#213 Ancestral Legacies and Writing with Jackee Holder

Welcome to the 213th episode of the award-winning Diverse Minds podcast.  It’s our final in the series on writing and wellbeing. Today you are in for a real treat as we're joined by the lovely Jackee Holder.About my guest A well seasoned walker of London streets, parks and green spaces with over 10,000 walking and writing hours under her belt. Jackee describes herself as an urban city walker and enthusiast of the health and well-being benefits of connecting and engaging with trees and nature inside urban environments. Jackee has a portfolio career as a Leadership coach at executive and board levels, on leadership development programmes and as an expert promoting the health and wellbeing benefits of journaling, expressive writing and nature wellness.  Jackee has penned three non-fiction titles, two illustrated nature themed writing maps, Writing With Fabulous Trees and Re-Wilding The Page Writing Maps. In 2016 she self published the Inner & Outer Nature Self Discovery card deck, a collection of 49 nature inspired journal writing prompts bringing together the benefits of nature and therapeutic writing.  Her work has been featured in several anthologies including; The Big Book Of Journaling, Transformational Journaling For Coaches, Therapists  and Clients, The Creativity Workbook For Coaches and Creatives, Inside Creativity Coaching and 101 Coaching Supervision Techniques, Approaches, Enquiries and Experiments.  Jackee is regularly featured on a host of podcasts and summits. She currently pens a monthly column for Psychologies Magazine, the UK’s best selling emotional wellbeing magazine. Jackee lives a calm and peaceful life on the edges of the city of London where she embraces the last faint traces of the ancient urban forests and woodlands that once marked this region of South London. Her favourite resilience tip is heading out for an early morning walk amongst the trees and gifting herself whenever she can ten precious minutes of early morning journaling before starting her day.In today’s showAbout Jackee and what she’s working on at the moment [02:49]What the term healing through writing means to her [13:18]Her thoughts on who has the right to write [21:24]How workplaces can support staff in journaling [28:08]Her top three mental health tips [31:07]QuotesI think we can create spaces where people can write togetherThere is nothing more liberating than writing in your own voice.Writing in analogue is so relaxing.My journal is something that is with me 24/7.I love to walk.ResourcesConnect with Jackee on Linkedin, Twitter and InstagramVisit her websiteJoin my Mailing List and receive my free e-book hereCheck out my TEDx talk: The Connection between Culture, Race and Mental HealthWork with me Have a look at my online work-life balance course on Thinkific. You can access it here: http://bit.ly/DMMHPONCOne hour focused Sessions £150 1-2-1Power Hour Sessions for Organisations Complete the form to discuss your training needs: https://forms.gle/hgnYtmTu33Zeem489 Check out my FAQs here: http://diverseminds.co.uk/solutions/coaching/ You can learn more about the coaching I do to support your wellbeing here. Subscribe to the podcast  If you enjoyed this episode, then consider subscribing on Apple podcast, Spotify or wherever you access your podcasts from. If you enjoyed it, why not leave a review?  You can also connect with me on Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn.   Remember to tune in next week, where I’ll bring you more insights on mental health and inclusion.