Dr. Ethan Kross

So you finish it, you're feeling more rejuvenated, and you actually have more attentional capacity to work through your problems. So that's one way that your environment, in particular, green space exposure can help you.

So you finish it, you're feeling more rejuvenated, and you actually have more attentional capacity to work through your problems. So that's one way that your environment, in particular, green space exposure can help you.

Yeah, so a couple of things I want to point out. So number one, you said 13 minutes. You said it took about 13 minutes. And the way I interpreted you saying that, I was like, it took a while. But if you think 13 minutes is a while, how much time have you spent in that negative self-talk? 56 years. 56 years. I think 13 minutes is pretty damn good.

Yeah, so a couple of things I want to point out. So number one, you said 13 minutes. You said it took about 13 minutes. And the way I interpreted you saying that, I was like, it took a while. But if you think 13 minutes is a while, how much time have you spent in that negative self-talk? 56 years. 56 years. I think 13 minutes is pretty damn good.

Yeah, so a couple of things I want to point out. So number one, you said 13 minutes. You said it took about 13 minutes. And the way I interpreted you saying that, I was like, it took a while. But if you think 13 minutes is a while, how much time have you spent in that negative self-talk? 56 years. 56 years. I think 13 minutes is pretty damn good.

Like 13 minutes is probably quicker than the amount of time it takes for Tylenol to have its effect when you've got a bad headache, right? Like that is pretty magical. So we talked a little bit about how Nature can help us restore. That's one way it can help us.

Like 13 minutes is probably quicker than the amount of time it takes for Tylenol to have its effect when you've got a bad headache, right? Like that is pretty magical. So we talked a little bit about how Nature can help us restore. That's one way it can help us.

Like 13 minutes is probably quicker than the amount of time it takes for Tylenol to have its effect when you've got a bad headache, right? Like that is pretty magical. So we talked a little bit about how Nature can help us restore. That's one way it can help us.

Another thing that it does is it gives us the opportunity to experience the emotion of awe, which is an emotion we experience when we're in the presence of something vast and indescribable, something that just feels bigger than ourselves. And nature is replete with those awe triggers, like the moon. It's so beautiful. And you're in Southern Vermont. I've been up there at times.

Another thing that it does is it gives us the opportunity to experience the emotion of awe, which is an emotion we experience when we're in the presence of something vast and indescribable, something that just feels bigger than ourselves. And nature is replete with those awe triggers, like the moon. It's so beautiful. And you're in Southern Vermont. I've been up there at times.

Another thing that it does is it gives us the opportunity to experience the emotion of awe, which is an emotion we experience when we're in the presence of something vast and indescribable, something that just feels bigger than ourselves. And nature is replete with those awe triggers, like the moon. It's so beautiful. And you're in Southern Vermont. I've been up there at times.

It's gorgeous up there.

It's gorgeous up there.

It's gorgeous up there.

When we experience this emotion of awe, what it does, it leads to what we call a shrinking of the self. You feel smaller when you're contemplating something vast and indescribable. Here you are, Mel, you're worried about this thing. I'm sure it doesn't almost feel legitimate. I'm sure it feels existential in the moment that you're having it. Yes. It's over. I'm over. The world is over, right?

When we experience this emotion of awe, what it does, it leads to what we call a shrinking of the self. You feel smaller when you're contemplating something vast and indescribable. Here you are, Mel, you're worried about this thing. I'm sure it doesn't almost feel legitimate. I'm sure it feels existential in the moment that you're having it. Yes. It's over. I'm over. The world is over, right?

When we experience this emotion of awe, what it does, it leads to what we call a shrinking of the self. You feel smaller when you're contemplating something vast and indescribable. Here you are, Mel, you're worried about this thing. I'm sure it doesn't almost feel legitimate. I'm sure it feels existential in the moment that you're having it. Yes. It's over. I'm over. The world is over, right?

Like, yeah, we've all been there. We know what it's like. Well, when you're in nature and you have this opportunity to experience, oh, it's just, it makes you and your concerns feel a whole lot smaller when you're contemplating the vastness. of maybe like the site you're in. I mean, you're probably walking somewhere, trees are alive for hundreds of years, right?

Like, yeah, we've all been there. We know what it's like. Well, when you're in nature and you have this opportunity to experience, oh, it's just, it makes you and your concerns feel a whole lot smaller when you're contemplating the vastness. of maybe like the site you're in. I mean, you're probably walking somewhere, trees are alive for hundreds of years, right?

Like, yeah, we've all been there. We know what it's like. Well, when you're in nature and you have this opportunity to experience, oh, it's just, it makes you and your concerns feel a whole lot smaller when you're contemplating the vastness. of maybe like the site you're in. I mean, you're probably walking somewhere, trees are alive for hundreds of years, right?