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Verla Fortier, retired nursing professor (McMaster University) and former Director of Patient Care (University Health Network, Toronto) manages her Lupus Erythematosus using peer reviewed green space science shared in her podcast Your Outside Mindset (ranked in the top 5% most popular podcasts globally) and her three best-selling books.

Latest Posts By Verla Fortier

10 months ago

Protecting Your Heart on the Road: The Scenic Route Solution

When it comes to staying healthy on a road trip, many people focus on diet and exercise. However, the sudden cardiac death of my healthy best friend during a two-day road trip made me realize that there are other crucial factors to consider…

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1 year ago

The Light Doctor: My Lupus Story and How Sunlight Helped Me

The expert on light, Dr. Martin Moore-Ede has written a book called, The Light Doctor: Using Light to Boost Health, Improve Sleep and Live Longer. Dr. Moore-Ede received his medical degree from Guy’s Hospital Medical School and his PhD in physiology from the University of London…

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1 year ago

Eternally Fractal: The Real Connection Between Tree Branches, Wrinkles, and Geometry

Have you ever looked at your wrinkles in a magnifying mirror? Have you noticed they’re a rather complex network of teeny tiny lines that branch off into even smaller ridges? Have wondered why complex figures fascinate our minds so much?

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1 year ago

How Best to Manifest: According to Dr. Jim Doty

In my last article for Sixty and Me I shared Dr. Doty ‘s new neuroscience of the brain’s manifestation process. Dr. Doty is a neuroscientist and a neurosurgeon. He recently wrote the book Mind Magic: The Neuroscience of Manifestation and How It Changes Everything…

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1 year ago

Balance Your Nervous System to Manifest Your Desired Goals

Studies show that as little as 5 minutes outside in nature can balance your nervous system. And when your nervous system is balanced you can begin to “manifest.” Dr. James Doty’s recent book Mind Magic: The Neuroscience of Manifestation and How It Changes Everything is worth…

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1 year ago

Test Drive Your Senses: Move Your Mind in New Directions

Did know that your brain’s sensory network “has dedicated real estate and takes up most of the back of your brain?” The problem is that you don’t practice using your senses enough according to Dr. Norman Farb, author of Better in Every Sense: How The New…

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2 years ago

Develop Your Tree Reading Skills to Find Your Way in Nature

I tried for years to get Tristan Gooley on my podcast Your Outside Mindset where I speak with guests about how spending time outside and noticing new things makes you feel better about yourself and the world around you. Gooley is in great demand…

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2 years ago

Let’s Get Intentional About Using Our Senses

I read a good book recently, titled, Better in Every Sense: How the New Science of Sensation Can Help You Reclaim Your Life. The main message of the book is that by taking time to pause and engage with your senses (seeing, hearing, touching, tasting)…

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2 years ago

Green Space Makes Mindfulness and Meditation Easier (and Perhaps More Powerful)

At 71, I am very healthy and happy – and almost grateful for being diagnosed with systemic lupus just as I was retiring as a nursing professor at McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario. I was ready to enjoy retirement and had all sorts of plans…

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2 years ago

Managing Difficult Emotions as My Kids Move Away

I am working on managing my emotions as both my kids, who are Canadian, settle in London, England. I live in Canada. The first things kind people might say to me is: “Oh, that must be hard having them both so far away,” or “You must miss them…

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