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In this episode, Holly and Holly spend time talking with trauma therapist, artist, and author Pamela Lowell, and how Mindful Birding and time spent connecting with birds and nature can be an effective therapeutic vehicle not only for human wellbeing, but also for the wellbeing of our planet.
Find Pamela's book My Summer with Ospreys here

Holly Merker offers a quote by the Tao te Ching
 
Holly Thomas shares how a pause can bring us into the present moment, and how this can help guide us in Mindful Birding and in life.  In this segment, Holly quotes Tara Brach's - The Sacred Pause, and reads the poem called "The Clearing" by by Martha Postlethwaite, from her book  Addiction and Recovery: A spiritual pilgrimage

In our Joy of Birdsong segment, Holly Thomas shares the song of the  Black-chinned Sparrow she encounters in New Mexico. 

Intro music: “Inspired by Nature” by PlayAgain
Intro Birdsong & Clips throughout : Western Meadowlark
Outro music: “Inspired by Nature” by PlayAgain
Outro Birdsong: Eastern Meadowlark
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Produced by Co-hosts Holly Merker and Holly Thomas