In 2005, journalist and child advocate Richard Louv introduced the term "nature deficit disorder" in his groundbreaking book Last Child in the Woods: Saving Our Children From Nature-Deficit Disorder. While not a medical diagnosis, nature deficit disorder describes something many of us feel but struggle to name: the human cost of becoming disconnected from the natural world. But there is a remedy, and it is called Green Time.

Have you ever noticed how a walk in the woods can make everything feel better? How your shoulders drop, your breathing slows, and somehow your problems don't seem quite so overwhelming? There's actually a name for what you're experiencing: forest bathing.