15 episodes
The Mindful Birding Podcast The Mindful Birding Podcast with Holly Merker & Holly Thomas
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- Health & Fitness
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 from people around the globe, science segments, author interviews, tips for enhancing your Mindful Birding practice, plus a spotlight on the joy of birdsong.
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Episode 15: Hope, Healing, and Mindful Birding with Therapist Pamela Lowell
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 Ospreys hereHolly Merker offers a quote by the Tao te Ching Holly Thomas shares how a pause can bring us into the present moment, and ho...
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Episode 14: Mindful Birding - Your Questions Answered Part I
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 NetworkHolly Merker shares a segment from Dr. Alexander Skutch's writing on companionship and connections of the birds we encounter from the book The...
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Episode 13: Benefits of Bringing Birds in Closer with Brian & John from Nature Centered Podcast
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 be companions wherever we go. We touch on why the interest in bird feeding took off during the pandemic, how bird feed & s...
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Episode 12: Matching Heartbeats: Mindful Birding, Heart Health, & Hummingbirds
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, and even our heartbeats, and we wonder if this also happens when we connect with the wild birds around us. We spotlight...
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Episode 11: Mindful Birding as an Antidote to Loneliness
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 public health crisis of loneliness, isolation and lack of social connection in the United States and wonder if birds might be an...
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Episode 10: Gratitude for Birds
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 lives. We thank the following people for sharing their gratitude for birds with us: Jo from California, Marta from Panama, Amanda,...