Serious Leisure

Wide Space on a Narrowboat


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In this soothing episode Paul Kleiman, Senior Consultant at Ciel Associates, explains how he found a slower pace and a feeling of space and calm through narrowboating. We hear how Paul and his partner renovated a narrowboat, remarkably without previous expertise, allowing the gently-paced restoration process to bring calm, focus and a deepening enjoyment of the simpler things. We explore the importance of small rituals to mark out sacred time for ourselves and help us to focus wholeheartedly on slower moments that can refresh and restore us.  

Trigger warning: Please note that this episode makes reference to child loss.  

Produced at UWE Bristol. 

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Serious LeisureBy Dr Petia Petrova, Kat Branch, Prof Sam Elkington