Nature Heals the Nervous System — Belonging Over Survival | Frankie Edwards

Frankie Edwards is a nature-based nervous system specialist and the founder of Abundance World, Canada’s first queer-centered nature sanctuary.

Their work blends neuroscience, somatics, forest bathing, and nature-based healing practices to help leaders and professionals regulate stress, reconnect with themselves, and build lives rooted in belonging rather than survival. At the heart of their approach is a powerful belief: reconnecting with our bodies and with nature is essential not only for personal healing, but for creating a more humane and sustainable future.

In this grounding conversation, Frankie shares:

• What first shaped their connection to healing and the natural world

• Navigating identity, family, and belonging as a queer person

• Why so many young people feel deeply disconnected today

• The difference between digital “community” and real embodied connection

• What it means to be a nervous system specialist

• How chronic stress keeps us stuck in fight-or-flight

• Returning to rest, presence, and belonging through nature

If you’re in your 20s feeling disconnected from yourself, others, or the natural world — or carrying chronic stress that won’t switch off — this episode offers a clear path back to regulation and belonging.

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Connect with Frankie Edwards

Website:https://abundanceworld.today/

LinkedIn:https://www.linkedin.com/in/frankieedwards

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Chapters

0:00 - Intro & Welcome Frankie Edwards

1:40 - Early Connection to Nature & Healing

8:15 - Queer Journey, Family & Belonging

15:30 - Nature as the Universal Connector

23:10 - Why Young People Feel So Disconnected

31:45 - Digital Community vs. Real Connection

40:20 - What a Nervous System Specialist Does

48:50 - Chronic Stress & the Sympathetic System

57:15 - Returning to Rest, Belonging & Nature