Wild thinking is about setting your mind free! We fail to achieve our potential because we (unconsciously) limit our thoughts... 

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Those big plans, ideas, dreams we aspire to are stifled by the narrowed focus on why we can't make these come to fruition. Other priorities, stress, not motivated.  I was told as a child "there's no such word as 'can't'".  Yet this word slips effortlessly into the vocabularly, precisely at the moment when 'I CAN' should be tumbling from one's lips.​

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Wild Coaching takes us out into the ideal environment to set thoughts free, like a hot air balloon expanding and floating up into the big blue sky.  The Great Outdoors is so much bigger than any of us, and because of that, it overwhelms restrictive thinking.  It provokes AWE, which is a powerful and infrequently experienced emotion that can transform thinking.

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The CognitvExplorer approach draws on this to provide a coaching experience in which we will go on a transformational journey in the hills, mountains, coastlines, to the cliff edge.  

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This is the ideal place to develop and adopt a CHALLENGE MINDSET, a highly motivating mentality provoked by being in a wild setting, facing that cliff edge (metaphorically and literally).  We learn how to overcome the stress response that makes us shy away from achieving our potential, identify the 'channel blockers' that are stopping the freeflow of ideas and drive, and find that extra level of energy and motivation to take back control!

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As an Adventure Psychologist I have a wealth of experience applying techniques and understanding about how the brain works in ‘wild’ environments. I also am a qualified Mountain Leader (Summer award) well versed in the skills needed to safely guide parties in mountain terrain in the UK. I use this knowledge and practical background to introduce people to wild settings, and challenge their preconceptions about what they do and how they think. 

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At CognitvExplorer we take people into wild nature to explore, engage with the surroundings, and most importantly, expand their own mental horizons.   Stress provokes a 'fight or flight' response.  But with coaching guidance and immersion in the wild we can turn this into an 'excite and delight' response, stimulated by the challenges presented in the outdoors.

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What you can expect:

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- one-to-one and small group adventure days in UK wilderness settings blending coaching (identifying blockers to forward momentum in life) with exploration of the wild

- emphasis on confronting some challenges (this can include summitting  peak, wandering off the beaten track, immersing in cold water, or peering/abseiling over an edge)

- support and cameraderie to develop an 'adventure mindset' that gives you tools to take away and build on in life!

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What you can't expect:

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- a walk in the park! (we need to put in some effort to achieve transformation - so will involve some physical and mental work as we go across occasionally rough terrain)

- glorious weather (this is the UK, nature, the wild!) - a bit of unpredictability and discomfort is part of the challenge, and what makes the journey memorable!

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Here is an example of a journey and the process we adopt along the route: