The Mindful Birding Podcast

The Mindful Birding Podcast with Holly Merker & Holly Thomas
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The Mindful Birding Podcast

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. 

  1. OCT 21

    Episode 20: Mindful Birding for Mental Health & Self-compassion: Good birds, good birders and FOMO

    Send us a textDo you often hear the question: “See anything good?” while birding? In this episode we discuss this question and tease apart the idea of “what is a good bird”, what is a “good birder”, and how sometimes these questions might allow self-judgement to surface, and how these questions relate to both our mental health and self-compassion. We also bring up the fear of missing out, and how this may also influence our mental wellbeing in the context of birdin...

    41 min

  2. SEP 26

    Episode 19: Bird Language & Mindful Birding with Dan Gardoqui

    Send us a textHave you ever wondered how you can become even more attuned to the birds around you? In this episode of the Mindful Birding Podcast, Holly and Holly have a conversation with Dan Gardoqui, a well known specialist in bird language, and nature-based consultant & coach, award winning educator and naturalist. You’ll get to hear some tips and input on deepening our connections to the natural world, "talking to birds", thinking about our attention and energy, curios...

    42 min

  3. AUG 28

    Episode 18: The Mindful Birding Project with Dr. Barbara Patterson

    Send us a textIn this episode we welcome Dr. Barbara Patterson from Fort Collins Colorado. Barb’s work of creating and contributing to the Mindful Birding programs in her community is tremendous. Her latest endeavor is called The Mindful Birding Project, and she shares the details with us here.Barb authored the booklet A Mindful Birding Journey which was first distributed to cancer patients in her local community, and can be found as a free download on the mindful birding network’s resources ...

    31 min

  4. JUL 30

    Episode 17 Mindful Birding: Sit Spots, Festivals, & Retreats

    Send us a textIn this episode, Holly and Holly discuss locations and sites we consider optimal for Mindful Birding group outings, and highlight why sitting in one spot, or Sit Spots, can offer rewards and unexpected surprises.We discuss why we feel Mindful Birding is gaining more traction, and how Mindful Birding experiences can intersect other interests, such as poetry, fine arts, yoga, nature journaling, mothing, and forest bathing. Check out artist Debra Ramsay and her show Flying Col...

    42 min

  5. JUN 23

    Episode 16: Mindful Birding - Your Questions Answered Part II

    Send us a textIn this episode Holly & Holly continue to answer questions we’ve received about Mindful Birding in part II of Mindful Birding – Your Questions Answered.We also continue our chat with therapist Pamela Lowell, who turns the tables on us, and asks us some questions about how we met and started this podcast. In our Mindful Birding Nerding segment, Holly Thomas explores why birds might be the perfect gateway to mindfulness practice, and explores open monitoring and foc...

    44 min

  6. MAY 20

    Episode 15: Hope, Healing, and Mindful Birding with Therapist Pamela Lowell

    Send us a textIn 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 how this ca...

    45 min

  7. APR 25

    Episode 14: Mindful Birding - Your Questions Answered Part I

    Send us a textIn 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 Life of ...

    35 min

  8. MAR 22

    Episode 13: Benefits of Bringing Birds in Closer with Brian & John from Nature Centered Podcast

    Send us a textIn 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 & supply sto...

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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 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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  • Creator
    The Mindful Birding Podcast with Holly Merker & Holly Thomas
  • Years Active
    2023 - 2024
  • Episodes
    20
  • Rating
    Clean
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    © 2024 The Mindful Birding Podcast
  • Show Website
    The Mindful Birding Podcast

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