Your Outside Mindset
67 episodes - English - Latest episode: about 1 month ago -Join retired nursing professor Verla Fortier as she shows you that going outside is not just a fun thing to do -- it can save your life. Verla shines the light on aging adults who may have chronic disease as she talks to green space scientists, forest bathing leaders, natural navigators, and all things in-between to get practical tips on how you can get the most out of your time spent close to trees, grass, and shrubs. If you want to live longer, prevent dementia, and control your chronic illness - you will love being a part of this conversation.
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Stephen Leahy Award Winning International Environmental Journalist: Good News in Climate Change
March 25, 2024 17:00 - 48 minutes - 33.1 MBStephen Leahy is an award-winning international environmental journalist with over 25 years of experience in the field. His work has been published in a wide range of prestigious publications around the world, including National Geographic, The Guardian, Vice, New Scientist, Maclean’s, Al Jazeera, and many others. Leahy's journalism focuses on critical environmental issues such as climate change, water scarcity, and biodiversity loss, aiming to bring global attention to these urgent matters....
"The Open Air Life" with Sweden's Linda Akeson-McGurk
December 05, 2023 16:00 - 1 hour - 45.2 MBToday my guest is Linda Åkeson McGurk is a Swedish American writer and author of The Open-Air Life and the bestselling parenting memoir There’s No Such Thing as Bad Weather. She is a passionate advocate for the Nordic outdoor tradition friluftsliv and runs the blog Rain or Shine Mamma, where she shares tips and inspiration for outdoor play every day, regardless of the weather. McGurk and her work have been featured in The Wall Street Journal, Time Magazine, The New York Times, The New York ...
Why You Are Even More Beautiful/Handsome When You Are Outside in Green Space
November 12, 2023 20:00 - 36 minutes - 25.4 MBWhat you might not know is that you will also be more beautiful or handsome to others when you are outside. When I saw an Instagram reel of my 20 something kids out in the countryside last weekend with their friends, I saw this. They were even more beautiful, happy and carefree out there together in the Cotswold area in England. I want to explain to you in graphic terms why you too look even more beautiful out there in the countryside. It’s about blood flow throughout your body when you ar...
What Surprised Me at My Son's Wedding This Summer
September 11, 2023 14:00 - 17 minutes - 12.4 MBThis podcast, Your Outside Mindset is now in the top 5% most popular shows out of 3.2 million podcasts globally. Thank you to each one of you in 56 countries for listening and sharing Your Outside Mindset podcast episodes. For science- based information with easy to use tools, tips and practical advice on how to get the most of your time in green space see my website https://treesmendus.com and check out my books Take Back Your Outside Mindset: Live Longer, Stress Less, and Control Your ...
Outsmart Your Pain with Christiane Wolf, MD, PhD
June 08, 2023 21:00 - 48 minutes - 33.4 MBChristiane Wolf, MD, PhD is a former physician and an internationally known mindfulness and Insight (Vipassana) meditation teacher. She is passionate about translating ancient wisdom teachings into accessible and applicable modern-day language. She aims to live from the heart informed by the brain and inspires her students to explore the same. She is the author of “Outsmart Your Pain – Mindfulness and Self-Compassion to Help You Leave Chronic Pain Behind”and the co-author of the classic tr...
Dr. Patrycja Matusik, physician-radiologist: Heart Rate Variability (HRV) and Lupus
March 17, 2023 21:00 - 29 minutes - 20.5 MBFull Podcast Transcript at treesmendus.com Books written by podcast host Verla Fortier: Optimize Your Heart Rate: Balance Your Mind and Body With Green Space Take Back Your Outside Mindset: Live Longer, Stress Less, and Control Your Chronic Illness Dr. Patrycja Matusik is a physician-radiologist at University Hospital, Kraków, Poland. She completed her medicine degree and PhD at Jagiellonian University in Kraków. In her work she focuses primarily on cardiovascular imaging, lung diseases...
K Tselios, MD, McMaster University: Why are lupus patients 50% more likely to have a heart attack than people without lupus?"
February 11, 2023 16:00 - 54 minutes - 37.5 MBFor the full show notes of this episode visit website https://treesmendus.com Verla's new book Optimize Your Heart Rate: BalanceYour Mind and Body With Green Space. Verla's previous book Take Back Your Outside Mindset: Live Longer, Stress Less, and Control Your Chronic Illness Dr. Tselios is an Assistant Professor of Medicine with the Division of Rheumatology at McMaster University since 2021. He completed his basic training and PhD in Greece and came to Canada in 2014 where he worked a...
How Knowing My Heart Rate Variability or HRV Became A Game Changer For Me as a Lupus Patient
January 12, 2023 17:00 - 27 minutes - 19.2 MBHost Verla Fortier Verla's website https://treesmendus.com Verla's new book Optimize Your Heart Rate: BalanceYour Mind and Body With Green Space. Verla's previous book Take Back Your Outside Mindset: Live Longer, Stress Less, and Control Your Chronic Illness Time stamp: 03:00 My lupus diagnosis 04:00 Green space research changed everything 04:48 Sudden cardiac death of my best friend 05:40 Take 3 minutes outside in green space 06:27 HRV not captured on bedside heart monitors 06:50 What...
Michelle Schuman, The Understory: A Female Environmentalist in the Land of the Midnight Sun
November 15, 2022 19:00 - 57 minutes - 39.6 MBHost Verla Fortier Verla's website https://treesmendus.com Verla's new book Optimize Your Heart Rate: BalanceYour Mind and Body With Green Space. Verla's previous book Take Back Your Outside Mindset: Live Longer, Stress Less, and Control Your Chronic Illness Michelle Schuman's book: The Understory: A Female Environmentalist in the Land of the Midnight Sun Michelle Schuman's website: https://meschumancom.wordpress.com Your Outside Mindset Podcast episode #36 Time Stamp (minutes: secon...
Ernesto Rodriguez: Nature Images In Hospitals and Classrooms
September 16, 2022 20:00 - 42 minutes - 29.5 MBHost Verla Fortier Verla's website https://treesmendus.com Verla's new book Optimize Your Heart Rate: BalanceYour Mind and Body With Green Space. Verla's previous book Take Back Your Outside Mindset: Live Longer, Stress Less, and Control Your Chronic Illness Guest Ernesto Rodriguez, Executive Director Nature In The Classroom (tree mural ceilings) and in hospitals Sereneview (nature mural hospital curtains). Shownote Timeline 3:45 Ernesto grew up in Cuba, grandfather a renown murali...
Michelle Olson, Social Gerontologist Combines Expressive Arts with Outdoor Therapy for Dementia Care
September 07, 2022 12:00 - 32 minutes - 22.6 MBMichelle Olson, PhD, LCAT, ATR-BC, ACC/MC Founder, Executive Director www.evergreenminds.org Verla's website https://treesmendus.com Verla's new book Optimize Your Heart Rate: BalanceYour Mind and Body With Green Space. Verla's previous book Take Back Your Outside Mindset: Live Longer, Stress Less, and Control Your Chronic Illness 1:19 Michelle Olson is a social gerontologist, who started as a creative arts therapist with WWII vets who had serious mental health and dementia. Expressi...
Dr. Bing Zhao: "Short term exposure (3 days or less) to air pollution increases risk of sudden cardiac arrest -- men and women over 65 yrs more susceptible."
May 29, 2022 12:00 - 18 minutes - 12.9 MBDr. Bing Zhao is a geriatric doctor in the first university of science and technology of China. This hospital is in Hefei, a city located in the east China with a population of more than 9 million. She completed her medicine degree in China and PhD in University of Tasmania in Australia. Then she went to Duke University in the US as a research scholar. Her PhD research interest is air pollution and cardiovascular diseases. She is recognized for her presentations at the youth section of a...
UK Researcher Andy Jones: "Green Space consistently provides 20% reduction in bad things, if we had a pill for that, we would take it."
March 30, 2022 00:00 - 42 minutes - 29.3 MBTime stamp interview notes continued on my website: https://treesmendus.com My new book Optimize Your Heart Rate: Balance Your Mind and Body With Green Space 1:19 Professor Andy Jones is a public health academic who holds the position of professorial fellow in Norwich Medical School at the University of East Anglia in the UK. He has wide ranging interests including the pragmatic evaluation of public health interventions, the role of the environment as a determinant of health and related ...
The Treeline With Author Ben Rawlence
March 25, 2022 23:00 - 38 minutes - 26.3 MBBen Rawlence The Treeline Ben Rawlence City of Thorns Ben Rawlence Radio Congo Ben Rawlence on Twitter Black Mountains College website Black Mountains College on Twitter Verla Fortier Optimize Your Heart Rate: Balance Your Mind and Body With Green Space Verla Fortier Take Back Your Outside Mindset Verla Fortier Take Back Your Outside Mindset Workbook Interview with Ben Rawlence: Recording Time Stamps 5:00 Radical hope and clear eyed awareness. 2 degrees means awful things but al...
The Treeline With Author Ben Rawlence
March 25, 2022 23:00 - 38 minutes - 26.3 MBBen Rawlence The Treeline Ben Rawlence City of Thorns Ben Rawlence Radio Congo Ben Rawlence on Twitter Black Mountains College website Black Mountains College on Twitter Verla Fortier Optimize Your Heart Rate: Balance Your Mind and Body With Green Space Verla Fortier Take Back Your Outside Mindset Verla Fortier Take Back Your Outside Mindset Workbook Interview with Ben Rawlence: Recording Time Stamps 5:00 Radical hope and clear eyed awareness. 2 degrees means awful things but al...
Optimize Your Heart Rate: Balance Your Mind and Body With Green Space
February 12, 2022 12:00 - 22 minutes - 15.8 MBMy new book is here on Amazon: Optimize Your Heart Rate: Balance Your Mind and Body With Green Space Amazon.com Amazon.ca Amazon.co.uk Complete show notes: https://treesmendus.com 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 hidden threats t...
Optimize Your Heart Rate: Balance Your Mind and Body With Green Space
February 12, 2022 12:00 - 22 minutes - 15.8 MBMy new book is here on Amazon: Optimize Your Heart Rate: Balance Your Mind and Body With Green Space Amazon.com Amazon.ca Amazon.co.uk Complete show notes: https://treesmendus.com 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 hidden threats t...
Dr. Aruni Bhatnagar: Your heart, tightly tied to your environment
January 15, 2022 16:00 - 48 minutes - 33.5 MBhttps://treesmendus.com for transcript of this episode. For more evidence- based research and tips please check out my book and workbook Take Back Your Outside Mindset: Live Longer, Stress Less, and Control Your Chronic Illness. University of Louisville Christina Lee Brown Envirome Institute https://enviromeinstitute.com/ Follow @UofLEnvirome on Twitter https://twitter.com/UofLEnvirome Pick up “Environmental Cardiology: Pollution and Heart Disease (Issues in Toxicology)” by Dr. A...
Anna Cooper Reed on Canada's Nature Prescription Program
December 29, 2021 12:00 - 36 minutes - 24.9 MBAnna 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: How evidence will help further research: unique provider code & prescription pad compatible with electronic patient record in that province. 12 minute mark: Will ...
Anna Cooper Reed on Canada's Nature Prescription Program
December 29, 2021 12:00 - 36 minutes - 24.9 MBAnna 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: How evidence will help further research: unique provider code & prescription pad compatible with electronic patient record in that province. 12 minute mark: Will ...
Personal Update: Breast Cancer Diagnosis and What My New Book Is About
November 30, 2021 17:00 - 12 minutes - 8.49 MBI 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 is contained in ducts in the breast. Just the word cancer scares everyone. And in a split second, I had to make the decision about starting radiation therapy immediately. When my mind started to spin, I knew f...
Personal Update: Breast Cancer Diagnosis and What My New Book Is About
November 30, 2021 17:00 - 12 minutes - 8.49 MBI 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 is contained in ducts in the breast. Just the word cancer scares everyone. And in a split second, I had to make the decision about starting radiation therapy immediately. When my mind started to spin, I knew f...
Why I Need To Pause This Podcast
May 29, 2021 21:00 - 12 minutes - 8.47 MBThis time instead of a podcast guest, I am going to talk about my own situation. I have not even tried to book any more podcast guests. My body and my mind have been telling me that I need to take a break and it is time for me to listen. When I started this podcast a year ago, I was in the middle of writing a book about my best friend Leslie who died suddenly. I wanted to know if there was something I could have done to help save Leslie. This is what started me on the journey of writi...
Why I Need To Pause This Podcast
May 29, 2021 21:00 - 12 minutes - 8.47 MBThis time instead of a podcast guest, I am going to talk about my own situation. I have not even tried to book any more podcast guests. My body and my mind have been telling me that I need to take a break and it is time for me to listen. When I started this podcast a year ago, I was in the middle of writing a book about my best friend Leslie who died suddenly. I wanted to know if there was something I could have done to help save Leslie. This is what started me on the journey of writi...
Natural Sounds and Your Health with Rachel Buxton, Conservation Scientist at Carleton University
April 10, 2021 15:00 - 27 minutes - 19 MBProfessor Rachel Buxton is a conservation scientist at Carleton University. Website: https://rachelbuxton.wordpress.com Twitter: @buxton_rachel Verla Fortier's transcript of this episode visit treesmendus.com. Verla Fortier's book and workbook: Take Back Your Outside Mindset: Live Longer, Prevent Dementia, and Control Your Chronic Illness Rachel Buxton: For me what was the most striking was the level of benefit that we get. So we found overall an over 180% improvement in groups that...
Natural Sounds and Your Health with Rachel Buxton, Conservation Scientist at Carleton University
April 10, 2021 15:00 - 27 minutes - 19 MBProfessor Rachel Buxton is a conservation scientist at Carleton University. Website: https://rachelbuxton.wordpress.com Twitter: @buxton_rachel Verla Fortier's transcript of this episode visit treesmendus.com. Verla Fortier's book and workbook: Take Back Your Outside Mindset: Live Longer, Prevent Dementia, and Control Your Chronic Illness Rachel Buxton: For me what was the most striking was the level of benefit that we get. So we found overall an over 180% improvement in groups that...
Paula Frizzell: Nature, Photography, Mindfulness and Gratitude
March 19, 2021 14:00 - 44 minutes - 30.3 MBPaula Frizzell IG and Facebook: paulacfrizzell We met on IG when you tagged me on your beautiful IG post of a bird saying you’d read my book. I was delighted. Please tell us your story. Well my story is a long one but a positive one about what trees, nature, and mindfulness can do in our lives. Your book, Take Back Your Outside Mindset spoke to me and I devoured it, then ordered more to share with those who I love that are suffering. And I am getting lots of great feedback f...
Patricia Pearsell: Caregiver With Outside Mindset Helps Others
February 26, 2021 19:00 - 24 minutes - 17.2 MBEpisode #23 Patricia Pearsell <[email protected] Patricia Pearsell on Facebook Episode transcript: https://treesmendus.com My dear friend Stacy had given me a copy of Take Back Your Outside Mindset for Christmas in 2019. She always puts quite a bit of thought into what she chooses to give as gifts. She knows how much I enjoy being outside in my yard, or camping, or hiking. The title intrigued me and I began reading it right away and I immediately felt a realization that I ...
Patricia Pearsell: Caregiver With Outside Mindset Helps Others
February 26, 2021 19:00 - 24 minutes - 17.2 MBEpisode #23 Patricia Pearsell <[email protected] Patricia Pearsell on Facebook Episode transcript: https://treesmendus.com My dear friend Stacy had given me a copy of Take Back Your Outside Mindset for Christmas in 2019. She always puts quite a bit of thought into what she chooses to give as gifts. She knows how much I enjoy being outside in my yard, or camping, or hiking. The title intrigued me and I began reading it right away and I immediately felt a realization that I ...
Dr. Ellen Langer: Mindfulness is Actively Noticing New Things
February 12, 2021 11:00 - 31 minutes - 21.7 MBEpisode # 22 Dr. Ellen Langer 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 Yourself Through Mindful Creativity The Power of Mindful Learning Dr. Langer your work changed my life at at...
Dr. Ellen Langer: Mindfulness is Actively Noticing New Things
February 12, 2021 11:00 - 31 minutes - 21.7 MBEpisode # 22 Dr. Ellen Langer 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 Yourself Through Mindful Creativity The Power of Mindful Learning Dr. Langer your work changed my life at at...
Elder Dr. Dave Courchene: Spirit Connected to the Land
February 01, 2021 18:00 - 51 minutes - 35.2 MBEpisode #21 Ceremonies to our people has always been important because ceremony is an act of gratitude to the Spirit .. and an act of gratitude to the Land. Because everything we do and receive, we recognize we have to reciprocate by offering a simple word and prayer of gratitude … and say "thank you Creator, that you have given me this breath of life here on earth again today” “thank you mother earth that you have provided the sustenance ---the food that I have been able to eat, and th...
World Renown Poet Lorna Crozier on Nature and Love
January 15, 2021 12:00 - 49 minutes - 33.9 MBEpisode #20 An Officer of the Order of Canada, Lorna Crozier has been acknowledged for her contributions to Canadian literature, her teaching and her mentoring with five honorary doctorates, most recently from McGill and Simon Fraser Universities. Her books have received numerous national awards, including the Governor-General’s Award for Poetry. The Globe and Mail declared The Book of Marvels: A Compendium of Everyday Things one of its Top 100 Books of the Year, and Amazon chose her memo...
World Renown Poet Lorna Crozier on Nature and Love
January 15, 2021 12:00 - 49 minutes - 33.9 MBEpisode #20 An Officer of the Order of Canada, Lorna Crozier has been acknowledged for her contributions to Canadian literature, her teaching and her mentoring with five honorary doctorates, most recently from McGill and Simon Fraser Universities. Her books have received numerous national awards, including the Governor-General’s Award for Poetry. The Globe and Mail declared The Book of Marvels: A Compendium of Everyday Things one of its Top 100 Books of the Year, and Amazon chose her memo...
Alice Dalton UK Researcher: Your Heart and Greenspace
December 11, 2020 11:00 - 34 minutes - 23.7 MBEpisode # 19 Alice is a Senior Research Associate working in the Norwich Medical School at the University of East Anglia in the UK. Alice is a geographer and she is interested in understanding the health implications of how we interact with the environment around us. Recently, she has been exploring the role that neighbourhood green space may play in protecting people from certain health outcomes, such as cardiovascular disease. I can see how a medical school would really value your knowle...
Richard Taylor: Physics and The Art of Fractal Fluency In Nature
November 27, 2020 12:00 - 30 minutes - 20.9 MBEpisode # 18 Today it is my pleasure to introduce to you Richard Taylor, Professor, Physics Department Head at University of Oregon. His interests are: Nanoelectronics, retinal implants, solar cells, and the visual science of fractals. Richard Taylor specializes in experimental condensed matter and biophysics. He is the Director of Fractals Research and head of the Fractals Research Laboratory at the University of Oregon. For a complete transcript of this episode please visit treesmendus...
Richard Taylor: Physics and The Art of Fractal Fluency In Nature
November 27, 2020 12:00 - 30 minutes - 20.9 MBEpisode # 18 Today it is my pleasure to introduce to you Richard Taylor, Professor, Physics Department Head at University of Oregon. His interests are: Nanoelectronics, retinal implants, solar cells, and the visual science of fractals. Richard Taylor specializes in experimental condensed matter and biophysics. He is the Director of Fractals Research and head of the Fractals Research Laboratory at the University of Oregon. For a complete transcript of this episode please visit treesmendus...
Sister Gail and my Partner Phil Love Their Nordic Walking Poles
November 13, 2020 11:00 - 19 minutes - 13.5 MBEpisode 17 Today it is my pleasure to introduce to you my sister Gail Fortier, a visual artist and my partner Phil Hallford, a retired college professor in social sciences. Today they are going to talk to us about using nordic walking poles – they look kind of like ski poles. Hi Gail what compelled you to start using the poles? Well you spoke about them a lot and I was resistant until I had an upcoming trip to France – our retirement trip. There was going to be a lot of walking ...
Sister Gail and my Partner Phil Love Their Nordic Walking Poles
November 13, 2020 11:00 - 19 minutes - 13.5 MBEpisode 17 Today it is my pleasure to introduce to you my sister Gail Fortier, a visual artist and my partner Phil Hallford, a retired college professor in social sciences. Today they are going to talk to us about using nordic walking poles – they look kind of like ski poles. Hi Gail what compelled you to start using the poles? Well you spoke about them a lot and I was resistant until I had an upcoming trip to France – our retirement trip. There was going to be a lot of walking ...
Ken Wu Helps Us To Protect Our Endangered Ecosystems
October 30, 2020 10:00 - 37 minutes - 25.8 MBEpisode 16 Today it is my pleasure to introduce to you Ken Wu. Ken is the executive director of the Endangered Ecosystems Alliance, a new national Canadian conservation organization advocating the science-based protection of native ecosystems, seeking to engage non-traditional allies of the environmental movement, and working to support Indigenous Protected Areas. He was previously the co-founder and executive director of the Ancient Forest Alliance and the executive director of the Wildern...
Ken Wu Helps Us To Protect Our Endangered Ecosystems
October 30, 2020 10:00 - 37 minutes - 25.8 MBEpisode 16 Today it is my pleasure to introduce to you Ken Wu. Ken is the executive director of the Endangered Ecosystems Alliance, a new national Canadian conservation organization advocating the science-based protection of native ecosystems, seeking to engage non-traditional allies of the environmental movement, and working to support Indigenous Protected Areas. He was previously the co-founder and executive director of the Ancient Forest Alliance and the executive director of the Wildern...
Nicole Christina: Psychotherapist & Zestful Aging Podcast Host
October 16, 2020 11:00 - 37 minutes - 25.5 MBEpisode 15 In this episode psychotherapist and Zestful Aging Podcast Host talks about her reasons for getting outside and how she helps her clients to take an "aesthetic walk" outside. Nicole says by taking outside breaks you are respecting and resting your brain -- so you can feel better mentally and physically. Nicole Christina is the host of Zestful Aging Podcast, an interview show heard in 92 countries. She’s also a psychotherapist of 30 years, specializing in eating disorders. F...
Nicole Christina: Psychotherapist & Zestful Aging Podcast Host
October 16, 2020 11:00 - 37 minutes - 25.5 MBEpisode 15 In this episode psychotherapist and Zestful Aging Podcast Host talks about her reasons for getting outside and how she helps her clients to take an "aesthetic walk" outside. Nicole says by taking outside breaks you are respecting and resting your brain -- so you can feel better mentally and physically. Nicole Christina is the host of Zestful Aging Podcast, an interview show heard in 92 countries. She’s also a psychotherapist of 30 years, specializing in eating disorders. F...
Joan Maloof ED of Old Growth Forest Network
October 02, 2020 10:00 - 45 minutes - 31.5 MBPodcast Episode #14 For complete transcript of this episode please visit my website Treesmendus.com Visit Joanne Maloof at oldgrowthforest.net Joan's book and my book. Let’s talk about what an old growth forest is, and how this fits with the raging forest fires in Oregon and Washington as we speak. Yes if you think of the planet earth, at least a third of it is covered in forest. With this forest certain places do well naturally with enough rainfall and enough soil – those forests ...
Joan Maloof ED of Old Growth Forest Network
October 02, 2020 10:00 - 45 minutes - 31.5 MBPodcast Episode #14 For complete transcript of this episode please visit my website Treesmendus.com Visit Joanne Maloof at oldgrowthforest.net Joan's book and my book. Let’s talk about what an old growth forest is, and how this fits with the raging forest fires in Oregon and Washington as we speak. Yes if you think of the planet earth, at least a third of it is covered in forest. With this forest certain places do well naturally with enough rainfall and enough soil – those forests ...
Retirement Wisdom Coaches on Designing Outside Mindset Habits
September 15, 2020 11:00 - 32 minutes - 22.5 MBEpisode #13 Today it is my pleasure to introduce to you Joe Casey and Denis Wuestman of The Retirement Wisdom Podcast. Joe, Denis, and their guests focus on the “changing nature of retirement today and the non-financial aspects of a successful retirement transition.” On their Retirement Wisdom podcast they talk to leading experts in the field, and the stories of people who have created interesting second acts as they share practical tips and ideas to create your own. Before I started thi...
Retirement Wisdom Coaches on Designing Outside Mindset Habits
September 15, 2020 11:00 - 32 minutes - 22.5 MBEpisode #13 Today it is my pleasure to introduce to you Joe Casey and Denis Wuestman of The Retirement Wisdom Podcast. Joe, Denis, and their guests focus on the “changing nature of retirement today and the non-financial aspects of a successful retirement transition.” On their Retirement Wisdom podcast they talk to leading experts in the field, and the stories of people who have created interesting second acts as they share practical tips and ideas to create your own. Before I started thi...
Sarah Spencer Says Think Like A Tree
September 04, 2020 12:00 - 34 minutes - 23.6 MBEpisode 12 Sarah Spencer lives in the National Forest in Derbyshire in the centre of the UK with her family, and loves growing vegetables, fruit and flowers. She manages a woodland that she designed and planted using permaculture design. Sarah holds qualifications in permaculture and forest school. Sarah is the author of Think Like A Tree: The Natural Principles Guide to Life. Would you please tell us why you wrote this book? It came out of my work with permaculture, which looks at the...
Sarah Spencer Says Think Like A Tree
September 04, 2020 12:00 - 34 minutes - 23.6 MBEpisode 12 Sarah Spencer lives in the National Forest in Derbyshire in the centre of the UK with her family, and loves growing vegetables, fruit and flowers. She manages a woodland that she designed and planted using permaculture design. Sarah holds qualifications in permaculture and forest school. Sarah is the author of Think Like A Tree: The Natural Principles Guide to Life. Would you please tell us why you wrote this book? It came out of my work with permaculture, which looks at the...
Mark Hume Noticing Nature and Fly Fishing
August 21, 2020 10:00 - 34 minutes - 24 MBEpisode 11 Mark Hume is a former national correspondent for The Globe and Mail and is the author of five natural history books. His latest, Trout School - Lessons from a Fly-fishing Master, came out last year and he is currently working on a book to be published in the fall of 2021. Mark has fly fished in BC for 50 years and lives in Vancouver with his life-long partner, famed science writer, Margaret Munro. Full disclosure here, Marg is my life-long friend and I hope to have her on this sho...