August 4, 2025 • 7 mins
From the mouths of babes...how do we know if we are successfully reconnecting to the natural world? Here are two ways to confirm you've made a connection!
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Speaker 1 (00:07):
Welcome to Truth Be Told about Going Wild. I'm your host,
Robert Hensley, and this is the podcast inspired by the
principles of personal rewilding. You know, they say that kids
say the darnedest things, And this week I had the
pleasure of working with a group of children talking to
them about nature and stewardship and the fun of being
(00:31):
outdoors and living a life that's connected to the natural world.
And I quite a great question, and it really made
me think, because we don't. It's not something that I,
as an adult, had thought of or even suspected that
other adults might be wondering. And the question was, how
do I know if I'm connecting to nature? Great interesting question.
(00:55):
We don't. It's not like we have an indicator light
that's flashing telling us that you know, when the light
goes steady, we've connected. And I thought about this, and
this is what I've come up with. This is how
I think that we know that we've connected. Number one
is when we're mindful and we know that we're making
a conscious effort to connect. Right because when we go
(01:19):
out into nature, right into any environment, it's outdoors, that's natural,
that's wild. We're going to read benefits from that time
spent there, whether we consciously do anything or take any
further steps than just being there, right, it's just going
to happen naturally as it's supposed to. But when we've
(01:42):
made a conscious decision right, and we're trying to connect
or find a deeper connection or reconnect to nature, I
think that when we are able to recognize and acknowledge
and sense the four elements earth, air, fire, and water
(02:03):
in that space, and we know that we're connecting to
that and thinking about those elements as the building blocks
of life, and we can recognize that those elements are
within us and within everything around us, that we can
feel that connection is building right, or that we've reconnected
(02:26):
in some way. I think maybe even a stronger opportunity
to know that we've reconnected or connected to a space
is by having a full being experience. And by full
being I mean that we've used our five senses. We've
(02:46):
taken the time to touch, listen, see, smell, taste. Now,
that doesn't mean that I want you to run around
tasting everything, licking everything in the woods. Again, if you
don't know what it is, don't put it in your mouth.
But there are these sensory experiences that we have that
(03:08):
help to kind of lock in or integrate the experience
that we're having. I think that it's important to be
able to really connect in a physical way, right, not
just in our thinking, but in a way that allows
us to really connect, really take in an environment that
(03:31):
we're in and feel as if we are a part
of it, or to know that it is reality in
some way. And again, the five senses, you know, whether
that means that we are you know, picking up leaves,
feeling their texture, if we're holding branches, if we're running
our fingers along rocks or down bark on a tree,
(03:56):
if we're feeling the sand on a beach or sticking
our fingers in the dirt of a garden. You know
that sensation is integrating the experience for us. Same thing hearing.
What do we hear? You know? Can we hear? You know? Cicadas?
Is it bird song? Is it a babbling brook? Is
(04:20):
it the wind in the trees? You know? Our site
we see so much and yet we really recognize so little.
So when we're consciously seeing and taking in and observing
the world around us, again, we're integrating smelling. You know
(04:41):
that could be you know, is it smelling the salt
of the ocean. Is it smelling kind of that metallic
ozone kind of smell after the rain. Is it, you know,
smelling the compost that we're working with in a garden
and then tasting. Of course, it doesn't necessarily mean that
(05:01):
we are supposed to again stick our tongue in the dirt,
but we could be just you know, I know, one
of my favorite sensations is being at the beach and
licking my lips and tasting the salt that has accumulated
there from the air. And it could be you know,
that you've found a patch of berries, and again, if
you know what they are and you know that they're safe,
(05:23):
then you can eat them. But wild strawberries or black
raspberries or blackberries in the you know, in August are
always so amazing. That's you know, some of my favorite
memories of childhood, you know, are connected to berry picking
and that sensation, that taste of those fresh berries again
(05:46):
integrated that for me as a child and still does.
It takes me right back to that spot in the
woods where where that experience happened. So yeah, so I
think that those are two really strong ways for us
to know that we have connected to or that we
are reconnecting to nature, and we don't need to look
(06:09):
for you know, indicator lights flashing that go steady when
we've connected where we're not a modem. And as always,
I want to thank you so much for listening today,
and remember that there are three opportunities every week for
new content from the Truth Be Told family of podcasts
on the Club Paranormal channel on YouTube. That's Tony Sweet
(06:30):
on Fridays with the Original Truth Be Told, Bonnie Burkert
on Wednesdays with Truth Be Told Transformation, and of course
Truth be Told about Going Wild every Monday, and these
shows are all live at three pm Pacific six Eastern
on their respective days. If you have questions about personal rewilding,
want to know more about what I'm working on, or
have questions or comments, please feel free to reach me
(06:53):
via the contact page of my website and you can
visit that at www dot rh Nature rec Next dot com.
Again that's our age Nature Reconnect Altogether dot com. And
I look forward to hearing from you until next time.
M hmm
Welcome to Truth Be Told about Going Wild. I'm your host,
Robert Hensley, and this is the podcast inspired by the
principles of personal rewilding. You know, they say that kids
say the darnedest things, And this week I had the
pleasure of working with a group of children talking to
them about nature and stewardship and the fun of being
(00:31):
outdoors and living a life that's connected to the natural world.
And I quite a great question, and it really made
me think, because we don't. It's not something that I,
as an adult, had thought of or even suspected that
other adults might be wondering. And the question was, how
do I know if I'm connecting to nature? Great interesting question.
(00:55):
We don't. It's not like we have an indicator light
that's flashing telling us that you know, when the light
goes steady, we've connected. And I thought about this, and
this is what I've come up with. This is how
I think that we know that we've connected. Number one
is when we're mindful and we know that we're making
a conscious effort to connect. Right because when we go
(01:19):
out into nature, right into any environment, it's outdoors, that's natural,
that's wild. We're going to read benefits from that time
spent there, whether we consciously do anything or take any
further steps than just being there, right, it's just going
to happen naturally as it's supposed to. But when we've
(01:42):
made a conscious decision right, and we're trying to connect
or find a deeper connection or reconnect to nature, I
think that when we are able to recognize and acknowledge
and sense the four elements earth, air, fire, and water
(02:03):
in that space, and we know that we're connecting to
that and thinking about those elements as the building blocks
of life, and we can recognize that those elements are
within us and within everything around us, that we can
feel that connection is building right, or that we've reconnected
(02:26):
in some way. I think maybe even a stronger opportunity
to know that we've reconnected or connected to a space
is by having a full being experience. And by full
being I mean that we've used our five senses. We've
(02:46):
taken the time to touch, listen, see, smell, taste. Now,
that doesn't mean that I want you to run around
tasting everything, licking everything in the woods. Again, if you
don't know what it is, don't put it in your mouth.
But there are these sensory experiences that we have that
(03:08):
help to kind of lock in or integrate the experience
that we're having. I think that it's important to be
able to really connect in a physical way, right, not
just in our thinking, but in a way that allows
us to really connect, really take in an environment that
(03:31):
we're in and feel as if we are a part
of it, or to know that it is reality in
some way. And again, the five senses, you know, whether
that means that we are you know, picking up leaves,
feeling their texture, if we're holding branches, if we're running
our fingers along rocks or down bark on a tree,
(03:56):
if we're feeling the sand on a beach or sticking
our fingers in the dirt of a garden. You know
that sensation is integrating the experience for us. Same thing hearing.
What do we hear? You know? Can we hear? You know? Cicadas?
Is it bird song? Is it a babbling brook? Is
(04:20):
it the wind in the trees? You know? Our site
we see so much and yet we really recognize so little.
So when we're consciously seeing and taking in and observing
the world around us, again, we're integrating smelling. You know
(04:41):
that could be you know, is it smelling the salt
of the ocean. Is it smelling kind of that metallic
ozone kind of smell after the rain. Is it, you know,
smelling the compost that we're working with in a garden
and then tasting. Of course, it doesn't necessarily mean that
(05:01):
we are supposed to again stick our tongue in the dirt,
but we could be just you know, I know, one
of my favorite sensations is being at the beach and
licking my lips and tasting the salt that has accumulated
there from the air. And it could be you know,
that you've found a patch of berries, and again, if
you know what they are and you know that they're safe,
(05:23):
then you can eat them. But wild strawberries or black
raspberries or blackberries in the you know, in August are
always so amazing. That's you know, some of my favorite
memories of childhood, you know, are connected to berry picking
and that sensation, that taste of those fresh berries again
(05:46):
integrated that for me as a child and still does.
It takes me right back to that spot in the
woods where where that experience happened. So yeah, so I
think that those are two really strong ways for us
to know that we have connected to or that we
are reconnecting to nature, and we don't need to look
(06:09):
for you know, indicator lights flashing that go steady when
we've connected where we're not a modem. And as always,
I want to thank you so much for listening today,
and remember that there are three opportunities every week for
new content from the Truth Be Told family of podcasts
on the Club Paranormal channel on YouTube. That's Tony Sweet
(06:30):
on Fridays with the Original Truth Be Told, Bonnie Burkert
on Wednesdays with Truth Be Told Transformation, and of course
Truth be Told about Going Wild every Monday, and these
shows are all live at three pm Pacific six Eastern
on their respective days. If you have questions about personal rewilding,
want to know more about what I'm working on, or
have questions or comments, please feel free to reach me
(06:53):
via the contact page of my website and you can
visit that at www dot rh Nature rec Next dot com.
Again that's our age Nature Reconnect Altogether dot com. And
I look forward to hearing from you until next time.
M hmm
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