ReConnect with Plant Wisdom Ep.124 Live Like A Plant: Finding Your Essential Nature with Mary Rothwell | ReConnect with Plant Wisdom
Sep 7, 2025
Mary Rothwell, a licensed therapist and certified forest therapy practitioner, shares her insights on authenticity and self-acceptance. She explores how everyone, like plants, has an essential nature that guides their growth. The conversation highlights the importance of reframing limiting beliefs and embracing natural cycles of rest. Mary emphasizes blending therapy and coaching for holistic healing and how reconnecting with nature can enhance well-being. Listeners learn valuable strategies to adapt and thrive, reflecting on their innate traits.
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Essential Nature Is Real And Valuable
- Every person has an essential nature shaped by genetics and experience that is valid and worthy of acceptance.
- Mary Rothwell uses plant analogies to help clients recognize and honor that innate way of being.
Authenticity Is Reconnecting With Core Desire
- Authenticity often means reconnecting present desires with your core nature rather than chasing others' images of success.
- Mary combines cognitive therapy with nature metaphors to test beliefs and validate natural preferences.
Befriend Your Protective Beliefs
- Befriend limiting beliefs by treating them like protective 'bodyguards' and ask why they were useful originally.
- Then evaluate whether the danger still exists and consciously decide to release or retain the guard.
