Episodes 56
Avg. Duration 35m
Activity Highly Active
Apple Rating 4.8 (4)
Since May 2020
Latest Episode Feb 2026

Publishing Details

Schedule
Every 2 Months
Format
Episodic
Consistency
80%
Hosting
rss.buzzsprout.com

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About This Podcast

Join retired nursing professor Verla Fortier as she shows you that going outside is not just a fun thing to do -- it can save your life. Verla shines the light on aging adults who may have chronic disease as she talks to green space scientists, forest bathing leaders, natural navigators, and all things in-between to get practical tips on how you can get the most out of your time spent close to trees, grass, and shrubs. If you want to live longer, prevent dementia, and control your chronic illness - you will love being a part of this conversation.

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Recent Episodes

Boreal Meditation and Hope

Feb 23, 2026 10m

Listeners thank you again for keeping this podcast in the top 5% of podcasts of 3.7 million podcasts globally as reported by Listen Score.   In addition I want to thank Million Podcasts for recently…

What is a Walk and Talk?

Dec 29, 2025 30m

Verla Fortier introduces her podcast "The Outside Mindset Show" and discusses her experiences with nature and community walking initiatives in London, England.   The conversation features Alison…

If You Could See What I See Baby Brooks

Oct 12, 2025 11m

Dear Baby Brooks, As you will come to know, you and your parents love to be outside. Although you live in the big city of London, you have beautiful life spent outside.  I am your Nana and I came to…

Pearlette Ramos of the film Three Extraordinary Women

Jun 09, 2025 40m

This is Verla Fortier of your Outside Mindset show. This podcast is about taking back  your outside mindset by exploring and practicing new ways of noticing  when you are outside close to nature …

Martin Moore-Ede MD PhD: The Light Doctor

Mar 30, 2025 49m

For over 40 years, Dr. Martin Moore-Ede has been a leading world expert on circadian clocks and the health problems caused by electric light at night. As a professor at Harvard Medical School (1975 –…

Andrea Jaramillo Forest Nurse

Feb 18, 2025 49m

Andrea Jaramillo  is a bilingual hospice nurse, urban farmer, ceremonialist, and beekeeper in training. She is the founder of Forest Nurse, a forest therapy practice that connects people with nature…

Susan Allison-Dean, RN, MS Nature Nurse on "the connection piece with nature"

Jan 20, 2025 49m

Susan Allison-Dean is a Board Certified Advanced Holistic Nurse and Certified Clinical Aromatherapy professional with over thirty years of experience in nursing.  During the first half of her career,…

Dr Jim Doty Tells You to Balance Your Nervous System to Manifest Your Goals

Jan 05, 2025 24m

Dr James Doty says Balance Your Nervous System To Manifest Your Desired Goals The word manifest may put you off, but I like James Doty (MD)’s  definition of manifesting. He says “once the body and…

Dr Norman Farb Wants You to Test Drive Your Senses by "Sense Foraging"

Nov 19, 2024 57m

This is Verla Fortier of your Outside Mindset show. This podcast is about taking back  your outside mindset by exploring and practicing new ways of noticing when you are outside  close to nature …

Natural Navigator Tristan Gooley: Develop Your Tree Reading Skills

Sep 09, 2024 29m

Tristan Gooley is a New York Times best selling author of How to Read Water, How To Read Nature, The Natural Navigator, The Lost Art of |Reading Nature’s signs, and The Secret World of Weather. Today…

Get Intentional About Using Your Senses

Aug 15, 2024 21m

Let’s Get  Sensual: Get Intentional About Using Your Senses  I read a good book recently titled “Better In Every Sense: How the New Science of Sensation Can Help You Reclaim Your Life.” The main…

Managing Difficult Emotions As My Loved Ones Move Away

May 08, 2024 18m

This solo podcast episode is about managing difficult emotions when loved ones move away. I am working on managing my emotions as both my kids who are Canadian settle in London England.The first…

Stephen Leahy Award Winning International Environmental Journalist: Good News in Climate Change

Mar 25, 2024 48m

Stephen Leahy is an award-winning international environmental journalist with over 25 years of experience in the field. His work has been published in a wide range of prestigious publications around…

"The Open Air Life" with Sweden's Linda Akeson-McGurk

Dec 05, 2023 1h 5m

Today my guest is Linda  Åkeson McGurk is a Swedish American writer and author of The Open-Air Life and the bestselling parenting memoir There’s No Such Thing as Bad Weather. She is a passionate…

Why You Are Even More Beautiful/Handsome When You Are Outside in Green Space

Nov 12, 2023 36m

What you might not know is that you will also be more beautiful or handsome  to others when you are outside. When I saw an Instagram reel of my 20 something kids out in the countryside last weekend…

What Surprised Me at My Son's Wedding This Summer

Sep 11, 2023 17m

This podcast, Your Outside Mindset  is now in the top 5% most popular shows out of 3.2 million podcasts globally. Thank you to each one of you in 56 countries for listening and sharing Your Outside…

Outsmart Your Pain with Christiane Wolf, MD, PhD

Jun 08, 2023 48m

Christiane Wolf, MD, PhD is a former physician and an internationally known mindfulness and Insight (Vipassana) meditation teacher. She is passionate about translating ancient wisdom teachings into…

Dr. Patrycja Matusik, physician-radiologist: Heart Rate Variability (HRV) and Lupus

Mar 17, 2023 29m

Full Podcast Transcript at treesmendus.com Books written by podcast host Verla Fortier:Optimize Your Heart Rate: Balance Your Mind and Body With Green Space Take Back Your Outside Mindset: Live…

K Tselios, MD, McMaster University: Why are lupus patients 50% more likely to have a heart attack than people without lupus?"

Feb 11, 2023 54m

For the full show notes of this episode visit website https://treesmendus.comVerla's new book Optimize Your Heart Rate: BalanceYour Mind and Body With Green Space. Verla's previous book Take Back…

How Knowing My Heart Rate Variability or HRV Became A Game Changer For Me as a Lupus Patient

Jan 12, 2023 27m

Host Verla FortierVerla's website https://treesmendus.comVerla's new book Optimize Your Heart Rate: BalanceYour Mind and Body With Green Space. Verla's previous book Take Back Your Outside Mindset:…

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