Julie Brams

Julie Brams, MA, LMFT, is an Earth-centered psychotherapist, meditation practitioner and teacher, and author of The Nature Embedded Mind: How the Way We Think Can Heal Our Planet and Ourselves (Changemakers Books / Collective Ink, distributed by Simon & Schuster). The Nature Embedded Mind received a NYC Big Book Award for its contribution to psychology and ecological healing in the category of wellbeing.

Certified as an ANFT Forest Therapy Guide, Julie Brams integrates Earth-centered psychotherapy, neuropsychology, meditation, and nature immersion to help individuals and communities heal their relationship with Earth. She is the co-founder of Elemental, a nature-informed retreat and education organization.

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ReEarthing the Human Mind

In this excerpt from her book, 'The Nature Embedded Mind', Julie Brams challenges the assumption that cruelty and ecological destruction are simply “human nature.” She suggests instead that modern behavior reflects a civilization built on separation from Earth. By reclaiming a “Self-as-Earth” awareness, she argues, we can restore belonging, responsibility, and the possibility of sustainable culture.

Published in Volume 26 Issue 1

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Coming Soon

The Village Way

Practices for Belonging in a Fragmented World

For thousands of years, we lived according to the principles of village life. Then, around the 14th Century, our lives were reorganized by rulers around growth and accumulation – often at the cost of community, equity, and the living Earth. What would it mean to return to simplicity, and mutual care?

Join us for a 9-month inquiry into this question, exploring how we participate together in a time that calls us back to community, resilience, and shared life,