Alan Heeks is a conservationist, social entrepreneur and author of Natural Happiness: Use Organic Gardening Skills to Cultivate Yourself. Alan runs workshops on developing personal resilience using organic gardening parallels to help people handle the stresses of modern life. His approach grows from leading two nature-based education charities, Magdalen Farm and Hazel Hill Wood.
Alan and his wife, Linda, are keen gardeners, and grow much of their food in their garden at home in Wales. His other books include The Natural Advantage, Out of the Woods and Not Fade Away: Staying Happy When You’re Over 64.
Host Donald Altman
Donald Altman, M.A., LPC, is a psychotherapist, international mindfulness expert and award-winning author of over 20 books translated worldwide. Donald's mystical adventure novel, Travelers is the recipient of 2023 Indie Book Awards for First Novel and General Fiction. His best-selling The Mindfulness Toolbox won two national publishing Ben Franklin IPBA awards as best book in both the Psychology and Mind-Body-Spirit categories. Clearing Emotional Clutter and The Mindfulness Code, were both chosen as “One of the Best Spiritual Books of the Year” by Spirituality & Practice. His Simply Mindful Book Series is filled with easy to use tools that support balance and well-being.
Featured as an expert in The Mindfulness Movie and profiled in the Living Spiritual Teachers Project, he currently writes Psychology Today’s Practical Mindfulness Blog. Donald has taught mindfulness to over 15,000 health care and business professionals.
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