How to Find Joy, Wisdom, and Wonder in Nature with Mark Coleman
The One You Feed
Eric Zimmer
4.6 • 2.5K Ratings
🗓️ 13 June 2023
⏱️ 61 minutes
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Summary
In this episode, Mark Coleman shares the many benefits of spending time in nature and explores several mindfulness practices that cultivate joy, wisdom, and wonder in your life!
You'll discover:
- How we need to practice paying attention to what’s right in our lives rather than what’s wrong
- How mindfulness is always in service of wisdom, understanding, and freedom
- Why we need to widen our lens to be able to see what else is “here”
- How nature invites us to be in the present moment in a joyful and effortless way
- Defining mindfulness simply as clear awareness and the capacity to be present
- Understanding how multitasking diminishes our attention
- How nature teaches us about knowing and being known
- Grasping the reality of impermanence in nature and in our lives
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| 0:00.0 | We all know that genuine self-compassion and self-love are absolutely crucial in the quest for healing, transformation, and everyday growth. |
| 0:08.4 | But what if we struggle to get there? One of the most powerful yet effortless ways to settle our nervous system and reconnect with our true selves is by spending quality time in nature. |
| 0:18.5 | It's for this reason that this August I'll be offering an in-person, awaken in in the outdoors retreat at the beautiful Cropollo Center this summer. |
| 0:27.0 | I'll be co-teaching the retreat with Ralph De LaRosa, who's a three-time guest of the podcast, author, psychologist, meditation teacher, and friend. |
| 0:35.0 | During these five days together we'll enjoy hikes, outdoor meditations, art, insightful workshops, and lively discussions. |
| 0:42.8 | Our goal is for you to walk away feeling restored, with a firm awareness of new resources, and a new relationship with the gifts nature holds for us. |
| 0:51.7 | To learn more about this special retreat and sign up, go to oneufeed.net-nature. |
| 0:58.8 | We actually all have the ability to be inherently mindful, inherently aware, and nature supports that. |
| 1:14.1 | Welcome to the One You Feed. |
| 1:16.2 | Throughout time great thinkers have recognized the importance of the thoughts we have, |
| 1:20.8 | quotes like garbage in, garbage out, or you are what you think, ring true, and yet for many of us our thoughts don't strengthen or empower us. |
| 1:30.6 | We tend toward negativity, self-pity, jealousy, or fear. |
| 1:35.3 | We see what we don't have instead of what we do. |
| 1:38.2 | We think things that hold us back and dampen our spirit. |
| 1:41.7 | But it's not just about thinking. Our actions matter. |
| 1:45.2 | It takes conscious, consistent, and creative effort to make a life worth living. |
| 1:50.0 | This podcast is about how other people keep themselves moving in the right direction. |
| 1:54.4 | How they feed their good wolf. |
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