Nature therapy isn't a wellness trend your doctor read about in a magazine. It's a biology-backed reset for a nervous system that modern life broke, and these podcast episodes are your field guide.
If you've been told to "get outside more" using outdoor therapy without anyone ever explaining why it actually works, this is where that changes. From phytoncides and earthing to adventure sports and somatic recovery, every episode here connects what happens in nature to what happens inside your body.
New Normal Big Life streams free in audio and video on Spotify and Apple Podcasts.
Nature Therapy for Disability Recovery — How It Started for Me
Antoinette Berrafato, your host, didn't find the adventure lifestyle from a place of strength. She found it as a "service-disabled" veteran, from a walker, a service dog, and a full-time caregiver.
Her occupational therapist recommended archery to retrain her brain for tasks requiring focus. Her physical therapist recommended kayaking to rebuild her physical strength and stamina. What neither of them prescribed, but both unlocked, was something harder to measure and impossible to manufacture: passion, purpose, and people.
Nature gave her all three.
She found a passion for adventure sports she never knew existed. She found purpose in teaching others with disabilities how to use nature therapy and the adventure lifestyle for real health and social benefits. And she ended her struggle with isolation the same way many of us do, by finding people to adventure with.
Today, Antoinette is a sponsored adventure sports athlete partnered with top-tier brands, proof that the adventure lifestyle isn't a consolation prize for what disability takes. It's a whole new life.
Passion, purpose, and people. That's the recipe for good mental health — and it's what every episode on this page is built around.
Outdoor Therapy for Nervous System Reset
Find Your People
The conversations that matter most — about healing, recovery, and building a life that actually works keep getting shut down everywhere else.
The New Normal Big Life community is built on a private network, which means no gatekeeping, no censorship, and no algorithm deciding what you're allowed to see or say. It's not going anywhere. It doesn't live on social media. It lives where you do.
This is where people who are done settling show up honestly, and stay.
New Normal Big Life streams free in audio and video on Spotify and Apple Podcasts.