Partners12 May 2025-8 min read
Mental Health in the Wild – A Conversation with Hayley Crawshaw of Little Blue Pootles
For Mental Health Awareness Week 2025, we spoke to Hayley Crawshaw – founder of Little Blue Pootles – about how wild swimming can support emotional wellbeing, grief recovery, and self-confidence. Hayley’s gentle, trauma-informed approach to outdoor experiences has helped countless people reconnect with nature and themselves, one swim at a time. In this candid interview, she shares how water became her own lifeline – and why slow, accessible adventures matter.
