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Human Rewilding: Nurturing Ourselves in Nature with Craig Foster

Original Air Date Wednesday, June 12, 2024.

Modern life is filled with many kinds of pollution. From the audible and visual pollution of our cities to the garbage we let leak into our natural world, humans are separating themselves from nature at a faster rate than ever before in our history. The flora and fauna so graciously given by our earth mother have been all but forgotten in many human environments. Observing, reconnecting, listening to ecopsychology, and exposing ourselves to the natural world can increase our health and well-being.

To unearth essential information about how we join the human rewilding project and get back in tune with nature, Harvesting Happiness Podcast Host Lisa Cypers Kamen speaks with the co-founder of the Sea Change Project, documentary filmmaker, and naturalist Craig Foster.

Craig shares his rewilding and tracking techniques that instinctively regulate our bodies’ natural rhythm and release health and well-being chemicals into our system. He also offers an Ecopsychology toolkit for being with nature from his newest project, the book Amphibious Soul: Finding the Wild in a Tame World.

Tune in:

Meet Our Guest:

Craig Foster is a documentary filmmaker, naturalist, and the originator of the Sea Change Project in South Africa.

He is well known for his role in the documentary film, My Octopus Teacher (2020), for which he received an Academy Award nomination in 2021.

Book: Amphibious Soul: Finding the Wild in a Tame World

Craig Foster — Human Rewilding:

Nature bathing is an effective way to balance the ego and regulate the body’s natural rhythm. {2:23}
As humans, rewilding ourselves brings inherent comfort and changes the pathways in our psyche. {8:02}
Small doses of nature can have bigger longer-lasting effects than major excursions into the wild. {16:30}
An Ecopsychology toolkit for being with nature. {18:32}
How Craig’s ocean exploration has increased his health, well-being, and connection to other humans. {24:56}

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“My love for nature as a child has kept me balanced in the most difficult times.” @seachangeproject on @HHTalkRadio Share on X “Animals are reacting to the triggers from the wild and pollution disrupts their lives.” @seachangeproject on @HHTalkRadio Share on X “When you are in conversation with the wild you are in conversation with the original mother it changes the pathways in your psyche.” @seachangeproject on @HHTalkRadio Share on X “Playing in a wild environment connects you to it in a beautiful way.” @seachangeproject on @HHTalkRadio Share on X

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