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Dr Jess Cooper - Founder of The Path coaching

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What is The Path Project I hear you ask?

#swcp #morethanjustawalk #thepathproject #research #outdoorcoaching by @_thewalkingcoach_

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10 days ago

DM or follow me for more information.

But for anyone who might be wondering….

What’s next?
Who am I now?
What makes me truly happy?
This is my time!

I invite you with the most open of arms to join me on this journey.
#Thepathproject #swcp #walkingwithpurpose #morethanjustawalk by @_thewalkingcoach_

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a month ago

Am I detecting a value incongruence, where I feel like what’s important to me is not the same as what “London” values? How can you live in a city where a bit of you doesn’t feel it fits the person you are now? Happier with fields, coasts and cows than trains, planes and high rises.

Also ChatGPT activates me? Resonate with anyone else?

#findmypath #identity #values #london #chatgpt by @_thewalkingcoach_

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5 days ago

Leg One

The Plan. Minehead to Porlock. Porlock to Lynmouth. 21 miles.

The Replan (due to my knee hurting 😢). Minehead to Porlock. Drive to Lynmouth. Walk Lynmouth to Hunters Inn.

Rethinking route now as realising a swcp mile is not a normal mile.

journal Published soon. Link in Bio. As well as more information about the project.

#swcp #coaching #personaltransformation #walkingforwellbeing #findyourfuture by @_thewalkingcoach_

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6 days ago

And I’m off…..

See you in the South West!

I’m Jess and I’m walking the South west coast path over the next three years. There are two whys! The first is I turned 47 and I thought 3 years to 50….eek! What do I want to do? I love walking…I love the south west…

And secondly I’m a coach and researcher and I’m interested in Identity, Purpose and Meaning…and I am worried about how we’ll get these things in the future, especially in a world that might have less work as we know it. So this is also part research project, an opportunity for me to hear people’s stories, especially those who are walking or who have walked the path and learn from them!

#swcp #thepathproject #morethanjustawalk #identity #purpose by @_thewalkingcoach_

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11 days ago

I feel like this whole situation is a signal for the rest of the walk…

I’m due to travel down tomorrow to start the south west coastal path walk and I can barely walk 😬

Many of you know I’ve been struggling with my knee since dancing in heels at a 50th and then doing a hyrox a week later. This was back in March.

It’s niggled on and off since then, then when I decided to do this walk I thought I’d better have an MRI to check it out and it came back ok…except for some old age damage 🤣😢

After a physio visit last week and a bit of taping and some exercises which I have been diligent doing I did a VERY gentle yoga class on Monday and haven’t been able to walk since.

The last couple of days have been intensive icing, elevating, gentle movement, ibuprofen (you know I’d rather not), tumeric and red light.

I’d don’t want to cancel, I was going to push on and just do it and deal with the consequences later. Instead I’ve come to the thinking, I’m just going to start…so what if I don’t make it out of Minehead! I said I was going to do this over three years, no one says how or when except me. And perhaps…I’m just thinking this is my first life lesson from the path….getting comfortable in uncertainty and being happy with whatever outcome I get…🤣

Wish me luck and minimal pain…😘

#swcp #morethanjustawalk #thepathproject by @_thewalkingcoach_

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12 days ago

Admittedly not normal coaching content but…..

This time next week I’ll have completed day 1 of my South west coast path….exploring purpose, identity and meaning in today’s world…. as I journey to 50!

#boxopening #swcp by @_thewalkingcoach_

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17 days ago

Well that’s come around quickly! It’s just over 6 weeks since I decided that in the 3 years leading up to my 50th birthday I would fulfill a dream to walk the South West Coastal path and write a book.

In that time, I’ve come up with the name of the project The Path Project, rebranded the business to The Path, worked with an amazing friend to design the look & feel.

I’ve also started interviews to research for the book which is exploring identity, purpose and meaning in a work without work, inspired by own lived experience and curiosity about the effect that AI will have on people’s work and sense of self in the future.

Am I ready for next week? I’m super excited to be back in in the south west so soon, accommodation is booked, I’m enjoying following @itsemilykaty and @heatherandwilder who are both currently walking but all in one go. I’ve been super inspired by my interviews of people who have already walked it and a realisation that for many it’s a transformative journey of healing and change, hence my tag line ‘more than just a walk’.

There are definitely things I’ve not thought about enough or a change to plan. I’m not sure how I’ll be getting from Lynmouth back to minehead and Toby has just told me that he can’t have the Friday off so I might be doing this first leg on my own…unless I can tempt anyone with a free night at YHA Minehead 🤣

But I guess this is what this is all about…the unexpected and not knowing what’s ahead!

#swcp #thepathproject #morethanjustawalk #purpose #identity by @_thewalkingcoach_

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20 days ago

Still on a reccy down in Cornwall, I hadn’t walked on my own for a few days so my brain was buzzing when I took that first step.

These were my thoughts from walking.

What I’m particularly excited about is the launch of The Monday Club….follow for more information

But my brain was buzzing thinking about how I can get more teams to take their work outside, which groups I can reach out to to accompany me on my South West Coastal Path walk.

I was also thinking about a conversation I’d had with my middle son the day before about jumping from rocks..more on this one…

What thoughts did you have walking today?

#Walking #southwestcoastalpath #ideas #lifecoaching #thepathproject taken in Treyarnon Bay by @_thewalkingcoach_

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a month ago

Three weeks on.

Taking at idea into action.

Now working on the next step of The Path Project.

Starting the book.
Building the programme
Getting the confidence:)

#southwestcoastalpath #coaching #direction #purpose taken in Treyarnon Bay by @_thewalkingcoach_

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a month ago

Planning Leg 1 of The Path Project

My three year journey around the South West Coast Path exploring ‘what gives us purpose, meaning and identity’

#southwestcoastpath #personaldevelopment #lost #stuck #whoami by @_thewalkingcoach_

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2 months ago

I’m on a mission to support people to use their nervous system state to optimise their performance at work! I believe this is the key to ensuring that we don’t collapse as a society through stress and burnout.

The reality is - biologically we WERE NOT built to function in the society we live in today. The world around us had adapted and continues to adapt at pace but our biology can’t adapt and catch up at the same speed.

I’m confident with some education and support though that we can thrive and that we can take back some control to shape our system and thrive.

I talk about this on every opportunity I can : podcasts, lunch and learns, intimate fireside chats. I also support leaders to manage their own state and to shape their organisations through The Leader Lab community group coaching and finally I help adapt organisations working with teams to improve their impact in their organisations by working better together. DM for more info.

#performance #sustainableperformance #burnoutprevention #teamdevelopment #nervoussystemregulation taken in London, United Kingdom by @_thewalkingcoach_

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