Life Transitions & Nature

Question: What skills can nature teach us about life transition and change? Transitions come with stress  Attending to the transition, noticing the energy and tasks required Various emotions of transition Nature as an intentional place to "escape" to    Tip #1 - any time in nature is valuable   Tip #2 - nature reminds us every thing happens in its time  notice the transitions in nature itself to validate your own Widen the lens - notice the steady cycle around the changes all around us allow the time of a transition, nature allows the slowness of transitions Job and Song of Songs   Tip # 3 - Look to Nature for Comfort  Nature as therapist Build a trustworthy relationship with nature (and with God) Release of control  Learning by experiencing and presence instead of cognition   Tip #4 - Take a Mindfulness Break Unconscious and conscious integrating for growing awareness Scripture examples in Song of Songs and Job Colorado State U transition handout - https://extension.colostate.edu/docs/pubs/consumer/10214.pdf   Tip #5 - Reflect and Let God Tend to You   Resources -  Life is in the Transitions book - https://a.co/d/8LB7Lha Links to research https://silvotherapy.co.uk/articles/mental-wellbeing-nature-connection https://health.ucdavis.edu/blog/cultivating-health/3-ways-getting-outside-into-nature-helps-improve-your-health/2023/05#:~:text=1.,answers%20you%20were%20looking%20for. https://www.johnmuirtrust.org/resources/788-wild-and-well-nature-connection-wellbeing-and-meaning-in-life https://www.nature.com/articles/nphys898#:~:text=The%20most%20familiar%20examples%20of,melting%20on%20a%20warm%20hand.