Conversations with Dr Jen - EP2 Jessie Stevens
Conversations with Dr Jen is a podcast exploring how spending time outdoors and having adventures has help people overcome different challenges in their lives. It’s about promoting the health benefits of the outdoors, drawing on theory and personal experience and inspiring people to find adventures of their own. No matter how big or small. In this podcast I'm talking to Jessie Stevens, a youth climate activist and founder of the movement People, Pedal, Power. We discuss Jessie's experience of climate anxiety and how spending time outdoors and going on adventures helps her process her fears towards the future of the planet. She also shares stories from her recent 570 mile ride to COP26 and the ups and downs she experienced along the way. We also discuss the accessibility of adventure for young people and the pressures of being a teenager, where it's not always cool to go out and get muddy. Hosted and edited by Jenni Myers, founder of The Nature Mind, an online ecotherapy resource.