As the seasons shift, our daily habits and routines often change too – and so does our overall wellbeing.
While getting outside has clear physical benefits, it can also have a powerful impact on our mindset.
To find out more, we spoke to Dr. Phoebe Asquith, Research Psychologist & Senior Business Consultant at Sabio Group, about how to spring clean your wellbeing by stepping outside.
Video: Spring Clean Your Wellbeing: Get Outside
Watch the video below to hear Phoebe explain how to spring clean your wellbeing and why getting outside is so beneficial:
With thanks to Dr. Phoebe Asquith, Research Psychologist & Senior Business Consultant at Sabio Group, for contributing to this video.
Three Reasons to Get Outside and Refresh Your Wellbeing
1. Boosts Physical and Mental Health
Spending more time outdoors improves mental health, increases vitamin D levels, and encourages movement. After months of being indoors, getting outside helps reset both body and mind, as Phoebe explains:
“We tend to spend more time inside during the winter months. So getting outside as the weather gets better is really important for mental health.
So it is positive for your health, and increases vitamin D, and you’re moving your body around more.”
2. Creates Psychological Distance
When we feel low, we tend to look down and focus on things close to us, like our phones or screens, and being indoors reinforces this, as walls limit our view.
“Another concept that I find really interesting is around psychological distancing.
So often when we’re inside or if we’re feeling down, a really common physical symptom of that, of feeling down, is that we look down or we keep things quite close to us.
Like visually, like literally, so we will almost like home in, and will want to look at our phone, our TV, we will want to curl up in a ball. We want to keep a safe space around us.
And when we’re inside, that happens naturally as well, so everything that we see is like we’ve got boundaries of the walls around us, right?
So we’re not looking to the distance, and everything that we look at is relatively close.”
Going outside allows us to look into the distance, which can help us step back, reflect, and gain perspective.
3. Expands Your Mindset
Looking beyond our immediate surroundings helps us think more openly. By broadening our physical view, we also open up mentally, making it easier to process thoughts and emotions.
Taking time to step outside, lift your head, and take in the view isn’t just refreshing – it’s essential for your wellbeing.
“One really important thing about going outside is being able to look into the distance, because it creates a kind of metaphorical stepping back and gaining perspective.
So it’s this idea of psychological distancing, this concept of being able to step back, survey an environment, and reflect on things, rather than being dominated by things that are in your immediate environment or surroundings.
And so getting outside and being able to kind of literally and physically have that type of perspective actually influences our ways of thinking.
So rather than only being stimulated by what’s right in front of us, we can broaden our horizons literally, and also in our mind.
So it’s a nice and interesting and important reason to go outside and lift your head up and look into the distance type of thing.”
If you want to read the full article this video was taken from, check out: Top Tips to Spring-Clean Your Team’s Wellbeing
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Author: Phoebe Asquith
Reviewed by: Robyn Coppell
Published On: 4th Apr 2023 - Last modified: 30th Apr 2025
Read more about - Video, Dr. Phoebe Asquith, Health, Sabio, Well Being
