Guided By Nature is run by Caroline Schofield, artist, eco-psychology practitioner and eco-therapist. Her freelance work stems from a deep love of the natural world, fuelled by passion, purpose and a desire to be of service to life, people and planet.

In 2022 she qualified as an eco-psychology and nature-based practitioner over three years with the Natural Academy.

Eco-Psychology brings together psychology and ecology, focusing on the emotional relationship between humans and our wider ecological world. It sees human wellbeing and the restoration of our eco-systems as fundamentally intertwined and of equal importance.  

Caroline has over 20 years’ experience working in the mental health sector, as an arts facilitator and within education. Alongside this she has a nature-based arts practice exploring natural pigment as away to connect with place and more than human life.

She is open to collaboration with likeminded people and organisations who also believe in ecological regeneration, social equality, healing through creativity and system change.

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Wythnos Dathlu Dysgu - Welsh Learning Celebration Week (English Below) Dw i’n ddysgwr Cymraeg. Dw i ddim yn wych yn y Gymraeg ond dw i’n trio, dydy bod yn niwroamrywiol ddim yn helpu!, Fy hoff le i ddysgu iaith ydi tra bod tu allan yn natur. Mae’r Gymraeg yn bwysig achos mae iaith y wlad ydy hi ac yn frodorol i Ynysoedd Prydain .Mae dysgu Cymraeg yn ymwneud â pharchu’r bobl a’r tir sydd yma. Eleni dw i’n mynd i Nant Gwrtheyrn, ac yn gobeithio y bydd hynny’n helpu fy siwrne ieithyddol.. Un diwrnod, baswn i wrth fy modd yn gallu cyflwyno fy sesiynau’n ddwyieithog, ond yn y cyfamser, dw i’n gweithio gyda llwyth o siaradwyr Cymraeg hyfryd,ac yn mwynhau defnyddio a dysgu’r Gymraeg gyda’n gilydd. I am a Welsh learner. I am not great at Welsh but I try! Being neurodivegent doesn't help, my favourite place to learn is out in nature, of course! For me Welsh is important because it is the language of the land. It also indigenous to the British Isles. Learning Welsh is about respecting both the people and the land here. This year I am going to Nant Gwrtheyrn which I hope will help me along. One day I would love to be able to deliver my sessions bilingually but in the meantime I get to work with lots of lovely Welsh speakers and we enjoy using and learning Welsh together.
Yesterday Buddy and I went to drink from Ffynnon Ffidlar, (Fiddler's Spring) I read that "like all spring running from the south it possesses magical properties". It's not very noticeable, we asked a white haired man on the track, who said "ask the pony", a white mare who happened to be standing right next to it! I was reminded about the existence of the spring during a shamanic guidance session earlier. I am trying these sessions to connect with Brythonic polytheism, Britons early indigenous culture. It was certainly a magical, otherworldly spot with the sun hardly breaking through the clouds and you could imagine a time when the old gods were walking the land. Today Buddy is having an operation at the grand old age of 13...we are putting our trust in modern veterinary practice, Brythonic gods and the icy cold waters that flow out of the ground down to Afon Caseg (river of the mare). Buddy is my best pal, once in a lifetime soul hound. I am hoping he can get through the anesthetic and have his bad teeth taken out so we can enjoy a few more years of walking along Cwm Caseg together.
Indi-feckin-go I am just going to go on about the indigo extraction some more. Because it actually, finally, worked and it's lovely 💙 probably cost more than gold if I paid myself minimum wage for every hour spent from seed to pigment. Rain, sun and soil gave themselves up for free tho 💚
Wow, just phenomenal work by @deannemizen_art at @plasglynyweddw. Using Oak Gall, Slate, Brick, all within five miles of home. Beautiful. Moving. Inspiring work. Take a look. @roisincoylers @hanienconradie
Processing Indigo pigment today, from a crop grown over the summer. I have to admit that if l knew what a long winded, precarious faff it was I might never have started this malarkey. However I am hooked now, already started overwintering Woad to have a go with next year. 💙
Beautiful start to the Arty Autumn - Nature, Creativity and Welbeing Course in Betws today. Lovely group, nourishing time with the aliveness of river, rock, tree and jackdaw! Playful time with art materials. We are still open to newcomers next week and then close the group for the rest of the sessions so we can all relax and get to know each other.

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Recent Testimonial

The team really know their stuff and worked us through some very interesting tools. We learned about the key mental health issues that might present to leaders, about the causes and how the brain reacts to those.

What was really special was developing and working through strategies to support people feeling unwell. Given the workshop focussed on common mental health issues and was focussed on working in the outdoors it was far superior and much more useful than the mental health first aid I’ve done so far. The course is suitable for all outdoor leaders and instructors.

Mike Raine, Notes On The Hill - Apr 2025

Professional Accreditations

  • City & Guilds - Level Four Delivering Adult Learning

  • City University London - MA Organisations & Social Change

  • Iron Mill College - Certificate in Counselling

  • Natural Academy - Advanced diploma - Eco-Psychology and Nature Based Practice

  • The Coaching Academy - Advanced Diploma in Personal Performance Coaching

  • University of Wales - Postgraduate Certificate SEN Specific Learning Difficulties

  • City of Bristol College - Level Four Delivering Adult Learning City & Guilds