There’s a ritual I’ve carried for years.
We sit in a circle. We share something warm. Stories. Sometimes songs. We watch the flames until new thoughts arrive quietly. We stay. And then we close it.
That’s it. That’s the whole thing.
It started as something I needed for myself — when life had become smaller than I’d planned for, and I had to learn how to live inside that. I needed proof I could still show up. And I needed something that could exist inside the smaller life. Not despite it. Inside it.
One fire a week. I said it out loud. Until I reached 52.
It spread. To hundreds of people. Not because it was impressive — because it was possible. Twenty minutes outside is enough. The first minutes matter most. Start smaller than you think.
That’s what I’ll bring to the FTHUB IV Global Summit this Thursday.
Small Fires, Big Shifts: How Simple Nature Rituals Build Health and Resilience
It’s an online conference — science, nature, and health. My session is Thursday April 15 at 18:00 CET.
Nature belongs to everyone. Nearby nature counts. It doesn’t have to be big to be real.