Mental and Physical Health Benefits, Nature in the City & Botanical Photography w/ Brittany Gowan, Author of Turn to the Sun: Your Guide to Release Stress and Cultivate Better Health Through Nature

Brittany Gowan, Author of Turn to the Sun: Your Guide to Release Stress and Cultivate Better Health Through Nature (on sale Feb. 6!) is a millennial leader in nature-centered stress management and mindfulness. Drawing from her background in psychology, professional coaching (Master of Science in Applied Psychology and NYU Certification in Organizational and Executive Coaching) and photography, she incorporates a nature-centered approach to self-care, personal development, and positive mental health. In her debut book Turn to the Sun, Brittany combines academic research with innovative practices in mindfulness, movement, and meditation into a nature-based roadmap to better connect with the restorative qualities of the natural world and navigate anxiety, relationships, stress, and change. Brittany lives in New York City. Brittany is a nature-centered stress management coach who believes that no matter who you are, learning to create an intentional practice for noticing, connecting with, and being inspired by nature is a game changer. Her mission is to help people of all ages develop a new way of looking at the world through a nature-focused lens. In this episode Brittany and I chat all about mental health benefits and restorative qualities of nature, teachings from nature and integrating it into everyday life, how to connect with nature in a city like NYC, botanical photography inspired by her passion as a teenager, meditation and positive affirmations and so much more! This is such a fun and inspiring conversation about Brittany's NEW book that releases today, Turn to the Sun: Your Guide to Release Stress and Cultivate Better Health Through Nature. (Click the link below to get a copy!) Connect with Brittany: Website - ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠BrittanyGowan.com Instagram - ⁠⁠⁠@brittanygowan Purchase Brittany's Book!! - Turn to the Sun: Your Guide to Release Stress and Cultivate Better Health Through Nature ~~~ Upcoming Online & In-Person Gatherings: ↟ Feb 8 - 5pm PT / 6pm MT / 8pm ET FREE Good Vibe Tribe (GVT) Gathering RSVP: ⁠⁠⁠⁠innerlightbotanicals.com/gvt⁠⁠⁠⁠ Join the Earth- & Energy- Conscious Community for Self- & World- Healing: Are you following the ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Just Earthly Podcast on Spotify⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ + ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Apple Podcasts⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠? Follow along for new episodes every Tuesday! Website - ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠www.innerlightbotanicals.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Writing - ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://mandeenicole.substack.com/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Instagram - ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@innerlightbotanicals⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Facebook -⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Inner Light Botanicals⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ My book recommendations - ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://bookshop.org/shop/mandeenicole⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ About Your Host: ↟ Mandee Nicole, founder of Inner Light Botanicals and Just Earthly Podcast host, gathers earth- and energy- conscious community and hosts online workshops, in-person outdoor adventure retreats and trainings in nature that always have a deep focus on building conscious community, creating a safe space, and a foundation for going deeper in personal practice with hands-on practices to embody the work. Mandee also creates Magic Moon paintings with positive affirmations + reiki as the inner landscape layer on New Moons + a moonscape as a reflection of the outer layer on Full Moons. She shares her writing through gentle mornings☁️, a weekly Sunday morning newsletter with thoughts, feels, reflections & writings for a slow, simple + cozy life. You can sign up on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠innerlightbotanicals.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ She is an advocate for self-healing and world-healing through nature and aims to do this through her work.