566 - The Effects of House Plants on Mental Health
Tiny Leaps, Big Changes
Gregg Clunis
4.3 • 920 Ratings
🗓️ 20 July 2020
⏱️ 14 minutes
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Summary
In this episode, we look at the benefits of having a house plant.
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3 ways plants help improve your mental health
- Reduces Anxiety and Stress
- Helps Boost Focus
- Connection to Nature reduces symptoms of anxiety and depression
Tips for adding more plants
- Choose plants that like indirect sunlight if you don't have a sunny window.
- Choose plants that need less water ( like Cacti or succulents) if you forget to water.
- Ask questions at your local stores about what plants fits your life style, how much water they need and the right kind of soil for them.
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| 0:32.0 | In this episode we talk about the benefits of having a house plant. |
| 0:38.0 | Get excited because this is Tiny Leaps. |
| 0:44.1 | Big Change. Welcome to another episode of Tiny Leaps, big changes where I share simple strategies you can use to get more out of your life. |
| 1:08.0 | My name is Greg Klunis and in this episode we're looking at kind of a weird topic but I thought you know it's it's worth covering |
| 1:16.8 | the effects of having a house plant so how does it affect your mental health? How can it help reduce |
| 1:24.8 | anxiety and symptoms of depression? There are actually a ton of massive |
| 1:30.8 | benefits and a lot of research that supports these ideas so it's worth |
| 1:35.6 | diving into and if you are currently in the market for a new house plant maybe |
| 1:41.8 | this episode will help you in figuring out how to go about that. |
| 1:46.7 | So this should be super interesting. As always, I'd love to hear your opinion. |
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