Gill started work whilst still sitting O levels, to fulfil her childhood dream of becoming a riding instructor. She later explored a variety of careers including van driving, accountancy and steel fixing, before settling in 1998 on her current work as management trainer, team building facilitator, mediator and coach. She works mainly with organisations but has a small private practice too.
Over the years several of Gill's short stories, articles and poems have appeared in national publications, from Bella and Woman to Resurgence and BBC Wildlife Magazine,as well as trade journals.
She is a passionate advocate and lifelong student of deep ecology (the interconnectedness of life on earth), and is currently exploring the theme of vocation in this context.
Gill and her partner Peter take great pleasure in their wildlife-rich Wiltshire garden. In the summer she travels around the UK running workshops on ecological living, and in the winter she dreams about moving to the Ariege.
Gill Coombs - facilitator, coach, writer and advocate of deep ecology - travelled around the UK during the summer of 2010, running a series of workshops on deepening our relationship with the... More > natural world. She journeyed for six weeks on foot, by public transport and on borrowed bikes, staying with readers of Resurgence magazine. A searchingly honest, entertaining and thought-provoking account of her journey, this tale offers insights from the workshops about how we can live in a more balanced way with the rest of life on earth and – crucially – ourselves. Many characters make an appearance, including Satish Kumar, Alistair Macintosh, a party of hoverflies and a young wren. Gill’s journey yielded insights about holistic living, spirituality and trust amongst strangers, and inevitably prompted changes to her lifestyle and philosophy. Her story inspires greater ecological awareness, and explores with compassion the challenges we all face in living a more natural life.< Less
Gill Coombs - facilitator, coach, writer and advocate of deep ecology - travelled around the UK during the summer of 2010, running a series of workshops on deepening our relationship with the... More > natural world. She journeyed for six weeks on foot, by public transport and on borrowed bikes, staying with readers of Resurgence magazine. A searchingly honest, entertaining and thought-provoking account of her journey, this tale offers insights from the workshops about how we can live in a more balanced way with the rest of life on earth and – crucially – ourselves. Many characters make an appearance, including Satish Kumar, Alistair Macintosh, a party of hoverflies and a young wren. Gill’s journey yielded insights about holistic living, spirituality and trust amongst strangers, and inevitably prompted changes to her lifestyle and philosophy. Her story inspires greater ecological awareness, and explores with compassion the challenges we all face in living a more natural life.< Less
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