Change Your Stress Response With Nature
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Change Your Stress Response With Nature
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About this listen
Many people with anxiety unknowingly miss one of the most powerful, research-backed tools for lowering baseline anxiety. In this episode, we explore modern neuroscience showing how natural environments restore the brain’s attention system, reduce rumination, and improve executive function. You’ll learn why urban life quietly exhausts your brain, how nature helps shift you from threat to challenge mode, and why this simple habit can lower baseline anxiety all day long.
Especially important during winter—when we’re most likely to stay inside.
⏱️ Timestamps
- 00:30 Why many anxious people rarely spend time in nature
- 01:51 Urban life and the overworked “directed attention” system
- 05:09 “Soft fascination” and why nature restores the brain
- 07:28 Nature walks vs. urban walks: executive function results
- 09:26 Nature, rumination, and anxiety reduction
- 12:03 Personal story: anxiety, illness, and daily time outside
- 14:35 Nature and challenge vs. threat mindset
- 16:43 Nature Quant app
For full shownotes, including resources mentioned, go to: https://www.calmyourcaveman.com/episodes/change-your-stress-response-with-nature
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