Feb 18, 2025

Question: How does nature help with regulation and balance?

Dave’s forest therapy training - https://anft.earth/

Emotion Regulation tip #1 - let things be complicated

• Science and mystery

• Concrete concepts around ourselves and our bodies as well as spiritual or less concrete concepts around ourselves

Feb 11, 2025

Welcome to Season 7 of our little podcast!

Dave and I are looking forward to a season of talking about three of our very favorite things comingled...well, four really - life in relationships, mental health, the natural world, and spirituality. 

Some topics and questions you'll find in the conversation this season...

Feb 4, 2025

Question: How do I let go of things I can’t control?

A Dave and Heidi story: the cynical season or “life on the edge” and our first forest therapy attempt

• Learning to let go of the outcome

Letting Go Tip #1 - Find a practice of noticing what we don’t control or can’t control

• Example: stand in the...

Dec 12, 2023

Special guest Chris Kennedy, Pastor and Author

Chris’s book, Grace Under Pressure - https://amzn.to/3FBrdU2 (associate link)

Proactive v reactive approach

Proactive = investing in taking care of ourselves, our emotions, our whole selves to be able to live in the moment more authentically as ourselves and in what we...

Nov 28, 2023

How do I find more happiness?

Happiness is a momentary emotion, as all emotions are, time oriented, even as a mood

Tip 1 - Look for happy moments, not a vague ongoing experience

Defining – emotion related to joy, gladness, satisfaction, or wellbeing

Related to confidence or satisfaction with a moment, a person, a...