Enjoy listening? <a href="https://www.ratethispodcast.com/sheexplores">Rate & Review She Explores</a>Featured in this episode: Florence Williams and Alexandra de SteiguerHosted & Produced by<a href="https://www.instagram.com/gabaccia"> </a><a href="https://www.instagram.com/galestraub">Gale Straub</a>A production of<a href="https://www.ravelmedia.co/"> Ravel Media</a>Sponsored by <a href="https://danner.com">Danner</a><a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/sheexplorespodcast">Join the She Explores Podcast community on Facebook</a>Visit<a href="https://www.she-explores.com/"> She-Explores.com</a> &<a href="https://www.instagram.com/she_explores"> Follow Us on Instagram</a>Head over to <a href="https://www.creativefuelcollective.com">CreativeFuelCollective.com</a> for more creative inspiration, prompts, online workshops and a robust creative community.Creative Fuel is Hosted by <a href="https://annabrones.com">Anna Brones</a>Creative Fuel is Co-Produced by Anna Brones & Gale StraubTheme Music is by <a href="https://cleod9music.com/">cleod9 music</a>Featuring: <ul><li>Alexandra de Steiguer: Alexandra de Steiguer is a photographer, writer and musician who spends every winter as the caretaker of Star Island in the Isles of Shoals. Nine miles off the coast of Maine and New Hampshire, this rocky, windswept place provides great inspiration for her creative endeavors. She is drawn to the solitude and beauty of the deserted islands, and captures the environment in stunning black and white photographs, personally printed in her traditional darkroom. She is a two-time artist fellow of the New Hampshire State Council on the Arts and the author of Small Island, Big Picture: Winters of Solitude Teach an Artist to See.<ul><li>Links:<ul><li><a href="https://alexdesteiguer.com/">Alexandra de Steiguer</a></li></ul></li></ul></li><li>Florence Williams: Florence Williams is a journalist, author, and podcaster. She is a contributing editor at Outside Magazine and a freelance writer for the New York Times, New York Times Magazine, National Geographic, The New York Review of Books, Slate, Mother Jones and numerous other publications. She is also the writer and host of two Gracie-Award-winning Audible Original series, Breasts Unbound and The Three-Day Effect, as well as Outside Magazine’s Double-X Factor podcast. Her public speaking includes keynotes at Google, the Smithsonian, the Seattle Zoo, the Aspen Ideas Festival and many other corporate, academic and nonprofit venues. She is also a fellow at the Center for Humans and Nature and a visiting scholar at George Washington University, her work focuses on the environment, health and science. Her books include The Nature Fix: Why Nature Makes us Happier, Healthier, and More Creative and Heartbreak: A Personal and Scientific Journey.<ul><li>Links: <a href="http://www.florencewilliams.com/">Florence Williams</a></li></ul></li></ul>Resources Mentioned & Places to Learn More<ul><li><a href="https://bookshop.org/a/3108/9781324003489">Heartbreak: A Personal and Scientific Journey</a> by Florence Williams</li><li><a href="https://bookshop.org/a/3108/9780393355574">The Nature Fix: Why Nature Makes Us Happier, Healthier, and More Creative</a> by Florence Williams</li><li><a href="https://alexdesteiguer.com/small-island">Big Picture: Winters of Solitude Teach an Artist to See</a> by Alexandra de Steiguer</li><li>Learn more about Alexandra’s time on Star Island in the short film <a href="https://vimeo.com/248249215?embedded=true&source=video_title&owner=11047136">Winter’s Watch</a> and the documentary <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LKLvnHw1c6s&list=PL8Z9fLDnbsZdFOt0Uuh3ZCukIiX_YJm1C">Wild\Life: the Quiet Island of Alexandra de Steiguer</a></li><li><a href="https://starisland.org/">Star Island</a></li><li><a href="https://www.healthline.com/health-news/how-social-isolation-loneliness-can-affect-heart-health-cognitive-abilities">How Social Isolation, Loneliness Can Affect Heart Health, Cognitive Abilities</a></li><li><a href="https://extension.unh.edu/blog/2022/05/prolonged-social-isolation-loneliness-are-equivalent-smoking-15-cigarettes-day#:~:text=Prolonged%20Social%20Isolation%20and%20Loneliness%20are%20Equivalent%20to%20Smoking%2015%20Cigarettes%20A%20Day,-SHARE&text=Before%20the%20pandemic%2C%20one%20in,U.S.%20Centers%20for%20Disease%20Control.">Prolonged Social Isolation and Loneliness are Equivalent to Smoking 15 Cigarettes a Day</a></li><li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_vRMRBxvtZA">Restore Your Brain with Nature</a> // David Strayer</li><li><a href="https://www.audible.com/pd/The-3-Day-Effect-Podcast/B08DDCWV5K">The 3-Day Effect: How Nature Calms Your Brain</a> audio series</li><li><a href="https://greatergood.berkeley.edu/article/item/can_solitude_make_you_more_creative">Can Solitude Make Your More Creative?</a></li><li><a href="https://www.inc.com/thomas-oppong/the-science-of-silence-how-solitude-enriches-creative-work.html">The Science of Silence: How Solitude Enriches Creative Work</a></li></ul>

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