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How Nature Could Save Your Life with Eco-Adventurer, Speaker & Endurance Athlete, Isaac Kenyon #74

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Lee and Isaac discuss:

  • Early experiences with nature, rooting a sense of exploration within Isaac

  • Everyone’s responsibility as a sustainability leader

  • Overcoming eco-anxiety and mental health challenges

  • The inception of Isaac’s huge adventurous projects and world record-setting ways

  • Businesses’ role in saving our planet for the future

Links & references

Lee Cooper: https://www.linkedin.com/in/leecooperrecruiter/

Isaac Kenyon: https://www.isaackenyon.com/

https://www.linkedin.com/in/isaackenyon/

https://www.instagram.com/isaac_kenyon/

https://www.tiktok.com/@isaac.kenyon

Get in touch: lee@extrology.com

Episode highlights:

“I opened up to a friend of mine who said to me, ‘What do you like most?’ and I'd said I like doing that walk to university. It's the only thing I like during the day. He said, ‘Okay, spend a whole day doing a walk, walk until your mind is clear’. He was a smart friend.” - 10:10 - Isaac Kenyon

“Today, everyone needs to be a sustainability leader. We’ve all got to be in on it.” - 18:50 - Isaac Kenyon

“When it came to mindset, often working with people and having a chat was very good at picking yourself up. To do something truly alone is tough - I was able to use nature as my companion.” - 32:40 - Isaac Kenyon

“The choice now is: Do you want to make loads of money and all die, or make a bit less money, and not die? People need to think differently about future generations.” - 40:45 - Isaac Kenyon

“The adventures in the past were very much about finding myself, keeping myself fit and healthy, and mental health-focused. Only recently, after the last three or four years, I've started to really drive home that environmental message.” - 56:00 - Isaac Kenyon

“Poor mental health was once perceived as an affliction of the weak, but I see it now as an affliction of the strong.” - 1:01:30 - Isaac Kenyon

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