Looking to sow seeds of adventure in your life? What feed do you need to flourish and thrive? Join the Grow Zone hosts- Sarah Hübner, the communications adventurer and Ceri Temple, the outdoor adventurer. Delve into perspectives and experiences on our mini-adventures through the fields of communication, play, risk-taking, intercultural understanding, listening and more. Conversations, techniques, games and a good sprinkling of humour.
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#29 (S4 E1) Chaos - Crisis or Opportunity?
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What does chaos mean to you? When do you experience chaos? Is it a crisis or an opportunity or both? In this episode, we discuss the varied perspectives on the topic of chaos and explore different examples, as we try to make sense of chaos. We consider how it can be an opportunity for growth and development and what we can do to hone our skills to …
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What does FLOW mean to you? When do you experience FLOW? How does it help you? Welcome to our fourth series of the Grow Zone. In this series, Sarah and Ceri return to the challenges and rewards of our real time adventures. We head straight into the zone investigating the topic of flow and explore what it means to us, others and its benefits. Listen…
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We are embarking on fourth series of the our podcast The Grow Zone - Realtime Adventures. In this series we will be exploring the challenges and rewards of real time adventures. Our topics in series 4 are: Flow, chaos, systems, communication, collaboration, stories of our lives, fun, symbiosis and values Before we start recording our new series, we…
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#27 (S3 E7) Leadership (Re)Treats - Breathing Fresh Air and Energy into Business
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In our final episode of our third series, we take you on a journey into our brand new collaboration. Combining our skill-set and experience, we are taking leadership teams on a real time adventure getaway. Listen in to find out what and where this adventure is, and how it will benefit you and your team. #leadership #munichbusiness #leadershipretrea…
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#26 (S3 E6) Empowering Schools through Theatre with Sarah
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„Educating the mind without educating the heart is no education at all.“ – Aristotles It is not just Ceri who goes on real time adventures with schools. Sarah takes us backstage into her work by sharing techniques and talking about the impact this work can have across school communities. Using applied improvisation and applied theatre strategies Sa…
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#25 (S3 E5) Learning Outside the Classroom with Ceri
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“No one will protect what they don’t care about and no one will care about what they’ve never experienced”- David Attenborough From the Duke of Edinburgh’s International Award to geography field trips and class retreats, Ceri coordinates, designs and leads a range of outdoor education programmes in Germany and Austria. She also provides training fo…
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#24 (S3 E4) Dynamic Team Building Events with Sarah
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Sarah, the communications adventurer, is a skilled facilitator combining a multitude of techniques, platforms and methods to create exciting and innovative ways to create connection, nurture trust and develop all manner of team growth, communication skills and more. In this conversation we explore how she creates these unique events, the difference…
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#23 (S3 E3) Hiking Across the Alps with Ceri
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Have you ever wondered what it’s like to hike across the Alps? Where do you start? What do you need to take into consideration? What do you need to pack. In this episode Sarah and Ceri discuss the joy of Transalp hiking and Ceri, hiking guide and adventure organiser, takes you step by step through organising these inspiring journeys by foot. #trans…
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#22 (S3 E2) Online Celebrations with Sarah
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Covid has not only transformed the way we work, but the way we also connect socially through technology. It has opened up ways to bring people together across the world both professionally and privately. Sarah, the Communications adventurer is at the forefront of these changes, and alongside her in-person events, designs innovative, fun and enterta…
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Welcome to Series 3! In this series, Sarah and Ceri will be opening their toolkit and giving you an insight into their realtime adventures. They share tools to help you to go on similar adventures. In our first episode of the series, Ceri, the Outdoor Adventurer and mountain hiking guide, reveals her top tips for packing for day hiking in the Bavar…
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#20 (S2 E8) Patti Stiles On The Delicious Package of Improvisational Theatre
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“Happiness, imagination, creativity, connection, friendship, art, stories, heart, magic- so much what I love about humanity and so much that I love about theatre, all put into one delicious package with a bowl of play” is how Patti Stiles describes improvisational theatre. An actor, director, author, playwright, writer and teacher who specialises i…
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#19 (S2 E7) Nora Suarez On Curiosity, Compassion and Play
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Nora Suarez is Mexican American and moved from Seattle to Germany in 2020 with her partner. Nora is an Interdisciplinary Visual Artist currently focusing on how Colonialism influenced the loss of her mother tongue and how this impacts identity. Nora began her career as an artist later in life, having previously worked in healthcare- managing critic…
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#18 (S2 E6) Bárbara Santos On Theatre Of The Oppressed
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“We are all connected. This is globalisation. We need to have a more contextual approach. Even when we make a little play, we cannot talk about the individual topic without thinking about which kind of society this individual is living in.” Bárbara Santos is a Brazilian director, author, performer, activist and the artistic director of KURINGA in B…
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#17 (S2 E5) Ceri and Sarah On Taking Stock
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A year into our podcast we decided to take a break in our current series to explore the topic of taking stock. In this episode we explore the value of reflection, experimenting in real-time with tools to process and review experiences. As we travel back along the last year’s journey, we invite you to try out these tools yourself. What would your mu…
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#16 (S2 E4) The Spirit of Adventure with John Garteiz
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Alaskan-Californian John Garteiz discovered his passion for travel and adventure after university. He discusses how it brought him outside of his comfort zone- from cultural encounters that broadened his mindset to an appreciation of the world around us. At times a lone adventurer, pursuing challenges out of the ordinary, John is also a real people…
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#15 (S2 E3) Transforming Lives With The Power Of Theatre With Damilola Apotieri-Abdulai
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“Whatever you want to be Playback Theatre gives you that skill … Dare to be human” Our third guest, Oluwadamilola Apotieri-Abdulai, joins us from another country and continent: Nigeria in Westafrica. Damilola is Nigeria’s first Applied Drama and Playback Theatre practitioner. In our conversation, he shares how he transforms lives with the power of …
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#14 (S2 E2) Language Learning And Travel Adventures With Bronwyn Clinton
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In this episode with Irish group travel business owner and entrepreneur Bronwyn Clinton we delve into real time adventures in language learning, communication between different cultures and the power of human connection for well-being and personal growth. Bronwyn shares her adventure story, skills for resilience and courage in various areas of life…
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#13 (S2 E1) Real Time Adventures In Music With Lukas Maier
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Podcast #13 Real Time Adventures in Music with Lukas Maier A new series of the Grow Zone calls for new adventures. In this series we talk with other Real Time Adventurers from all “Walks” of life. Meet our first guest, Lukas Maier, Composer, Song writer, Musician and Improviser. Lukas takes us on a journey into his world of music – sharing his pass…
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In the final episode of the first series of The Grow Zone, Sarah and Ceri adventure into the topic of resilience: what it means, where they have experienced it and what they know about training and building resilience to navigate life’s tightrope - as well as building resilient societies and environments. A rich topic that will certainly be revisit…
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From our annual journey around the sun to story-telling and the process of adventure, so many aspects of our life seem to follow a cycle of sorts. Sarah and Ceri discuss the highs and lows of cycles, different cultural interpretations of cycles and how we can embrace the energy within a cycle for positive growth or development. For further informat…
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Sarah describes her work as “play” and Ceri describes the outdoors as her “playground”, but how does play work in these different environments and why is play important to us? Come play with us in the episode as we throw around our different ideas and examples of bringing more play into everyday life. For further information about The Grow Zone hea…
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Facing choices, making choices and going “all in”- the stress and energy around decision-making. How can we embrace choice and move forward positively with a decision? For further information about The Grow Zone head to www.thegrowzone.de Stay up to date with The Grow Zone - Real Time Adventures: Website: thegrowzone.de Instagram: @the.growzone To …
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In this episode we explore the nature of physical movement and how it informs and impacts so many different aspects of day-to-day living, as well as performance- whether on a stage or mountain slope. How can an understanding of our bodies and awareness support us in different situations? For further information about The Grow Zone head to www.thegr…
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Naturally, here we are not silent but we are big fans of pauses and silences. We discuss the different forms of pause and silence, how it can play different roles in our lives, encounters and communications. How comfortable are you with pause and silence? How do you use pause and silence in your everyday life? For further information about The Grow…
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Ceri has just returned from guiding a group across the Alps- a journey of many thousands of steps and leading us to discuss the process of making and executing plans- whether its a hike across the Alps, an improv scene or completing a project. We talk about adaptability, focus and being in the moment. For further information about The Grow Zone hea…
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Following on from our previous episode discussing the first part of our podcast title “The Grow Zone”, we explore the second part of its title “Real Time Adventures”. What is Real Time? And why adventures? Side note: This is our first foray with podcasting and like every good adventure, the first few episodes are full of energy as well as a few hit…
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In this episode we dissect the title of our podcast and start with the first part “The Grow Zone”. We discuss what the topic of growth, what it means to us and why it is so important in the work we do. Side note: This is our first foray with podcasting and like every good adventure, the first few episodes are full of energy as well as a few hitches…
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Well the introductions are over, it's time to start our conversations in the Grow Zone. We are in the midst of the first Covid-19 wave and lockdown and it seems appropriate to talk about the subject of change. As communications and outdoors adventurers “change” is something we deal with on a regular basis, but what does it really mean and how can w…
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Welcome to our second episode of The Grow Zone! In this episode we get to know podcast host Sarah Hübner, the Communications Adventurer. We delve into her journey into drama, the role of theatre in her personal and professional life and how she applies these experiences and techniques to bring connection, joy and confidence in her life and the diff…
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Welcome to our first episode of The Grow Zone! In this episode we get to know podcast host Ceri Temple, the Outdoor Adventurer: her background, career path, her journey to self-employment and pursuing her passion for the great outdoors. Side note: This is our first foray with podcasting and like every good adventure, the first few episodes are full…
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