Mental health during holiday family gatherings, and 5 ways nature can help

Mental health during the holidays can be challenging. 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, […]

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 […]

Meditate with Lisa: The Mindfulness Stone Meditation

meditation for anxiety with Lisa Dahlgren

Meditate with Lisa: The Mindfulness Stone Meditation This meditation is useful for continuing to develop your mindfulness skills. It is also helpful for continuing to develop your connection with nature, and for developing an awareness of your senses. It can also help ease intense emotions by placing awareness on alternate feelings. It involves the use […]

Finding a New Way: Accept and Adapt

Finding a new way: accept and adapt She came out of the woods and moved down the bank to where the river flowed. Wild and free, the river was roaring with spring run-off and yesterday’s rain, filled with its annual cleanse, unaware and uncaring of what was in its path. Behind her came two babies, […]

Meditate with Lisa: Feel Grounded

Meditate with Lisa: Feel grounded Are you feeling stressed? Do you need to take time for yourself to feel more grounded and calm? Take 5 minutes with Dr. Lisa Dahlgren for a grounding, breathing-based meditation and give yourself the self-love you deserve today.  Dr. Lisa Dahlgren is a psychologist and a professional, certified, life coach. […]