Stepping Out - Talking For Walking

My guest on Stepping Out for this episode is the versatile and influencial Karen Lem.  Karen is a Nordic Walking Coach, Pilates Instructor, Personal Trainer and Massage Therapist.  We talk about Nordic Walking and her work with WALX, an holistic exercise organisation.  We also talk about pilates, the challenges of exercising in middle age and also, her love of food, Italy, opera, ballet and her wonderful 'who would you walk with' guest. Enjoy Karen's story and enjoy your walk.

www.walxridgeway.co.uk

www.vivo-shapehealthlife.co.uk

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This episode is designed for you to listen to in the first section of your walk to ground you and walk with appreciation.  It will hopefully relax you, help you find an intention and allow you to reach an enjoyable pace for your walk ahead.

Simon is a Counsellor and Ecotherapist and all round lovely chap with an excellent beard to boot. Ecotherapy is an umbrella term for traditional counselling that takes place in the natural world. Simon will explain all about that, but let’s just say, it’s remarkable what it can do for everyone on so many levels, as its effective immersion in nature affords us a real visceral connection or re-connection to self and with that, a sense of freedom. As well as having his own private practice, he also works in Devon Counselling College as a tutor and today we talk about mental health, the value of therapy and how walking can help us move forward and gives us choices on where we want to go.

www.roamingtherapies.com

The Sport Walk Show: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCg3Ug6KhpfwHdkou5L_Pf2A 

The counsellor directory: https://www.bacp.co.uk/search/Therapists

Today’s guest is the thoughtful, talented and philosophical Guy Tal. A bit about Guy – he was born in Israel and after re-creating himself in different places, doing different things, he decided to settle in Torrey, Utah in the US of A. He’s been a soldier, a university teacher, a software developer, a technology manager, amongst other things, before settling into the life of a full time artistic photographer, writer, speaker and desert wanderer. He has 2 books out there: More than a rock - A deeper look at the creativity, art, expression, craft, and philosophy of landscape photography. The landscape photographer’s guide to Photoshop And his latest book coming out this year is called 'Another Day Not Wasted' (love that title) – and this is a reflection book about the years after his unfulfilling career and his deeper insights into life as an independent artist, his thoughts about photography as a form of art and as a means to a richer and more rewarding life, and his intimate relationship with nature and with his beloved desert—The Colorado Plateau. He’s all about the expression and philosophy behind a photograph, mainly of rock formations, trees and plants, captured perfectly and he brings into life his vision for each shot. His pictures are truly beautiful and they’re all proof of that brilliant nature out there. We talk about his photography of course and his writing, but also about his long distance hiking and backpacking to get where he needs to be. So, grab some form of footwear and some headphones and off we’ll go! https://guytal.com https://www.facebook.com/guytalphoto https://www.amazon.com/Guy-Tal/e/B01BXPXFKW

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Today’s episode and this one is with a super chilled man called Glenn Berkenkamp. Glenn is an ex-body builder, author, speaker and he also carries out workshops in his corner of the USA, in which he facilitates a space where people can come and recharge, realign and re-connect with what truly matters. He writes many things, but he has 2 books out there to buy, one called ‘Mastery, Living the Highest you’ and his most recent book called ‘Walking with Glenn Berkenkamp – 35 Wellness Walks to Expand Awareness, Increase Vitality, and Reduce Stress. We talk all about his life as a body builder and how his story developed from there after not being big enough to compete to a high enough level. We also allow you to grab some live walking prompts for your walk today. Thank you for listening in your 26 countries across the world - Big love X https://www.livingthehighestyou.com/blog/  www.LivingTheHighestYou.com https://www.instagram.com/glennberkenkamp/ https://www.facebook.com/authorglennberkenkamp Please make sure that you leave a review for Glenn's book if you read it here https://www.amazon.co.uk/Walking-Glenn-Berkenkamp-Wellness-Awareness/dp/1623174732/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=glenn+berkenkamp&qid=1618865544&sr=8-1 To donate to my 10 Event Walking Challenge - go to this link - Every little helps - thank you https://www.justgiving.com/fundraising/kaz-challenges

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Today's episode is with Mike Brockhurst a.k.a The Walking Englishman. He’s a right good Yorkshireman and he created and developed a site called The Walking Englishman and on there he has mapped 100s of walks for you and I to do across the UK for free and not only that, he has also put all the GPX files on there, which if you love exploring new routes are little nuggets of digital wizardry. We’ll talk about those and why and how he created them, along with his story about himself and his motivation to create those routes. So strap yourself into some appropriate footwear, plug your headphones in and off we go!

https://www.facebook.com/TheWalkingEnglishman - The independent free resource website for walking and hiking 

Twitter @WalkingEnglish1

This episode is with the articulate and absorbing Amanda Dudman. Amanda is a business coach, consultant and mentor and has a plethora of experience under her belt. Amongst other things, we talk about her coaching, resilience and her amazing treks all over the world. It was a really interesting chat and was lovely to take that tour, especially right now, when we’ve stepped out of traveling for a while. So, go on, shove some shoes on, find your path and enjoy Amanda’s story.

https://www.amandadudman.co.uk/

https://twitter.com/AmandaDudman

This episode is with happy Heather Waring. Heather is a coach, mentor and author of the book 'How Walking Saved my Life' after a turn around in her own life in 2014.  We talk about when burnout and adrenal fatigue made it impossible for her to carry on the way she was and how she made it her mission to affect the lives of one million women with her walking experiences and coaching style. She did this by coaching them into finding their true selves by way of walking. She has a lovely story to tell from adversity to one of contentment, peace and happiness and how walking can help improve mental health and prevent negative self-talk. So, take yourself off for a walk and listen to Heather’s story. 

Twitter - https://twitter.com/heatherwaring LinkedIn - https://uk.linkedin.com/in/heatherwaring Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/heatherywaring/ "https://1millionwomenwalking.com/"https://1millionwomenwalking.com/ "https://www.facebook.com/groups/onemillionwomenwalking"https://www.facebook.com/groups/onemillionwomenwalking

This episode is with singer, songwriter and presenter Tony Hadley. Tony was born on 2nd June 1960 and he with his band, Spandau Ballet, had 8 top 10 UK albums and after his final split from Spandau Ballet in 2017, he has gone on to have success with his band The Tony Hadley Band. We talk all about how he got into singing, his time in Spandau Ballet, Band Aid and Live Aid in 1985 and his time in the jungle in I’m a Celebrity Get me Out of Here and also about his charity treks for Action Medical Research. We also plonked ourselves into Saturday Swap Shop mode and overall it was a very interesting and fun chinwag. So, pop your shoes on, go for a walk and enjoy Tony's story.

http://tonyhadley.com/

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https://action.org.uk/

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My guest today on Stepping Out is Dan Raven-Ellison, who has become a bit of a hero to me over the last few months, as I have been following his story and work. He is a geographer and Explorer and has worked with National Geographic and Friends of the Earth and he is well qualified to talk about all things pathways, as not only that, he is a former Geography teacher and walked across the UK’s 69 cities and 15 National Parks in 2014. He decided to start a project and that is to map pathways as directly as possible between dwellings. During lockdown, 700 volunteers from across the country collaborated to produce a first draft of the Slow Ways network, creating a stunning Slow Ways map in the process. This incredible effort has led to the creation of 7,500 routes that collectively stretch for over 2500 towns and villages.

He is really out there in terms of countryside and urban environmental protection and access and has been spreading the word on the likes of the BBC, the guardian and throughout schools and councils, so you can imagine my delight, when Dan agreed to talk to me about his projects.

We talk all about Slow Ways, his pathway mapping project, London as a national park city, his children’s books and of course how he feels when he walks. 

Volunteer to walk the paths: https://slowways.uk/ 

Twitter: @DanRavenEllison 

Instagram: @DanRavenEllison

1 minute movie and crowdfunding: https://www.crowdfunder.co.uk/uk-national-parks-in-100-seconds#start

https://ravenellison.com/portfolio/missionexplore/

https://www.johnmuirtrust.org/initiatives/missionexplore-john-muir

https://www.nationalparkcity.london/

https://ravenellison.com/