Your Outside Mindset
68 episodes - English - Latest episode: 2 months 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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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...
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...
Dr Cyndi Gilbert on Your Health and Forest Bathing
August 02, 2020 16:00 - 56 minutes - 38.7 MBEpisode 10 Hi this is Verla Fortier from Your Outside Mindset Show where I shine a light on aging adults who may have a chronic illness, and who are taking back their outside mindset by looking or going outside to spend time close to trees, shrubs, and plants. I started this podcast for 2 reasons: I help people to recognize that going outside is not just a nice thing to do, but it can save your life. And that by going outside you will live longer, prevent dementia and control your chronic il...
Michael Bond on The Art and Science of Finding and Losing Our Way
July 24, 2020 06:00 - 44 minutes - 30.6 MBPodcast Episode #009 I first heard Micheal Bond on a CBC radio program here in Canada called Spark. He was talking about his new book From Here to There: The Art and Science of Finding and Losing Our Way. I immediately ordered his book and introduced me to new ways of thinking about how we find our way around, and how we get lost, and how this affects us. He looks at brain function, memory, dementia, and our sense of space and place in forests and cities. And he was suggesting exercises h...
Michael Bond on The Art and Science of Finding and Losing Our Way
July 24, 2020 06:00 - 44 minutes - 30.6 MBPodcast Episode #009 I first heard Micheal Bond on a CBC radio program here in Canada called Spark. He was talking about his new book From Here to There: The Art and Science of Finding and Losing Our Way. I immediately ordered his book and introduced me to new ways of thinking about how we find our way around, and how we get lost, and how this affects us. He looks at brain function, memory, dementia, and our sense of space and place in forests and cities. And he was suggesting exercises h...
Michael Bond on Memory, Dementia, and Sense of Place
July 24, 2020 06:00 - 44 minutes - 30.6 MBPodcast Episode #009 I first heard Micheal Bond on a CBC radio program here in Canada called Spark. He was talking about his new book From Here to There: The Art and Science of Finding and Losing Our Way. I immediately ordered his book and introduced me to new ways of thinking about how we find our way around, and how we get lost, and how this affects us. He looks at brain function, memory, dementia, and our sense of space and place in forests and cities. And he was suggesting exercises h...
Janet McGuire Now Facing Brain Cancer Wants To Help Us With Her Outside Mindset
July 10, 2020 07:00 - 19 minutes - 13.6 MBEpisode #008 The year after her retirement from a management position, Janet was diagnosed with a terminal condition: brain cancer. Janet wants to share her story, "not because I want sympathy, because I feel well supported, but because sharing my journey I might help someone else." As Janet says, "there is not a family that is not touched by cancer so she hopes that by sharing her story of feeling better by spending time outside will help others." Right now Janet's time spent outdoors w...
To Speak For The Trees with Diana Beresford-Kroeger
June 26, 2020 06:00 - 1 hour - 50.9 MBEpisode # 007 DIANA BERESFORD-KROEGER is a world-recognized botanist, medical biochemist and author, whose work uniquely combines western scientific knowledge and the traditional concepts of the ancient world. Her books include The Sweetness of a Simple Life, The Global Forest, Arboretum Borealis, Arboretum America--which won the National Arbor Day Foundation Award for exemplary educational work on trees and forests--Time Will Tell, and A Garden for Life. Her new book is To Speak for the Tre...
To Speak For The Trees with Diana Beresford-Kroeger
June 26, 2020 06:00 - 1 hour - 50.9 MBEpisode # 007 DIANA BERESFORD-KROEGER is a world-recognized botanist, medical biochemist and author, whose work uniquely combines western scientific knowledge and the traditional concepts of the ancient world. Her books include The Sweetness of a Simple Life, The Global Forest, Arboretum Borealis, Arboretum America--which won the National Arbor Day Foundation Award for exemplary educational work on trees and forests--Time Will Tell, and A Garden for Life. Her new book is To Speak for the Tre...
A Fresh Take On Aging To Boost Your Outside Mindset with Stephanie Raffelock
June 12, 2020 05:00 - 41 minutes - 28.5 MBEpisode #006 Sixty something, Stephanie Raffelock, in her book “The Delightful Little Book On Aging” starts by saying that "we don’t have a container for grief and that aging takes place against a backdrop of grief - loss of parents, siblings, friends, athletic prowess and youthful beauty." Rafflelock says that grief is also about the little losses that pile up over time as friendships end, children move away, the role of work or career that once defined us gone. The good thing about th...
A Fresh Take On Aging To Boost Your Outside Mindset with Stephanie Raffelock
June 12, 2020 05:00 - 41 minutes - 28.5 MBEpisode #006 Sixty something, Stephanie Raffelock, in her book “The Delightful Little Book On Aging” starts by saying that "we don’t have a container for grief and that aging takes place against a backdrop of grief - loss of parents, siblings, friends, athletic prowess and youthful beauty." Rafflelock says that grief is also about the little losses that pile up over time as friendships end, children move away, the role of work or career that once defined us gone. The good thing about th...
How To Help Pollinators with Kim Eierman
May 25, 2020 20:00 - 34 minutes - 23.5 MBEpisode #005 Today I am thrilled to have the author of a terrific book I read recently called “The Pollinator Victory Garden: Win the War on Pollinator Decline with Ecological Gardening” by Kim Eierman. In her practical and intelligent book, Kim will give you new ways of thinking and noticing and around your garden. Kim Eierman is an Environmental Horticulturist specializing in ecological landscapes and native plants. Based in New York, Kim teaches at the New York Botanical Garden, B...
How To Help Pollinators with Kim Eierman
May 25, 2020 20:00 - 34 minutes - 23.5 MBEpisode #005 Today I am thrilled to have the author of a terrific book I read recently called “The Pollinator Victory Garden: Win the War on Pollinator Decline with Ecological Gardening” by Kim Eierman. In her practical and intelligent book, Kim will give you new ways of thinking and noticing and around your garden. Kim Eierman is an Environmental Horticulturist specializing in ecological landscapes and native plants. Based in New York, Kim teaches at the New York Botanical Garden, B...
Outside Mindset Tips From A Retired Canadian Ambassador
May 15, 2020 19:00 - 18 minutes - 12.5 MBEpisode #004 In this episode I interview my sister a retired Canadian Ambassador who lives in Ottawa, Canada. Patricia Fortier now works on for profit and non-profit Boards. One of the for profit boards is Greenlane Renewables based in Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada. As she explains this innovative start up is converting the gas methane (one of the most powerful air pollutants) to natural gas for use in public sector transportation (buses). This good news for the atmosphere. Please t...
Questions to Ask Your Kids To Make Them Feel Good About Trees
May 15, 2020 18:00 - 33 minutes - 23 MBEpisode #003 Questions To Help Your Family Feel Good About Trees Use these questions, if you like, to ask your grown kids to think about. It will moves the focus to outside and may feel like a gift. In this episode, I ask my boys, finance professionals in twenties, now living in London questions about going outside. Please share one childhood memory of when you were outside close to trees? Max the oldest remembered when he was 3 years old looking up and seeing tree tops together in a w...
5 Hours A Month Outside Near Trees Could Save Your Life
May 15, 2020 17:00 - 17 minutes - 12.2 MBEpisode #002 If you spend 5 hours a month outside close to trees, grass, and shrubs you will live longer, prevent dementia, and control your chronic illness. I had just retired as a nursing professor and was looking forward to doing all the things I had always wanted to do. Then at a routine doctor's appointment I was diagnosed with systemic lupus -- a serious autoimmune disease. My doctor started me on Hydroxychloroquine (Plaquenil) an advised me to avoid the sun. I tell my story of stayi...
Why I Started Your Outside Mindset Podcast
May 09, 2020 12:00 - 3 minutes - 2.36 MB# 001 Episode Why I Started Your Outside Mindset Podcast I started this podcast for two reasons. Because I help people recognize that going outside is not just a nice thing to do -- it could save your life. I want to give you practical tips so you can live longer, prevent dementia, and control your chronic illness. So if this sounds useful to you -- welcome home. For more information and free resources and links to the show notes see my website: https://treesmendus.com Who Am I? I...
Why I Started Your Outside Mindset Podcast
May 09, 2020 12:00 - 3 minutes - 2.36 MB# 001 Episode Why I Started Your Outside Mindset Podcast I started this podcast for two reasons. Because I help people recognize that going outside is not just a nice thing to do -- it could save your life. I want to give you practical tips so you can live longer, prevent dementia, and control your chronic illness. So if this sounds useful to you -- welcome home. For more information and free resources and links to the show notes see my website: https://treesmendus.com Who Am I? I...