Digital Wellbeing Articles

Certified Forest Therapy Trails can become modern third places, offering restorative spaces where people build belonging, connection, place attachment, and a deeper relationship with the living world. In a time of loneliness, burnout, remote work, and digital overload, these trails offer more than wellness - they can help strengthen community and public health.

Halbert L. Dunn, often called the father of the wellness movement, distinguished between health (the absence of disease), wellness (the active pursuit of a healthy lifestyle), and well-being (a deeper state of fulfillment that integrates mind, body, and spirit). True well-being includes spirituality—a connection to something greater than yourself, which is different for everyone yet fundamentally the same. It also requires interdependence, the recognition that we thrive in connection with others and the world around us.

Overworking not only causes pain within our bodies (myofascial restrictions/fascial dehydration) but also impacts our ability to think with clarity and creativity. Get outside and immerse yourself in nature's beauty daily. You will experience more clarity and increased creativity, therefore becoming more productive as you feel better all over! For more information, check out this article.

I just was talking to a friend about sleep and he was sharing how since he is so busy with work and has a young family that he experiences the phenomenon of sleep procrastination. I had never heard that term before, but when my kids were little I can recall staying up til 3 am just to have some adult private time (in addition to couple time). Do we just go through cycles in life or can we actually infuse these cycles with a gentle awareness of other skillful actions? How would young parent solve this problem? We used to live in community where we literally co-raised our children, ie. the "villiage?. We now have similar needs for communal support but are cut off from that. I see parents overworking to try and support their families. What if people who live near eachother could have trusted and well known friends that could trade with so free time could work in our waking hours? Love to hear your thoughts...