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Your Outside Mindset

Verla Fortier

Join retired nursing professor Verla Fortier as she shows you that going outside is not just a fun thing to do -- it can save your life. Verla shines the light on aging adults who may have chronic disease as she talks to green space scientists, forest bathing leaders, natural navigators, and all things in-between to get practical tips on how you can get the most out of your time spent close to trees, grass, and shrubs. If you want to live longer, prevent dementia, and control your chronic illness - you will love being a part of this conversation.
Episodes
Stephen Leahy Award Winning International Environmental Journalist: Good News in Climate ChangeMarch 25, 2024
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"The Open Air Life" with Sweden's Linda Akeson-McGurk December 05, 2023
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Why You Are Even More Beautiful/Handsome When You Are Outside in Green SpaceNovember 12, 2023
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What Surprised Me at My Son's Wedding This Summer September 11, 2023
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Outsmart Your Pain with Christiane Wolf, MD, PhDJune 08, 2023
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Dr. Patrycja Matusik, physician-radiologist: Heart Rate Variability (HRV) and Lupus March 17, 2023
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K Tselios, MD, McMaster University: Why are lupus patients 50% more likely to have a heart attack than people without lupus?"February 11, 2023
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How Knowing My Heart Rate Variability or HRV Became A Game Changer For Me as a Lupus Patient January 12, 2023
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Michelle Schuman, The Understory: A Female Environmentalist in the Land of the Midnight SunNovember 15, 2022
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Ernesto Rodriguez: Nature Images In Hospitals and ClassroomsSeptember 16, 2022
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Michelle Olson, Social Gerontologist Combines Expressive Arts with Outdoor Therapy for Dementia CareSeptember 07, 2022
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Dr. Bing Zhao: "Short term exposure (3 days or less) to air pollution increases risk of sudden cardiac arrest -- men and women over 65 yrs more susceptible."May 29, 2022
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UK Researcher Andy Jones: "Green Space consistently provides 20% reduction in bad things, if we had a pill for that, we would take it."March 29, 2022
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The Treeline With Author Ben Rawlence March 25, 2022
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Optimize Your Heart Rate: Balance Your Mind and Body With Green Space February 12, 2022
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Dr. Aruni Bhatnagar: Your heart, tightly tied to your environmentJanuary 15, 2022
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Anna Cooper Reed on Canada's Nature Prescription Program December 29, 2021
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Personal Update: Breast Cancer Diagnosis and What My New Book Is About November 30, 2021
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Why I Need To Pause This Podcast May 29, 2021
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Natural Sounds and Your Health with Rachel Buxton, Conservation Scientist at Carleton UniversityApril 10, 2021
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Paula Frizzell: Nature, Photography, Mindfulness and GratitudeMarch 19, 2021
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Patricia Pearsell: Caregiver With Outside Mindset Helps Others February 26, 2021
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Dr. Ellen Langer: Mindfulness is Actively Noticing New Things February 12, 2021
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Elder Dr. Dave Courchene: Spirit Connected to the LandFebruary 01, 2021
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World Renown Poet Lorna Crozier on Nature and Love January 15, 2021
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