Ruth Allen

A geologist and therapist's evocative exploration of the lessons the earth can teach us about grounding, resilience, and recovery, perfect for fans of Katherine May. Rocks and mountains have withstood aeons of life on our planet—gradually eroding, shifting, solidifying, and weathering. We might spend a little less time on Earth, but humans are also weathering—evolving and changing as we're transformed...

How do we understand nature? Benevolent and supportive? Wild and threatening? Reassuring or unpredictable? We all have a different experience of, and relationship with, nature. Reflecting on nature's unknowable and mysterious qualities, Grounded explores how we can therapeutically benefit from a deeper connection with nature, finding within it balance, stillness, solitude, resilience, contentment, activity, fearlessness and our own wild voice....