The Beauty of Nature with Jennifer Walsh

Jennifer Walsh is an acclaimed entrepreneur, author, and media figure who has spent over 25 years working at the intersection of beauty, retail, nature, and neuroscience to help people flourish. She pioneered America’s first experiential retail brand, Beauty Bar, in the 1990s, integrating biophilic design long before mainstream. Her trailblazing brand earned her regard as a “Beauty Futurist”. In 2016, Jennifer created her video series Walk with Walsh where she and her guests traversed the Central Park topography while discussing human connections to nature. She then launched her Wellness Walks® in Central Park and beyond which are mindfulness walks sprinkled with biophilic education.

Jennifer has a twin sister who is profoundly disabled and has lived in a group home since they were the age of two. Her sister has been her north star in understanding the beauty in simplicity, in kindness, and the connection to spending time outdoors. Jennifer also spent 4 months living in a tent every summer for the past 34 years which has sculpted how she lives and works and deeply understands the human connection to the beauty all around us in nature's rhythms. As a freelance writer for 27 years, Jennifer continues to cover stories around wellness, travel, fitness, beauty, fashion, and home. She is the author of the popular wellness journal, Walk Your Way Calm and the podcast co-host of Biophilic Solutions, Nature Has the Answers. Jennifer guides organizations globally on biophilic design and the importance of experiencing beauty and nature every day for optimal health.

In this episode, we talk about: 

1. Jennifer’s natural affinity for the outdoors
2. How and why Jennifer built Beauty Bar
3. On creating sensorial and accessible experiences 
4. The power of profound storytelling in business
5. The key to experiencing immersive beauty in nature
6. Breaking down biophobia and the fear of nature 
7. Why experiencing sunlight should be a daily priority
8. On fostering human and ecological flourishing through Lost Art of Being Human (LABH)
9. How beauty is a doorway to feeling good in our bodies
10. Why you should be seeking beauty in a chaotic world

To learn more about Jennifer’s work, you can find her: 

Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/thejenniferwalsh
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thejenniferwalsh/
Lost Art of Being Human: https://www.lostartofbeinghuman.com/
Walk with Walsh: https://www.walkwithwalsh.com/about-jennifer-walsh 

Resource Mentioned:

Thin Place Design: Architecture of the Numinous by Phillip James Tabb - https://a.co/d/0t9ZoGM 

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