Natural Connections Wellness – Kentucky – Connecting with Nature to Promote Personal Wellness

Who We Are

Natural Connections is brought to you by Biologist, Naturalist, and Wellness Practitioner, Joy Fitzgerald. After experiencing a personal trauma, Joy began incorporating her love for nature with her healing journey and discovered the power nature has in restoring both emotional and physical wellness. Now, Joy leads others in nature explorations, where they learn to participate in nature in ways that interest them most - from photography to kayaking to hiking to bird watching and more! Joy teaches you how to tap into your body’s capacity for self-healing by connecting with nature. Then, individuals write their own plan to start healing by using the tools Joy has taught them.

Our Philosophy

“Life is a circle, not a line.”
At Natural Connections, we believe that the more we experience the planet we live in, the more we find balance. When we are present with nature, we find that the smells, the sights, the sounds, the tastes, and the sensations invite us to come alive as they restore us from the inside out. We believe there is no “cookie cutter” approach to becoming well, so our work with clients is based on individualized goals with incremental steps to achieve wellness – often in collaboration with other professional wellness practitioners.

Sep, 28

Digital Device Distraction (And 5 Ways to Fix It In Your Life)

September 28, 2018 by amycbayer

Have you ever said to yourself, “I just do not seem to get as many tasks done in a day as I used to, and I am feeling more exhausted!” You’re not alone! This is surprisingly common in the digital age where we live. What causes this? It’s a phenomenon I like to call DigitalRead more about Digital Device Distraction (And 5 Ways to Fix It In Your Life)[…]
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Oct, 5

Medical Research on Contact With Nature

October 5, 2016 by Joy

Poets, philosophers, and mystics, have long espoused the merits of being present with nature. Now medical research is investigating, documenting, and describing the many health benefits of daily contact with nature, not as a recreational sport but in a leisure, multi-sensory sense—a way of being—not a way of doing. This research has important holistic healthRead more about Medical Research on Contact With Nature[…]
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Oct, 5

Natural Circadian Rhythms and Rest

October 5, 2016 by Joy

Many have a hard time going to sleep at night after spending very much time on a computer or in front of TV or computer screen. The light resets our circadian rhythm which is basically a twenty-four-hour cycle affecting sleep, body temperature, alertness and neurotransmitter levels. Our brains control and help maintain the internal clockRead more about Natural Circadian Rhythms and Rest[…]
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Oct, 5

Nature Deficit Disorder

October 5, 2016 by Joy

Personal outdoor living space in cities and urban areas continues to diminish! Huge homes are constructed on postage-stamp yards, swamped with chemicals to look “green”. Today’s kids spend most of their outdoor time in highly supervised competitive group athletics with dualist win/lose outcomes on chemical polluted surfaces that appear green! Last Child in the Woods,Read more about Nature Deficit Disorder[…]
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