045 From Forest Bathing To Just Sitting Outdoors - HOLLY WORTON talks about The Positive Effects Of Nature On Your Mindset

Travelling Through... London, the World and Life

“Winter camps are deliciously empty.

It’s kind of been my survival thing for this COVID year that never seems to end.

It’s nice to just relax,

And just sit in the outdoors.”

HOLLY WORTON is an author, podcaster, publishing strategist, personal and business coach, long distance walker, ultra-marathon runner, lover of nature and trainee druid. Despite all these things going on in her life, I was able to bring her down to a slow enough walk-and-talk pace to podcast chat with me recently.

Holly’s story is a fascinating mix of work experiences, entrepreneurship and adventures from her birthplace in California, into Central and South America, Spain and now finally she has settled in the UK with her Argentinian husband and relinquished her American passport for a British one.

We begin our podcast chat at Denbies Hillside in Surrey Hills – an area of outstanding beauty. It is two days before the end of 2021 and as we walk the muddy, slippery paths of the North Downs Way, Holly talks about walking, running, camping, forest bathing, her deep connection to the earth’s energy, why plants like lavender, mugwort and roses hold such an importance to her beyond their colour and scent, her favourite trees, and how through her deep love of nature and the ancient British landscape, she became a member of OBOD (Order of Bards, Ovates and Druids).

"Connect to Nature so that you can connect to yourself.”

Holly is the author of If Trees Could Talk, a number of walking books including Alone on the South Downs Way, and Walking the Ridgeway. She also talked about how to envision your year ahead with her book The Year You Want, and finally, she has a number of short self-help guides and plenty more which you can explore and purchase on her website https://www.hollyworton.com/

“It’s so easy to get focussed on what you don’t want.

Shift your vision to what you do want."

To find out more about HOLLY WORTON go to …

Website: https://www.hollyworton.com/

Into The Woods Podcast: https://www.hollyworton.com/podcast/ (I was recently a guest – Ep.440)

also, she's on Instagram: @hollyworton ; Twitter: @hollyworton ; Facebook: @hollyworton

To find out about your podcast host Emma you can go to https://www.travellingthrough.co.uk/

A big thanks to Mariska Martina at https://www.mariskamartina.com/ for creating our wonderful podcast jingle!