Our Most Powerful Natural Resource Has Yet to Be Tapped It's impossible to ignore the compassion deficit in our global society today. We watch as short-sighted, self-centered behaviors inflame the catastrophic issues of our times. The tsunami of violence, trauma, depression, anxiety, disease, and addiction that follows disables our collective ability to find lasting solutions. Our retreat to familiar coping strategies, often hosted by alluring screen-based personal technologies, allows us to check out, but also takes us further from empathy, connection, ourselves-and our enlightenment. Fortunately, the natural world holds all the optimism, solutions, and healing we need to move forward. Nature is, bar none, the top producer of awe states in humans-states that elevate us to more sophisticated, universal mindsets geared toward empathy and nonjudgment. Now, thanks to groundbreaking interdisciplinary research on nature connection, human development, and the emotion of awe, we have overwhelming evidence that human beings are hardwired to find answers in nature. And they usually start with the word, 'Wow'. The Rise of Awe is for you if: - You feel hijacked by obsessive or addictive behaviors, but have a timid optimism that escape hovers just within your grasp. - You get a sense that we humans are evolving into greater awareness, but wonder why some people are evolving faster than others. - You are tired of hurtful, unproductive interpersonal and global struggles, and want to embrace a new way of being in relationship. - You crave a deeper connection with the natural world, your loved ones, animals, and yourself and need guidance on how to start. The Rise of Awe takes an integral approach to show readers how this new nature connection can help us understand and thrive in today's world. Drawing on cutting-edge cognitive science, evolutionary history, and reflective mindfulness practices, it blazes a nature-based path toward personal, interpersonal, interspecies, cultural, and social harmony so we can accomplish the essential goals of our time. Click the button above to take action now. ABOUT THE AUTHOR Bestselling author Kate Lockhart is an integral coach, master diver, and photographer. Her books and podcast, Awe in the Raw, explore the science and practice of nature connection, helping us lead vibrant, meaningful lives. Connect with her at kate@katherinelockhart.com.
About the Author: Described as a "willful," gifted young girl whose first full sentence was "Me do!" bestselling author Kate Lockhart found a world of trouble while attempting to quench her inborn thirst for the extraordinary. Nerdy lunchtime sketching huddles with the roller coaster club (membership of two) turned into ill-prepared hiking expeditions to dizzying altitudes in inclement weather, psychoactive adventures with fellow misfits, and credit-card-funded backpacking trips to politically volatile countries. Kate's quest for the highest highs had devolved in step with an unexceptional yet tragic progression-early trauma, childhood depression, and alcohol dependency before turning twenty. Despite achievements such as high honors in English Literature from UC Berkeley and a decade of professional editing and writing credits to her name, hers felt like the fate of millions. Fortunately, Kate found the extraordinary-a true tonic made from one part sheer wonder in the natural world, two parts conscious mindfulness practice, with a healthy twist of loving community. Now a nature connection specialist, Kate is a certified integral coach, master scuba diver, and nature photographer. Her most recent book, The Rise of Awe, draws on cutting-edge interdisciplinary research and her own story to encourage us to stop and reconsider life on Earth; to feel deeply without hiding; to connect to nature, ourselves, and each other. She is a member of the Society of Environmental Journalists and Association of Professional Humane Educators. From her hometown of San Francisco, she writes books and hosts the podcast Awe in the Raw-all to explore the extraordinary that fills our everyday lives with wonder, humor, vibrancy, peace, and purpose. Connect with her at kate@katherinelockhart.com, especially if you have a hot tip on a new roller coaster.