Mental health during holiday family gatherings, and 5 ways nature can help
Mental health during holiday family gatherings, and 5 ways nature helps If you think you are enlightened, go spend a week with your family Ram Das When it comes to sharing the holidays with family, the difference between the closeness we crave and the reality we live can be extremely stressful-and commonplace. Whether your family […]
3 nature-connected practices to help you connect with gratitude during the holidays
3 nature-connected practices to help you connect with gratitude during the holidays And you don’t even have to be in nature to do them! Gratitude is the quality of appreciation and thankfulness. Being aware of and practicing gratitude decreases anxiety, depression, trauma response, and stress. It also enhances our sense of well-being, peace, equanimity, self-esteem, […]
Quiz: How deep is your connection to nature?
Quiz: How deep is your connection to nature? What would it mean to you to be deeply connected with nature? How would it feel for you to know you have a relationship with the natural world that reflected mutual respect and healing? What if this connection could bring you greater clarity, increased peacefulness, and sense […]
Nature mind
Nature Mind What if you could tune out what doesn’t help you and tune it to what does, at a moment’s notice? What would it mean to you to be able to easily and quickly slip into a state of deep calm and peace? How would it change your life if you knew that you […]
3 Things To Do When Therapy Is Not Working
3 things to do when therapy is not working When therapy doesn’t seem to be working for you, you may start to ask yourself, “is this worth it?”,“am I doing something wrong?”, “am I just too broken to be fixed?”, and, “whose responsibility is it to move this therapy forward?” You know you have done […]
Embodiment and Nature
Embodiment: nature’s help for anxiety, depression, PTSD, and stress Like all mammals, human beings have a robust complement of different body systems, all of which are geared to give us accurate information and moment-by-moment knowledge about ourselves and the world around us (Read: Come to Your Senses). As you can imagine, having a variety of […]