About the Speaker Series

Healing with Nature started off as a collaborative effort of individuals in Cleveland County focused on community connectedness, health, and wellness from the personal to the planetary. Since then, Healing with Nature has expanded into a program of MHA, which now hosts events each year around Earth Day in Cleveland County. These events focus on wellness and healing of our local community, from the natural environment we live in to the overall well-being of our individual community members.

To accomplish this goal, the group organizes to bring a special guest to Cleveland County to work with various groups around the theme of “Healing with Nature”, with events wrapping up through Earth Day service projects around the county. Previous guest’s to Cleveland County have included world class authors, speakers and instructors such as adventurer Jon Turk and Poet Mary Ellen Lough, who have conducted workshops with several groups throughout the county including youth at the Boys and Girls Club, groups with Phoenix Counseling, Adventure House, and Early College High School.

The Mental Health Association in Cleveland County (MHA) serves as a partner and the fiscal sponsor for the Healing with Nature events.  An independent 501c3 nonprofit, MHA has existed in Cleveland County for more than 50 years to promote mental health, advocate for, and support individuals and families affected by mental illness. 

Understanding that mental health is about more than “mental illness”, MHA supports Healing with Nature events each year as we recognize the importance of community connectedness and the healing power of nature in the promotion of mental health for everyone in Cleveland County.

To learn more about our past events and this year’s programming, click the buttons below.