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Boost Your Creativity Without Burnout

Discover how connecting with nature’s patterns can spark everyday innovation, boost creativity, and enhance well-being—grounded in fresh research and inspiring examples.

Discover how connecting with nature’s patterns can spark everyday innovation, boost creativity, and enhance well-being—grounded in fresh research and inspiring examples.

Rewild Your Mind: Can Nature Help Ease Modern Stress?

Feeling overwhelmed? Reconnecting with nature through rewilding could ease stress, boost your mood, and transform your mental health.

Feeling overwhelmed? Reconnecting with nature through rewilding could ease stress, boost your mood, and transform your mental health.

Mindfulness: 5 Exercises With No Breath Work Required

For mindfulness, no formal practice is required.

For mindfulness, no formal practice is required.

5 Micro-Meditations to Reduce Stress

If you're feeling stressed and anxious, try these five ways to get into a meditative state, reduce your stress, and find a sense of calm.

If you're feeling stressed and anxious, try these five ways to get into a meditative state, reduce your stress, and find a sense of calm.

Soothing Screen-Induced Anxiety Is Simple: Go Outside

Spending time in nature can help us improve our mental health and resilience. Try these three simple approaches for using nature to combat the stress and anxiety of everyday life.

Spending time in nature can help us improve our mental health and resilience. Try these three simple approaches for using nature to combat the stress and anxiety of everyday life.

How Forest Bathing Reduces Stress and Facilitates Healing

While the understanding that being in nature can be beneficial is relatively ancient wisdom, research began documenting its specific health benefits only in the last two decades.

While the understanding that being in nature can be beneficial is relatively ancient wisdom, research began documenting its specific health benefits only in the last two decades.

My Midlife Superpower

Personal Perspective: How learning about self-compassion changed everything for me.

Personal Perspective: How learning about self-compassion changed everything for me.

What Animal Tracking Can Teach You About Self-Awareness

Animal tracks are like signs of any kind—they point to something, lead to something. Here’s how the art of tracking can help you become a more mindful tracker of your own life.

Animal tracks are like signs of any kind—they point to something, lead to something. Here’s how the art of tracking can help you become a more mindful tracker of your own life.

Five Ways Nature Can Improve Your Mental Health

Is it time to get outside? Nature offers many mental and physical health benefits.

Is it time to get outside? Nature offers many mental and physical health benefits.

Therapeutically "Rotting" With the Old-Growth Forest

A Personal Perspective: Spending much time with old-growth forests, I find time and again that nature is a powerful salve that assists in healing and providing wisdom to wounds.

A Personal Perspective: Spending much time with old-growth forests, I find time and again that nature is a powerful salve that assists in healing and providing wisdom to wounds.

The Secrets of Self-Transcendent People

Looking beyond yourself can give your life a sense of meaning and purpose.

Looking beyond yourself can give your life a sense of meaning and purpose.

Lift Your Mood With Exercise Without Getting on a Treadmill

Just 30 minutes of walking a day—even in small chunks—can improve your mood, help you sleep, reduce your stress, and improve your health.

Just 30 minutes of walking a day—even in small chunks—can improve your mood, help you sleep, reduce your stress, and improve your health.

4 Scents to Help You De-Stress and Lift Your Spirits

If you're feeling stressed at holiday time, try these four scents to de-stress and lift your spirits: citrus, pine, lavender, and frankincense.

If you're feeling stressed at holiday time, try these four scents to de-stress and lift your spirits: citrus, pine, lavender, and frankincense.

The Value of Looking at Long-Distance Views

Personal Perspective: Here are the health-giving benefits of taking in long views, panoramic vistas, and wide open spaces.

Personal Perspective: Here are the health-giving benefits of taking in long views, panoramic vistas, and wide open spaces.

Replacing Fear with Play at Halloween

Halloween is tamed now, and played mainly for laughs. But a more frightful history haunts the holiday.

Halloween is tamed now, and played mainly for laughs. But a more frightful history haunts the holiday.

Reclaiming Calm: Nature's Role in Post-Pandemic Life

Dive into the transformative power of nature in our post-pandemic world. Discover how green spaces can be the balm for modern stresses and a path to renewed well-being.

Dive into the transformative power of nature in our post-pandemic world. Discover how green spaces can be the balm for modern stresses and a path to renewed well-being.

Nature's Reset: Enhancing Mental Clarity and Focus

Enhance mental clarity and well-being through the synergy of ancient wisdom and modern science.

Enhance mental clarity and well-being through the synergy of ancient wisdom and modern science.

Mindfulness for Beginners

There are some easy ways to bring the benefits of mindfulness practice into your life.

There are some easy ways to bring the benefits of mindfulness practice into your life.

Stand Up Straight, Your Neurons Are Watching

Don't slouch! How well you walk and talk is affected by neurons in your spinal cord that detect fluid movement related to posture.

Don't slouch! How well you walk and talk is affected by neurons in your spinal cord that detect fluid movement related to posture.

Spending Time or Stealing Time: What Do You Want to Do Now?

Personal Perspective: Your day is full of things to do. You can either spend your time "wisely" or steal a moment for yourself.

Personal Perspective: Your day is full of things to do. You can either spend your time "wisely" or steal a moment for yourself.

Outdoor Exercise May Be More Effective Than Indoor

It turns out my mom was right all along. Growing up, she would always tell me to get outside and do stuff. Now, cognitive research supports her in ways I never considered.

It turns out my mom was right all along. Growing up, she would always tell me to get outside and do stuff. Now, cognitive research supports her in ways I never considered.

Reigniting Passion

Passion in long term relationships often subsides or disappears. Here are some suggestions for re-igniting the flame.

Passion in long term relationships often subsides or disappears. Here are some suggestions for re-igniting the flame.

Photo Snapshots as Therapy: A Mindfulness Hack?

Simple methods for brief meditation and mindfulness built into our busy days can help empower us to emphasize self-care and mental health.

Simple methods for brief meditation and mindfulness built into our busy days can help empower us to emphasize self-care and mental health.

The Wonders of Awe

Awe binds humans to their environments and to each other in extraordinary ways. An expert on this complex emotion explains how.

Awe binds humans to their environments and to each other in extraordinary ways. An expert on this complex emotion explains how.

Feeling Sick, Tired or Tense? Try "Forest Bathing"

Have you been unhappy, anxious, or overwhelmed lately? If you live close to a natural area, you may be able to use the Japanese technique of "forest bathing" to feel better.

Have you been unhappy, anxious, or overwhelmed lately? If you live close to a natural area, you may be able to use the Japanese technique of "forest bathing" to feel better.

Walking Builds the Aging Brain’s Structure and Mental Acuity

The brain can restore and rejuvenate itself in people who move. Walking and dancing can build brain tissue and keep you sharp as you age.

The brain can restore and rejuvenate itself in people who move. Walking and dancing can build brain tissue and keep you sharp as you age.

Nature-Based Therapy at Work Is Linked to Reduced Stress

Recent research finds nature programs and forest bathing improve mood, reduce stress, and improve cognition.

Recent research finds nature programs and forest bathing improve mood, reduce stress, and improve cognition.

6 Surprising Health Benefits of Walking Through a Forest

Walking in the forest can help improve mood and reduce stress.

Walking in the forest can help improve mood and reduce stress.

The Heartbeat of Trees: An Uplifting Spring Read

Peter Wohlleben's new book shows how deeply appreciating roots and trees—and gently touching and respecting them—is good for them and good for us.

Peter Wohlleben's new book shows how deeply appreciating roots and trees—and gently touching and respecting them—is good for them and good for us.

The Healing Power of Nature

Even a small amount of time spent outdoors can physically, mentally, and spiritually impact health positively.

Even a small amount of time spent outdoors can physically, mentally, and spiritually impact health positively.