Nature's Healing Spirit: Real Life Stories to Nurture the Soul - Softcover

McGregor, Sheri

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0997352221 ISBN 13: 9780997352221

Publisher: Sowing Creek Press, 2018

Synopsis

If you find solace in the natural world, you’ll love this new book. Nature’s Healing Spirit: Real Life Stories to Nurture the Soul connects the benefits of nature to the joy of reading.

This collection of true stories, essays, and a few poems by 34 accomplished writers, captures the imagination and engages the spirit. The essays’ settings are diverse: ancient canyons in the Southwest, wooded parks connecting major cities in the East, mountains that stand sentry in the Pacific Northwest, and your own backyard full of bugs. Nature’s Healing Spirit: Real Life Stories to Nurture the Soul provides a window into the personal lives of people like you, experiencing nature and how it heals: physically, mentally, and spiritually.

When a mother grapples with her son’s disorder, the rhythm of the sea holds a key. When a relationship ends in betrayal, the gift of closure arrives on wing. When a healthy man suffers a stroke, he discovers healing in nature’s time. From the mundane routines of modern life to the heart and soul of the human experience, these stories become your own. Savor these rich sensory experiences, and join the writers as they grow stronger, wiser, and happier.

Taking notice of nature in our daily lives can bring the benefits—more empathy, faster healing, and better mood, to name a few. Studies show that reading holds the same value. Explore the seasons of life through the eyes of writers whose voices are as unique as nature itself. Read the book and enjoy Nature’s Healing Spirit every day.

About this title

Review:

"In imaginative and calming detail, Sheri McGregor's encouraging book conveys our natural world's restorative power. McGregor engaged 33 excellent writers, and each author's vignette shows nature's healing spirit. Like reading, being in tune with nature has curative properties. Savor each story and replace woes with serenity."

Mona Leeson Vanek (www.MontanaScribbler.com) was awarded Writer of the Year by Idaho Writers League for her nonfiction trilogy of northwestern Montana history, Behind These Mountains, Vols. 1, 2 & 3.

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It's wonderful when we can hike in a forest, swim in a stream, connect with other animals, and delight in tending plants. But merely seeing a tree through a window, enjoying a landscape painting or reading a heartfelt description of nature can give us that miraculous "Vitamin N" that enriches our lives."

Linda Buzzell, psychotherapist/ecotherapist and co-editor of Ecotherapy: Healing with Nature in Mind (Sierra Club Books)

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I used to question why things such as trees, flowers, birds, and ladybugs spoke so deeply into my soul, then it occurred to me one day that experiencing nature is a lot like returning to where our history began, our original home, the Garden of Eden.

Nature's Healing Spirit; Real Life Stories to Nurture the Soul allows us to pack up our cares and head home whenever the feeling hits. You could make the argument that stress, anxieties, worries, and cares are all symptoms of being "homesick" for a place where we can find peace, calm, and serenity. This beautiful book allows us to go home and leave the "noise" far behind us.

We can pick up this book anytime, day or night, and journey to the one place where we're always welcome and nurtured. . . . Home. Sweet home.

Joi ("Joy") Sigers, Self Help Daily.com

About this edition

• Publisher: Sowing Creek Press
• Publication date: 2018
• ISBN 10: 0997352221
• ISBN 13: 9780997352221
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 192