If I told you that there were a cost-and side effect–free way to help lower your blood pressure, elevate your mood, mitigate stress, and improve your sleep—essentially, be happier and healthier almost instantly—you’d be game to try it, right? Well, this miracle-working panacea is yours for the taking...all you have to do is get outside.
It sounds easy enough, but many of us have let our relationship with nature atrophy in order to connect with people... over the Internet. By sequestering ourselves inside, we increase our risk for a modern malady called nature deficit disorder, the repercussions of which go beyond having a perennially pale complexion. Limited exposure to nature has been linked to a higher risk for obesity, heart disease, and depression. Not good.
Growing up, I lived in…
