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Catherine Burton
@phoenixnature.bsky.social
Rooted in care, guided by #nature. #Counselling #Psychotherapist, #Derbyshire UK. #Climate & meta crisis aware. Living well with Long #COVID. Making sense of this fractured world. https://www.counselling-directory.org.uk/counsellors/catherine-burton
Just signed up for this. Sounds really interesting 🤔
climateconsciousness.net
November 12, 2025 at 9:51 AM
Hello Father Oak… I won't awake you from your slumber, but I wonder what story's you could tell…

#matlockbath #derbyshire #autumn #walk
November 10, 2025 at 9:52 AM
Hello Father Oak… I won't awake you from your slumber, but I wonder what story's you could tell…
November 10, 2025 at 9:51 AM
I nearly just stepped over this leaf like so many others on the ground at this time of year. Not sure why it caught my eye, perhaps because it was all alone… But once you look closely there is so much to see that is beautiful here.
#nature #connection #allaround
November 4, 2025 at 10:39 AM
Today's tiny mushroom… nearly didn't spot it peaking through the leafy woodland floor.
#nature #connection #tiny #details #derbyshire #blackrocks
November 3, 2025 at 2:27 PM
Changing moods in the valley.
#wirksworth #Derbyshire #nature #connection
October 30, 2025 at 8:12 AM
Autumnal vibes. We call this tree Steve—named after the lovely book Our Tree Named Steve. Giving names helps build connections; now, every time we visit the woods, my girls want to check in on all the trees they've named.

#Derbyshire #Autumn #Nature #Connection
October 25, 2025 at 11:15 AM
"Even a wounded world is feeding us. Even a wounded world holds us, giving us moments of wonder and joy. I choose #joy over despair. Not because I have my head in the sand, but because joy is what the earth gives me daily and I must return the gift."
Robin Wall Kimmerer, Braiding Sweetgrass
#nature
October 22, 2025 at 8:19 AM
Same view, different mood! Such a beautiful evening last night after a rainy day.
#derbyshire #wirksworth #nature #connection
October 21, 2025 at 8:20 AM
Why do you keep tapping on this silly box when you could be stroking a cat... And of course he is quite right 😉 #cat #logic #bemorecat
October 20, 2025 at 4:05 PM
What if #self-care isn’t a jug to pour from, but a #forest to grow a web of roots and whispers.

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October 20, 2025 at 3:27 PM
#Mushrooms everywhere in the woods this week.
Reminding me that #care grows quietly, underground.
new post: growing a #mycelium network of care:
about rest, resilience, and the ripple effects of love
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October 20, 2025 at 11:52 AM
Made a friend in the woods yesterday…

A Puddock! That's the Doric for them anyway… put me in mind if a poem I learned at school, I might have to see if I can find it…

#nature #connection #childhood #memories
October 20, 2025 at 9:36 AM
Ever changing valley. Always beautiful 🍂
#peakdistrict #derbyshire #wirksworth #nature #connection #autumn
October 20, 2025 at 9:23 AM
October 17, 2025 at 10:05 AM
There’s a kind of joy in the woods when it rains.
Tree roots curl like toes in delight.
Moss swells, raindrops patter, the canopy deepens.
Even the drop that lands on your head feels like a gift.

#derbyshire #blackrocks #nature #connection #rain #trees
October 13, 2025 at 8:55 AM
"In a forest of a hundred thousand trees, no two leaves are alike. And no two journeys along the same path are alike."
- Paulo Coelho
October 7, 2025 at 7:15 AM
The #sun is shining, the #trees are still mostly lush and green. It could almost be summer. But there is something about the feel and smell of the air & the energy of those who live here, which whispers of soaking up the #autumnal sun and readying for winter. 🍄‍🟫🍂🌿💚

#nature #connection #derbyshire
October 6, 2025 at 9:11 AM
Walking in the woods near Gloucester yesterday and popped out of the trees to this view. 💚
October 5, 2025 at 10:26 AM
"And into the forest I go, to lose my mind and find my soul"
John Muir
October 4, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Their needs are the same as ours.
Their stories matter too.
It’s time to stand in no mans land and remember it is common ground.

atherapistsnaturejournal.substack.com/p/no-mans-la...
October 4, 2025 at 9:06 AM
Sad, to hear of Jane Goodall's death. & so grateful she was with us. It feels like many of the wise elders are leaving just now. Makes me feel it is time for more of us to step up. Not to replace them, they are irreplaceable, but to bring who we are to the world with the same unshakable faith. 💚🌿
October 2, 2025 at 2:11 PM
Been at Allestree Park in #Derby today. Britain's largest urban rewilding project. Exploring a new corner of the park, ready to work with a client there. It's hard not to love where I work.
#nature #therapy #counselling #outdoors
October 2, 2025 at 1:40 PM
Grey sky vibe this morning. Still beautiful though.
#nature #connection #derbyshire #wirksworth #rain #clouds
October 1, 2025 at 8:17 AM
Under my favourite #Beech #trees. The #colours are starting to turn & the first #leaves are gently falling. A branch has been ripped down in the recent gales.
I notice that sometimes things leave us at as life turns & sometimes storms rip part of us away, when we are not expecting it.
#nature
September 30, 2025 at 10:08 AM