Landscaping Your Life with Alison Smith

In this series of her podcast Alison is visiting the landscapes within the words you use when you're stuck and don't know what to do to help you find solutions and alternate perspectives currently hidden from view. Today she's helping you get back on track when you feel like you're between a rock and a hard place. You can buy Alison's book, Can't see the wood for the trees, from all online stockis...

In today's episode Alison shares insight from her book Can't see the wood for the trees – landscaping your life to get back on track. Insight that uses the landscape within the words you're using when you're stuck to find metaphorical solutions to help you get back on track. Words and sayings such as: Stuck in a rut Can't see the wood for the trees (also see episode 1) Up the creek without a paddl...

In today's episode Alison shares insight from her book Can't see the wood for the trees – landscaping your life to get back on track. Insight that uses the landscape within the words you're using when you're stuck to find metaphorical solutions to help you get back on track. Words and sayings such as: Stuck in a rut Can't see the wood for the trees (also see episode 1) Up the creek without a paddl...

What do you need to let go of – or perhaps you need to turn over a new leaf – or be a little colder with someone? All potential insights from patterns in nature during autumn. As always, it's certainly preferable to think of a situation you'd like more insight on to have at the back of your mind as you listen to Alison sharing hints, tips and tools about how to see situations from different perspe...

Talking about this episode Alison said "I could have pushed on, I could have waffled and said something, and yet the words wouldn't form. A great reminder, like in episode 16 when I was headed for that crossroads, that impatience and the ought/must/should/need to make progress is not always our best friend. Today I am honouring the fact that nothing came, no great idea, no fabulous insight. Just a...

You can of course just go for a walk in nature and find that when you return that the situation you're grappling with feels different. As Alison shares in today's episode there are, however, numerous other ways you can proactively invite nature to be your coach to help you get insight about challenges or problems to help you get back on track. As always, it's certainly preferable to think of a sit...

Take a situation you're struggling to know what to do next on a walk with Alison as she uses her poem 'paths & destinations' as a means of finding different perspectives from which to view the current situation. The aim of the Landscaping Your Life podcast is to share and demonstrate tools, even if they're a little unconventional, that help you uncover what you're missing about a situation you're...

Today's episode demonstrates using nature as a source for insight in a couple of very different ways both accessed whilst travelling through nature's landscapes as Alison travels south from Fife, Scotland to Staffordshire, England. You may get insight from Alison's own insights or simply be inspired to take a journey for yourself through a familiar or unfamiliar landscape. The aim of the podcasts...

Continuing the theme of demonstrating the tools in the LANDSCAPE coaching toolkit today's episode follows Alison as she uses the Framework for change coaching process to help obtain insight about a situation she was mulling about – ie marketing her business. Insight that can also be applied to any situation you'd like more clarity about. More about the Frameworks for change coaching process, cards...

Today's episode follows Alison's commitment to do something different every day for 28 days and encompasses the three elements she's shared in previous episodes and yet doing it differently. Instead today's episode is a recording of a Landscaping Your Life walk with Susan who is at a crossroads on her life. The episode shares Susan's exploration of the patterns she notices as they walk in nature h...

In this episode, Alison explores metaphorical solutions if you're wanting a seat at the table - as her professional colleagues in procurement often do with senior management – solutions your mind can than translate back into the real life situation to help uncover more options than you thought you had about what to do. Alison also invites you to think about the language you're using to describe th...

Alison's 'if you only have a few minutes to listen to the podcast topic' is an invitation that next time you judge another to think about how that judgement might be more about you than the other person – ie a behaviour they demonstrate that you don't like is actually something you also do or perhaps even something you need to do more of. The tool from the LANDSCAPE toolkit shared in this episode...

Alison's 'if you only have a few minutes to listen to the podcast topic' is about knowing those places or activities when you're most being your unique and authentic self, and then going there when you need insight on a situation you're grappling with. Alison shares a poem she's written entitled 'Grounded to me' which reminds you to see ungroundedness as a sign you've simply forgotten who you are....

Alison's 'if you only have a few minutes to listen to the podcast topic' is about "doing nothing" and how often you can forget that doing nothing is something you can decide or even intuit to do and yet too often think you have to do something even if you have no idea what! Alison shares more about how the language and words you're using can be negatively impacting the outcome you're getting. Brin...

Alison's 'if you only have a few minutes to listen to the podcast topic' is about remembering that there are always more solutions than you think. That is you're never as stuck as you think you are – you just need to open the doors in your mind to see those other options. Alison explores metaphorical solutions if you're backed into a corner – solutions your mind can then translate back into the re...

In this episode, Alison explores metaphorical solutions if you're beating yourself up, and also (because we're exploring 2 idioms this week) if you feel like a fish out of water – solutions your mind can than translate back into the real life situation to help uncover more options than you thought you had about what to do. Alison also uses her poem I reclaim all my parts as a wonderful means of ge...

In this episode, Alison explores metaphorical solutions if you feel like you're up a creek without a paddle – solutions your mind can then translate back into the real life situation to help uncover more options than you thought you had about what to do. Alison also demonstrates drawing as a wonderful means of getting more perspective about a problem you're facing. Alison's 'if you only have a few...

In this episode, Alison explores metaphorical solutions for when life is feeling like an uphill struggle – solutions your mind can then translate back into the real-life situation to help uncover more options than you thought you had about what to do. Alison also explores a poem she wrote entitled Chasing the tide, and her 'if you only have a few minutes to listen to the podcast topic' is values –...

In this episode, Alison shares a wonderful, if unconventional, tool to give you more insight when you're struggling to know what to do in your dealings with another person by stepping into their shoes. Alison also explores some solutions to help you when you feel like you're juggling too many balls or spinning too many plates in a situation in your life. There are 3 versions of any situation blog:...

In this episode, Alison shares Paths & Destinations, a poem she has written and explores common themes about getting back or staying on track and even whether the track is of importance! Alison also explores some unconventional solutions to help you when you need to turn a corner in your life. A copy of the Paths & Destinations poem - https://www.alisonsmith.co/paths-and-destinations/ Alison's blo...

In this episode, Alison demonstrates with the help of Amy how to use nature as a means of obtaining new insight and alternate perspective to a situation where you don't know what to do. Alison also explores solutions to help you stop going round in circles that can be metaphorically applied to any situation you currently feel like you're going round in circles about. You'll find the going round in...

In this episode, Alison shares What is normal?, a poem she has written and explores the themes that might be relatable to you, as you come out of lockdown or experience new challenges. Alison also explores solutions to help you see the wood for the trees that can be metaphorically applied to any situation you currently can't see the wood for the trees about. You'll find a copy of the What is norma...