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Chapter 1: What personal experiences influenced Ben Orlando's journey?
Ben, welcome to the show.
Thank you, Aaron. Thank you for having me.
Absolutely. So my first and most important question is, how are you doing, man? Like, actually, like, for real, how are you doing?
Chapter 2: How does nature contribute to emotional healing?
So I am doing so well. My wife and I just came back from a trip from Sedona, Arizona. And I'd never been there. And I've only been out West. Like I've traveled around the world a decent amount and I travel around the U S but a couple of years ago, he went to, um, Santa Fe, uh, and Albuquerque, New Mexico and the landscape, it was just amazing.
Chapter 3: What role does fun play in sports and personal growth?
But Sedona, it's like the drive from Phoenix. It was so emotional for me because it was so different. And then you, I don't know if you've ever been there or going down, um, like,
you're up really high elevation wise and then there's certain points where you're just descending and the it's like the entire world opens up and it's just so beautiful and sedona itself with the red mountains and there there's just this feeling there and it was a magical trip and i'm a i'm a psychotherapist as is my wife And, you know, we do a lot of work on ourselves and help other people.
And so the trip really helped us. Like we were, we get along great. Like we have a wonderful connection, but it elevated that even more. So coming back in the last few weeks, it's just been incredible to pay attention to, at least for us, what really matters.
Chapter 4: How do childhood relationships shape adult connections?
And it's pretty simple. When I think about it now and it's, it's so helpful because then the noise goes away. There's so much noise about, oh, this is important. This is important. Like it's not. And like, what matters is that I'm taking care of myself, that I am connecting with people. And like I'm finding joy and really slowing down.
And for most of my life, that wasn't really possible because I wasn't aware of what was important. And so that's my answer to your question.
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Chapter 7: What challenges does Ben face while writing his novel?
Or did it take you time to kind of... Like myself, I'll just use myself as an example. The only time I really went outside was to play baseball. Other than that, I wasn't going outside to like... look at the fucking sunset or something until I like, like you, like maybe slow down a little bit. I met my wife. She's like, oh my God, that's so pretty. Oh my God, that's so pretty.
Let's go for a hike.
Chapter 8: How can storytelling foster community and connection?
You know, it's like, holy shit, that is fucking pretty. Like that is nice. And so now nature is a bit more healing to me because I do still go outside to play baseball. I'm in a men's league, but like, that's not the only reason I go outside now. But when I was growing up, that was otherwise I was doing, you know, other stuff.
And so now I found nature to be healing in a sense, but also calming in a sense. It also clears my mind in a sense. It's really good for my mental health. Has that been the same journey for you or what's going on there?
Yeah, I grew up kind of in the woods. I grew up at the end of the lane, so there was forest all around and cornfields. And so that was my childhood. And I've lived in the city for a long time, but I have communed with nature a lot. And just an aside, what you're describing, your wife, sounds like my wife, and this nature helps bring out the childlike.
parts of us like it's just like seeing something new and appreciating it which I feel like evaporates from the world and people just they just walk on by everything you know and like they're on the one track mind but it's like oh wow look at that flower wow that's amazing it's like a like a five-year-old seeing something for the first time so for me I I did Peace Corps Uh, 2001.
And so that was in El Salvador and I did, I spent a lot of time in the woods, um, a lot of time picking mangoes, like in some ways it was pretty idyllic, um, and just traipsing around and connecting that way. Um, I think, you know, to your point, has it always been that way? I think it's coming out more and. We're in Arlington, Virginia. We live 20 floors up and
really disconnected, you know, we're, we're not grounded. And so that's, that's coming up more and more like how long do we want this to be our, our life, our reality. So we're really thinking about this more. And, uh, our trip to Sedona was really helpful in clarifying some things. And like, it's just, I mean, like what you were saying, it's, it's calming, but
like certain places, like they're, they're here, you know, and it's like these mountains were just so amazing and so powerful. And I'm back in Arlington and, you know, it's springtime and it's pretty, but pretty flat, you know, it's not very inspiring. So part of this
conversation that we're having that comes up for me is like, wow, there are so many amazing places and you know, what really matters is, is us. We can, we can be anywhere and be happy, but also we can also live other places and we can live somewhere that's beautiful. And we have that choice. And I think, I think sometimes I forgot or it felt like it wasn't a choice. Yeah.
Yeah. Yeah. I think about like that sense of awe and wonder that you mentioned that kind of gets stripped away from us as we continue to get older, you know, cause I have a almost eight month old son right now and boy, everything is fucking incredible to him. Like he discovered that he has hands and I have hands and
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