The 3-Day Effect

De: Florence Williams

Narrado por: Florence Williams

Can nature really make us feel better? The 3-Day Effect takes a look at the science behind why being in the wild can make us happier, healthier, and more creative. Whether it’s rafting down Utah’s Green River, hiking in Utah’s wilderness, or walking through Rock Creek Park in Washington, DC, scientists are finding that the more exposure humans have to nature, the more we can benefit from reduced anxiety, enhanced creativity, and overall well-being.

Join science journalist Florence Williams and other researchers as they guide former war veterans, sex trafficking survivors, and even a nature-hater on three-day excursions into the wild. The crews don brainwave measuring devices to test nature’s direct effect on intelligence, creativity, and emotional health.

As it turns out, being outdoors can be a miracle cure for an array of serious and everyday ailments. The astonishing results of this understudied phenomenon inspire action…and definitely a walk in the park

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Could have been better

I will start by saying I really liked The Nature Fix. This book, not so much. While I enjoyed hearing the stories from those she interviewed and could hear the effect their experience had on them, I didn't care to hear about the Divorce over and over. I have been divorced. It gets way better over time. The ability to look back and see it was for the better. The ability to see it really wasn't working. I heard it takes 1 year for every 5 you were married to fully get over it. For me that added up to 5 years and I have to say it was pretty accurate. The fact that it was all so fresh for her, it seemed the whole nature experience sounded forced. I kind of feel bad that survivors of sexual crimes and heroic PTSD survivors were compared to her divorce. What I felt about the divorce at the time is completely different then than what I do now. Honestly she should have gone out with a group that have gotten past bad divorces. You can't make a moment of AWE happen, it just does. You can look at something many times and only feel AWE once and that might be the 50th time you saw it. You have to be open to it....not planning for it to happen. Be joyful when it happens and feel the energy course through you and yell "Thank You". Her reaction to the view of the Bay seemed underwhelming. She saw the beauty but you could tell by her voice, not the AWE. Expected for someone who is more in her own mind then contemplating what natural event had to happen for her to see what she was seeing. I believe in forest bathing. I believe in the benefits of nature and vibrations of natural surroundings. I just feel that some time been spent on being more mindful of nature would have paid off ten fold. While nature would have an effect on anyone to some degree, I don't feel that going out into nature expecting it to fix you and your life will result in that. Put in the work of being mindful, of being grateful for everything around you, for the wonders of nature and the results can be miraculous instead of just lightening your mood. The difference is in just being out in nature and realizing you are part of it. This would have been much better as an add on to the prior book instead of a book of its own. I wish her luck with getting over the divorce.

Not Your Typical Audiobook

This title gave me a whole new perspective on nature through the trials and bonds that formed among the participants of this excursion during this audiobook. It was fascinating for me to hear the wide variety of backgrounds these people were coming from and the issues that they faced in their lives, and how the outdoors experience created these moments of emotional clarity and freedom as well as everlasting friendships among the participants. I would strongly recommend this title to people who find themselves interested in research studies and science in general, because this audiobook gives a new, tangible and personable perspective on the 3 day effect.

Important for our time

Having studied neurobiology the past two yesrs I was pleased to find this book. It is a great start for all my city-bound friends. I live in awe country thanks to a decision to follow the call of my body. Thanks Ms. Williams!

exciting

really lovely story. Gonna give the whole nature thing a go.

highly recommended story. great While driving.

Another girl to girl book

I would recommend this book as yet another girl to girl feel good book. If you are prone to endless self pity and need to join the pool of super self reflective ,self centered women banning together with the universal commonality of blaming men for all their miss judgments and wrong turns in life, than this is yet another book for you. Or you can just watch TV.