Monica Eastway
Nature's Path to Healthy Aging: How Engaging with the Great Outdoors Can Promote Vitality
Just being surrounded by bountiful nature, rejuvenates and inspires us. – EO Wilson (Theory of biophilia) As we age, taking care of our...
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Monica Eastway
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Monica Eastway
- Jan 9
- 3 min
Do You Want to Improve Health and Wellbeing? Grow Reciprocal-Shared Care
Photo: A Bumblebee pollinating the manzanita flowers= Reciprocal-Shared Care How often do you think about the link between biodiversity...
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Monica Eastway
- Dec 1, 2022
- 3 min
Do You Want Harmonious Longevity? Ho Ho Ha Ha, Your Way Gnome for the Holidays!
The Last Day of Gnomevember, 2022 was a whimsical Wednesday that did not disappoint! I was co-learning with children ages 3-5 at Forest...
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Monica Eastway
- Oct 7, 2022
- 4 min
"Just One More Thing We Do to Older Adults" Pets: Not a luxury, a Lifeline.
Photo: Meet BizKit, at work showing off and giving love to residents living in a care home. Sometimes, your pet picks you. –Julie Wenzel...
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Monica Eastway
- Sep 22, 2022
- 4 min
Happy Autumn! Stuck Indoors, No Fresh Air, Is it Time to Bring Care Outdoors?
Walking barefoot on a soft sand beach, hearing the waves crash along the shore, walking in a forest of changing seasons from summer to...
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Monica Eastway
- Sep 9, 2022
- 3 min
Cheers to All The GRAND Humans! Much Obliged!
Grand Humans are the best kind of grownups! Photo: My great-great-grandfather, great-great-grandmother, great-great-great grandmother,...
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Monica Eastway
- Sep 1, 2022
- 3 min
Reconnect, Restore, Renew: Want to Learn Why You Need A Retreat?
"Home is where one starts from." T.S. Eliot When I began developing my first online learning course, it became clear that the best way to...
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Monica Eastway
- Aug 19, 2022
- 1 min
Get Your Brain on Nature!
Are you ready to Grow your Self Care Practice AND Enhance the Care you Provide? Are You ready to Restore and Renew? HOW? Get Your Brain...
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Monica Eastway
- Jul 14, 2022
- 4 min
Want a Cheap and Instant Fix? Is the Care Sector Burning You Out?
“Allow nature’s peace to flow into you as sunshine flows into trees.” – John Muir The Care Sector, paid and unpaid, can be incredibly...
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Monica Eastway
- Jul 12, 2022
- 5 min
Greening Health: Is Access to Nature a Human Right?
"Everybody needs beauty...places to play in and pray in where nature may heal and cheer and give strength to the body and soul alike." ―...
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Monica Eastway
- Jun 24, 2022
- 2 min
Green Care 101: Ever Try AWE Walking?
Awe: inspires feelings of boundless wonderment Finding something to Awe about while walking in Nature, Does your Body and Brain good! Awe...
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Monica Eastway
- Jun 18, 2022
- 1 min
Eco Gerontology: Caring In, For, and With Nature
Eco Gerontology Supports A Relational Approach to Caring "provides a lens to understand caring beyond the provision of well-being...
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Monica Eastway
- May 27, 2022
- 6 min
Cycles of Life and Death: The Awesome Graduation of Lawn Boy
It's Graduation Season, and I have been thinking a lot about Lawn Boy. My dear friend and neighbor held the philosophy that we do not...
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Monica Eastway
- May 12, 2022
- 4 min
Unlock Your Vitality Potential! 12 Seeds Nurturing The Art of Eco Aging
1) Optimize with Optimism! A healthy perspective ignites resiliency. Research has shown a positive attitude and positive age beliefs can...
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Monica Eastway
- May 2, 2022
- 2 min
240 Years: Want to Leave a Powerful ECO Legacy?
It's Simple- Be a Good Ancestor. Can we, people of all ages, dedicate our life course to being what philosopher Roman Krznaric calls 'the...
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Monica Eastway
- Apr 13, 2022
- 3 min
Urgent! Do You Offer People You Care For Work Opportunities?
Contribution Generates Vitality Leanne longed for more than 'activities' and often shared how she felt like a prisoner, housed in a...
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Monica Eastway
- Apr 6, 2022
- 4 min
Growing an Eco Revolution for Healthy Aging: Are you an Eco Ager?
Just another day in the life of our climate-changing world; increased frequency of extreme weather events like droughts, mega-fires, and...
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Monica Eastway
- Apr 4, 2022
- 1 min
Green Care Practice: Sitting Meditation
After you watch this video, you can practice Sitting Meditation anywhere, always. You will receive wonderful benefits's practicing...
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Monica Eastway
- Mar 30, 2022
- 6 min
What is an Eco Gerontologist?
Oh wait, you might be wondering, what is gerontology? Ok, let's start there. According to the Gerontological Society of America:...
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Monica Eastway
- Mar 13, 2022
- 4 min
ECO Gerontology: An Emerging Field for Harmonious Longevity
Our ability to age optimally is directly associated with our social and physical environments (housing and community characteristics),...
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