Connecting to your Environment in a Meaningful Way to Support your Well-Being

04/21/23 • 56 min

During this episode, Craig N. Sawchuk, Ph.D., L.P., Chair, Division of Integrated Behavioral Health, Department of Psychiatry & Psychology at Mayo Clinic, joins me to engage in a discussion that will guide/encourage participants to think about what environmental wellness is and how it impacts their daily lives and well-being.
Environmental wellness encompasses not just your relationship with the planet and nature, but your relationship with your personal surroundings. When our personal surroundings are cared for, clean, and organized, we can experience greater comfort and less anxiety. In addition, this dimension of wellness involves being and feeling physically safe, in both our micro-environment (places we live, learn, work, etc.) and our macro-environment (our country, community, and the whole planet).

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Educator Wellness Podcast - Connecting to your Environment in a Meaningful Way to Support your Well-Being

Transcript

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- Good evening, everyone. Welcome to the Scanlan Center School for Mental Health Educator Wellness Podcast. Welcome back. I'm your host Kari Vogelgesang where we meet to talk about all things educator wellness. This season we are focusing on our eight dimensions of wellness and really leaning into how we care