Moving Art: Nature, Mindfulness & Media That Heals with Filmmaker Louie Schwartzberg
What if the antidote to burnout, anxiety, and the endless scroll was as simple as watching a flower open? In this episode of The Midlife Makeover Show, Wendy Valentine sits down with legendary filmmaker Louie Schwartzberg — director of Fantastic Fungi and creator of the Netflix series Moving Art — for a soul-soothing conversation about slowing down and rediscovering the beauty hidden in plain sight.
Louie shares how nature became his greatest teacher, why fear-based media quietly harms the body, and how “visual healing” is now being used in hospitals and addiction centers. Together they explore the surprising link between fungi and menopause, the power of gratitude as a daily practice, and why midlife is the perfect season to reconnect with nature — and yourself.
His mantra says it all…
Change your media, change your life.
What You’ll Learn
- Why nature is one of the most powerful (and free) tools for healing stress and grief
- How fear-based news and entertainment flood your body with cortisol — and what to watch instead
- The surprising benefits of functional mushrooms for midlife women and menopause
- A simple “watch, don’t sit” way to meditate when you can’t quiet your mind
- How to train your brain toward gratitude, positivity, and childlike wonder
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