Green Mind Theory: How Brain-Body-Behaviour Links into Natural and Social Environments for Healthy Habits
a wellbeing society
Gardening can do what medicine only ‘tries to mimic’ for mental health, Monty Don says
“That first snowdrop, the flowering of the rose you pruned, a lettuce you grew from seed, the robin singing just for you. These are small things but all positive, all healing in a way that medicine tries to mimic.” Helena…
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The Wild Remedy: How Nature Mends Us – A Diary
‘I feel imprisoned’: why loneliness won’t be solved by national planners
“As lockdown eases, the government’s fixation on top-down strategy is risking the mental health of the loneliest citizens” A centralised approach characterises many government schemes in relation to mental health and wellbeing (the Improving Access to Psychological Therapies programme, for…
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Embracing the Ultimate Unknown
The fear of death, dying and personal annihilation – whether or not this awareness is consciously held – is perhaps one of the biggest underlying causes of anxiety and the undermining of emotional and psychological wellbeing. It’s a theme explored…
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Happy City: Transforming Our Lives Through Urban Design
“The happy city, the green city and the low-carbon city are the same place, and we can all help build it.” More than 80% of the population in England (and more than 50% globally) now live in urban environments. In…
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The Handbook of Solitude: Psychological Perspectives on Social Isolation, Social Withdrawal, and Being Alone
Locating oneself in the past to influence the present: Impacts of Neolithic landscapes on mental health well-being
This research paper has been published in Health & Place. The abstract says: “There are well-established links between mental health and the environment. Mental illness is a global issue, and international policies increasingly focus on promoting mental health well-being through community-based approaches,…
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How to be alone
Your Guide to Forest Bathing
