About this episode

Vanessa Bennett and Clara Schroeder discuss ecotherapy, climate grief, and the healing bond with nature.

In this episode, Vanessa sits down with Clara Schroeder, ecotherapist and author of Re-Nature: How Nature Helps Us Feel Better and Do Better , for a conversation about ecopsychology, climate grief, ritual, and the healing intelligence of the natural world. Together they explore why “we are nature” is not just a poetic idea, but a psychological and spiritual reality - and how separation from the earth mirrors separation from self, body, belonging, and ritual. They also discuss nature as a co-regulating presence, the specific grief that can follow climate or human-caused ecological disasters, and what it means to repair our attachment with the original mother. This is a conversation about remembering that nature is not outside of us; it is one of the oldest relationships we have. For educational purposes only. This isn’t therapy. Resources mentioned: Re-Nature by Clara Schroeder Use for: Guest’s book, Re-Nature: How Nature Helps Us Feel Better and Do Better. Link: https://www.claraschroeder.com/book Note: Clara’s site describes the book as exploring nature connection, mental health, resilience, climate disruption, and sustainable action. Ecopsychology / Theodore Roszak Use for…

People in this episode

Host: Vanessa Bennett

Guest: Clara Schroeder

Topics covered

• ecotherapy
• climate grief
• ecopsychology
• nature connection
• mental health
• healing

Keywords

• ecotherapy
• climate grief
• ecopsychology
• nature connection
• mental health
• healing
• resilience
• sustainable action

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Gamut Podcast Network, EBSCO

Books & works: Re-Nature: How Nature Helps Us Feel Better and Do Better

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