Belinda Kirk is an explorer, author and leading campaigner promoting the benefits of adventure on wellbeing and mental health.
She has spent 30 years leading groups into the wilderness and has witnessed first hand the power of adventure to transform people’s lives. She has written Adventure Mind: Transform your wellbeing by choosing challenge, the first book to explain the psychology of why adventure is essential to our wellbeing.
In 2019 she launched the AdventureMind alliance to further explore the positive impact that adventurous activity has on wellbeing. It is now a conference series, an international research collaborative and an alliance of practitioners working together to promote adventure for mental health.
Belinda has led dozens of international expeditions, crossing continents on foot and gaining a Guinness World Record for rowing unsupported around Britain. She has led numerous youth development challenges, pioneered inclusive expeditions for disabled people and managed scientific research missions in the Amazon, Sinai and Alaska. She also runs Explorers Connect to encourage 30,000 ordinary people to engage in transformational outdoor challenges.
