The Healing Power of Nature

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Welcome back to the psychology of your 20s podcast. Today we take a deep look into what psychology has to say about the healing power of nature. I think every single one of us has this intuitive understanding that nature is an incredibly vital ingredient for our wellbeing. We are spending more time indoors than any other generation, most of us living in huge cities. And we've become very severed from this innate need. It's a huge episode, there is so much to cover, and some of my favorite psychology of the day is coming from new discipline of ecopsychology.

This week we're discussing the secret and the science behind the healing powers of nature. Our generation has become increasingly detached from the outdoors and our wild roots, with over 90% of our days spent indoors or on a screen, often at the expense of our mental wellbeing, sense of self, psychological and spiritual connection with the land and overall physical health. In this episode we explore ideas around nature deficit disorder, recent longitudinal studies on the impacts of green spaces on our mental health and practices such as forest bathing, forest schools, water therapy and what we can learn from the deep connection that Indigenous groups have with the land. We also discuss how we can easily integrate more time outdoors into our daily routine to radically improve our psychological wellbeing. Listen now.

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