By Cassie Weymouth With editorial support from the Center for Nature Informed Therapy Resiliency. Transformation. Grounding. These are some of the words students used to describe their experience during the Peace in the Wild Alps Retreat, a nature-informed study abroad experience led by Dr. Heidi Schreiber-Pan and the Center for Nature Informed Therapy. The program brought together 11 Monmouth University students — both undergraduate and graduate — along with two professors f

Spending time outside does not automatically create a relationship with nature. Heidi Schreiber-Pan explores how curiosity, attention, and the willingness to notice may deepen both connection and healing.