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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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10 Ways Nature Improves Your Perinatal Therapy Experience
As pregnancy unfolds, integrating the therapeutic influence of nature offers numerous benefits for expectant mothers. The inherent connection between the natural world and the perinatal experience presents a profound opportunity to enhance well-being. I have witnessed this firsthand as a nature-loving mother of two, as well as, while walking alongside perinatal therapy clients. Let’s explore…
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Flourish in Motherhood: Harnessing Self-compassion through Nature
Connecting with Mother Nature On a cloudy and breezy fall morning, I recently had the privilege of facilitating a workshop on self-compassion in motherhood. Located at a flourishing community garden, the grass still wet from the prior night’s rain, Mother Nature offered an expansive space for participants to be fully present and learn about self-compassion…
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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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Hello World!
This is my first official blog post! I’d like to briefly share the spirit of how Guided in Nature was born. Throughout my life, both personally and professionally, I have been a quiet observer of the wonders of nature. That same curiosity of a child admiring the radiant hues of fall-time leaves or feeling the…
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