Month: October 2019

Do you know your neighbours? What are their names?  Do they have jobs? I am not talking about your human neighbours.  I am talking about the other life that surrounds your home that is either in your front yard, back yard, nature strip or down your street! Tree’s, plants, flowers and weeds! That’s right, our eco-system is our community isn’t it?  We depend upon it to survive and when we engage with it, we somehow feel a connection.  I think this is why gardening appeals so much to older people. …

Life can be stressful. Relationship breakdowns, the death of a loved one, loss of job, financial struggles and exposure to negative environments can all prompt us to see darkness and blind our vision of a happy future. In times of darkness we often focus on the seeing what is wrong with life rather than what can be right.  We also sometimes feel that we are all alone in the struggle to be happy. It’s ok and perfectly normal to feel sad when we experience grief in our lives.  However, if…

I am very passionate about teaching nature based therapy! It excites me that the processes that I have developed are simple ways for people to be able to reconnect to the natural world and experience the awe that life brings. When we talk about these processes in group discussions comments come up like, ‘we know this, but often forget’, ‘this is something that I can do daily’, and ‘this stuff is really very simple’. Yes, to all the above! However, we when go out to put this theory into practice…

I knew that I was run off my feet, tired, exhausted and in need of a break.  What I didn’t know was this hectic pace was being held in my body. I recently took a drive down to the Otway national park to have a picnic with my family at the Californian Redwoods.  I was looking forward to this day as I knew that I needed a break and a walk in the woods. Life was busy.  Juggling 4 young children, 2 home businesses and university studies is exciting but…