Brain on Nature

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Brain on Nature

Sarah Allely

12 episodes

7 months ago

What’s the relationship between nature and the brain? Join me, Sarah Allely, as I discover how nature helped me recover from a brain injury.

When a mild traumatic brain injury left me unable to read, write or watch TV, I discovered my path to recovery was through nature.

This podcast follows my journey of recovery, and my quest to find out why. What’s the science behind my experience? Many academics acknowledge nature’s health benefits, and scientists are yet to pinpoint exactly what it is that heals. This series returns to the forests and coastlines to immerse you in the sounds of nature that improved my focus and concentration, relieved my headaches and lifted my depression and anxiety.

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What’s the relationship between nature and the brain? Join me, Sarah Allely, as I discover how nature helped me recover from a brain injury.

When a mild traumatic brain injury left me unable to read, write or watch TV, I discovered my path to recovery was through nature.

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Health & Fitness

Technology

Episodes (12/12)

Brain on Nature

Doing it for the kids

A playgroup in Sydney is turning despair about the planet's future into hope by taking action and connecting with people who share their concerns and motivations. Rosa Brown, mum and English teacher, set up the Inner West Families For Climate Action playgroup. She decided to foster connections with other new local parents, and hopes this group will encourage deeper conversations and committed action around climate and the environment.

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2 years ago

19 minutes 11 seconds

Brain on Nature

Regenerating the Cooks River with the Mudcrabs

Every weekend, and some weekdays too, you'll find Mudcrabs along the banks of the Cooks River. Not crustaceans, although they're slowly returning as their habitat is restored, but a group of dedicated volunteers who are rehabilitating what was once the most polluted river in Australia. With prosthetic pincers, they pick up rubbish from in and around the river. They plant trees and shrubs to revegetate bushland that's been lost, and weed and protect the new bush. This episode documents how the Mudcrabs have rehabilitated the Cooks River, and how the benefits flow two ways. For many Mudcrabs, their work connects them with natural world and improves their own health and wellbeing too.

This episode was made on the lands of the Gadigal/Wangal people.

It was supported by an Inner West Council Environment grant. Special thanks to all the Mudcrabs we spoke to. To find out more about the Mudcrabs, and to get involved, visit www.crva.org.au/mudcrabs

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3 years ago

28 minutes 45 seconds

Brain on Nature

PRESENTING: OUT THERE - DEER HUNTER

Indie podcast Out There explores big questions through intimate stories outdoors. In this award-winning episode, producer Sam Anderson goes hunting for the first time and finds it confronting. And as a vegetarian, so did I. But Sam explores his questions around what it takes to pull the trigger. Are we all capable of it? And if we can take a life, what does that say about us? How does Killing an animal change us?

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5 years ago

23 minutes 41 seconds

Brain on Nature

SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT

A quick update about what’s been happening since we released season one. We're planning for a second season but need your help. It’s about how getting off screens back outside and into the natural world can change the brains of young people.

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5 years ago

2 minutes 41 seconds

Brain on Nature

Presenting HumaNature

While you wait for season two, here's an inspiring story from a father and daughter about their first overnight hiking adventure. As they hike into Utah's Bryce Canyon in late November, things don't go according to plan. But they both emerge positive about being pushed to the edge by nature's unpredictability. This story comes from HumaNature, a Wyoming Public Media podcast that tells real stories about humans in the natural world. You can find them wherever you get your podcasts, or here

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5 years ago

18 minutes 22 seconds

Brain on Nature

Back on the Bike

The doctors are saying they want me to go back to work…gradually. But I’m not sure. I’ve lost my confidence. My brain injury rehab specialist says we won’t know until we try. He means I won’t actually recover properly until I go back to work. The neurons that fire together, wire together – he keeps saying.

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6 years ago

37 minutes 10 seconds

Brain on Nature

There's Science to This

I’m depressed and anxious and the headaches are back. I have to dose myself up on nature again. I wouldn’t have considered heading into the bush alone before the accident. But now I’m known for turning up to school pick-ups in shorts and hiking boots. But why has no doctor told me to use nature? Or even encouraged me really?

Production credits

Writer and producer: Sarah Allely

Co-Producer: Olivia Rosenman

Sound design: Ariana Martinez

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6 years ago

21 minutes 56 seconds

Brain on Nature

Invisible Injury

I’m racing towards the finish line. I’m almost better! I try to get back to my normal life, but something’s still not quite right. And then, all of a sudden, things start to unravel. Surely this isn’t happening. I’m nearly better, remember? I find Cait Ward, who had similar experiences after being hit with a lacrosse ball.

Production credits

Writer and producer: Sarah Allely

Co-Producer: Olivia Rosenman

Sound design: Ariana Martinez

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6 years ago

29 minutes 59 seconds

Brain on Nature

If Symptoms Persist, Accept

Finally, I get a diagnosis. The doctors tell me I have what they’re calling ‘a mild traumatic brain injury’. And there’s not much that they can do about it. They encourage me to just accept my situation. Then, some friends invite me on a bushwalk.

Production credits

Writer and producer: Sarah Allely

Co-Producer: Olivia Rosenman

Sound design: Ariana Martinez

https://brainonnature.com/2019/09/09/episode-3-if-symptoms-persist-accept/

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6 years ago

24 minutes 32 seconds

Brain on Nature

The Waiting Room

The injury makes me reflect on what the load on my brain was like before the accident. I’m a journalist, my head’s full of work. I manage our household, wrangle our kids – they’re two and five years old. We don’t have any other family in Australia. My partner’s frantic running his arts organisation. I still keep a busy social life. I love late nights out in hectic loud bars drinking with friends. But after the accident I can’t do any of this!

Production credits

Writer and producer: Sarah Allely

Co-Producer: Olivia Rosenman

Sound design: Ariana Martinez

https://brainonnature.com/2019/09/09/episode-2-the-waiting-room/

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6 years ago

32 minutes 8 seconds

Brain on Nature

The Accident

I wake up on the road in intense pain. I don’t know what’s happened. Who are these people? Where am I? Why is my right shoulder killing me? But it’s only when I get home from the hospital that the extent of my injuries start to emerge. I can’t read, I can listen to music, I can’t be around my family. What's happening?

Production credits

Writer and producer: Sarah Allely

Co-Producer: Olivia Rosenman

Sound design: Ariana Martinez

https://brainonnature.com/2019/09/05/the-accident-episode-1/

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6 years ago

18 minutes 1 second

Brain on Nature

Theme music - Leaf No Tree by Jonathan Zenti

Listen to the theme music - Leaf No Tree by Jonthan Zenti

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6 years ago

3 minutes 36 seconds