Jordan Larson is a mental health advocate, trail guide, environmentalist, and business owner based in Boulder, Colorado. Through his company, Cairn Outdoor Guides, Jordan has created a platform to address both public health and the climate crisis. Cairn Outdoor Guides emphasizes the mental health benefits of outdoor activity, while increasing the environmental knowledge of its clients. In this conversation, Jordan talks about his goal to increase the practice of prescribing outdoor exploration as a mental health treatment. I definitely recommend this episode to anyone interested in mental health and the outdoors.

Discussed in this episode:

• Reactive vs preventative methods of mental health care
• Trauma prevention in mental health care
• Prescribing outdoor activity for mental health
• Jordan’s dog Mac

Additional Resources:

• “Prescribing Nature” Article
• “Bringing Outdoor Therapies into Mainstream Mental Health” Study
• National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI)

Follow Cairn Outdoor Guides:

• Website
• Facebook: @cairnguides
• Instagram: @cairnguides

Follow Social Sport:

• Instagram: @socialsportpod
• Facebook: @socialsportpod
• Twitter: @emmamzimm

Quote: “𝙈𝙚𝙣𝙩𝙖𝙡 𝙝𝙚𝙖𝙡𝙩𝙝 𝙩𝙝𝙧𝙤𝙪𝙜𝙝𝙤𝙪𝙩 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙐𝙣𝙞𝙩𝙚𝙙 𝙎𝙩𝙖𝙩𝙚𝙨 𝙞𝙨 𝙖 𝙘𝙧𝙞𝙨𝙞𝙨, 𝙟𝙪𝙨𝙩 𝙡𝙞𝙠𝙚 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙚𝙣𝙫𝙞𝙧𝙤𝙣𝙢𝙚𝙣𝙩 𝙞𝙨. 𝙄 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙠 𝙖 𝙨𝙩𝙚𝙥 𝙛𝙤𝙧𝙬𝙖𝙧𝙙 𝙬𝙤𝙪𝙡𝙙 𝙗𝙚 𝙝𝙖𝙫𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙘𝙤𝙢𝙥𝙖𝙨𝙨𝙞𝙤𝙣 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝙥𝙚𝙤𝙥𝙡𝙚 [𝙬𝙞𝙩𝙝 𝙢𝙚𝙣𝙩𝙖𝙡 𝙞𝙡𝙡𝙣𝙚𝙨𝙨𝙚𝙨]…𝙖𝙘𝙩𝙪𝙖𝙡𝙡𝙮 𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙘𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙤𝙪𝙩 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙗𝙚𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙡 𝙬𝙞𝙩𝙝 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙢.”