This One Wild and Precious Life

Product Description MP3 CD Format The New York Times bestselling author of First, We Make the Beast Beautiful tackles the loneliness epidemic, encouraging readers to view solitude through a spiritual lens, and embrace the art of being alone. This is not just a book for single people, introverts, or the self-proclaimed lone wolf. You can be in a crowded room, or at a dinner table with your spouse and children, and still feel powerfully lonely and disengaged. Forty-six percent of Americans sometimes or always feel lonely, and loneliness is a public health hazard that rivals alcoholism, smoking, and obesity. Meanwhile, as our cultural sense of disconnection grows, our endless drive for “more”—more social media, more technology, overconsumption, workaholism—grows too. But what if we were to shut off our devices and simply sit with ourselves in what Wilson calls “radical aloneness?" Could this be the antidote to the profound sense of disconnection that we feel? In the voice-driven style that built a community around her last book, Wilson embarks on a personal and spiritual journey that is destined to become a movement.  Review "Sarah Wilson is a force of nature - quite literally. She has taken her pain and grief about our sick and troubled world and alchemized it into action, advocacy, adventure, poetry, and true love. She's a great teacher and a great leader, and I admire her with all my soul."-- "Elizabeth Gilbert, #1 New York Times bestselling author"

[A] vibrant take on how to build a more joyful existence and sustainable world."-- "Publishers Weekly" About the Author Sarah Wilson is the New York Times bestselling author of I Quit Sugar who has helped more than 1.5 million people worldwide to live better, healthier lives. The former editor of Australian Cosmopolitan, she blogs on philosophy, anxiety, minimalism, toxin-free living, and anti-consumerism. She lives in Sydney, rides a bike everywhere, is a compulsive hiker, and is eternally curious.