There are certain moments when the world feels bigger than our thoughts. A recent walk up The Lawley in the Shropshire Hills created one of those moments; the kind where you pause, look out across the landscape, and feel your perspective quietly shift. In my latest video, which you can watch here , I explore that feeling more deeply and look at what psychology tells us about awe. Awe is the emotion we experience when we encounter something vast or beyond our usual frame of re

A recent walk through Carding Mill Valley, which you can watch here, offered more than just beautiful scenery. Rolling hills, flowing streams and a small waterfall created the kind of landscape that naturally invites you to slow down and breathe a little more deeply. It also provided a setting to explore something subtle but fascinating: negative ions, and their role in supporting wellbeing. Many people instinctively notice that they feel different after spending time in nat

Al Shahaniya Forest is a green landscape just outside Doha that offers a quiet contrast to the pace of everyday life and naturally invites a slower rhythm and a softer quality of attention. In the most recent Thrive Senses video, which you can watch here , I take a walk through it and explore what that shift in pace can teach us about mindfulness. In a previous blog post, Mindfulness in Nature , I wrote about the practice of noticing what we see: the colours, the light, the