory. I am qualifying in ADHD coaching.
I am a writer and the co-author of ‘Being in Nature – 20 practices to help you flourish in a busy world’. I am also a TEDx Speaker, film maker, and an experienced facilitator, trainer and communicator.
My sister business is The Human Nature Partnership, a consultancy which creates nature connected organisations. I am also the founder of community organisation Building Green, and I work at a Government agency.
CLIMATE CRISIS
We donate 2% of profits to projects that address the climate crisis, and have retired 11 Tonnes of Carbon
SUSTAINABILITY
Our donations have contributed to 10 UN Sustainability Goals including clean water and gender equality
BIODIVERSITY
One project we support replanted degraded pasture in Panama with biodiverse forests
We work with low carbon Gold Standard projects which contribute to UN sustainability goals such as biodiversity, education and hunger
We have signed up to the SME Climate Commitment as part of our responsibility for reducing our impact on the planet.
We are a member of the Climate Coaching Alliance, and have contributed to global learning and networking for nature coaching.
