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Vorbestellen	Zweigstelle: 07., Urban-Loritz-Pl. 2a	Standorte: NK.AQW Bair / College 3d - Englisch / Regal 3d-1	Status: Verfügbar	Frist:	Vorbestellungen: 0

"After surviving a difficult heartbreak and battle with cancer, Julia Baird began to explore how she and others persevere through the most challenging circumstances life throws at us. She asks: when our world goes dark, when we are overwhelmed by illness or heartbreak, loss or pain, tragedy outside our control, how do we survive, stay alive and even bloom? She went in search of "the magic that will sustain us and fuel the light within - our own phosphorescence ". Phosphorescence can be found in nature - in glow worms, fireflies, flashlight fish, bioluminescent oceans; it is a phenomenon that allows creatures to give off light amidst darkness. Baird writes about the things that lit her way through the darkness: a connection to nature, friendships, her faith, experiencing awe, and other habits that changed her life. She also goes in search of how others nurture their inner light, interviewing the founder of the modern forest therapy movement in Tokyo, a jellyfish scientist in Tasmania, and a tattooed priest from Colorado, among others. Weaving together candid memoir with research and reflections on nature, Baird inspires readers to embrace new habits and adopt a phosphorescent outlook on life, to illuminate our days even in the darkest times"--

 

Table of Contents

Prelude. A Light Within xv

Part I Awe, Wonder, and Silence In the company of the mysterious: on forest therapy

1 (72)

Chapter 1 Lessons From A Cuttlefish

7 (14)

Chapter 2 "A Better Show Outside"

21 (12)

Chapter 3 The Overview Effect

33 (7)

Chapter 4 Nature Deficit Disorder: On Biophilia

40 (21)

Chapter 5 Why We Need Silence

61 (12)

Part II We Are All Wiggly Why we need to tell our imperfect stories

73 (60)

Chapter 6 The Activist's Attic

79 (17)

Chapter 7 Honor The Temporary

96 (8)

Chapter 8 Accept Imperfection

104 (14)

Chapter 9 Let Yourself Go

118 (7)

Chapter 10 Letter To A Young Woman

125 (8)

Part III Walking Each Other Home The art of friendship: "I am here"

133 (40)

Chapter ll Freudenfreude: Sharing The Joy

139 (10)

Chapter 12 She Trashed Her Golden Locks

149 (16)

Chapter 13 Burning Bright: Candy Royalle

165 (8)

Part IV Invincible Summer Regarde: Look, and savor

173 (70)

Chapter 14 Thoughts For My Son: The Art Of Savoring

179 (11)

Chapter 15 Ert, Or A Sense Of Purpose

190 (10)

Chapter 16 Growing By The Light Of The Moon

200 (8)

Chapter 17 Lessons On Hope From The Hanoi Hilton

208 (9)

Chapter 18 Raiding The Unspeakable

217 (17)

Chapter 19 Embracing Doubt

234 (9)

Coda. Floating in the Bardo 243 (14)

Acknowledgments 257 (4)

Notes 261 (28)

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