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Grounded: A Guided Journal to Help You Reconnect with the Power of Nature―and Yourself
Interact with nature—both inside your home and out—with this beautifully illustrated, inspirational, and interactive journal to help you reconnect with the great outdoors.
Contact with nature is good for our psychological and physical health and has been proven to reduce stress, restore attention fatigue, ease depression and anxiety, and foster creativity. Interacting with the outdoors can ground us, offer us a sense of security, deepen the roots of resilience, and enhance our sensory awareness that contributes to feeling fully alive.
Grounded is an interactive journal full of calming art, photography, and inspirational quotes, offering prompts and activities that deepen your experience with nature. Engaging all five senses, this guide journal encourages you to bring the outdoors in, including displaying a collection of found objects such as shells and rocks, creating a simple leaf press to preserve fallen leaves, and growing low-maintenance house plants and edible herbs that perfume the air. Whether you live in a city or a wide-open space, this journal is perfect for anyone looking to make the most of what the world has to offer.
Contact with nature is good for our psychological and physical health and has been proven to reduce stress, restore attention fatigue, ease depression and anxiety, and foster creativity. Interacting with the outdoors can ground us, offer us a sense of security, deepen the roots of resilience, and enhance our sensory awareness that contributes to feeling fully alive.
Grounded is an interactive journal full of calming art, photography, and inspirational quotes, offering prompts and activities that deepen your experience with nature. Engaging all five senses, this guide journal encourages you to bring the outdoors in, including displaying a collection of found objects such as shells and rocks, creating a simple leaf press to preserve fallen leaves, and growing low-maintenance house plants and edible herbs that perfume the air. Whether you live in a city or a wide-open space, this journal is perfect for anyone looking to make the most of what the world has to offer.
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128 pages, Hardcover
Published May 10, 2022
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About the author
Patricia H. Hasbach
6 books21 followersPatricia H. Hasbach, Ph.D. is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) and clinical psychotherapist with a private practice in Eugene, Oregon, and a faculty member at Lewis & Clark College in Portland, Oregon and at Antioch University Seattle. She received her Ph.D. from the University of Pittsburgh and a post-doctoral MA (Ecopsychology concentration) from Naropa University.
As a clinician, Dr. Hasbach incorporates ecotherapeutic practices with traditional therapy in her work with adults, couples, and groups. She also consults with hospitals, schools, architectural design firms, non-profit organizations, businesses, and community activist groups. She is a member of the Editorial Board of the journal, Ecopsychology.
Her book, Ecopsychology: Science, Totems, and the Technological Species (MIT Press, 2012, edited with Peter Kahn) has been nominated for the 2014 Grawemeyer Award in Psychology. This award is conferred annually to recognize outstanding ideas in the science of Psychology and make them available to a wide audience. It is administered through the University of Louisville Department of Psychology and Brain Sciences and carries a cash prize of $100,000.
Her new book, The Rediscover of the Wild, was published by MIT Press in February 2013.
In addition to these books, Dr. Hasbach has published articles in numerous journals including The Journal of Ecopsychology, The Journal of Natural History Education and Experiences, and Voices: The Art & Science of Psychotherapy. Her work has also appeared in The Counselor, a publication of the Oregon Counseling Association and on the international online forum, The Children & Nature Network.
Her work has been cited in Richard Louv’s popular book, The Nature Principle; and in several popular and professional magazines including The Utne Reader, The Observer (a publication by the Association for Psychological Science), The NY Times Sunday Magazine, and The Monitor (a publication of the American Psychological Association).
As a clinician, Dr. Hasbach incorporates ecotherapeutic practices with traditional therapy in her work with adults, couples, and groups. She also consults with hospitals, schools, architectural design firms, non-profit organizations, businesses, and community activist groups. She is a member of the Editorial Board of the journal, Ecopsychology.
Her book, Ecopsychology: Science, Totems, and the Technological Species (MIT Press, 2012, edited with Peter Kahn) has been nominated for the 2014 Grawemeyer Award in Psychology. This award is conferred annually to recognize outstanding ideas in the science of Psychology and make them available to a wide audience. It is administered through the University of Louisville Department of Psychology and Brain Sciences and carries a cash prize of $100,000.
Her new book, The Rediscover of the Wild, was published by MIT Press in February 2013.
In addition to these books, Dr. Hasbach has published articles in numerous journals including The Journal of Ecopsychology, The Journal of Natural History Education and Experiences, and Voices: The Art & Science of Psychotherapy. Her work has also appeared in The Counselor, a publication of the Oregon Counseling Association and on the international online forum, The Children & Nature Network.
Her work has been cited in Richard Louv’s popular book, The Nature Principle; and in several popular and professional magazines including The Utne Reader, The Observer (a publication by the Association for Psychological Science), The NY Times Sunday Magazine, and The Monitor (a publication of the American Psychological Association).
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June 2, 2022
I just received this gorgeous interactive journal today. I have skimmed through much of it. I can't wait to use it. It has ideas for reflection and ways to think about nature even if you can't be in it. There are activities to do when you do get out in nature--drawing, writing, reflecting, collecting, creating. I love it. Nature is my happy place. Since the pandemic, I have been trying to make time to be in nature more both by myself and with my family members or friends.
If you are looking for an interactive nature journal with ideas on how to get out in nature and to relax from stress, this is a great book to start with.
I received a copy of this book from the publisher through a Goodreads giveaway. All opinions within this review are my own.
If you are looking for an interactive nature journal with ideas on how to get out in nature and to relax from stress, this is a great book to start with.
I received a copy of this book from the publisher through a Goodreads giveaway. All opinions within this review are my own.
August 4, 2025
Love the sayings and pictures
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