Thought Garden

Thought Garden is delighted to host Claire Victoria Bishop. Founder of "Rewild the Frame". 

Re-wilding brand photography to showcase our true relationship with nature and the positive stories of living in harmony with our natural world. 

Claire is a natural light photographer and passionate about all things nature - you, me, others, our planet and the simple beauty of the natural world all around us. 

Working with purpose driven, nature centric business owners and sustainability professionals, Claire helps them create imagery that connects with their audience and showcases their story with ease and beauty. 

Away from running a business, she lives in South Gloucestershire with her husband, four gorgeous boys and their dog, Bruce. 

Loving the  outdoors and one of her favourite places to be is by the sea. She can often be found walking through the fields with the family or on the side of the rugby pitch.

"Nature is an inspirational place to spend our time and I feel most at home when I am immersed in the natural world"

This time I speak with Rebecca Pay from Pay for Precision, a CV writing, job search support business.  We talk about the challenges and solutions CV writing offers along with the upcoming launch of her book which is packed full of content - way beyond the resume.

The book launches on Sunday 17th October and will be available on Amazon.  To find out more follow Rebecca on Linked in at https://www.linkedin.com/in/payforprecision/ if you're quick you might be able to join the launch event on Linkedin Live!

Naturopathy has been on my radar for some time, for me it seemed to fall in the realm of pseudoscience and I wanted to test my assumptions.

Boy was I wrong.

There are elements that are more in the spiritual / holistic realm but just because science has yet to focus on them, it doesn't mean they are without merit.

Caroline beautifully and credibly explains her brand, her work and, let me tell you, this lady has studied and qualified herself deeply.

Have a listen and decide for yourself.

Join Ruth Kudzi and I as we talk of our time as country mice, a love of both nature and of the city and the options coaches have, when they want to play a part in the climate conversation.

Ruth is CEO of Optimus Coach Academy, award winning, MCC with the ICF, author and podcaster.  Ruth offers training that enables coaches to blossom not only as practitioners but also as business owners.

She also shares my love of nature.

Find Ruth here: 

https://www.linkedin.com/in/ruthkudzi/

https://www.linkedin.com/company/optimuscoachacademy/ 

https://www.instagram.com/ruthkudzi

https://www.instagram.com/optimuscoachacademy/ 

To find out more about the Coaching Diploma offered by Optimus, https://join.optimuscoachacademy.com/info-sessionvitkjmma?fpr=rachel-52 

You may be surprised at the serious side to Pete's business as we talk, laugh and share the benefits of a good laugh for mind, body and business.

The Laughter Man, Pete Cann is on a fun-filled mission to bring the positive benefits of laughter to the world. Since discovering Laughter Yoga, Pete has transformed his business and family life and now wants to share his infectious secrets and get the planet laughing along with him.

You'll find Pete, his trademark red hat and his happy vibe on the following channels;

[email protected]

www.petecann.com

5 Day Challenge - Opt In - Canned Laughter (petecann.com) 

https://www.linkedin.com/in/thelaughterman/

https://www.instagram.com/petecannthelaughterman/

https://www.facebook.com/thelaughterman

https://www.youtube.com/c/petecannthelaughterman

https://www.tiktok.com/@petecannthelaughterman 

Martin Bunzl is a retired professor of philosophy who has spent 40 years teaching at Rutgers in New Jersey and now focuses his attention on the intersection of philosophy and environment, with a special interest in climate change.  Tackling the heavy questions of risk and responsibility along with reflections on our relationship with all we perceive to be 'natural', what this means and how we might better our connection to explore the stark truth that we are also nature and have a role and a duty to perform. 

His book is an enlightening, insightful exploration of the human-nature dynamic.

Follow Martin's work on Medium, at www.mbunzl.com and read his insightful book 'Thinking While Walking', available at Amazon.co.uk and Amazon.com in hard copy and on Kindle.

Green spaces aren't always available to us all so how might we forge a greater connection with nature in the absence of nature?

Well, Mrs N is never completely absent, she finds a way and if we look hard enough there are lessons in resilience, persistence and determination to be taken from dandelions, spiders and creeping ivy.

Can you hear when I'm smiling?  Starting from a minor funk, considerations for you to ponder.  What you are drawn to in your newsfeeds, what are you being fed?  Thoughts of the little things that lift our moods and the stuff you can talk about that brings a smile as you speak.

Tom Balmont and I talk and giggle our way through his work and the magic that puppets have over our own nature.  Tom was a globetrotting street performer and comic until the Corona virus hit. He now runs On The Other Hand, a puppet marketing company.

Working with companies to bring brands alive through the medium of humour and puppets.

You can follow him on LinkedIn to see his latest works and videos or email him directly at [email protected]