How Nature Heals What Stress Breaks - with Tracy Teuscher

Negotiate Anything

American Negotiation Institute

Education, Business, Self-improvement

4.7 • 748 Ratings

🗓️ 18 May 2026

⏱️ 91 minutes

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What if the most powerful stress-relief tool you have access to is completely free — and you've been ignoring it your whole life? In this episode, Kwame sits down with Tracy Teuscher — PR strategist, branding expert, and certified eco-therapist — to explore why modern life is burning us out, and how reconnecting with nature can restore what chronic stress quietly destroys. They dive into the science of forest bathing and phytoncides, why kindness is not weakness, how to set better boundaries without losing your warmth, and what it really means to lead with authenticity in a world designed to distract you. Tracy also shares her deeply personal journey through loss, grief, and a decade of using nature as medicine — and gives you simple, actionable practices you can start today, whether you have a forest nearby or just a stone in your pocket. Connect with Tracy Nature Therapy Earth Website - https://naturetherapy.earth/Nature Therapy Earth Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/naturetherapy.earthNature Therapy Earth YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/@naturetherapyearth The Buzz Maker® Website - https://www.thebuzzmaker.com/ Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/thebuzzmaker Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/thebuzzmaker LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/company/thebuzzmaker/ Save Ohio Bees Website - https://saveohiobees.org/ Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/saveohiobees Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/saveohiobees Contact ANI ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Request A Customized Workshop For Your Company⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Follow Kwame Christian on LinkedIn⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠negotiateanything.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Click here to buy your copy of Finding Confidence in Conflict: How to Negotiate Anything and Live Your Best Life!

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0:00.0	We're all running on empty and we've somehow convinced ourselves that that's just normal.
0:05.0	We don't spend as much time, intentional time, prioritizing our connection with the earth and with our own bodies and with our own emotions as we do with technology because it's been designed to be inherently distracted.
0:22.6	My guest today is Tracy Tushar, PR strategist, branding expert, and ecotherapist who has spent
0:29.6	years helping people reconnect with the one thing that actually restores them.
0:34.6	So we have this very deep interconnected relationship with trees. And as a result,
0:41.7	human sensorial abilities have developed in a way that are highly attuned to trees. So for example,
0:48.5	we are one of the few mammals that have the ability to see blue and green.
0:57.1	Nature has been healing us all along.
0:58.7	We just forgot to let it.
1:03.0	And if you're ready to stop running on empty and start feeling like yourself again,
1:04.3	this one's for you.
1:05.5	Let's jump in.
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1:57.3	Tracy, I think a good place for us to start is with just our friendship and relationship over time.
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