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Stories from the Field: Mental Health in the Outdoors is an authoritative and enlightening podcast that explores the vast landscape of mental health therapies in outdoor settings. Hosted by seasoned mental health professional Dr.
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328: Can You Save Someone Without Drowning Yourself? PTSD, Caregiving, and Wilderness Survival (opens the original)
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What happens when caring for someone you love begins to pull you under too? In this episode of Stories from the Field, Will speaks with journalist and author Virginia Eubanks about her new memoir , A Guide to Open Water Lifesaving: Lessons on Love, Care, and Survival. After her partner, Jay, survived two violent attacks and developed severe PTSD, Virginia became a primary caregiver while trying to navigate a fragmented mental health and healthcare system. Years later, she was diagnosed with coll
327: Beyond Walk-and-Talk Therapy: Lindsay Cray on Integrating Nature into Psychotherapy (opens the original)
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What makes nature-based psychotherapy different from simply taking therapy outdoors? In this episode Will speaks with licensed mental health counselor Lindsay Cray, founder of Integrating Nature, about how the natural world can become an active partner in trauma treatment. Lindsay traces her path from seeking safety in the woods during a turbulent childhood to working in conservation, environmental education, and mental health counseling. She explains how nature can support nervous-system regula
326: Adventure Isn't Just for the Young: The Call to Adventure Later in Life (opens the original)
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Why do we associate adventure and transformation with young people when adults may need them just as much? In this solo episode of Stories from the Field , host Will White reflects on a conversation with his mentor, Dr. Dan Garvey, who predicted more than 20 years ago that the future of adventure therapy would include older adults. Drawing on Joseph Campbell's Hero's Journey, Will explores how career changes, empty nests, loss, changing relationships, health challenges, and shifting identities c
325: NatureDose: Can Tracking Time Outdoors Improve Mental Health? (opens the original)
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How much time in nature do we need to improve our mental health? And how can we track and quantify our exposure to it? In this episode, Will speaks with NatureQuant co-founder and CEO Jared Hanley about the science of nature exposure and its relationship to stress, mood, sleep, and overall well-being. Jared explains how NatureQuant uses satellite imagery and data science to measure health-supporting nature through NatureScore , while its free NatureDose app tracks the time people spend outdoors
324: Decolonizing Ecotherapy: Laura Marques Brown on Nature, Healing, and Liberation (opens the original)
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What does it truly mean to practice ecotherapy? In this episode Will welcomes ecotherapist and founder of Natureza Therapy and Natureza Coaching Collective , Laura Marques Brown, for a thought-provoking conversation about the evolving field of nature-based mental health. Laura shares her journey as the daughter of Brazilian immigrants, how her search for belonging led her into the mountains of Colorado and graduate training at Naropa University, and why she believes nature became the one place w
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