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Winter Wellness Tips for Moms: Bucket List Included
Whether you’re an avid “winterer” or you’re feeling that twinge of dread with less daylight, I want to offer some winter tips that will help you stay in sync with the season. By the end of this article (and with practicing the “bucket list” items), you’ll have tangible and doable strategies to: Let’s get right…
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Why Anxiety Feels Physical: How Nature-Based Practices Help You Reconnect and Regulate
When anxiety shows up in your body—racing heart, shallow breath, tense muscles—it’s your nervous system trying to protect you. But modern stressors often activate this response unnecessarily. Nature-based therapy offers a way to calm your body and mind. Just 20 minutes in nature can lower cortisol levels and ease tension. Simple practices like grounding through…
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Screen Time in Pregnancy & Parenthood: Finding Balance in a Digital World
In today’s hyperconnected world, screen time is woven into nearly every aspect of our lives. From researching pregnancy symptoms to scrolling social media during late-night feedings, digital devices offer both information and connection. But for many expectant and new parents, excessive screen time can contribute to mental health challenges, making an already demanding life stage…
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4 Heartfelt pointers from dragonflies: Optimize your Well-being with this short guide
On a summer morning, while surrounded by nature’s beauty, a dragonfly landed on me, symbolizing spiritual growth and connection. It reminded me of the interconnectedness of all life. In this season of summer, it’s important to attend to our physical, emotional, and spiritual needs for holistic well-being. Let yourself be open to what you need.…
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Mindful New Beginnings: Setting Intentions for Mental Wellness in 2024
In the space between holidays, if you’re finding yourself making a list of resolutions: **Please, put down the pen (or keyboard)** Give this a read first… Wishing you and yours a deeply restorative winter season and a fresh perspective this coming new year!
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Changing Perspectives, Embracing Seasons
When we spend more intentional time in nature, we begin to notice more. It’s as if our world expands. Suddenly, we recognize subtleties, we notice the comings and goings of other species and other life forms. We see and experience the moods of the natural world. We might even develop empathy for Mother Nature, sensing…
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Renew in Nature: Pausing to Reflect and Redirect Energies in Daily Life
While well known as a time for practicing gratitude, November is also a time of natural slowing which contributes to reflectiveness for many of us. Following nature’s rhythms, this offers an opportunity to intentionally pause, reflect, and redirect our energies in daily life. One key to unlocking the power of reflection is allowing the space…
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Navigating Overstimulation in Parenthood: Finding Ease in the Modern World
Parenthood is a journey filled with incredible moments, but it can also be overwhelming, especially in today’s fast-paced, technology-driven society. Overstimulation, a common challenge for parents, can lead to stress and exhaustion. However, with the right strategies and a mindful approach, you can dial down the overstimulation and find more joy in the early parenting…
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Discovering Renewal: Harnessing the Healing Power of Nature Therapy
I want to commence this blog post with an emphatic proclamation: “THERAPY ROCKS!” It comes as no surprise that, as a mental health therapist, I wholeheartedly endorse it. Unapologetically, I often refer to myself as a cheerleader for therapy. I believe that everyone can find some degree of benefit from engaging in therapy and therapeutic…
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Top 10 Reasons to Try Nature Therapy
Before we dive into the reasons you may want to try it, what exactly is nature informed therapy? Nature informed therapy, or nature therapy, is mental health therapy that occurs in the natural world. Goodbye office walls or telehealth video screens, and hello trees or streams! This type of therapy is unique in that nature…
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Seeing the Forest for the Trees: Widening our Perspectives for Mind Wellness
Do you ever find yourself particularly “zoned in” on a problem, stressor, or argument? It may feel like you’re caught in a mental spiral, or a spider web of especially sticky thoughts. We (humans) have all been there. And, we’ve all wished not to stay there long, but the more we resisted the experience, the…
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Nature’s Perspectives: Practicing “Beginner’s Mind”
The concept of biophilia, which translates to “love of life,” tells us that humans are programmed to seek connection with nature and other life forms. It’s partly why many of us experience a calming effect when we’re on the beach, listening to the waves crash onto the sandy shore, or the birds flying above. One…
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