227 Best Of: How Walking Therapy Connects Us With Nature and Ourselves (Carmen Rendell)

Author: Amy Bushatz
Published: Thu 11 Aug 2022
Episode Link: https://humansoutside.com/podcasts/carmen-rendell-humans-outside-podcast/

Today’s “Best Of” episode is all about walking with therapist Carmen Rendell, a UK-based walking enthusiast who takes her clients and herself outside to see what therapeutic help nature can bring. Those mornings and evenings of summer are the perfect time for taking a walk, and so I hope you find some inspiration in this “Best Of Humans Outside” episode.

Some of the good stuff:

[2:13] Carmen Rendell’s favorite outdoor space

[3:58] How Carmen became someone who likes to go outside

[6:16] How Soul Hub came to be

[17:15] The plan for walking the British Isles

[24:35] The gift of having flexible goals

[25:30] What is “walking therapy?”

[25:40] But first, what is “wizard school?”

[29:00] Why nature is a great therapy space

[32:47] How movement is important in walking therapy

[35:09] Why don’t all therapists offer walking therapy?

[38:03] How anyone can do walking therapy