Podchat 19 | The Mental Health Benefits of Restorative Gardening with Jordan Mara
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08/14/23 • 99 min
You may have heard that being amongst a forest can help calm your nervous system, but did you know that getting your hands dirty can help clear your mind too?
This week, I sat down with self-made gardening entrepreneurial creator Jordan Mara to chat all about the mental health benefits and aspects of gardening, and what he aims to do through his project Mind & Soil. Come join us in his glorious backyard garden as it pops off in peak summer to learn all about mental health connections to the outdoors, attention restoration theory, creating play in your work, the joy of experimentation, how to make the best of your backyard, and growing your own garden whenever you may reside!
Mind & Soil: Website | YouTube | Instagram
Study from the Royal Horticulture Society
National Geographic take on Attention Restoration Theory
Each episode of Nerdy About Nature makes a donation to a non-profit of the guests choosing using funds from Patreon supporters, and in this episode Jordan opted to support Food Banks Canada!
Nerdy About Nature is an independent passion project that relies on support from folks like you. If you’re enjoying this podcast and videos, help me keep making them by joining the Patreon family for 1$ a month or more!
Wanna ask a question? Want community? Wanna engage? Do it all as a Patreon member, it’s easy!
You can also make a one-time donation, get NAN merch, resources and more information at www.NerdyAboutNature.com
Learn more about this episodes sponsor, Hoka & their Anacapa 2's
You may have heard that being amongst a forest can help calm your nervous system, but did you know that getting your hands dirty can help clear your mind too?
This week, I sat down with self-made gardening entrepreneurial creator Jordan Mara to chat all about the mental health benefits and aspects of gardening, and what he aims to do through his project Mind & Soil. Come join us in his glorious backyard garden as it pops off in peak summer to learn all about mental health connections to the outdoors, attention restoration theory, creating play in your work, the joy of experimentation, how to make the best of your backyard, and growing your own garden whenever you may reside!
Mind & Soil: Website | YouTube | Instagram
Study from the Royal Horticulture Society
National Geographic take on Attention Restoration Theory
Each episode of Nerdy About Nature makes a donation to a non-profit of the guests choosing using funds from Patreon supporters, and in this episode Jordan opted to support Food Banks Canada!
Nerdy About Nature is an independent passion project that relies on support from folks like you. If you’re enjoying this podcast and videos, help me keep making them by joining the Patreon family for 1$ a month or more!
Wanna ask a question? Want community? Wanna engage? Do it all as a Patreon member, it’s easy!
You can also make a one-time donation, get NAN merch, resources and more information at www.NerdyAboutNature.com
Learn more about this episodes sponsor, Hoka & their Anacapa 2's
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Nerdy About Nature is an independent passion project that relies on support from folks like you. If you’re enjoying this podcast and videos, help me keep making them by joining the Patreon family for 1$ a month or more!
Wanna ask a question? Want community? Wanna engage? Do it all as a Patreon member, it’s easy!
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