Finding Peace & Mindfulness in Nature After WLS Episode 206

Do you ever want to kick your shoes off and walk barefoot in the grass in your backyard or in the sand at the beach? Learn the reasons why these seemingly small actions can literally ground you and help you tune into your body and what it needs from you.  In this OSLP episode, Kellie and Mel talked to Terri, a forest therapy practitioner that uses this structure of mindfulness to help herself through her first year as a bariatric patient and beyond. In practicing forest therapy, she became more in tune with the old habits she had around food and head hunger and learned to sit with those feelings to let them go. If you enjoy and feel calm and grounded when surrounded by nature, this may be something for you to try.  If you’re always busy and have a hard time being bored or what society tells us is unproductive, this practice may also be for you!  Terri has spent the last 17+ years helping children and families in foster care, child abuse prevention, mental health, and public education settings and holds a master's degree in counseling. In 2021, she became a certified forest therapy practitioner. You can find her at The Forest Therapy Coach or on her personal Instagram.  Books mentioned in this episode: The Myth of Normal by Gabor Mate When the Body Says No by Gabor Mate   OSLP strives to educate and inform the bariatric community and those with predetermined ideas about weight loss surgery.  Join our email list at www.oursleevedlifepodcast.com for the latest OSLP updates.  Please consider supporting us on www.patreon.com/OSLP and become a Badass Benchie! JBY 2023 Tickets are on sale now! OSLP Amazon Store Front OSLP - Recommended Products: www.procarenow.com  www.ubahome.co www.barilife.com  www.sabpweightlosssurgery.com https://thesleeveddietitian.com www.greatideas.net.au Discount Codes from OSLP @procarenow OSLP⁠ @portionperfection OSLP @the.t.r.i.b.e.membership OSLP⁠ @barilifee OSLP @uba.social OSLP @sabp_weightloss @obvi OSLP15⁠ @builtbar OSLP⁠ @hidratespark OSLP⁠ @javy OSLP20