Happiness & Fulfillment Archives - Page 2 of 11 - Dave Wheitner

Health Benefits of Nature & the Outdoors: Ecotherapy & Ecocoaching

Columbia River Gorge from Beacon Rock

Do you want to have more movement your life, lower your stress levels, enhance mindfulness and concentration, and experience more connection? Getting out into nature, and really taking the time to experience it, has many benefits. Ecotherapy, discussed lightheartedly in the below video from … Read more

When Several Harsh Elements Greet Us at Once

harsh elements can produce beauty

Life occasionally throws several seemingly undesirable things our way, seemingly all at once. It can be very uncomfortable in the moment. I don’t enjoy being outdoors during storms where wind, rain, and cold air combine to form an icy, skin-nipping chatter of harsh elements. … Read more

Trust in Your Own Path

trust in your own path--stone path through garden

This isn’t always the easiest thing to do when we can’t see what’s ahead, but it makes the stroll through the garden of life even more interesting.

Finding Beauty in Falling

knowing there's also beauty below as we cross our bridges

One of my coaches encouraged me to treat life as a continuous experiment, where mistakes are welcomed. I often encourage my own coaching clients to do the same.

Burrowing Into Life

Burrow Into Life (a bee in an artichoke flower)

Getting down to the nitty-gritty can bring awesomeness. Even if you’re not small enough to get lost in an artichoke flower. By the way, I’m totally into artichoke flowers.

In what areas of life have you been putting off work that’s really important, that might yield really big results, but that might not initially seem like the most fun?

What are a few initial steps you can take to delve into it? How can you make it playful, like a bee buzzing from one part of a flower to another?