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The Mindful Birding Podcast

The Mindful Birding Podcast with Holly Merker & Holly Thomas

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The Mindful Birding Podcast – Cultivating the health benefits and joy of Mindful Birding Join co-hosts Holly Merker and Holly Thomas, along with other voices of the Mindful Birding Network and beyond, as we explore topics surrounding the practice of Mindful Birding. Episodes will delve into this style of observation, which pairs together elements of mindfulness and birding, amplifying the personal wellness benefits of both. Here, you’ll find episodes featuring insights into Mindful Birding f ...
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Send us a Text Message. In this episode, Holly and Holly spend time talking with trauma therapist, artist, and author Pamela Lowell, and how Mindful Birding and time spent connecting with birds and nature can be an effective therapeutic vehicle not only for human wellbeing, but also for the wellbeing of our planet. Find Pamela's book My Summer with…
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Send us a Text Message. In this episode of the Mindful Birding Podcast, Holly & Holly answer some of the questions received surrounding Mindful Birding. This episode is part one of our discussion, and we hope you enjoy. If you have questions or comments, please contact us at mindfulbirdingnetwork@gmail.com or through the Mindful Birding Network Hol…
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Send us a Text Message. In this episode, Holly & Holly gather with their friends Brian Cunningham and John Shaust of the Nature Centered Podcast, a podcast from Wild Birds Unlimited. Brian and John share some perspectives on why bringing birds in closer benefits us, experiences and connections with birds from their own backyards, and why birds can …
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Send us a Text Message. In this episode of the Mindful Birding Podcast, Holly & Holly share why birds are truly heart healthy, both in the way they fill our hearts with joy and love, but also with cardiac fitness in mind. How can wild birds help make our hearts stronger? Our connections to other people and animals can sometimes synch our biorhythms…
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Send us a Text Message. In this episode of the Mindful Birding Podcast, Holly & Holly invite you into a conversation surrounding the idea of wild birds as companions, and specifically how birds may offer the opportunity to ease feelings of loneliness and boost our feelings of connectedness. We discuss the US Surgeon General’s 2023 Advisory on the p…
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Send us a Text Message. In this episode of the mindful birding podcast, we are exploring gratitude and how practicing gratitude for birds can deepen our relationships with them and the world around us. We asked our listeners and Mindful Birding Network members to share their own gratitude for birds, and why they were thankful for birds in their liv…
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Send us a Text Message. In this episode, we explore the concept of Prescriptive Nature, and gain a better understanding of how and where these prescriptions are being used today in preventative medicine across the globe. Special guest Dr. Joe Blanda MD discusses the ParkRX program and shares how he prescribed nature to his own patients while a prac…
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Send us a Text Message. In this episode, Holly & Holly discuss ideas surrounding self-sustainability,through birds and nature with author Sophie Crossley, who works for Work in Mind a UK based organization dedicated to the connection between healthy buildings and workplace wellbeing, where there’s a strong focus on biophilic design or incorporating…
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Send us a Text Message. This episode of the Mindful Birding Podcast is dedicated in loving memory of our friend Tom Johnson. In this episode, we explore how birds and birding play an important part in the grieving process that we all experience in our lives. We hear personal stories from Dr. Ed Pullen, creator and host of the Bird Banter Podcast, a…
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Send us a Text Message. In this episode, Holly & Holly chat with child psychologist and author Dr. Geraldine Oades-Sese about her forthcoming children’s book Melusine: Birds of Many Feathers, a book that weaves the message of inclusivity and diversity using bird language and birding. Dr. Gerry shares the importance of nature for childhood mental we…
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Send us a Text Message. In this episode, we share why Mindful Birding is truly for everyone, and how Mindful Birding is gaining a wider awareness as a style of birding within the birding community, as larger birding festivals give a nod by featuring programming and offering Keynotes surrounding this style of birding. Holly Thomas explores the wide …
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Send us a Text Message. In this episode, Holly & Holly wing their way across the Atlantic to visit with Dr. Angelika Nelson an acoustic ornithologist who works for the LBV (Landesbund für Vogel- und Naturschutz ) in Germany, and the lead author of the new book “The Power of Birdwatching” (Freya, 2023). Angelika shares how birds can teach us life-le…
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Send us a Text Message. In this episode, Mindful Birding Network members Aaric Eisenstein, Roniq Bartanen and Matthew Young, along with co-hosts Holly Thomas and Holly Merker, all provide tips, insights, and perspectives, that demonstrate how individualized the practice of Mindful Birding can be. Let your mind escape while listening to Wendell Berr…
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Send us a Text Message. Familiar voices from within the Mindful Birding Network share what Mindful Birding means to them. We hear these questions answered by Alex Harper, Dr. Barbara Patterson, Dr. Joe Blanda, Bridget Butler/Bird Diva, and Faraaz Abdool. In our Mindful Birding Nerding science segment, Dr. Holly Thomas explores the science of why bi…
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Send us a Text Message. In this intro episode, co-hosts Holly Merker and Holly Thomas introduce the Mindful Birding Podcast, provide insight into the practice of Mindful Birding, and what that might mean, share the background of the Mindful Birding Network , and provide a peek into what's to come in future episodes. Intro music: “Inspired by Nature…
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