Hi, I'm Dr. Caroline Leif and welcome to my podcast, Cleaning Up the Mental Mace.

You know, sometimes there's little tiny things that you can do that can make such a difference

in your life.

And what I've been doing for my dogs lately is if I go out, I've got two little shits

and they're hating away from me, they've got huge attachment issues and I think I have

them with them too.

And so I put on these bird songs, these bird song sounds for them when I'm out and they

are so calm when I come back.

So I know from, you know, research and they kind of think how nature is so good for your

brain.

I mean, we all know that it's all over the place, it's not something new.

So I thought I would just do a short little podcast to remind you about the little things

in life can make such a huge difference to your mood and to your stress levels and to

your mental and emotional state.

So I want to talk a little bit today about the benefits of why you should listen to bird

songs.

And so there's so many benefits, like for example, it helps with reducing stress and anxiety,

which is what I saw with my dogs and I see with my dogs.

It helps with connection to nature, it helps with improving mood, it helps to enhance

concentration and focus, helps with aiding mindfulness and meditation.

It provides a sense of normalcy, or they, bird song.

And then also it encourages us to go outdoors, kind of create a drawing effect to go outdoors.

...