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RESOURCES

Books

Toni Bernhard, How to Be Sick: A Buddhist-Inspired Guide For The Chronically Ill And Their Caregivers

Linda Buzzell and Craig Chalquist, Ecotherapy:  Healing with Nature in Mind

M. Amos Clifford, A Little Handbook of Shinrin-Yoku

Michael J. Cohen, PhD, Reconnecting With Nature: Finding Wellness By Restoring Your Bond With The Earth

Peter Fernando, Finding Freedom in Illness
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Elizabeth Frediani, Where Body Meets Soul: Subtle Energy Healing Practices for Physical and Spiritual Self-Care


Bruce H Lipton, PhD, Unleashing the Power of Consciousness, Matter and Miracles

Richard Louv, The Nature Principle: Human Restoration and the End of Nature Deficit Disorder

Joanna Macy, Active Hope:  How to Face the Mess We're in Without Going Crazy

Andy McGeeney, With Nature in Mind: Ecotherapy Manual for Mental Health Professionals 


Elana Rosenbaum, Being Well (Even When You're Sick): Mindfulness Practices for People with Cancer and Other Serious Illnesses

Eva M. Selhub and MD, Alan C. Logan, MD, Your Brain on Nature:  The Science of Nature's Influence on Your Health, Happiness, and Vitality


Theresa Sweeney, PhD, Eco-Art Therapy: Creative Activities That Let Earth Teach

Esther M. Sternberg, MD, Healing Spaces:  The Science of Place and Well-Being


Llewellyn Vaughan-Lee, Spiritual Ecology: The Cry of The Earth

Elaine Wilkes, Nature's Secret Messages:  Hidden in Plain Sight


Websites

Caregiving.com:  An online community for Family Caregivers

Eco-Art Therapy:  Self discovery through art and nature: Certificate and courses in eco-art therapy

Green Hearts Inc.org:  Compiled research and free booklets on benefits of nature time for adults and children 

Healing Circles Langley:  A Pacific NW endeavor sprung from Commonweal Cancer Help program in California. 

Healing Gardens in Healthcare (Therapeutic Landscapes Network) 

Hiking Research: Connecting people to restorative power of nature


INFOM - International Society of Nature and Forest Medicine

Momcology - Support network for moms of children with cancer


Nature Within:  Human Dimensions of Urban Forestry and Urban Greening, Kathleen L. Wolf, PhD - Leading edge research presentations about the impact of trees and green spaces on human health.

Shinrin-Yoku.org:  Guide training and research on "forest medicine" and "forest bathing" 

The Goodtimes Project:  Most incredible camp and outdoors time in the universe for children affected by cancer

The Recovery Village:   A resource for caregivers that outlines the mental effects of caregiving and how to get help if using substances to cope. 
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Tips for Family Caregivers 

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We Are Wildness:  A 30-minute-a-day Rewild Challenge might change your life.  If you feel nature's pull but spend most of your time indoors, being part of a global group of folks beaming in photos and insights from their little corner of the natural world is a wonderful place to be!  



Videos

"Dancing With Thoreau," Movie Trailer 2013 (Chris Korrow)

EcoTherapy Documentary, Barbara Huning, MA LP

"Elemental", Movie Trailer (Gayatri Roshan & Emmanuel Vaughan-Lee)

Paul Stamets, TED MED 2011


Project NatureConnect on Vimeo 2014

"Project Wild Thing," Movie Trailer 2013 (David Bond) 

Wellscapes, Mary Jo Kreitzer, RN, PhD - moments in nature app for cell phones 


Whidbey Island Wandering:  A 12-minute nature reconnection walk in the rain forest led by Erin Waterman


Articles

Contact with Nature and Health Promotion, Oxford University Press

Creativity/Problem Solving Increases With Time Outdoors

Ecopsychology Journal

Ecotherapy, Mind, a national mental health organization in the United Kingdom

"Forest Bathing" Research in Japan

Presentation:  Happiness and Nature Relatedness, Lisa J. Nisbet, Ph.D. 

Healing Beyond the Bedside

Healthcare Design Magazine, "A Conversation with Roger Ulrich"
 
Natural Park and Recreation Association, Dr. Frances (Ming) Kuo, PhD, "Essential Components of a Healthy Human Habitat" 

Nature Helps With Stress


New York Times, "When Caregivers Need Healing", July 28, 2014

PTSD Shows Up In Parents of Kids With Cancer 

Relationship Between Trees and Human Health, Geoffrey H. Donovan, PhD 

Ulrich, Roger S., Ph.D., Selected Publications on effects of nature connection in hospitals

Favorites

Visual and sound connection points to the natural world to bring back to the hospital environment. 
  •   Gordon Hempton:  Breathing Space, Sound Tracker
  •   Brad Goldpaint:  Goldpaint Photography
  •   Bell & Todd Healing Earth Art:   www.bellandtodd.com
  •   Tom Trimbath:  Trimbath Creative

Outdoor Activities on Behalf of Cancer Research

I have found participating in physical/outdoor events that target your loved one's condition can be tremendously cathartic because it provides a channel for your "fight or flight" energies and worries.  To view a slideshow from my self-designed 26-mile marathon to benefit CureSearch, click on the Healing Walk tab under Resources.   

Climb to Fight Breast Cancer

CureSearch Walks

CureSearch Ultimate Hike


Light the Night

Team In Training

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