• Plants & Happiness

    How to Discover Your Green Personality

    journal, How to Discover Your Green Personality, https://karenhugg.com/2023/03/03/how-to-discover-your-green-personality/ #leafyourtroublesbehind #journal #nature #books #loweryourstress #relaxation #happiness #greenpersonality #relaxinginnature

    It’s no secret spending time with nature can lower stress and lead to a happier life. But sometimes people don’t know where to start. They feel overwhelmed by all the choices and unsure what to do. What’s more, a lot of folks have hardly spent time with nature. Maybe this is you. If so, there’s good news. You can discover your green personality regardless. All it takes is a little self-exploration. Exploring Your History With Nature Let’s start with my Green Personality exercise from Leaf Your Troubles Behind. The first…

  • Plants & Happiness

    To Discover More Time, Take Your Schedule to Task

    Sifting Time Soil Activity, To Discover More Time, Take Your Schedule to Task, Karen Hugg, karenhugg.com/2023/02/23/sifting time soil/

    If you’re feeling overwhelmed, you need a way to sort out all the stuff on your to-do list. A long list is useful but what’s really the priority? I’ve noticed if you keep a log for three days, you’ll figure out priorities super quickly. It shows you what you really think is important. Recently, I did my Sifting Your Time Soil activity from Leaf Your Troubles Behind again. I designed it so readers could sort out the stuff that overwhelmed them and manage it all better. I nicked the strategy…

  • Books,  Plants & Happiness

    Leaf Your Troubles Behind is Now Available for Sale!

    Leaf Your Troubles Behind Cover

    Hi everyone, Just a quick post to let you know Leaf Your Troubles Behind: How to Destress and Grow Happiness Through Plants is now available for sale. You can buy it at Amazon, Barnes and Noble, and your local bookstore. Thank you so much for your support! This book started as a fun pandemic project that actually turned into a book. It’s aimed at helping you grow a happier in life. Also, read on for the three winners of the Leaf Your Troubles giveaway. I’m happy to share the winners…

  • Books,  Plants & Happiness

    The Leaf Your Troubles Workbook is Ready and Free!

    Leaf Your Troubles Workbook, The Leaf Your Troubles Workbook is Ready and Free!, Karen Hugg, https://karenhugg.com/2022/07/12/leaf-your-troubles-workbook/(opens in a new tab), #leafyourtroubles #workbook #greenleisure #journal #happiness #mentalhealth #stressrelief #nature

    Hey all, Just a quick post to let you know I’ve made and put online the Leaf Your Troubles workbook! This is a 25-page companion booklet of worksheets that dovetail with the exercises in my book, Leaf Your Troubles Behind: How to Destress and Grow Happiness Through Plants. What’s In There It’s a pretty simple format. I included Escape to Nature journal pages focusing on the Time Log exercises and Green Personality exploration. It also features a sample Stress Bramble you can add to along with daily Green Leisure worksheets.…

  • Plants & Happiness,  Writing

    How Journaling in Nature Creates a Happy Magic

    Bellevue Botanical Garden Waterfall, How Journaling in Nature Creates a Happy Magic, Karen Hugg, https://karenhugg.com/2022/07/05/journaling-nature/(opens in a new tab), #journaling #nature, #plants, #stressrelief, #happiness, #mentalhealth, #healingbenefits #benefits

    I’m a big advocate of journaling. Writing out one’s thoughts and feelings has enormous health benefits and helps us work out the problems of our lives. Psychologists say it helps reduce stress, boosts our mood, keeps our memory sharp, and even helps our immune system. So what’s even more interesting is how journaling in nature seems to be more powerful. Here’s why. It puts you in a special, out-of-time place Even if I journal in my backyard, I’ve taken myself out of the usual, day-to-day equation of work and my…