Humanity&Planet

08/02/2025

We are creatures of the natural world—we evolved within it, we’re part of it, we’re bonded with it in mutual belonging in the dance of life. Here’s to our beloved places that make us whole.

08/02/2025

07/31/2025

Easing climate anxiety isn’t about becoming desensitized to what’s happening; it’s support for being awake to it.

07/22/2025

When we talk about climate change, and our feelings about climate change, we open ourselves to being in community with others who care about our world. We need each other, now and going forward, and every day is an opportunity to begin to connect and build or strengthen that community.

Quotes pulled from ‘s interview with me for a few months back.

07/18/2025

Summer sunset.

07/15/2025

And climate change is caused by fossil fuels. Full stop.

07/07/2025

Texas. Asheville. Altadena. We’re angry; we’re grieving. It’s a lot to hold. Here are some of my thoughts about it in my second Substack newsletter. If you’re interested in climate change, psychology, and being a person these days, I hope you’ll give it a read and a follow. I’m at humanityandplanet on Substack and you can also find the link to it in my bio.

07/01/2025

Honoring our anxiety, grief, and other feelings about climate change is really important. Join in community with others for collective action—the most powerful tool, ground yourself by caring for the planet where you are, and talk about it. As a climate therapist, I was glad to be part of this article by in .

06/26/2025

It makes sense if you’re concerned, worried, and sad about climate change. After all, it means you’re paying attention and you care. But how do we handle those feelings and find our power to act on our own behalf? In this article by in the Associated Press , which I’m glad to be included in, there are some helpful tips. Talking about how you feel, managing your news intake, taking action locally (including protecting nature where you are), and joining with others because we are strong together—these are some of the things that help. Together, we can do this.

06/25/2025

Many thanks to of the Associated Press for covering the emotional experience of climate change. I’m honored to be part of this fantastic article, along with climate scientist and Kate Marvel, fellow therapist Patricia Hasbach, and Climate Mental Health Network . Read it at my link in bio!

06/24/2025

Over 1/3 of the food you eat is due to a pollinator that pollinated the crops.

On another scorching hot day, I’m taking a moment to enjoy and feel gratitude for the milkweed growing in (ok, taking over) the garden, for the beauty of its color and structure, and for its life-giving properties for monarchs and other butterflies, bees, and a variety of other insects.

The exquisitely balanced ecosystems all around us need our help to survive. At minimum, it’s only fair; they literally allow us to survive. But global warming caused by the use of fossil fuels is killing pollinators, as are pesticides.

You can make a real difference by not using pesticides. And by standing up on behalf of yourself and humankind to political leaders and corporations who keep the fossil fuel industry flourishing, and thus keeping us on a path to hot days like this becoming more and more frequent and more deadly. It’s up to us, collectively, because they don’t have our best interests at heart, nor those of the natural world.

You know what should be flourishing, instead of the oil and gas industry and its friends?

Flowers. Butterflies. Us.

06/19/2025

I never intended to write a Substack, to be honest, but then again, we’re all in new territory. I had some thoughts, so I put them down on the page, and perhaps those words will speak to you. You can find them at my link in bio or in my Substack, Human Nature.
https://open.substack.com/pub/humanityandplanet/p/our-strength-comes-from-something?r=fai1b&utm_medium=ios.