Our Mission
LongLeaf was created from a simple belief: that nature offers powerful insights for how we live, work, and lead. In a time when many people feel overwhelmed, disconnected, or stuck in unsustainable patterns of work, the natural world can help us rediscover balance, clarity, and perspective. Through nature-informed workshops, retreats, and talks, LongLeaf creates spaces where individuals and organisations can slow down, reflect, and reconnect – with themselves, with others, and with the wider living world. Drawing inspiration from ecology, mindfulness, cognitive science, shinrin yoku (forest bathing) and the rhythms of nature, our work supports more thoughtful leadership, deeper wellbeing, and new ways of approaching modern work. Our aim is not simply to take people into nature, but to help them learn from it, by cultivating insight, resilience, and a sense of belonging.
Our team
Dr Eve Hepburn is an author, researcher and the founder of LongLeaf, where she develops nature-informed approaches to leadership and wellbeing. She is a certified Forest Bathing Guide, having completed her studies with The Forest Bathing Institute, and is mental health-trained and outdoor first aid-trained. Eve was formerly an associate professor of politics at the University of Edinburgh, depute director of the Academy of Government, and founder of Fearlessly CIC, a social enterprise supporting young people’s mental health. She is also the managing director of PolicyScribe, a research consultancy focussed on human rights and equalities. Eve has published 11 books and 60 peer-reviewed scientific papers, has won dozens of awards, and has given keynote speeches at over 100 events. She is passionate about helping people reconnect with nature, restore attention and create healthier, more sustainable ways of working.
“Eve has a special gift, a sense of awareness about Mother Nature and her invisible workings. She’s on a mission to share this gift with us, a gift that we all desperately need to incorporate back into our lives.”
Shaz – forest bathing retreat participant
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