For much of our lives and our culture, we have completely lost our connection with nature. It’s why nature-based experiential therapy is so important to me. Because it gets us outside of our micro-managed, polished and climate-controlled lives and back to our literal roots.

I like to think about the way that animals within nature live their lives. We can learn a lot from studying and observing the natural world around us. Here are a few lessons we might take from nature: