NEWS: “Going Off Trail – How Nature Shows Us The Way” Podcast

Bringing nature’s restorative power into your home and daily life.

What happens when we change artificial lights and climate-controlled spaces for the dappled sunlight and living air of the forest? Pam Lowe Cho has spent years finding out and now helps others do the same.

When Pam’s corporate job was eliminated in 2008, she was offered another prestigious role within a week. Instead of accepting it, she chose what felt like a risky detour: a 30-day pause to explore what else might be possible. That decision ultimately led her from the high-pressure world of corporate communications and public relations—including a formative stint in the Reagan White House—to thriving career as an executive coach. Now she’s taken that work one step further: outside.

As a certified Forest Therapy Guide, Pam has moved leadership development out of the conference room and into the woods. In this conversation, we explore the science of forest bathing (shinrin-yoku), including how phytoncides released by trees, fractal patterns in nature, and the vastness of the open sky work together to lower cortisol, regulate the nervous system, and sharpen the mind. Pam also shares three simple practices anyone can use to bring nature’s restorative power into their home and daily lives.