Tara Swart argues that engaging with beauty, art, and nature is essential for mental health as it shifts the brain from a state of stress to one of love and trust.

“I've trained myself to notice nature and beauty. Um, and you'll find that that will happen all the time. I'll be like, "Oh, that's so pretty. Look at that." um, because I think that's very similar to gratitude. It's putting your brain in the oxytocin state of love and trust rather than the cortisol ”