Stress Busting Nature Doses

Stress Busting Nature Doses

A year ago I wrote a blog for this site talking about how I managed stress with time in the great outdoors. Fast forward to this spring and life is unrecognisable for everyone. Whatever we thought constituted stress 12 months ago might look a little mild compared to...
Lessons From Nature – Imperfection

Lessons From Nature – Imperfection

I took this photo a couple of months ago when I was out with my octogenarian parents. Despite the fact that they are fit and healthy, they walk a bit slower than I’m used to so I got to see things past which I might otherwise have strided. This tree was one such find....
Fully Immersed, Fully Alive

Fully Immersed, Fully Alive

This first appeared as a guest blog on Kelly Hargie’s Every Treasure Blog. “You must be mad!” is the most common response I receive when I tell people I swim in the Irish Sea all year. A lot of the time I just smile and nod. Sometimes I am honest...
Notes from the Nest

Notes from the Nest

As I’ve spent more time in nature over the last couple of years, I’ve started to see the lessons we can take from it, lessons writ large. There are two in particular. The beautifully articulated. “Nature does not hurry yet everything is accomplished’ (Lao Tzu) being...
Feel The Cold and Do It Anyway

Feel The Cold and Do It Anyway

Anyone who has followed me on instagram over the past couple of years will be familiar with my cold water antics. Some would say madness. But I digress. I spent my the happiest summers of my childhood cold water swimming. Except it wasn’t called that then. It...
Why Being Outside is Good for the Planet

Why Being Outside is Good for the Planet

The focus of Wellderness is on people. Making people feel better through time spent in nature. Making the world a better place because the people in it are happier. But the natural by-product of spending time in nature and one of the behind-the-scenes motivator to get...