Conversations to Connect

For our second episode we are joined by Tansy Dowman, Forest Bathing Guide, Outdoor Life Coach and Mindfulness Teacher. Tansy helps people reconnect with nature and themselves to live more fulfilling lives.

Being close to nature and green spaces has a proven impact on loneliness, depression and anxiety and in this episode we are going to be discussing forest bathing, mindful walking and how reconnecting with nature can help reduce feelings of loneliness and social isolation.

To find more about Tansy in the wild you can check out Tansy's website: https://www.tansyinthewild.com

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC_MkoPRGx8ABJ2zGTV8L5AA

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tansyinthewild/

This series is created in collaboration with The Campaign to End Loneliness. Currently in the UK there are over 9 million people experiencing loneliness and lacking the friendship and support that we all need. The Campaign to End Loneliness are experts in the field of loneliness and connection and are dedicated to sharing research, evidence and knowledge to make a difference to people’s lives.

To find out more about the Campaign to End Loneliness you can check out their website: https://www.campaigntoendloneliness.org

Follow them on Twitter: https://twitter.com/EndLonelinessUK?s=20&t=mkgkZP_azjiF6R0G7CuSpg

Podcast Host - Fenella Hawksley:

https://www.instagram.com/fenellahwalker/?hl=en

Music - Composed, performed and produced by Athena Octavia

https://www.athenaoctavia.com

https://www.instagram.com/athenaoctavia/?hl=en

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For our first ever episode we are joined by Robin Hewings, programme Director at the Campaign to End Loneliness. Currently in the UK there are over 9 million people experiencing loneliness and lacking the friendship and support that we all need. The Campaign to End Loneliness are experts in the field of loneliness and connection and are dedicated to sharing research, evidence and knowledge to make a difference to people’s lives.

Robin Hewings has been with the organization for 3 years, and before heading up the campaign was working on policy and research, including directing programmes on the response to Covid 19 on loneliness. His experience includes policy and insight at Diabetes UK, where he learnt about the hidden problem of isolation and loneliness amongst people with Diabetes, as well as working on Tobacco policy at Cancer Research UK as well as advising on policy in government and in the London borough of Hackney.

On this episode we talk about the growing problem of loneliness following the pandemic, the health impacts of loneliness, as well as discussing some of the solutions, such as building social first spaces into our environment to create greater opportunities for connection and community focussed initiatives.

To find out more about the Campaign to End Loneliness you can check out their website: https://www.campaigntoendloneliness.org

Follow them on Twitter: https://twitter.com/EndLonelinessUK?s=20&t=mkgkZP_azjiF6R0G7CuSpg

Fenella Hawksley:

https://www.instagram.com/fenellahwalker/?hl=en

Music - Composed, performed and produced by Athena Octavia

https://www.athenaoctavia.com

https://www.instagram.com/athenaoctavia/?hl=en

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.