How to Live in a Chaotic Climate: 10 Steps to Reconnect with Ourselves, Our Communities, and Our Planet

A 10-step holistic guide to help you cope with the climate crisis--from the founders of the Good Grief Network. 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 Climate program, this book unpacks the social, political, and spiritual nuances of the climate emergency, step by step. 1. Accept the Severity of the Predicament2. Be with Uncertainty3. Honor My Mortality and the Mortality of All4. Do Inner Work5. Develop Awareness of Biases and Perception6. Practice Gratitude, Seek Beauty, and Create Connections7. Take Breaks and Rest8. Grieve the Harm I Have Caused9. Show Up10. 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.Author: Laura Schmidt, Aimee Lewis Reau, Chelsie RiveraBinding Type: PaperbackPublisher: ShambhalaPublished: 08/08/2023Pages: 344Weight: 1.15lbsSize: 8.90h x 6.00w x 0.90dISBN: 9781611809930Review Citation(s): Publishers Weekly 05/08/2023Library Journal 08/04/2023 pg. 1About the AuthorLAURA SCHMIDT and AIMEE LEWIS-REAU are the founders 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 co-hosts of the podcast WHY?!? LaUra is trained in nonviolent civil disobedience and is a Climate Reality Leadership Corps member and mentor. Aimee received her MFA in creative nonfiction from Georgia College & State University and is a trained healer and yoga instructor. CHELSIE RIVERA is a California-based author with roots in small-town Kentucky. She received her MFA in fiction writing from Georgia College and State University.