Prompted by Nature

Hello my love! Welcome to series 2 episode 11 of Prompted by Nature. How are you? How this week been for you? I’m not going to lie, this full moon has had me all over the shop - that of course, and the fact that we have a new house mate in our abode. We are over-wintering a baby hedgehog, Carrie, who was very poorly and underweight when she was found in a garden nearby on Halloween, and is now too...

Find yourself in a comfortable, seated position somewhere quiet.   We’re going to begin this meditation and writing prompt with some breath work and then do a little bullet journalling.   If you want to download the full transcript and questions for later they are up in the show notes on Marchelle’s episode on the website - just go to the series two page at www.promptedbynature...

Hello! Welcome to series two, episode 10 of Prompted by Nature. I hope this one finds you well. It definitely feels like we’re well on the way to winter here in the UK, with cold snaps aplenty and lots of my favourite cold, crisp, sunny days I can spend outside. Today’s episode is all about the wonderful Marchelle Farrell, also known as @Afroliage on Instagram. Marchelle Farrell is a gardener, wri...

With winter upon us and the festive season around the corner, I wanted to do an episode on how we can support small businesses, makers and not-for-profits in our gift-buying decisions. In this episode, I showcase some of the nature-inspired small and micro-businesses, not-forprofits and social enterprises I love buying from and supporting .  The blog post that supports this episode can b...

In this meditation and writing prompt I invite you to get yourself into an outdoor space, or somewhere you can see the sky, to spend time gazing softly at the passing clouds, the shifting light and the creatures that dwell in that space. In this explanation I mention the free meditations that now sit on my website.  You can find them here: www.promptedbynature.co.uk/free-meditations  I h...

Hello!  Welcome to series 2, episode 8 of Prompted by Nature. I hope you’re well! This week it feels like the weather has turned down here on the South Coast, with the first frost arrived a few days ago and the temperature taking a dip. I’m personally loving it as I adore the long nights and frosty mornings. We’ve just gone into lockdown again here in England so all but my online and one-to-o...

A solo episode in which I discuss my own creative exhaustion and just some of the ways I help my body and mind recover from the times when I've pushed them just that little bit too hard! I have a new weekly online nature-inspired meditation and writing session starting every Monday 8-9.15pm.  More information here:   https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/nature-inspired-meditation-and-creative-...

A short episode in which I talk about the concept of art as play as it relates to your own creativity and how you might like to take the playful approach to your art. Enjoy! Helen x www.promptedbynature.co.uk www.instagram.com/prompted.by.nature

Hello! Welcome to series 2 episode 6 of Prompted by Nature, I hope this one finds you well. In this episode, I’m speaking with the lovely Beca Beeby, a nature-inspired ceramics and jewellery designer. I first came across Beca’s work on a wild food-related facebook group and immediately asked her to be a guest as her work is incredible and entirely unique. Beca’s work has a highly aesthetic compone...

Hello!  In this meditation and writing prompt you will be guided through a breathing practice designed to move out of the 'fight or flight' state and into the 'rest and digest' state of the nervous system. We begin by focusing in on the breath and encouraging it to slow down and then move through the senses (sound, touch, smell and sight) to engage fully with the nature around us. You can do...

Hello, my love! Welcome to series 2 episode 5 of Prompted by Nature. This week, I speak with Nick Hayes, author of the amazing new book Book of Trespass. Nick Hayes works as both an author and illustrator, and can convey an incredible amount of emotional context with a few very expressive images. Quiet and spare or bold and busy, all of his work comes across as thoughtful and sensitive. Nick speci...

Hello!   I thought I'd share something a little different for this prompt - a 'minisode', if you will!   In this prompt, I give you a few ideas for turning your trash to treasure.  If you'd like to share any ideas with me, I'm always @prompted.by.nature on Instagram or you can contact me via my website www.promptedbynature.co.uk Take care and I'll speak to you soon! Helen x

Hello and welcome to episode four, series two of Prompted by Nature. I’m really excited about releasing this absolutely fascinating interview on sustainability in tech and engineering with Eco-designer, Engineer and constant questioner Erica Purvis. Erica does so much in her arena and set up as TechnicalNature , an independent design hub, 6 years ago to explore and question the “evolving role of a...

In this meditation and writing prompt you are invited to engage with your imagination through the senses and the visualisation of a path.  You are invited to create a description of the path and the creatures, nature, life that you encounter as you walk along it, tell the stories of this creatures or something completely different. As always, place no judgements or expectations on your creati...

Welcome to series 2 episode 3 of Prompted by Nature!  In this episode I speak with Lorraine Tindale, a nature-based EMDR therapist. Lorraine is a warm, approachable, caring and supportive trauma-focused BACP, EMDR & UKCP Accredited Psychotherapist with over 16 years of counselling and psychotherapy experience specialising in trauma and PTSD symptoms that are co-morbid with anxiety, abuse,...

In this meditation and writing prompt, I guide you into stillness and then ask the following prompt questions to help you to create that creative space for yourself. 1.  Cast your mind back to a time in which you felt at your most creative.  See it in your mind vividly. 2.  What was the setting?  What were the circumstance? 3.  How did you feel in your mind? 4.  How d...

In this interview, I speak with nature documentary-maker, Nina Constable. Nina is an award winning self-shooting director based in Cornwall, UK. Her films have screened in festivals globally and her work has featured in a number of broadcasts including BBC Springwatch, BBC Countryfile, ITV, Channel 4, Channel 5, CNN,The Guardian Online & WWF UK and her photography has featured in BBC Wildlife...

Welcome to this meditation and writing prompt for my interview with Avni Trivedi.  In this meditation you will re-engaging with your sense of touch in a simple lying down meditation using the hands to ignite your creativity. As with all prompts, place no judgment on your creativity - just start! :-) Happy writing, Helen x www.promptedbynature.co.uk @prompted.by.nature

Re-connecting with the Wisdom of your Body Hello and welcome to a new series of Prompted by Nature! It’s so good to be back! I have some amazing interviews with some incredible, inspiring souls for you and I’m very excited about getting starting up again! I hope you had a wonderful, if slightly different summer. We stayed in the UK and visited family in Somerset and London. Onto episode one! In th...

Welcome to series two of the Prompted by Nature podcast. In this episode I talk about: The Benfield Valley Project that I mentioned in my last episode of series one How to help your local green spaces if they are under threat of development The WWF Living Planet report  David Attenborough's Extinction: The Facts documentary Eco-grief, -anxiety and -guilt And I read an excerpt from Elizabeth L...

A little solo episode reflecting on the wonderful people you’ve heard from over the past few months. I speak about: What I’ve personally taken from the series and the stories The action that the podcast has inspired me to take in my own area A little pep talk for you if you’re feeling a little nervous about getting more ‘active’ in conservation in your own area As always, find me at www.promptedby...

In this visualisation, we take a journey into the Merlin's Cave of your creativity, collecting objects to inspire your writing.   You are guided into the cave and then there is a three minute silence for you to explore the space.  We finish with a grounding practice and you are invited to start writing, using the objects you found to create a piece of imaginative writing. Enjoy! Helen x...

Hello and welcome to episode 14 of Prompted by Nature. And today is the final episode of this series. I’m now in the process of interviewing new voices and am so excited about what’s to come this year. Next week will be a solo episode from me summing up everything I’ve learnt from this series’ guests, where things are now and a hint at what’s to come. But that’s for next week! So back to today’s e...

The prompt for this episode is a little different to what I usually do.  Dawn kindly told two stories, and this prompt is based on the second of those stories, Banorie. My suggestions for this prompt are as follows: Listen to the story lying down with your eyes closed and allow Dawn’s voice to guide you through the story.  Then stay for a while and begin writing whatever comes through in...

Hello and welcome to episode 13 of Prompted by Nature. How are you? It’s been a little while, hasn’t it! I admit I wasn’t expecting to take a break but I gave myself a moment to take a breath and now it’s over a week since I released an episode - perhaps I needed it! With lockdown beginning to ease, I’ve re-started my outdoor writing and meditation sessions in Brighton and Uckfield in East Sussex....