Veggie gardens not only nourish our bodies, they nourish our souls. Some of the people I meet with speak with me about the vegetable gardens in their backyard or at a nearby plot. As a vegetable gardener myself, I know the peace, admiration, and gratitude I feel being in the garden, with the generous gifts of these plants and their calm, patience presence. As a psychotherapist I have the great privilege of being able to be on the phone with clients, while I sit in my veggie garden, and they in theirs, while we share in our gratitude and discuss the things happening in their lives.

When we enter a natural space, what if we related the way we would to humans? We can pause and share a greeting, offer up who we are and listen to what is happening in the natural world today. We can ask a sense of permission to be present, and listen deeply to how nature responds.

Today I had the great honour of offering a keynote talk to 250 school administrators and principals on wellness with nature. Throughout the day I had the opportunity to connect with groups of these amazing administrators as we delved into therapeutic nature connection to support mental health. Together we laughed, we cried, we honoured the earth and our place in it, and we set intentions for the coming year.

On a blazing sunny summer’s day, I had the wonderful opportunity to go out on the land with a dear friend. We brought gifts of flowers and berries from my friend’s yard and tea from plants and berries in my and my daughter’s garden. We offered them to the river, the wise old cedar at the riverbank, and shared these gifts together.

As parents facing climate change, we are caught in wanting to offer everything we can to provide the best future for our children and beyond, while knowing that the world we are passing on to them is far from this.

Experiences of anxiety are common for so many people. Concerns about relationships, health, finances, politics, and what the future holds with climate change are causes for many people to experience anxiety.

Having the support of an experienced psychotherapist, to process sometimes complex layers that contribute to feeling anxious, and to determine a vision for how to approach

The birdsongs call our attention and bring us out of our head a little more. We begin to notice the wind, and we take a deeper breath. As we move toward the river, the reflections on the moving water releases some of the tension in our shoulders. Welcome to outdoor therapy.

We are living at the precipice of one dominant worldview making way for a new era to emerge. The systems we have lived by of hierarchy and oppression are spinning out of control. Racism, colonization, dominance of the earth

As we work to gain authenticity, there arises within us a deep inner knowing, a sense of connection to our inner nature. In decolonizing our systems and our relationship with earth, we also can decolonize our relationship within ourselves.

Fall is the time of the year that reminds us change can be ablaze with beauty. As humans, change can be difficult and scary, but also can bring us more into alignment.

Space to come together in the beautiful outdoors, build community, earn supervision hours, engage in anti oppressive work

For many of us, nature can be a source of peace, stillness, and a moment to release the tensions of the day. How we show up in these spaces

It is with great privilege that I will be presenting on Ecotherapy at the National conference for the Canadian Association for Marriage and Family Therapy in beautiful Kelowna, BC.

Walk together comforted by nature’s peace. Allow the stillness of the forests, the calls of birds, and the river’s gentle presence invite you to attune to your own heart.

A workshop for supervisors and therapists to turn attention to our relationship with the earth, and be part of a response to the urgency of our time.

Inose [Ee-no-say] means to walk in a certain way, to a certain place. Read more to enjoy this 25-minute sound walk.

In the spring when the ferns were coming up, with permission and respect I harvested fiddle heads promising that I would return in the summer to water the ferns.