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5 Ways Gardening Benefits Someone in Recovery

Gardening can help lower stress, increase self-esteem, and decrease anxiety while enhancing overall mental and physical health. For those in recovery from addiction, learning healthy ways to cope with negative emotions and effectively treat mental health is essential to maintaining sobriety. Here are five ways that gardening can benefit someone in recovery.

From Seed to Spoon Oklahoma State Organic Vegetable Growing Conference

Organic Oklahoma Fall Conference @ OSU-OKC – How Gardening Transformed My Life and Helps Me Manage Anxiety & Depression

Dale had the pleasure of speaking at the Organic Oklahoma Fall Conference at OSU-OKC on 10/11/18.

He spoke about struggling with panic attacks, anxiety, and depression and how gardening has helped him to overcome these. Dale discusses our journey through gardening and what we have learned over the years. He also discusses our current app version that is available as well as the plans for the future upcoming versions!

OKC.js From Seed to Spoon Anxiety Work Life Balance

OKC# Developer Meetup Presentation: Overcoming Anxiety & Depression Through Work/Life/Farm Balance

This is a recording of a short talk I gave at OKC-Sharp this week about anxiety, depression, and how I’ve adjusted my working habits to help keep them in check. Thank you to StarSpace46 and Techlahoma Foundation for providing a platform to talk about a topic that’s very important to me. Please feel free share with anyone you think might benefit from hearing this!