Author: tammy.schmidt
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They Go Low, We Go High: Reclaiming Your Energy in a World That Tries to Diminish It
What happens when the world tries to make you shrink, and you choose to rise instead? A personal story about boundaries, nervous system healing, and reclaiming your energy through nature.
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Reclaim Your Energy, Remember Your Worth
A research-informed exploration of overgiving, self-worth, and how we learn to abandon ourselves in the name of care, plus how to begin returning through nervous system healing and nature-based practices.
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Coming Back to Yourself: The Gold in Authentic Self-Compassion
Healing doesn’t mean erasing what broke you, it means learning to care for what remains. This reflection explores self-compassion, authenticity, and how nature gently supports our return to wholeness.
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What If Gentle Witnessing Is the Medicine?
Violet is a teacher reminding us that soothing isn’t the opposite of strength. This reflection explores violet as a healing ally, offering insight into gentleness, self-compassion, boundaries, and the power of being witnessed.
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Bloom Anyway: 7 Life Lessons from the Dandelion About Courage, Joy, and Growth
Dandelions are often dismissed as weeds, yet they keep blooming anyway. This reflection explores seven life lessons from the dandelion about courage, joy, resilience, and staying rooted in your truth.
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Want to Help Spring Bees Thrive? Start Where You Are.
You don’t need to become a beekeeper to help bees thrive. This post shares seven simple, practical ways to support pollinators right where you are, plus a reminder that caring for bees is really about rebuilding relationship with the living world.
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How Daily Time in Nature Helped Me Reclaim My Life
A personal reflection on how a simple daily practice of spending time in nature helped me reconnect with myself, restore emotional clarity, and reclaim my sense of agency, one solo walk at a time.
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Coltsfoot: A Voice From The Edge Of Spring
Coltsfoot (Tussilago farfara) is one of the first spring blooms, often appearing in disturbed soil and sidewalk cracks. This reflective herbalist post explores its traditional cough history, modern safety concerns, and the gentle seasonal wisdom it offers when we choose presence over use.
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Radical Self-Love: A Valentine’s Gift to Yourself
Radical self-love isn’t a slogan, it’s a practice. In my 50s, I’ve learned that self-acceptance + daily self-care (movement, nourishment, nature) creates real confidence, steadier emotions, and a life that feels like mine.
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Powerful Shifts From Fear to Freedom Through Nature Connection
When fear has you gripping the edge of life (like a kid at swimming lessons), you don’t need a personality transplant, you need a better feeling state. This post shares a simple, indoor-friendly nature connection practice to calm your nervous system, clear your intuition, and take the next small brave step.
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Grounding In Nature: a beautiful practice for empaths.
Using the power of imagination to ground while in nature can help sensitive empaths come back to their best energy. It’s adaptable to all seasons, and all places that have a bit of nature. Empaths can be jangled by energy around them, whether that be other peoples’ emotions, sometimes intense or withdrawn. Empaths can be…
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Mindful Walks: How to Turn Your Walk into a Mindful Nature Walk
Spending time in nature can improve your mood. If you want even more benefit from being in nature, pay attention to who or what is around you. It turns out that the intention to connect with nature provides many benefits. In the study Interactions with Nature, Good for the Mind and Body: A Narrative Review…
