2021 - Healingscapes

April 5, 2021April 11, 2021
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Smell Your Way to Better Mental Health

Nature and Healing

The weather is starting to warm, and there are signs of spring outside. I went out to water my lilac yesterday and saw the first signs of tiny purple buds. I immediately smiled as I imagined that sweet smell that I look forward to every […]

March 15, 2021March 16, 2021
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How Owning a Pet Can Improve Mental Health

Nature and Healing

I turned off my alarm and rolled over. A wave of depression came over me. My usual restlessness had recently caused some upheaval in my life. And it seemed as though this pandemic would never end. “Why is it that I can’t just be still?” […]

February 23, 2021March 1, 2021
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The Connection Between Diet and Mental Health

Nature and Healing

“What are you eating?” I hear myself asking regularly. Not so much because I want to know what my students are eating. More because since school has gone remote, they are always eating during our sessions. My students usually respond to this question with a […]

February 17, 2021February 18, 2021
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Embracing Nature’s Rhythms Can Improve Mental Health

Nature and Healing

I recently decided to pay for a feng shui consultation. Having grown weary of trying to create change in my life, I decided to enlist some help in shifting the energy around my home. I asked the consultant to focus on blocking out urban noise […]

January 31, 2021January 31, 2021
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Houseplants Can Improve Mental Health

Nature and Healing

I decided to hang my philodendron plant in a different place, which may have been a mistake. The other day I realized that I had missed it when watering my other plants and I cringed as I looked at the now wilted plant filled with […]

January 17, 2021May 5, 2021
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How Natural Sounds Can Improve Mental Health

Nature and Healing

“What do you hear?” I ask my young clients. “What?” they respond. When we are working on grounding, and I ask them to tell me five things they see, they immediately respond. But then we move on to four things they can hear, and there […]