This One Wild and Precious Life

As seen in USA Today's hottest releases and The Washington Post's 10 New Books Spotlight“Sarah Wilson is a force of nature – quite literally. She hastaken her pain and grief about our sick and troubled world and alchemized itinto action, advocacy, adventure, poetry, and true love.” — ELIZABETHGILBERTWake up and reclaim your onewild and precious life. New York Times bestselling author SarahWilson shows you how in this radical spiritual guidebook, the book weneed NOW.Many of us are living with the sense thatthings are not right with the world and are in a state of spiritual PTSD. Wehave retreated, morally and psychologically; we are experiencing a crisis ofdisconnection—from one another, from our true values, from joy, and from lifeas we feel we are meant to be living it. Sarah Wilson argues that this sense ofdespair and disconnection is ironically what unites us—that deep down, we areall feeling that same itch for a new way of living. Drawing on science,literature, philosophy and the wisdom of some of the world’s leading experts,and her personal journey, Wilson offers a hopeful path forward to the life welove. En route, she shows us how to wake up and reconnect with life using “wildpractices” that include:·        Hike.Embrace the “walking cure” as great minds throughout history have.·        Goto your edge. Do what scares you and embrace discomfort daily.·        #Buylesslivemore. Breakthe cycle of mindless consumption and get light with your life.·        Becomea soul nerd. Light up your intellect with the arts.·        Get“full-fat spiritual”. Have an active practice and use it to change theworld.·        Practicewild activism. Through sustained, non-violent protest we can create ourbetter world.The time has come to boldly, wildly imagine better. We arebeing called upon, individually and as a society, to forge a new path and tofind a new way of living. Will you join the journey?