Adrian Harris
@dradrianh.bsky.social
Psychotherapist, ecopsychologist. Author of 'Nature Connection: Remembering Wholeness'. Lead Editor 'European Journal of Ecopsychology'. Podcast: 'Embodied Pathways'. Exploring embodied ways of knowing.
Eco-spirituality pioneer Charlene Spretnak has long inspired me. I sent her my book and she replied with a endorsement:
"[this book] shows us how to achieve a sensuous and aware immersion in nature... so gentle, wise, and encouraging — urgently needed in our hypermodern world.”
I’m deeply honored.
"[this book] shows us how to achieve a sensuous and aware immersion in nature... so gentle, wise, and encouraging — urgently needed in our hypermodern world.”
I’m deeply honored.
October 29, 2025 at 12:02 PM
Eco-spirituality pioneer Charlene Spretnak has long inspired me. I sent her my book and she replied with a endorsement:
"[this book] shows us how to achieve a sensuous and aware immersion in nature... so gentle, wise, and encouraging — urgently needed in our hypermodern world.”
I’m deeply honored.
"[this book] shows us how to achieve a sensuous and aware immersion in nature... so gentle, wise, and encouraging — urgently needed in our hypermodern world.”
I’m deeply honored.
"Nature helps us practice acceptance. It teaches us to see without judgment and reminds us of our deep interconnection with all life. This awareness naturally gives rise to greater compassion". From 'Nature Connection: Remembering Wholeness'.
October 22, 2025 at 2:22 PM
"Nature helps us practice acceptance. It teaches us to see without judgment and reminds us of our deep interconnection with all life. This awareness naturally gives rise to greater compassion". From 'Nature Connection: Remembering Wholeness'.
When will companies give up on AI 'Assistants'? If a dumb AI could solve my problem, I already would have.
October 18, 2025 at 6:52 PM
When will companies give up on AI 'Assistants'? If a dumb AI could solve my problem, I already would have.
There’s been a lot of talk about flags lately, so I thought it was about time I raised one. This is the Union Jill, a symbol of protest at the Twyford Down in the 1990s. It seems appropriate to raise the Union Jill again now as a symbol of resistance to fear, oppression and greed.
October 16, 2025 at 5:12 PM
There’s been a lot of talk about flags lately, so I thought it was about time I raised one. This is the Union Jill, a symbol of protest at the Twyford Down in the 1990s. It seems appropriate to raise the Union Jill again now as a symbol of resistance to fear, oppression and greed.
"90 seconds of looking a screen that's got trees on it versus the screens that's got the cityscape on it will lower your blood pressure" Professor Kathy Willis. Hard science shows that nature connection heals. www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
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October 15, 2025 at 1:03 PM
"90 seconds of looking a screen that's got trees on it versus the screens that's got the cityscape on it will lower your blood pressure" Professor Kathy Willis. Hard science shows that nature connection heals. www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
My first review describes the book I aimed to write:
"inspiring and practical ... I love how it is filled with lots of clear and practical exercises. Really recommend this for all people - no matter how connected to nature you feel we always can go deeper". Thank you!
www.amazon.co.uk/dp/1919179518/
"inspiring and practical ... I love how it is filled with lots of clear and practical exercises. Really recommend this for all people - no matter how connected to nature you feel we always can go deeper". Thank you!
www.amazon.co.uk/dp/1919179518/
https://amazon.co.uk/dp/19…
October 13, 2025 at 5:34 PM
My first review describes the book I aimed to write:
"inspiring and practical ... I love how it is filled with lots of clear and practical exercises. Really recommend this for all people - no matter how connected to nature you feel we always can go deeper". Thank you!
www.amazon.co.uk/dp/1919179518/
"inspiring and practical ... I love how it is filled with lots of clear and practical exercises. Really recommend this for all people - no matter how connected to nature you feel we always can go deeper". Thank you!
www.amazon.co.uk/dp/1919179518/
It's World Mental Health Day, a perfect moment to remind you that nature heals. www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
What's Up Docs? - Doctors’ Notes: Nature - BBC Sounds
Chris and Xand look a little deeper into the relationship between nature and our health.
www.bbc.co.uk
October 10, 2025 at 3:52 PM
It's World Mental Health Day, a perfect moment to remind you that nature heals. www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
“For centuries, we’ve looked for ways in which humans are different from other animals. But this is entirely wrong-headed. What makes us human is not our differences, but our ecological belonging. As a human being, you are a member of a wider community of species and ecosystems. You belong here”.
Nature Connection: Remembering Wholeness
Reconnect with nature through 60+ practices, audio guides, and podcasts that inspire mindfulness, ecotherapy, and belonging.
natureconnection.org.uk
October 8, 2025 at 9:00 AM
“For centuries, we’ve looked for ways in which humans are different from other animals. But this is entirely wrong-headed. What makes us human is not our differences, but our ecological belonging. As a human being, you are a member of a wider community of species and ecosystems. You belong here”.
Very unsatisfying discussion on BBCRadio4 about whether democracy is a failed experiment. Where was the anarchist expert? Sophie Scott-Brown would have offered a genuine alternative. Is anarchist thought ignored because it's uncomfortably reasonable?
October 4, 2025 at 8:21 PM
Very unsatisfying discussion on BBCRadio4 about whether democracy is a failed experiment. Where was the anarchist expert? Sophie Scott-Brown would have offered a genuine alternative. Is anarchist thought ignored because it's uncomfortably reasonable?
"To walk in nature is to witness a thousand miracles". Mary Davis
October 2, 2025 at 6:06 PM
"To walk in nature is to witness a thousand miracles". Mary Davis
Many of the ideas in my new book came not from research, but from time in the woods.
Walking, listening, and noticing with all my senses shaped the book’s 60+ practices—and the stories of Nu and Fa, an ancestral family who live in its pages.
More in my new blog post: adrianharris.org/blog/2025/09...
Walking, listening, and noticing with all my senses shaped the book’s 60+ practices—and the stories of Nu and Fa, an ancestral family who live in its pages.
More in my new blog post: adrianharris.org/blog/2025/09...
Stories the Forest Told Me - Body Mind Place
In the acknowledgments for my new book, ‘Nature Connection: Remembering Wholeness‘, I wrote: “Many of the exercises—and most of the ideas—arose from my time in nature. Thank you to the more-than-human...
adrianharris.org
September 30, 2025 at 9:44 AM
Many of the ideas in my new book came not from research, but from time in the woods.
Walking, listening, and noticing with all my senses shaped the book’s 60+ practices—and the stories of Nu and Fa, an ancestral family who live in its pages.
More in my new blog post: adrianharris.org/blog/2025/09...
Walking, listening, and noticing with all my senses shaped the book’s 60+ practices—and the stories of Nu and Fa, an ancestral family who live in its pages.
More in my new blog post: adrianharris.org/blog/2025/09...
There are three keys to #nature connection: slow down, get curious, and use all your senses. Find out how these three keys can transform your relationship with the natural world in my new book, 'Nature Connection: Remembering Wholeness'.
September 26, 2025 at 1:38 PM
There are three keys to #nature connection: slow down, get curious, and use all your senses. Find out how these three keys can transform your relationship with the natural world in my new book, 'Nature Connection: Remembering Wholeness'.
Given Reality: embodiment, the other-than-human, our animality.
Invented Reality: Nations, money, etc.
Why do we give so much attention to what's been made up and so little to what's given? Maybe it's partly a distraction 🤔. The result is what we might call an 'industrialized mentality'.
Invented Reality: Nations, money, etc.
Why do we give so much attention to what's been made up and so little to what's given? Maybe it's partly a distraction 🤔. The result is what we might call an 'industrialized mentality'.
September 19, 2025 at 8:26 AM
Given Reality: embodiment, the other-than-human, our animality.
Invented Reality: Nations, money, etc.
Why do we give so much attention to what's been made up and so little to what's given? Maybe it's partly a distraction 🤔. The result is what we might call an 'industrialized mentality'.
Invented Reality: Nations, money, etc.
Why do we give so much attention to what's been made up and so little to what's given? Maybe it's partly a distraction 🤔. The result is what we might call an 'industrialized mentality'.
There's common narrative that #racism is an innate human trait. That's wrong. As Steve Taylor explains, "racism is a symptom of psychological ill-health, a sign of #anxiety and of a lack of identity and inner security". theconversation.com/racism-isnt-...
Racism isn’t innate – here are five psychological stages that may lead to it
There is no genetic or biological basis for dividing the human race into distinct “races.”
theconversation.com
September 18, 2025 at 8:44 AM
There's common narrative that #racism is an innate human trait. That's wrong. As Steve Taylor explains, "racism is a symptom of psychological ill-health, a sign of #anxiety and of a lack of identity and inner security". theconversation.com/racism-isnt-...
Curiosity can keep you young! 'Get curious' is the second of the Three Keys to Nature Connection, and my new book - 'Nature Connection: Remembering Wholeness' - has 19 exercises that cultivate curiosity. If you're curious, you can check it out on Amazon 😁.
www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/curios...
www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/curios...
This Personality Trait May Reveal How Well You're Ageing
It seems to be great for our brains.
www.huffingtonpost.co.uk
September 12, 2025 at 2:20 PM
Curiosity can keep you young! 'Get curious' is the second of the Three Keys to Nature Connection, and my new book - 'Nature Connection: Remembering Wholeness' - has 19 exercises that cultivate curiosity. If you're curious, you can check it out on Amazon 😁.
www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/curios...
www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/curios...
It's rare to hear good #news about our beleaguered natural #environment, so I'm very happy to share that the Great Koala National Park is now a reality. A reminder that when many people work together with determination and grit, positive change can happen. www.koalapark.org.au
The Great Koala National Park
www.koalapark.org.au
September 9, 2025 at 11:19 AM
It's rare to hear good #news about our beleaguered natural #environment, so I'm very happy to share that the Great Koala National Park is now a reality. A reminder that when many people work together with determination and grit, positive change can happen. www.koalapark.org.au
Research shows that personality shapes psychedelic experience; high openness → mystical journeys, high neuroticism → difficult ones. The good news? Personality traits can change and #nature connection helps increase openness & reduce neuroticism. Blog 👉 embodiedpathways.org/2025/08/20/p...
August 22, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Research shows that personality shapes psychedelic experience; high openness → mystical journeys, high neuroticism → difficult ones. The good news? Personality traits can change and #nature connection helps increase openness & reduce neuroticism. Blog 👉 embodiedpathways.org/2025/08/20/p...
Your personality probably influences how you'll experience a #psychedelic trip. New research found what I'd have expected, but it's helpful to have the numbers. www.psypost.org/psychedelic-...
Psychedelic benefits may partially depend on your personality, new research suggests
High openness nearly doubled the odds of reporting lasting positive changes from a psychedelic trip, while high neuroticism raised the odds of negative aftereffects by 56%, according to new research e...
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August 20, 2025 at 9:07 AM
Your personality probably influences how you'll experience a #psychedelic trip. New research found what I'd have expected, but it's helpful to have the numbers. www.psypost.org/psychedelic-...
We didn’t lose nature—
we lost our connection to it. 🌿
After decades exploring ecotherapy & mindfulness, I found 3 foolproof steps to reconnect:
1️⃣ Slow Down
2️⃣ Get Curious
3️⃣ Use All Your Senses
The Three Keys and my book, 'Nature Connection: Remembering Wholeness':
adrianharris.org/blog/2025/08...
we lost our connection to it. 🌿
After decades exploring ecotherapy & mindfulness, I found 3 foolproof steps to reconnect:
1️⃣ Slow Down
2️⃣ Get Curious
3️⃣ Use All Your Senses
The Three Keys and my book, 'Nature Connection: Remembering Wholeness':
adrianharris.org/blog/2025/08...
Nature Connection: The Three Keys - Body Mind Place
Quote taken from my book 'Nature Connection: Remembering Wholeness', that illustrate the point I've made in the first paragraph: "Our need for nature is primal and hardwired".
adrianharris.org
August 18, 2025 at 6:27 PM
We didn’t lose nature—
we lost our connection to it. 🌿
After decades exploring ecotherapy & mindfulness, I found 3 foolproof steps to reconnect:
1️⃣ Slow Down
2️⃣ Get Curious
3️⃣ Use All Your Senses
The Three Keys and my book, 'Nature Connection: Remembering Wholeness':
adrianharris.org/blog/2025/08...
we lost our connection to it. 🌿
After decades exploring ecotherapy & mindfulness, I found 3 foolproof steps to reconnect:
1️⃣ Slow Down
2️⃣ Get Curious
3️⃣ Use All Your Senses
The Three Keys and my book, 'Nature Connection: Remembering Wholeness':
adrianharris.org/blog/2025/08...
Trauma is carried in your DNA, but cultural practices can help reduce it’s impact. Māori-led initiatives in Aotearoa New Zealand, that centre land, language and whakapapa (ancestral lineage) help alleviate generations of colonisation-related trauma.
theconversation.com/trauma-is-ca...
theconversation.com/trauma-is-ca...
Trauma is carried in your DNA. But science reveals a more complicated story
While trauma can ripple across generations, its effects aren’t hard-coded in our genes.
theconversation.com
August 8, 2025 at 11:06 AM
Trauma is carried in your DNA, but cultural practices can help reduce it’s impact. Māori-led initiatives in Aotearoa New Zealand, that centre land, language and whakapapa (ancestral lineage) help alleviate generations of colonisation-related trauma.
theconversation.com/trauma-is-ca...
theconversation.com/trauma-is-ca...
Embodied knowing is messy, tacit, and hard to put into words. So how do we #research it? That question led me to develop the Focusing interview. The National Centre for Research Methods invited me to share more about my journey: www.ncrm.ac.uk/news/show.ph...
NCRM News | How I developed the focusing interview â a new approach to researching embodied knowing
Embodied knowing is transdisciplinary. Although we might identify its roots in phenomenology, it has been identified in fields as diverse as anthropology, business studies, computing, cognitive neuro
www.ncrm.ac.uk
June 6, 2025 at 12:55 PM
Embodied knowing is messy, tacit, and hard to put into words. So how do we #research it? That question led me to develop the Focusing interview. The National Centre for Research Methods invited me to share more about my journey: www.ncrm.ac.uk/news/show.ph...
Language can be a powerful tool in making sense of the world and I'm delighted to have learnt a new word today: 'anthropodenial' means willfully ignoring the existence of any human characteristics in animals. I knew it was a thing but now I have a name for it!
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June 5, 2025 at 1:04 PM
Language can be a powerful tool in making sense of the world and I'm delighted to have learnt a new word today: 'anthropodenial' means willfully ignoring the existence of any human characteristics in animals. I knew it was a thing but now I have a name for it!
www.emory.edu/LIVING_LINKS...
www.emory.edu/LIVING_LINKS...
Curiosity is one of the three keys to #nature connection, so I'm intrigued to see this new research link it to protection from adult #depression. It makes total sense!
Childhood curiosity might be somewhat protective against depression in adulthood, study finds
Childhood curiosity might be somewhat protective against depression in adulthood, study finds
Childhood curiosity may offer modest protection against adult depression, according to a large study from China. Researchers found that this link was explained, in part, by confidence in the future—especially for women.
www.psypost.org
June 5, 2025 at 11:25 AM
Curiosity is one of the three keys to #nature connection, so I'm intrigued to see this new research link it to protection from adult #depression. It makes total sense!
Czech Republic opens the door to #psychedelic therapies for mental health conditions. I look forward to the rest of Europe following this pioneer. view.flodesk.com/emails/68415...
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June 5, 2025 at 11:20 AM
Czech Republic opens the door to #psychedelic therapies for mental health conditions. I look forward to the rest of Europe following this pioneer. view.flodesk.com/emails/68415...
Listening to Kaela while writing a chapter on curiosity for my new book. Heaven!
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Valley Of The Moon
Kaela · Single · 2025 · 2 songs
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June 4, 2025 at 8:43 AM
Listening to Kaela while writing a chapter on curiosity for my new book. Heaven!
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