Eco-distress is real.How to Live in a Chaotic Climate is here to help you rediscover meaning, joy, and connection as the tumult around us increases.
Based on the Good Grief Network’s acclaimed 10 Steps to Resilience and Empowerment in a Chaotic Climateprogram, this book unpacks the social, political, and spiritual nuances of the climate emergency, step by step.
Accept the Severity of the Predicament
Be with Uncertainty
Honor My Mortality and the Mortality of All
Do Inner Work
Develop Awareness of Biases and Perception
Practice Gratitude, Seek Beauty, and Create Connections
Take Breaks and Rest
Grieve the Harm I Have Caused
Show Up
Reinvest in Meaningful Efforts
Each step includes practices that draw on meditation, mindfulness, journaling, dance, somatics, and self-inquiry to help readers cope with overwhelming feelings, heal wounds caused by disconnection, and act in generative ways that help cultivate a just and equitable future for all.
LAURA SCHMIDT is the cofounder (with Aimee Lewis Reau) of The Good Grief Network, one of the first emotional support groups for eco-anxiety and climate grief. GGN has grown quickly in the United States, with additional groups forming in five continents and fourteen countries. GGN has been covered in Time, NPR, USA Today, CNN, NBC News, and The LA Times. LaUra and Aimee are the cohosts of the podcast WHY?!? LaUra is trained in nonviolent civil disobedience and is a Climate Reality Leadership Corps member and mentor.
AIMEE LEWIS REAU is the cofounder (with LaUra Schmidt) of The Good Grief Network, one of the first emotional support groups for eco-anxiety and climate grief. GGN has grown quickly in the United States, with additional groups forming in five continents and fourteen countries. GGN has been covered in Time, NPR, USA Today, CNN, NBC News, and The LA Times. Aimee and LaUra are the cohosts of the podcast WHY?!? Aimee received her MFA in creative nonfiction from Georgia College & State University and is a trained healer and yoga instructor.
