Nature therapy & mental health

03/07/20 • 44 min

I met up with wonderful wildlife photographer Rob Fleming, better know as @robswildlondon on his stunning Instagram account (check it out!). Rob kindly and bravely agreed to chat about his mental health journey and how picking up a camera and rediscovering nature and wildlife that he enjoyed as a child has helped him switch off, be mindful and ultimately heal.

Male mental health is rarely discussed so openly, and as someone with a similar experience of using my camera and nature as therapy during a period of depression in my life, I found Rob's candid discussion really inspiring.

We get a teeny bit technical about wildlife photography and the species we find along our walk, but mostly we enjoyed sharing our stories and bringing an online friendship into real life for the first time.

Sean's Wild Life podcast is produced by Sean McCormack, co-produced and edited by Thomas Ntinas. Title track 'A Wild Life' kindly composed and donated by Mark Rose.

All costs of production have been self funded. If you've enjoyed this episode and would like to tip me by buying me a coffee you can do so here: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/seanswildlife.

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Sean's Wild Life podcast is produced by Sean McCormack, co-produced and edited by Thomas Ntinas. Title track 'A Wild Life' kindly composed and donated by Mark Rose.

All costs of production have been self funded. If you've enjoyed this episode and would like to tip me by buying me a coffee you can do so here: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/seanswildlife.

If you would like to sponsor a future episode of Sean's Wild Life please email [email protected] and visit www.drseanmccormack.com to learn more about Sean's work.

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Sex, death and duck vaginas

I caught up with Jules Howard, author of Sex on Earth, Death on Earth and many other natural history books. One of the funniest zoologists I know, Jules has an awesome ability to make even the most mundane of creatures fascinating to even the most detached from nature audiences. Usually by talking about their sex lives!

Join us as we chat frogs, ponds, the meaning of life, euthanasia, corkscrew penises and why research into duck vaginas is valid and worthy of funding, damn you! Hilarity ensues...

Sean's Wild Life podcast is produced by Sean McCormack, co-produced and edited by Thomas Ntinas. Title track 'A Wild Life' kindly composed and donated by Mark Rose.

All costs of production have been self funded. If you've enjoyed this episode and would like to tip me by buying me a coffee you can do so here: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/seanswildlife.

If you would like to sponsor a future episode of Sean's Wild Life please email [email protected] and visit www.drseanmccormack.com to learn more about Sean's work.

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Next Episode

The Curlew Countdown

A good friend of mine and an inspirational conservationist, broadcaster and author, Mary Colwell is a woman on a mission. To save one of our most iconic native wading birds from extinction, the Curlew. A bird of wild, windswept landscapes, its evocative call and willowy appearance has inspired poetry, music and wonder in many.

But sadly, due to changes in how we manage our landscapes, and specifically farm land, it's under very real threat of extinction as a breeding bird in the UK and Ireland.

Over lunch at her lovely home in Bristol myself and Mary chat about what can be done to save the Curlew, and the difficult conversations that need to be had with various stakeholders when it comes to practical nature conservation.

Sean's Wild Life podcast is produced by Sean McCormack, co-produced and edited by Thomas Ntinas. Title track 'A Wild Life' kindly composed and donated by Mark Rose.

All costs of production have been self funded. If you've enjoyed this episode and would like to tip me by buying me a coffee you can do so here: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/seanswildlife.

If you would like to sponsor a future episode of Sean's Wild Life please email [email protected] and visit www.drseanmccormack.com to learn more about Sean's work.

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