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Walk and Talk

Walk and talk therapy involves having conversations while walking outdoors. It can help people open up more easily compared to traditional talk therapy indoors. Walking provides physical and mental benefits like reducing stress and improving mood and creativity. The movement and scenery allows people to feel less pressure and make eye contact, helping discussions. It also boosts cognitive function and problem-solving abilities. Walking together can help build rapport between partners and potentially resolve conflicts.

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Walk and Talk

Walk and talk therapy involves having conversations while walking outdoors. It can help people open up more easily compared to traditional talk therapy indoors. Walking provides physical and mental benefits like reducing stress and improving mood and creativity. The movement and scenery allows people to feel less pressure and make eye contact, helping discussions. It also boosts cognitive function and problem-solving abilities. Walking together can help build rapport between partners and potentially resolve conflicts.

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Walk

and talk
Question # 1
How does walk and talk
help people to talk?
Some people feel that it is difficult for them to talk, think or feel,
while sitting still. They need to move their bodies
and feel that talking comes easier while walking.

https://welldoing.org/article/what-is-walk-and-talk-therapy
Some people find it too intense to be closely looked at or find it
hard making eye contact. Looking forward, for example on to
the nature path or at trees, rather than looking directly at
another person can help people open up.

Inspired by
https://www.webmd.com/balance/features/walk-and-talk-therapy
https://welldoing.org/article/what-is-walk-and-talk-therapy
Many may sit all day in front of their computers or in
offices and find it motivating to get outside and talk
rather than sitting in a room.

https://welldoing.org/article/what-is-walk-and-talk-therapy
Question # 2
How does walk and talk
improve health and wellbeing?
Walk and talk coaching result in improvements in terms of
 burnout,
 bore-out,
 mental health,
 concentration problems,
 social functioning,
 work pleasure,
 work engagement,
 hope,
 self-esteem,
 mindfulness, and
 satisfaction with life.

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0272494421000943
Question # 3
How can walk and talk
help people to think?
When you walk, you help your mind go back and
revisit what you have been learning.

http://bigthink.com/natalie-shoemaker/5-exercises-to-help-boost-creativity-divergent-thinking
When you want to practice memorizing something, for
example for an exam, take a walk and repeat what you want to
memorize over and over again.

https://www.edutopia.org/practice/fit-lit-how-movement-impacts-learning
Question # 4
How can walk and talk
help people to think creatively?
A person's creative output increase
by an average of 60% when walking.

https://news.stanford.edu/2014/04/24/walking-vs-sitting-042414/
Because we don't have to devote much conscious
effort to the act of walking, our attention is free to
wander.

https://www.inc.com/jessica-stillman/steve-jobs-swore-by-walking-meetings-heres-science-of-why-theyre-awesome-how-to-do-them-right.html
People think creatively during and immediately after
walking. Our mind is at its most creative at 5 kilometers per hour,
the speed of a moderately paced stroll.

https://medium.com/the-mission/how-to-use-steve-jobs-simple-innovation-routine-2d379d2d787#.7icppmdvx
http://qz.com/658725/research-backs-up-the-instinct-that-walking-improves-creativity/
Whenever you’re deeply involved with a problem, take a thought
walk, for example around your neighbourhood, a shopping mall, a
park, a forest etc.

Look for objects, situations, or events that are


interesting or that can be metaphorically compared
with whatever you are working on.

http://creativethinking.net/when-you-need-new-ideas-take-a-thought-walk/
Question # 5
How can walk and talk
help people to solve conflicts?
Walking can allow partners to acquire the cognitive, affective,
and behavioral advantages of synchronous movement
such as increased positive rapport, empathy, and pro-sociality.

Walking partners naturally adopt cooperative postural


stances and experience shared attention.

https://psycnet.apa.org/doiLanding?doi=10.1037%2Fa0040431
Sources of inspiration
http://bigthink.com/natalie-shoemaker/5-exercises-to-help-boost-creativity-divergent-thinking
http://creativethinking.net/when-you-need-new-ideas-take-a-thought-walk/
https://www.edutopia.org/practice/fit-lit-how-movement-impacts-learning
https://www.inc.com/jessica-stillman/steve-jobs-swore-by-walking-meetings-heres-science-of-why-theyre-awesome-how-to-do-them-right.html
https://medium.com/the-mission/how-to-use-steve-jobs-simple-innovation-routine-2d379d2d787#.7icppmdvx
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0272494421000943
http://news.stanford.edu/2014/04/24/walking-vs-sitting-042414/
https://psycnet.apa.org/doiLanding?doi=10.1037%2Fa0040431
http://qz.com/658725/research-backs-up-the-instinct-that-walking-improves-creativity/
https://www.webmd.com/balance/features/walk-and-talk-therapy
https://welldoing.org/article/what-is-walk-and-talk-therapy

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