Climate Change and Happiness

By Thomas Doherty, Panu Pihkala

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Episodes: 100

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We give language to what you feel about the climate crisis—and also what you might want to feel, feelings you can grow and cultivate. This supports your resilience and your mental health and wellbeing. We invite other experts to join us in our conversations, and we hope you can join us too.


Episode Date
Season 5, Episode 24: Reprise Episode From 2022 “Holding Space”
Aug 07, 2026
Season 5, Episode 23: A New Edition of Ecotherapy and Remembering Martin Jordan — With Hayley Marshall & Joe Hinds
Jul 22, 2026
Season 5, Episode 22: “The Body Keeps the Storm” with Clayton Aldern
Jul 06, 2026
Season 5, Episode 21: “Earth From Above” – The Psychology of Seeing Our Planet From Higher Perspectives 
Jun 25, 2026
Season 5, Episode 20: A View From Wales with Marc Williams
Jun 09, 2026
Season 5, Episode 19: On A Career in Climate Wayfinding: With Katharine Wilkinson
May 22, 2026
Season 5, Episode 18: Supporting Wildlife and Conservation Professionals with John Fraser
May 10, 2026
Season 5, Episode 17: The Surprising History of the First Earth Day (and What It Means for You Today)
Apr 22, 2026
Season 5, Episode 16: New Researcher Spotlight—Britta Eklöf on the Challenges of Activism and Staying Involved
Apr 10, 2026
Season 5, Episode 15: A Journey around the Planet (Without Flying) With Thor Pedersen
Mar 27, 2026
Season 5, Episode 14: Art Therapy for Climate Resilience with Mor Keshet
Mar 13, 2026
Season 5, Episode 13: Fostering “Good Mind”: Teaching for Climate Change with Maria Vamvalis
Feb 27, 2026
Season 5, Episode 12: Criminalizing Nature and Climate Values (and Rights to Protest)
Feb 17, 2026
Season 5, Episode 11: Revisit Your New Year’s Resolutions from a Systems View
Feb 05, 2026
Season 5, Episode 10: On “Kinship Medicine” with Dr. Wendy Johnson
Jan 17, 2026
Season 5, Episode 9: Having An Attentive Heart at New Year with Stephanie Kaza
Jan 07, 2026
Season 5, Episode 8: A Manifesto for Flourishing
Dec 23, 2025
Season 5, Episode 7: On Hiking and Zen with Brother Phap Luu
Dec 05, 2025
Season 5, Episode 6: New Options for Meetings and Travel with Josh Gutwill and Sue Allen
Nov 22, 2025
Season 5, Episode 5: On Finding One's Voice With The CPA's Rebecca Weston
Nov 07, 2025
Season 5, Episode 4: Meaning, Values, Nature, and Family
Oct 25, 2025
Season 5, Episode 3: The Pathway from Eco-Anxiety to Thriving
Oct 19, 2025
Season 5, Episode 2: Lessons From the Climate Anxiety Counseling Booth with Kate Schapira
Sep 30, 2025
Season 5, Episode 1: Youth and Intergenerational Connections with Sarah Newman and Larissa Dooley of the Climate Mental Health Network
Sep 12, 2025
Season 4, Episode 28: Remembering Joanna Macy
Aug 30, 2025
Season 4, Episode 27: On Raising Anti-Doomers with Ariella Cook-Shonkoff
Aug 15, 2025
Season 4, Episode 26: Coming Back to Climate News after a Vacation
Aug 01, 2025
Season 4, Episode 25: “Queer Brown Vegan” with Isaias Hernandez
Jul 18, 2025
Season 4, Episode 24: On Grief and Mourning for Animals with Panu Pihkala
Jul 04, 2025
Season 4, Episode 23: On Transformational Resilience with Bob Doppelt
Jun 20, 2025
Season 4, Episode 22: Climate Therapy in Italy with Camilla Gamba and Lucia Tecuta
Jun 06, 2025
Season 4, Episode 21: Climate Psychology in Italy with Matteo Innocenti
May 28, 2025
Season 4, Episode 20: Changing Summers and Winters: Moods, Music & Family
May 09, 2025
Season 4, Episode 19: Living Sustainably: A View from Finland with Mette Hartonen and Niilo Syväoja
Apr 26, 2025
Season 4, Episode 18: Climate Psyched: A View from Sweden with Frida Hylander
Apr 10, 2025
Season 4, Episode 17: Eco-Friends Part II: Thomas and Panu Meet in Person!
Mar 31, 2025
Season 4, Episode 16: On Eco-Friends with Gregory Hill
Mar 14, 2025
Season 4, Episode 15: Climate Arts and Social Dreaming with Kamila Kuc and Julian Manley
Feb 28, 2025
Season 4, Episode 14: On Connectedness to Nature and Community Resilience with Cindy Frantz
Feb 17, 2025
Season 4, Episode 13: Coping When Disaster Finds Your Home with Gale Sinatra and Renee Lertzman
Jan 31, 2025
Season 4, Episode 12: Coping with the LA Fires: Checking In With Local Therapists
Jan 24, 2025
Season 4, Episode 11: On Legacy with Stylianos Syropoulos
Jan 17, 2025
Season 4, Episode 10: Wisdom for the New Year
Jan 03, 2025
Season 4, Episode 9: Climate Psychology Perspectives with Steffi Bednarek
Dec 20, 2024
Season 4, Episode 8: The Fall Season and Remembrance Days
Dec 06, 2024
Season 4, Episode 7: On Parenting, Elections, and Climate with Anya Kamenetz
Nov 22, 2024
Season 4, Episode 6: Surviving Climate Anxiety Book Preview with Thomas Doherty
Nov 08, 2024
Season 4, Episode 5: Climate and Life Journeys with Andrew Bryant
Oct 25, 2024
Season 4, Episode 4: Ecological Grief in Religious and Spiritual Communities
Oct 11, 2024
Season 4, Episode 3: On Gen Z Climate Emotions with Filmmakers Tehya Jennett and Maxfield Biggs
Sep 27, 2024
Season 4, Episode 2: On the Psychological Roots of the Climate Crisis with Sally Weintrobe
Sep 13, 2024
Season 4, Episode 1: On A Healthy Return from Your Holidays
Aug 30, 2024
Season 3, Episode 26: Listening to Young Researchers
Aug 16, 2024
Season 3, Episode 25: Being a Therapist in a Time of Climate Breakdown with Judith Anderson & Tree Staunton
Aug 02, 2024
Season 3, Episode 24: For Teachers: An Existential Tool Kit
Jul 19, 2024
Season 3, Episode 23: On EcoWellness and Psychedelic Therapy with Ryan Reese
Jul 05, 2024
Season 3, Episode 22: On the Evolution of Outdoor Therapy with Will White
Jun 21, 2024
Season 3, Episode 21:“The Art of Survival” – Art and Climate Emotions
Jun 07, 2024
Season 3, Episode 20: Behind the Scenes at the Montana Youth Climate Trial with Lise Van Susteren
May 24, 2024
Season 3, Episode 19: Healing from Moral Injury with Caroline Hickman
May 10, 2024
Season 3, Episode 18: Finding Your Place and Digging in
Apr 26, 2024
Season 3, Episode 17: On the Good Grief Network with LaUra Schmidt
Apr 12, 2024
Season 3, Episode 16: Nature in Your Life with Thomas and Panu
Mar 29, 2024
Season 3, Episode 15: Radical Joy in the Midst of Environmental Grief with Trebbe Johnson
Mar 15, 2024
Season 3, Episode 14: Meaning in Life and Meaning of Life
Mar 01, 2024
Season 3, Episode 13: On the “Waking Up Syndrome” with Linda Buzzell
Feb 16, 2024
Season 3, Episode 12: On Literature and Activism with Matthew Schneider-Mayerson
Feb 02, 2024
Season 3, Episode 11: Panu’s New Research on Ecological Sorrow
Jan 20, 2024
Season 3, Episode 10: A World of Emotions Words with Tim Lomas
Jan 05, 2024
Season 3, Episode 9: Taking Stock at the End of the Year
Dec 22, 2023
Season 3, Episode 8: Supporting Young People with Caroline Hickman
Dec 08, 2023
Season 3, Episode 7: What To Do If You Are Feeling Bitter
Nov 24, 2023
Season 3, Episode 6: A Climate Vocabulary with Herb Simmens
Nov 10, 2023
Season 3, Episode 5: The Climate Emotions Wheel
Oct 27, 2023
Season 3, Episode 4: An Australian Climate and Emotions Perspective with Dr. Joëlle Gergis
Oct 13, 2023
Season 3, Episode 3: Oppenheimer and Nuclear Anxiety
Sep 29, 2023
Season 3, Episode 2: On Walk and Talk Therapy with Jennifer Udler
Sep 15, 2023
Season 3, Episode 1: Coping with “Unnatural Disasters”
Sep 01, 2023
Season 2, Episode 26: “Breathing the Sky” — Climate Coping for Children and Adults with Leslie Davenport
Aug 18, 2023
Season 2, Episode 25: Flight Guilt and other Emotions about Travel
Aug 04, 2023
Season 2, Episode 24: Revisiting the Myth of Climate Apathy with Renée Lertzman
Jul 21, 2023
Season 2, Episode 23: Climate Emotions in the Family
Jul 07, 2023
Season 2, Episode 22: Children and Nature with Louise Chawla
Jun 23, 2023
Season 2, Episode 21: Tools for Couples Relationships in an Era of Climate Change
Jun 09, 2023
Season 2, Episode 20: On Women, Fear and Nature with Erica Berry
May 26, 2023
Season 2, Episode 19: Considering Happiness and What It Should Mean for You
May 12, 2023
Season 2, Episode 18: Holding Space for Climate Emotions and Possibilities with Psychiatrist Janet Lewis
Apr 28, 2023
Season 2, Episode 17: On Trees and Forest Protectors
Apr 14, 2023
Season 2, Episode 16: Our Emotional Attachment to Nature with Susan Bodnar
Mar 31, 2023
Season 2, Episode 15: A Primer On Coping With The East Palestine Event
Mar 17, 2023
Season 2, Episode 14: Emotions and Climate Adaptation with Susi Moser
Mar 03, 2023
Season 2, Episode 13: SustyVibes with Jennifer Uchendu
Feb 17, 2023
Season 2, Episode 12: Art Gives Ecological Grief a Body, with Daniela Molnar
Feb 03, 2023
Season 2, Episode 11: A New Perspective on Eco-anxiety and Grief
Jan 20, 2023
Season 2, Episode 10: Composing During the Climate Crisis with Scott Ordway
Jan 06, 2023
Season 2, Episode 9: Sitting Around the Fire / Permission to Feel Joy
Dec 23, 2022
Season 2, Episode 8: Climate Feelings in East and West Africa with Charles Ogunbode
Dec 09, 2022
Season 2, Episode 7: When Grief Is A Barrier To Enjoying Time In Nature
Nov 25, 2022
Season 2, Episode 6: On Nature, Poetry and Creativity with Kim Stafford
Nov 11, 2022
Season 2, Episode 5: On the Birth of Climate Therapy with Rosemary Randall
Oct 28, 2022