The Nature Embedded Mind: Revolutionary Rethinking for Mental Health Practices, with Julie Brams

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In this episode, cohosted by Forrest Inslee and Stephanie Vander Lugt, Julie Brams discusses the profound connection between nature and mental health, emphasizing the importance of re-rooting our minds in the natural world to foster healing and wholeness. The proposition at the heart of this conversation is, that humanity’s fundamental separation from nature is at the heart of so many of the mental health struggles prevalent in society today. Julie Brams, has carefully and gracefully sought to make this case in her new book, The Nature Embedded Mind: How the Way We Think Can Heal Our Planet and Ourselves.  Drawing on her own process of discovery as a mental health practitioner, Julie makes a compelling case for a profound shift of thinking needed at this point in history, especially in light of the suffering of this planet brought about by humankind.

Links:

Julie Brams website: Elemental

The book: The Nature Embedded Mind

Stephanie Vander Lugt

Stephanie’s community: Kinship Plot

Key  Topics:

• The concept of the nature embedded mind and its importance
• How Western culture has separated humans from nature and the effects
• Practical ways to foster relationship with nature in therapy and daily life
• The role of language in shaping our relationship with the environment
• Resistance within the mental health field to ecological approaches
• The collective stories that shape our worldview and how to transform them
• The importance of playfulness and curiosity in reconnecting with nature
• The scientific basis for the interconnectedness of mind, body, and earth

Keywords: eco-psychology, nature-based therapy, mental health, relationship with nature, language, healing, wholeness, cultural stories, environmental psychology

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