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Spending time alone in nature is good for your mental and emotional health

  • Written by Brad Daniel, Professor of Outdoor Education, Montreat College
Spending time alone in nature is good for your mental and emotional healthHiking the Savage River Loop in Denali National Park and Preserve, Alaska.Lian Law/NPS

Today Americans live in a world that thrives on being busy, productive and overscheduled. Further, they have developed the technological means to be constantly connected to others and to vast options for information and entertainment through social media. For...

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