AWAKE WITH THE WILD
Unlock Your Authentic Leadership Potential: "Awake With the Wild" Leadership Development Program
Leadership skills like presence, self-awareness, authenticity, and self-compassion are not just desirable – they are critical. They’re the perfect antidote to the taxing demands of modern ways of working.
These skills empower leaders to not only navigate challenges with clarity and compassion but also keep you aligned with your purpose and values.
What if you could let nature to amplify these essential skills?
The "Awake With the Wild" Personal Leadership Development Program, a 3-day journey in nature merges presence, self-awareness, self-compassion and authenticity with the calming and rejuvenating force of nature.
WHO ARE YOU?
People Manager
Founder/Entrepreneur
Self-employed business owner
Lead specialist
Project Manager
Min. 2-3 years of experience with leading others, projects or startups
Curious to get to know yourself better and connecting with your true self for a more authentic leadership style
This powerful program teaches you the three most basic leadership capacities of any leader: Waking Up and Being Aware, Listening and Discovering, Clarifying and Stepping Up - all infused by the wisdom of the natural world.
Waking Up and Being Aware
In today’s hectic, everchanging and volatile business environments, when and where do you find the time to rest and digest? When do you listen to yourself? How do you tune into what you’re doing right now is in line with your true authentic self?
We get it, we’ve been there, it’s though… with challenging deadlines, constant interruptions and changes and the increasing speed of decision making and uncertainties.
Waking up involves slowing down and nature is a great facilitator for that. Some science is actually suggesting that the minute we step into natural environments, we go from auto pilot to manual. Our bodies and (racing) mind start to feel relaxed, our heart rate drops and our breathing becomes slower and deeper. How often do you feel that in a office setting?
Once you start to wake up more, you’ll start to Being Aware, which is the capacity to be a neutral spectator of your own mind, emotions and bodies. Think of the difference between a stirred glass of water and still glass of water? When the water (your mind, emotions and body) is still, you can see things more clearly.
Waking Up and Being Aware is the foundation for getting to know yourself in ways you’ve probably haven’t experienced before.
Listening & Discovering
Did you know that your brain operates up to 25 % faster, when you’re listening to someone else talking? That’s one of the reasons, we’re so eager to finish someone else’s sentence.
How often do you listen (deeply) to yourself? When we’re busy managing the external environment (the deliverables, the deadlines, your reports, the KPIs, the firefighting etc.), do you really listen to yourself? On autopilot mode, we tend not to - guess we don’t have time for it.
Being able to listen to yourself is the 2nd crucial leadership capability on the way to leading from your authentic core. When you listen, you can start to discover, who you are and has the potential to be (again). When you start to apply mindful listening techniques, you’ll start you experience yourself in a new light. Slowing down and being inspired by archetype clues from the natural world, supports you in discovering your traits, values and beliefs. Discovering your true self provides opportunities to work through interpersonal issues, learn how to successfully cope with stress, develop healthy relationship skills, and experience strong connections with other people. You learn to listen to your heart and discover what truly matters to you. This enables you to experience authentic connections to yourself and others.
Where as awakening and awareness sets the foundation for listening, listening sets the foundation for discovering you, as you’ve always been meant to be. You start to experience yourself as more capable, competent, worthy and powerful as a leader.
Clarifying & Stepping Up
The final and pivotal step on the journey towards a more authentic leadership style is clarifying at least one deep personal value, that will bring up even closer to your authentic self. We call this your “YES”; which part of yourself and what in your leadership are you saying yes to?
The world outside has not been transformed. Thus, the challenge for you is to retain the wisdom gained on your journey so far, integrate that wisdom into clarifying your value(s) and experiencing ways your can start to direct your leadership based on your authentic self. We call this Stepping Up to yourself. Stepping Up so you can live and lead in a way, that more closely connected to your needs and values. Stepping Up so your light can shine and cast a shadow onto others.
Stepping Up and coming closer to yourself is not always easy. We know. Feelings of doubt, insecurity, fear of losing control and even anger may emerge and cloud your judgement.
Recent neurobiological studies indicate that applying Self Compassion during times of personal difficulties such as transition, is far more effective than what we usually do: self criticism (also known as a commonly used self motivation practice - which doesn’t really work).
You’ll learn how to manifesting your authentic core based in ancient rituals, for new life to emerge. To gain new knowledge. Confidence takes root and you’ll experience how your capacity to lead and thrive expands.
WHY YOU SHOULD JOIN THIS PROGRAM
Train your awareness and presence
Expand your capacity to navigate skillfully in challenging situations such as work overload, mental, emotional and physical fatigue, conflicting and excessive demands, change, adversity or conflict
Become aware of your patterns of action and create a change in your leadership that is in line with both your values and beliefs
Learn effective nature-based techniques for discovering and expanding your authentic core and leadership style
Learn how to feel at ease in your body, mind and emotions and stand grounded in challenging situations
Program structure
Day 1: Awakening and Becoming Aware
Discover the essence of being "Awake With the Wild" as you connect with nature through guided walks, sensory experiences, and mindfulness meditation. Experience powerful ancient techniques to relax your mind, emotions and body. Experience how and what this quietness teaches you about yourself, gives you focus, awareness and clarity. And feel the benefits of this state of awareness in terms of clarifying your true self and potential. Embrace stillness, self-reflection and journaling amidst the serene environment to uncover your true self and its alignment with your leadership aspirations.
Day 2: Listening and Discovering
You’ll experience how different natural environments can teach you how to deeply listen to what your mind, emotions and body is trying to communicate to you. And based on archetype symbols and energies, what do these signals inform you about your true and unique self?
Uncover what values and beliefs are most important to you and how you’re showing up for yourself and people around you. You’ll develop greater understanding of and a stronger emotional connection to yourself.
Day 3: Clarifying and Stepping Up
Based on a greater insight in and emotional connection to your values and beliefs, you’ll be guided into clarifying the values and beliefs, that will help amplify your authentic you and leadership style.
You’ll experience how self-compassion inspired the natural worlds why of caring for one-self and others, can be an effective driver for living and leading by your core self.
Immersive experiences to boost your presence, wellbeing and learning capacity
This is not your typical classroom training. The program is mostly outdoor based and highly experiential. Creating powerful experiences is a strong learning methodology especially in the realms of personal leadership. You’ll experience how sensory exercises like nature-based presence, opens up a new way of feeling, understanding and relating to yourself.
Each day starts with morning activities outside: e.g. sunrise walks, meditation, nature time, yoga or what ever feels nurturing and supportive for you in the present moment and your current state.
And each day ends with activities to round off the day: e.g. campfire chats, sun set/night hikes, music, yoga or what ever feels nurturing and supportive for you in the present moment.
“Nature does not hurry, yet everything is accomplished”
Lao Tzu
PROGRAM DETAILS
Location:
The Farm, close to Bromölla, Sweden. The Farm is located a 2-hour drive from Copenhagen. The Farm is beautifully located in solitude the deep forests of Sweden. This unique place offers unique and endless opportunities for resting, digesting, building self-awareness and self-mastery of your authentic self.
Price:
8.995 DKK. The price includes lodging, all meals and fruits/snacks, training materials and great opportunities for outdoor swimming and hiking and rediscovering you!
Upcoming program dates:
16th - 18th of May 2025
Number of seats:
8-10
