Happy Earth Day 2026!
Before I became a voice for nature and animals, I was a physical therapist for many years.
And what I learned as a physical therapist is this:
• The body is interconnected.
• If someone came to see me with neck pain, I didn’t just treat the neck. Sometimes the issue started in the pelvis.
• When one part of the body is out of balance, the whole system compensates.
• The body doesn’t function in isolated parts—it functions as a system.
When I stepped into this work, I realized—
Nature works the same way.
• Forests affect the air we breathe.
• Oceans affect climate.
• Wildlife shapes landscapes and supports plant life.
• Insects affect our food.
• Nature functions as an interconnected system, just like our bodies.
And here’s the deeper truth:
• We are not separate from that system.
• We breathe what forests create.
• We drink what rivers carry.
• We depend on the largest species and the smallest species we rarely notice.
Just like cells in a body, we are part of the larger picture within nature.
And when we ignore that interconnection—imbalance follows.
Deep down, we know we depend on nature.
And yet we live our lives as if we were separate from it.
We are not just observers of nature. We are in biological conversation with it all the time, because nature is what keeps us thriving.
