Three days, no phone, no social media, no computers, just me, the woods, and a bunch of goats.

And I have never felt better. I spent three days swapping screen time for painting in nature,

hiking with goats, forest bathing, yoga, and really just creating space for boredom. The results have been

dramatic and transformative. And the good news is you don't need to do something as extreme as going

off into the woods for three days on a nature retreat. I'm going to not just share what my retreat

looked like, but I'm going to share how you can create your own

nature-based retreat and digital detox in your own backyard in less than 15 minutes. We have so

much to cover, so let's dive in. Welcome to the Growing Joy with Plants podcast, where we not only learn how to care for plants

successfully, but how to simply and affordably use our plant babies to cultivate more joy

in our lives by doing so.

I'm Maria, former plant killer turned happy plant lady, author of Growing Joy, The Plant

Lover's Guide to Cultivating Happiness,

speaker, podcaster, and most importantly, your new best plant friend. On Growing Joy with Plants, you'll find conversations about house plant care, gardening tutorials, and wellness

through the lens of plants. Plant care is self-care. growing joy. Welcome to a very special episode. It's both audio and videos

set in the woods of Catskills. I am at Hemlock NeverSink. It's an unbelievable hotel and really

wellness retreat in the woods, and I believe like 230

acres, where I've spent the last three days digital detoxing and totally changing my nervous

system. What's different about today's episode is I am filming the episode outside where I've been

for three days. If you're not watching this and you're listening

on the podcast, just a little way to set the scene. I'm in the shade of a tree on the outskirts

of the forest on Hemlock NeverSink. My shoes are off. My feet are on the ground. I've been walking

around barefoot in moss all day. And I really wanted to bring you this episode in the

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