The Climate Guru Ep. 42 - Interview with Julie Brams

About this episode

Brent Probinsky interviews Julie Brams about the importance of reconnecting with nature for personal healing and ecological sustainability.

In this episode of The Climate Guru, Brent speaks with therapist and author Julie Brams about humanity’s growing disconnection from the natural world and how rebuilding that relationship may be essential for both personal healing and planetary survival. Drawing from her book The Nature Embedded Mind, Julie explores how industrialization, colonization, and modern digital life have separated people from their innate connection to the rest of nature — contributing to rising anxiety, depression, and ecological destruction. The conversation dives into nature and forest therapy, Indigenous wisdom, mental health, climate change, and the psychological shifts needed to move beyond human supremacy and toward a more reciprocal relationship with the Earth. Julie explains how reconnecting with nature is not just about enjoying the outdoors, but about fundamentally changing how we see ourselves in relation to the living world around us. This episode is a thoughtful exploration of healing, relationality, climate consciousness, and what it means to truly belong to the planet again.

People in this episode

Host: Brent Probinsky

Guest: Julie Brams

Topics covered

• nature connection
• mental health
• climate change
• ecological destruction
• Indigenous wisdom
• forest therapy

Keywords

• nature therapy
• human disconnection
• psychological shifts
• climate consciousness
• relationality

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: The Nature Embedded Mind

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