Bio

Lorene Nardell has practiced Occupational Therapy for over 15 years and worked with both adults, teens and children in a variety of settings including outpatient, schools and private practice. Lorene has a passion for helping others discover joy and wellness in nature, and is currently writing a nature based wellness workbook to further share her love of therapeutic nature based activities. She is the owner of Nature Based Wellness which provides health and wellness coaching and nature based OT services to people of all ages. Lorene also works as a full time school therapist. In addition to her work as an OT, Lorene has a wedding photography business.

"This is my passion. I am a firm believer in following dreams, meaningful participation in life and being in nature. Throughout my life I wandered the West, danced in the jungles of Costa Rica, paddled in Hawaii, surfed in Mexico, swam in the lakes of the Adirondacks, explored our great National Parks system, and soaked in the natural beauty of this world. I've hiked, camped, skied, paddled, tracked, hunted and danced here, there and everywhere. I've grown healing and nurturing gardens, made my own herbal products, and foraged. As a photographer I strived to capture the natural beauty I've seen and bring it to others, It's impossible for me to miss an opportunity to be outdoors. It's truly my dream to share with you what I have learned about nature and wellness and to change our lives everyday for the better using a lifetime of gathered knowledge as an occupational therapist, human and spiritual being."