Positive News for curious people.

Whether this year has you leaping out of your shell or hiding inside of it, we can all learn from the painted turtle, whose talent for timing can teach us a thing or two about listening to our bodies’ basic needs.

Most of us don’t realize how much time, money, and mental energy our digital lives are quietly draining from us until we pause and look around at all the overflowing inboxes, forgotten subscriptions, and hundreds of old online accounts still following us around. Chris Zeunstrom—founder of Yorba.co—wants to create a lighter digital future.

We’re skimming through life—and it’s costing us hope. In this wide-ranging, deeply grounding conversation, forester and award-winning author Ethan Tapper shows how forests teach us to slow down, notice complexity, and recognize healing in motion. From the wisdom of old trees—and the life in fallen ones—to birds as messengers of possibility, this episode is an invitation to see the world, not as broken, but as quietly regenerating in ways we never realized.