Episode 15: Hope, Healing, and Mindful Birding with Therapist Pamela Lowell

[email protected] In this episode, Holly and Holly spend time talking with trauma therapist, artist, and author Pamela Lowell, and how Mindful Birding and time spent connecting with birds and nature can be an effective therapeutic vehicle not only for human wellbeing, but also for the wellbeing of our planet. Find Pamela's book My Summer with Ospreys hereHolly Merker offers a quote by the Tao te Ching Holly Thomas shares how a pause can bring us into the present moment, and how this can help guide us in Mindful Birding and in life.  In this segment, Holly quotes Tara Brach's - The Sacred Pause, and reads the poem called "The Clearing" by by Martha Postlethwaite, from her book  Addiction and Recovery: A spiritual pilgrimage In our Joy of Birdsong segment, Holly Thomas shares the song of the  Black-chinned Sparrow she encounters in New Mexico. Intro music: “Inspired by Nature” by PlayAgainIntro Birdsong & Clips throughout : Western Meadowlark Outro music: “Inspired by Nature” by PlayAgainOutro Birdsong: Eastern Meadowlark Mindful Birding Network WebsiteInstagram: @mindfulbirdingnetworkProduced by Co-hosts Holly Merker and Holly Thomas