Big feelings don’t come with instructions. For many young people we work with emotions arrive fast, loud and often without warning. Telling a child to calm down rarely helps especially for kids with trauma histories, neurodivergence or anxiety. What does help, is working with them to develop tools they can use when their body starts to feel overwhelmed. At My Summit ABTS we spend a lot of time outdoors with kids walking setting noticing moving. Through our Walk and Talk sessi

At My Summit ABTS, we’ve always known what science backs up, that spending time in nature changes us. We see it with every single camp we do. Florence Williams, author of The Nature Fix and host of The 3-Day Effect podcast, explores what happens when people spend uninterrupted time in nature. She found that after about three days, our brains start to shift — stress levels drop, creativity lifts, and attention improves. In her words, “We don’t experience natural environments e

At My Summit ABTS, we see this every day — the impact that nature has on young people. Everyone responds in different ways, some young people don’t love parts of nature, the mozzies, too much sand, drop toilets, but one thing we always notice is the positive impact nature has over time. Nature has a way of meeting young people where they’re at. For some young people who have grown up with trauma, instability, or constant stress, being outdoors offers something powerful — a sp