Coaching Outdoors Episode 61 - Lindsay Cray

“My life revolves around being outside, I enjoy everything about it, it’s the space I feel most connected to life!”Meet and listen to Lindsay Cray who is the founder of Integrating Nature, based near Lake Ontario, USA. Lindsay is a professional mental health counsellor and outside clinical based field guide. Developing and delivering progressive style nature-based therapy practices for individuals and organisations. If you are a veteran this is one not to miss as Lindsay’s veteran programs are amazing and truly delivery for this important community who need our love and support.This episode has everything, true purpose with passion and energy, backed by tremendous academic research and rigor. We explore Lindsay’s early years planting a Lindon tree in the front yard with her father as a celebration of a birthday. Eighteen years growing up together. To her academic years first gaining a degree in environmental studies then three years in Puerto Rico teaching and completing a master’s degree to research scientist in Ecuador. To setting up her first business called Earth works Institute teaching forest school and outdoor wilderness survival.Lindsay shares her personal story of supporting and caring for her father a Vietnam veteran after being diagnosed with Brain Cancer following exposure to agent orange and how following his death this led to her creating and developing her veteran support program based in nature which is truly phenomenal and inspiring. Lindsay says, “Taking care of my father, taught me a lot about forgiveness and what it is to be a veteran.” “Veteran community it’s a difficult population and one I love.”If you know any veterans, this is an episode to alert them to.   View podcasts and get in touch. https://www.coaching-outdoors.com Anna-Marie https://www.rfmcoaching.com Alex https://www.alexburnconsulting.com   #coachingoutdoors #outdoorcoaching #coaching #ecopsychology #ecocoaching #bluespace #greenspace #natureconnectedness #naturalenvironments #ecology #nature #environment #mentalhealth #wellbeing #coaches #coachees #movement #thinkingdifferently