“In 2012, at age 39, after a lifetime of hedonistic city living, doing jobs I hated to pay for it all, I was having a mental and physical health breakdown.

So, my husband and I moved from London to Exmoor National Park where, for the first time in my life, I spent lots of time in nature.

I started noticing patterns. The structure of tree limbs resembled the veins and arteries in my body. As did the crevices, valleys and streams running down cliffs, and rivers cutting through the land. And the fronds of ferns, the veins in leaves, the patterns forming on the ice on the windows during the coldest, snowiest, wildest winters I'd ever experienced.

I started to realise that everything was connected, that repetition was everywhere around me and within me, and that nothing seemed to be random.

This realisation set me off on a journey of spiritual and scientific discovery, which is ongoing and changed my entire way of thinking and being.

A year later my husband and I gave notice on our rental home and got rid of pretty much everything we owned.

Since then, we’ve backpacked in Europe, Asia, Africa and Australia, house sat, done work for accommodation exchanges in the UK and Ireland, and lived completely outside the mainstream world of jobs and houses.

There have of course been some difficult times but, even so, I’ve never been happier or healthier!”

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Amanda Saint shares a wonderful story of how a tough time can be the segue to a beautiful experience. Her story shows how creating space and connecting with nature can profoundly improve your life.

What are you taking away from Amanda’s story?