Reconnecting with Nature or The Ultimate Storm Survival Handbook

Reconnecting with Nature: Finding Wellness through Restoring Your Bond with the Earth

Author: Michael J Cohen

Michael Cohen's Reconnecting With Nature is about finding wellness through restoring our bond with the Earth. Most of us have been conditioned to ignore nearly fifty sensitivities that connect us to the natural world. This separation stress contributes to many of our environmental and personal problems. Through the chapters and activities of Reconnecting With Nature, Dr. Cohen suggests ways to use nature's wisdom to re-awaken dormant sensitivities, rebuild our spiritual connection with the Earth and enhance our personal well-being. Reconnecting With Nature is highly rewarding reading for anyone with an interest in nature and how nature can inspire us and heal us, trapped as we most often are, in the spiritual desert of an urban wilderness with its steel canyons, glass walls, asphalt roads, concrete sidewalks, every present noise, invasive crowds, and the multiple pollutions of mind and body.

Table of Contents:

Introduction     12
Why Think Like Nature?
Experience the Best Teacher-Nature     18
The Thinking Revolution     20
Nature's Maverick Genius     24
Thinking As If Nature Mattered     30
Reconnecting With Natural Senses
How Nature Works: The Intelligence of Natural Senses     38
The Powers of Natural Senses     54
Replenishing Earth and its People: The RWN Factor     66
Reconnecting With Nature     70
People and Nature as Community     76
Elements of Applied Ecopsychology
Educating and Counseling With Nature: The Greening of Psychotherapy     92
The Green/Orange to Green/Green Formula     102
Disconnection and the Tropicmakers     114
The Psychology of Nature Negatives     126
The Natural History of Personality     138
Reconnecting With Nature in Action
Outcomes     152
The RWN Activist Speaks His Peace     166
Self, Meet Yourself     180
A Chapter of Your Life     188
Appendices
Transitioning to Nature-Centered Thinking     192
A Case History of RWN     198
An Ecology of Spirit     212
Well Mind, Well Earth     224
Updates     226
References and Bibliography     236
About the Author     239
Environmental Impact Statement     240

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The Ultimate Storm Survival Handbook

Author: Warren Faidley

This is the information you need to prepare to survive any major storm. The Ultimate Storm Survival Handbook covers all forms of severe weather, including snowstorms, tornados, ice storms, hurricanes, firestorms, and more. In addition to practical advice on preparing your home, avoiding dangers, and creating action plans, it also features special chapters on pet care, post-storm dangers, children, and phobias.