Out Standing

This book consists of a quest for whether people experience positive inner change when reconnected with nature and whether this immersion can alleviate stress. I will be looking at whether nature, as a tool and a suggested self-help aid, can enable a person to find relief from their everyday basic psychological maladies as well as what positive change experiences Appalachian Trail (AT) Thru-hikers experience and describe in their journals from long distance hiking. With strong research, other's research and proposals with empirical evidence I hope one day our medical institutions will prescribe nature as an adjunct to personal growth and to help with cognitive behavior therapies (CBT) and other actions we will investigate further.