12 - The Enormous Health Benefits Of Nature; Including Counteracting Depression & Anxiety
07/29/20 • 26 min
Years of careful study has proven that spending time in a forest can reduce stress, anxiety, depression and anger; strengthen the immune system, improve cardiovascular and metabolic health and boost overall well-being. Exploration Local Host, Mike Andress, discusses his own personal struggle with depression and anxiety and the freedom he experiences from being in the outdoors. He shares some helpful resources like The Nature Fix and Forest Bathing that open the door to the modern affliction of "nature deficit disorder" and research that supports the health benefit claims of the healing properties of "nature therapy".
Why Forest Bathing Is Good For You
Forest Walking Affects Autonomic Nervous Activity: A Population-Based Study
Negative Ions Create Positive Vibes
The Waterfall Effect: Negative Ions Give Positive Results
Suicide Prevention Hotline
Depression Hotline Number
Mike Andress
Host, Exploration Local
828-551-9065
[email protected]
Podcast Website
Facebook
Instagram: explorationlocal
Years of careful study has proven that spending time in a forest can reduce stress, anxiety, depression and anger; strengthen the immune system, improve cardiovascular and metabolic health and boost overall well-being. Exploration Local Host, Mike Andress, discusses his own personal struggle with depression and anxiety and the freedom he experiences from being in the outdoors. He shares some helpful resources like The Nature Fix and Forest Bathing that open the door to the modern affliction of "nature deficit disorder" and research that supports the health benefit claims of the healing properties of "nature therapy".
Why Forest Bathing Is Good For You
Forest Walking Affects Autonomic Nervous Activity: A Population-Based Study
Negative Ions Create Positive Vibes
The Waterfall Effect: Negative Ions Give Positive Results
Suicide Prevention Hotline
Depression Hotline Number
Mike Andress
Host, Exploration Local
828-551-9065
[email protected]
Podcast Website
Facebook
Instagram: explorationlocal
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11 - Black Folks Camp Too, with Earl B. Hunter Jr.
After a three month, 14K mile father-and-son camping trip that included 49 campgrounds,, 20 states and provinces across the USA and Canada, and visiting numerous national parks and forests along the way, Earl B. Hunter Jr was astonished that he only saw one other Black family camping on their entire journey. It was then that Earl knew he was being called to a greater mission. In October of 2019, Earl stepped away from an executive sales role with an outdoor equipment manufacturer and set out to form Black Folks Camp Too, a company where he hopes to break down racial lines in the outdoors. The mission has a greater purpose, and is reflective in the company’s logo – get people outside where they can sit around a fire to break down barriers, create more inclusive communities and build stronger relationships.
Mike Andress
Host, Exploration Local
828-551-9065
[email protected]
Podcast Website
Facebook
Instagram: explorationlocal
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13 - Capturing The Beauty Of The Linville Gorge & NC Highlands, with Leslie Restivo
Leslie Restivo lives in Boone, NC. She is very comfortable in the backcountry of the Highlands and the rugged and scenic Linville Gorge. She has been known to rappel deep into the Gorge to grab the perfect shot. She is a Brand Ambassador at Great Outdoor Provision Co, 2020 Grand Prize winner of the Peering into Pisgah Photo Contest, Blue Ridge Outdoors Magazine Photographer of 2020, Admin at North Carolina Nature Lovers on Facebook, and Admin at Roam Outdoors and Appalachian Explorers on Instagram. She is also an avid supporter of Astral. Using photography as a way to express her emotions & feelings, she has a brilliant way of giving texture and details and helping people to not only see the moment in her work but to feel the moment as well.
Mike Andress
Host, Exploration Local
828-551-9065
[email protected]
Podcast Website
Facebook
Instagram: explorationlocal
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