A little bit about Amanda's Journey

'Let's Step In' is my true path's calling and I can't tell you how happy it makes me to say that. 

I'm a True Nature Coach & Nature Connection Practitioner. I hold an accredited Advanced certificate in Coaching Practice and my nature work comes from training as a 'Shinrin-Yoku' (Forest Bathing) Practitioner.

A few years ago I was on a different path and I'd love to share a little about the journey that brought me to here, to you now...

For a looong time I had a deep sense there was something missing from my life, an emptiness within that I couldn't place, I couldn't fill. A whisper repeated 'is this really what life is meant to be?' I had a feeling I was walking the wrong path. That I wasn't me.

But I didn't know what to do, where to start or what the feelings were trying to tell me.  My truth was trying to guide me but I wasn't connected to hear the messages. I didn't know that at the time. 

Skip to a couple of years ago, with the physical and mental affects starting to show I was finally ready to do something about it. 

I started to take the steps, I went to my first circle at the beginning of 2019 and started to open up, to talk, to share. Well I share talk, to be honest all that came out of me in your first circle were tears and a few confused words. But that's ok, I took the first step. 

I started to invest in myself. Seeking the help of a life coach, she listened and helped me to connect to the messages my emotions were sending me and to understand how I was feeling and what was important to me. 

That summer I spent time with beautiful souls on retreats as I gradually dived deeper into uncovering and exploring my truth. I was being guided back to nature, something that had been such a big part of my life growing up but a connection that had been lost after 15 years living in the city. 

I felt called to explore bringing likeminded people together by holding gatherings in nature and so at the end of summer 2019 I set up a private facebook group called 'Let's Step In' (now 'Let's Step In Together') providing me with a safe space to share and build confidence in my true, natural self. I held my first gathering - swimming in the sea and warming around the campfire afterwards with ht ginger tea and marshmallows. It felt so right, so natural, so me! 

I first asked myself that question 'if this is what life's about, what's the point?' when I was in my late 20's. I was exhausted from repeatedly working all hours of the day and sleeping at weekends to recover my energy. 

I mean, what could be wrong with my life? I had a privileged education, I was climbing up the career ladder at a great British fashion brand, I lived in one of the best cities in the world, and had amazing friends and family around me. 

Yet I was deeply unhappy and unfulfilled.

It wasn't until January 2018, having packed up my London life, that I had the time, space and right environment for things to shift. I took my 'dream' job in a part of the country I'd never been to and where I knew no-one. Yet I had a deep sense I had to take this step and that, one way or another, I would find the answers to my questions there.

Living on the beautiful Northumberland coastline I walked the beach, swam in the sea and took up paddle-boarding. Being out of the city and spending time in nature took me back to the young girl I once was, playing in the trees and hiding in the long grass. 

I was reconnecting with my true nature, remembering. 

Oh there were ups and there were downs! The highs were moments of pure magic receiving guidance from nature and being held in such a way that I developed a deep sense of knowing and trust deep within. I might not have know the details at the time, but I knew the direction I was to go in. 

When the challenges came, this trust, helped me to push through and finally the breaking point came with a panic attack on the beach bringing me to a fork in the road ahead. There it was, certainty and uncertainty, and there they switched places - in that moment uncertainty became a path ahead filled with endless possibilities and certainty became, well, a scary place to stay.

I stepped fully onto my new, uncertain, path. Handing in my notice on the career I had worked so hard to build the next day.

I trained as a Forest Bathing Practitioner in October 2019 knowing that nature would be my guide and help me uncover the path ahead completing my International Diploma training as a Forest Therapy Guide in September 2021.

In January 2020 I left what had once upon a time been my 'dream' job and I packed up my life in the NE of England and moved back to Cheshire to live with my parents so I could embark on what my heart was calling me to do. 

Since then, I've trained with an inspiring space holder and started to hold space through nature gatherings for women, something I never expected to do but adore! 

A visit from the Cacao Spirit to my dreams led me to work with Cacao, the beautifully nurturing and 'heart opening' natural tree medicine. Training with a beautiful couple in Kenya. I bring Cacao into my coaching work when clients feel the curiosity to explore it, it leads to deep insights and guidance.

I had a sense that training to become a transformational coach would help me to connect the dots with the direction I was to take. It delivered so much more than that! Not only do I love supporting others through coaching but it was a massive personal transformational journey for my true nature too. I was certified in Advanced Coaching Practice in January 2021.

My curiosity in meditation to support mental health and further my exploration of combining this practice to support connection with self in nature led me to complete my Meditation Teacher certification with Yoga Campus in 2021.

And well, Covid aside, I couldn't be happier!

I'm here to support you and hold space that enables you to create the life you wish for, a life that makes you 

bloom with bliss. 

I believe this is the start of a very beautiful adventure for us both, I'm here to support you as best I can. 

If you feel curious to explore how I can support you can drop me a message and we can arrange a time to chat.

Love,

Amanda x