Adventures for Self-Discovery and Regeneration
supporting you who courageously desires your Natural Self to grow and flourish
Regeneration
Regenerative Leadership is a mindset. A desire to contribute to a future where organizations flourish, ecosystems thrive and people come alive.
Regeneration is a new, bolder way to think about personal development. It’s a proactive approach to people, the planet and profits. Instead of holding steady, regenerative leaders make courageous moves. They strive to reconnect with the social and environmental systems they’re a part of, instead of fighting against them.
Regenerative leaders prioritize reflection, self-awareness, constant evolution and making micro-changes to stay ahead of the curve. They are open to new ideas and change. Instead of setting five-year plans, they experiment, pivot and learn.
And, when you know that you are not just surviving another quarter, you can reframe you expectations. You can help others thrive, not just survive.
Nature Connection
There are many forms and approaches for nature connection and nature-based coaching. Which is good. Diversity is natural.
The form and approach I apply, has influences from shamanism, indigenous perspectives and outdoor adventure education. Nature as our Teacher, our Mirror, our Compass.
It’s not about walking and talking. It’s about listening to Silence, Fire, Nature, and about watching and listening to the gaps between what is visible and audible. It’s about allowing our Inner Voice and Inner Wisdom to emerge.
About the observing Nature, asking Her questions and being open for Her answers.
The Circle of Courage
The Circle of Courage is a methodology we often use in programs for positive youth development. It states that, in order to make personal positive growth possible, four universal needs must be met:
Belonging
Mastery
Independence
Generosity
The circle reflects the interrelationship of everything. When these four basic needs are met, a person experiences courage from within to take a next step.
They feel safe, they feel competent, they feel proud of their responsibility, they feel a sense of care and contribution to something bigger than themselves.
The very same principles apply to you, and me…
Nature as a Co-Teacher and Co-Researcher
Over the last 20 years, the International Futures Forum (IFF) developed the “Three Horizons” framework. It is an effective method for making sense of and facilitating cultural transformation and exploring innovation and wise action in the face of uncertainty and not-knowing. It has been applied in a variety of contexts already.
It describes three patterns of doing things and how their relative prevalence and interactions evolve over time.
We have to find ways to transition from a life in crisis to a new, viable life. That is not easy at all. It is a continuous process of collective learning, asking and exploring.
Three Horizons thinking is a way to discover common ground and move forward together.
That is precisely the aim: offering you a practice ground to discover your Natural Self, and doing so, discover common ground to move forward together.
Our Land Acknowledgement
We begin with Acknowledgement of the Land because we will be using the land and need to respect this place where Sámi people have lived and continue to live. We wrote this to share some of our learning, and to teach others. We thought about who would be hearing it, and we didn’t want to make it too complicated, or too simple.
We would like to thank the Sámi Peoples of this land and all of Creation, including the animals, plants, land, water, air, rocks, trees and all that exists on this beautiful Earth.
We honour the Sámi communities whose traditional territories include the land on which we gather today.
We want to honour the Treaties that were made with the Land and between the Sámi Communities and the Governments. Treaties should be honoured no matter what political party is in power.
The stories of Norway, Sweden and Finland that most of us know are not the whole stories. We have been learning from Sámi sources about losing language and culture through residential schools, and also about ceremony, celebration and strength of community.
When we are thinking about doing something to the land, like outdoor adventures, we should ask Sámi people first, because they lived in balance with nature for thousands of years. We have lost our relationship to the earth by doing things like polluting and taking too much.
We need to ask ourselves:
What is more important, what I get out of this, or what happens to the land?
We need to think seven generations ahead:
What we do today, how will that affect tomorrow?
We invite you to do the same.
Thank you.