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Science shows nature can help you find Your Best Self - and it won't cost a cent.

Stress is implicated in all the diseases on our top-ten-killer list - like heart disease, diabetes, cancer and suicide. Time in nature is implicated in lowering your risk.

I thought verbal and written language was my only primary mode of expression - until nature therapy walking introduce my body to an ongoing conversation with the more-than-human world.

The proof is in: being in nature makes us more creative by improving focus and attention and opening us to fresh perspectives.

We are, as a species, addicted to naming things. Blame Genesis. Once the story got out that God created the animals and plants but gave Adam naming rights, we all wanted in on the game.

The mappiness app tracked where, when and doing what made people happiest. The data, collected over several years, showed the most favoured activity was sex, but across the board “happiness is greatest in natural environments.”