[Suez Nields]

“ A culture that alienates itself from the very ground of its being, from wilderness outside ( that is to say, Wild Nature, the wild, self contained, self-informing ecosystems) and from that other Wilderness Within- is doomed to a very destructive Behavior, ultimately perhaps self- destructive behavior”
-Gary Snyder (The Way of Wilderness, Steven Harper ,p.184)

The culture and society in which most of us live our day to day lives has moved further and farther away from the outer concepts and connections to the natural world all around us and even within us. Being connected to nature implies being attuned to both the rhythms and cycles of the natural world, and attuned and aligned to our own innate and inner cycles and knowing.

The relationship to nature ( connection, if you will) has many benefits when introduced within the practice of Coaching.

Wilderness enhances self worth, boosts confidence and transformation occurs from Within.
Revealing the power and knowing that the body and the soul instinctually knows as its own, is both a powerful change agent and Medicine for healing.

Nature connectedness through outer wilderness experience heightens sensory awareness and through wilderness experience and nature connection transformation comes from WITHIN.

Experiences in Nature are wrought with variables that must be met as they arise- so openness and agility and adaptability come in to play which in turn builds up resilience in the face of adversity.
Fear can be transformed into alertness and awareness that can signal the client that something is out of balance.

Nature/wilderness can balance the masculine Feminine energies that exist within both individuals and group dynamics which is a balance that is difficult to even out in the culture today.

Nature Connection inspires Ritual and ceremony which can be implemented, reflected and celebrated within the container of Coaching sessions.

As coaches,( vs. other “helping” practitioners) we are uniquely able to allow the Client to explore their own inner wilderness and get a ringside seat to observe and with permission to guide through and to witness and allow them to be SEEN where they are, where they may have been and then to celebrate when they reach and achieve a goal. Uniquely also, this approach this “PRACTICE, implies PROCESS; there is no beginning or end, but a lifetime of engagement and discovery.” (The Way of Wilderness, Steven Harper ,P.185)

“Coaching works when it offers clients the opportunity to discover that they can be valued as a whole-moving past the conditional assumptions that have cramped their growth”(Coaching Skills, the definitive guide to being a coach, Jenny Rogers)

Throughout our foundations Intensive we were introduced to the Practices (Habits) and core routines of Nature Connection, which are all detailed in Chapter 3 of Coyotes Guide to Connecting with Nature , (Jon Young, Ellen Haas, Evan McGown)
I believe it to be crucial for us, in the role of Nature Connected Coaches, to be living in alignment and embodying the knowing that we have received through these practices, in order to share them and be believable to those we wish to reach.

[Suez Nields]

hi Everybody!
Im Sue , from Minneapolis. Im super excited to get to know more of you as we embark on this journey together! It was an absolute honor and joy to get to meet some of you and establish a relationship through the EBI Leadership Course this fall! I was really looking forward to the experiential and face to face intensive at the end of January… But – when faced with an obstacle ( aka a global pandemic) we adapt to grow, right?!

as we move through this intensive in the online format… I think it is going to be imperative that we work hard to foster connectedness. we were able to do this ( quite effectively ) in the leadership course.

See you all virtually real soon!!

Suez

[Suez Nields]

Hi all!

so, I’m late to the party in the Learning Center!! I was unable to log in until just this week!
Anyway … I am honored to be able to be navigating this NCL journey with all of you!

Homebase for me is Minneapolis, Minnesota… but the Mountains call often!

I am in the finalizing steps to attend the NCC Certification Cohort starting in January, and this course was the Catalyst in my discernment process to see if this was truly where I felt I needed to go next ( and it appears to be exactly that!)

after losing my job due to the Global Pandemic, I was left feeling flat and drifting. I knew that I wasn’t at all pursuing what I was called to do, and that now more than ever was the time for me to take steps to align who I AM, with what I DO.
In all things (and I have done MANY things, worn MANY hats) I strive to make it BETTER. what ever IT happens to be.

Nature and the Outdoors were critical Tools that I have employed in my own journey back to myself and it is my sincere wish to help others make that same connection!