Interview Time Stamps: 5:00 – Radical hope and clear eyed awareness. Two degrees means awful things, but also opportunity to reconsider our destructive ways, and embrace our roles as guardians of nature…. to re- entangle with nature. 8:12 minute mark – New ways of looking and seeing – some ancient and some modern with huge datasets […]
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Optimize Your Heart Rate: Balance Your Mind and Body With Green Space
You might think that diet and exercise are the best ways to avoid a heart attack. And yes that research is well understood. But this another way. This is to be aware of the environments that can either help or harm your heart. Do you know that your heart is under attack every day by […]
Dr. Aruni Bhatnagar: Your Heart, Tightly Tied To Your Environment
Dr. Bhatnagar is Professor of Medicine and Distinguished University Scholar at the University of Louisville, Kentucky, USA. He is the Director of the Christina Lee Brown Envirome Institute and Co-Director at the American Heart Association. He was the Deputy Editor of Circulation Research for 10 years. He was the recipient of the President’s Award for Outstanding Scholarship, […]
Anna Cooper Reed, On Canada’s Nature Prescription Program
Anna Cooper Reid tells us that PaRx is breaking ground as Canada’s first national, evidence-based nature prescription program. Two hours a week is all it takes. The following notes the minute mark for points in our conversation: 6 minute mark: PaRx program what it is: evidence based and national (Canada) 9 minute mark: […]
Personal Update: Breast Cancer Diagnosis and What My New Book Is About
I was thrown for a loop this summer by a diagnosis of breast cancer. Here is my story: I felt a lump in my breast, it was surgically removed. When we got the pathology report back it showed that I had a form of cancer called Ductal Carcioma In Situ (DCIS) which means the cancer […]
Natural Sounds and Your Health with Carleton Professor & Conservation Scientist Rachel Buxton
Podcast Episode #25 Professor Rachel Buxton is a conservation scientist at Carleton University aiming to support conservation policy and practice with robust evidence. Dr. Rachel Buxton’s main research interests include soundscapes, seabird ecology, ecological restoration, and systematic conservation planning. Dr. Rachel Buxton’s research focuses on the impact of noise pollution and the benefits […]
Paula Frizzell: Photography, Nature, Mindfulness and Gratitude
Podcast Episode #24 Paula Frizzell lives in Kentucky. Her professional background is diverse, ranging from starting an advertising and marketing firm to owning a re-sales clothing store, a manufacturing plant and a design company. Prior to finding her life path Paula was a nationally acclaimed recruiter for a Fortune 500 company. Currently she serves on […]
Patricia Pearsell: Caregiver With Outside Mindset Helping Others
Patricia Pearsell and her family have lived in Whitby, Ontario for many years. Spending time with family and friends, music, singing, growing food with her family, the outdoors and now writing, bring her great joy. She has been a Warrior Mom since 1998 when their oldest son was diagnosed with cancer for the […]
Dr Ellen Langer: Mindfulness is Actively Noticing New Things
Podcast Episode # 22 Dr. Ellen Langer PhD is a professor in the Psychology Department at Harvard University. Her numerous academic honors include four Distinguished Scientist Awards and The Liberty Science Genius Award. Her books written for academic and popular readers include: Mindfulness Counterclockwise: Mindful Health and The Power of Possibility On Becoming An Artist: Reinventing […]
Elder Dr. Dave Courchene: Connecting Spirit to the Land
Podcast Episode #21 Known to many as Nii Gaani Aki Inini (Leading Earth Man), Dave Courchene has touched many lives through his teachings. A respected Elder and knowledge keeper of the Anishinaabe Nation, he has devoted his life to creating a healthy environment for current and future generations, carrying messages of hope and peace around […]