{"product_id":"this-one-wild-and-precious-life-the-path-back-to-connection-in-a-fractured-world-isbn-9780062962973","title":"This One Wild and Precious Life: The Path Back to Connection in a Fractured World","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAs seen in \u003cem\u003eUSA Today\u003c\/em\u003e's hottest releases and \u003cem\u003eThe \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003eWashington Post\u003c\/em\u003e's 10 New Books Spotlight\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e“Sarah Wilson is a force of nature – quite literally. She has\u003cbr\u003etaken her pain and grief about our sick and troubled world and alchemized it\u003cbr\u003einto action, advocacy, adventure, poetry, and true love.”\u003c\/strong\u003e — \u003cstrong\u003eELIZABETH\u003cbr\u003eGILBERT\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWake up and reclaim your one\u003cbr\u003ewild and precious life. \u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e bestselling author Sarah\u003cbr\u003eWilson shows you how in this radical spiritual guidebook, the book we\u003cbr\u003eneed NOW.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMany of us are living with the sense that\u003cbr\u003ethings are not right with the world and are in a state of spiritual PTSD. We\u003cbr\u003ehave retreated, morally and psychologically; we are experiencing a crisis of\u003cbr\u003edisconnection—from one another, from our true values, from joy, and from life\u003cbr\u003eas we feel we are meant to be living it. Sarah Wilson argues that this sense of\u003cbr\u003edespair and disconnection is ironically what unites us—that deep down, we are\u003cbr\u003eall feeling that same itch for a new way of living. Drawing on science,\u003cbr\u003eliterature, philosophy and the wisdom of some of the world’s leading experts,\u003cbr\u003eand her personal journey, Wilson offers a hopeful path forward to the life we\u003cbr\u003elove. En route, she shows us how to wake up and reconnect with life using “wild\u003cbr\u003epractices” that include:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e·        \u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHike.\u003cbr\u003eEmbrace the “walking cure” as great minds throughout history have.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e·        \u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eGo\u003cbr\u003eto your edge. 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We are\u003cbr\u003ebeing called upon, individually and as a society, to forge a new path and to\u003cbr\u003efind a new way of living. Will you join the journey?\u003c\/p\u003e | \u003cp\u003e“Sarah Wilson is a force of nature – quite literally. She has taken her pain and grief about our sick and troubled world and alchemized it into action, advocacy, adventure, poetry, and true love. She’s a great teacher and a great leader, and I admire her with all my soul.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eElizabeth Gilbert\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Sarah Wilson is a traveler of worlds, outer and inner. And her reports from the journey are both intensely personal and germane to a sick and distracted world. In the midst of the collective malaise, she zeros in on her determination to live her life, not someone else’s, and on the work to which we are all summoned if this species is to survive. Her work is, as the world is, both wild and precious.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eJames Hollis, Ph.D., Jungian analyst and author of Living Between Worlds: Finding Personal Resilience in Changing Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“The inchoate sense that something is missing-- something related to connection and community and meaning-- nags at many of us. This book has some smart suggestions for how to move out of that purgatory, and perhaps, in the process, help build a world that works.\" - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eBill McKibben, author of Falter: Has the Human Game Begun to Play Itself Out?\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“The timing of this book couldn’t be more critical. Sarah takes us on a series of wild hikes around the world and shows us how inherently connected to nature we truly are, while also shedding light on how desperately we need to find a new path in our changing world. \u003cem\u003eWild and Precious\u003c\/em\u003e speaks to my soul.”  - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eEmilie Ristevski, wilderness photographer @helloemilie\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Her thought-provoking call to action shines light on the personal fog and spiritual trauma experienced while living with consumerism, climate change, COVID-19, social injustice, and collective anxiety. […] this book is inspiring.”  - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Anxiety and disconnection are natural consequences of overconsumptive modern life, argues Australian journalist Wilson (\u003cem\u003eFirst, We Make the Beast Beautiful\u003c\/em\u003e) in this vibrant take on how to build a more joyful existence and sustainable world. […] The author ranges widely, interspersing personal stories with interviews, scientific research, and quotes from religious texts, making for a reading experience that has the feel of an impassioned conversation with a friend […] engaging prose and timely advice.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“This may be one of the first books that culminates in the events of 2020 and offers a solution for moving forward….[ Wilson’s] stories are fascinating and her message is universal and hopeful. 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