Today I am joined by the prize-winning journalist and author of the Nature Fix, Florence Williams. Florence has spent years of her life sharing both the science and practice of using nature to create better brains and better lives, so I`m excited to dive deep today into how nature can make us happier, healthier, and more creative!
Max Out Insights:
•If your goal is psychological restoration and stress reduction, then being present in the moment, and truly enjoying the beauty of nature is, then, key to your experience.
•A micro-dose of nature can rest your thinking brain and increase your creativity, productivity and well-being.
•Nature not only makes us subjectively feel better, but it also alters our biology, measurably subduing our fight-or-flight stress response.
Max Out Quotes:
•“The more you can turn off the internal soundtrack, the more present you become.”
•“Happiness is the sound of a bird song.”
•“Distilling what I learned, I came up with a kind of ultrasimple coda: Go outside, often, sometimes in wild places. Bring friends or not. Breathe.”
•“Annie Dillard once said, how we spend our days is how we spend our lives.”
Connect with Florence: You can find everything related to her book “The Nature Fix” and her work at her website http://www.florencewilliams.com/
