Climate Cure: Heal Yourself to Heal the Planet

Jack Adam Weber · Carolyn Baker

Sep 2020 · Llewellyn Worldwide

About this ebook

The Complete Emotional & Spiritual Support Guide for Alleviating Climate Stress

Transform your climate anxiety and heartache into potent forces for hope and regeneration. This groundbreaking book shows you how to revitalize your life and the earth from the inside out, inspiring you to embody the phrase "heal yourself, heal the planet." Jack Adam Weber introduces you to the triangle of resilience relationships—with yourself, the natural world, and your community. He proposes that the root cause of climate crisis is a breakdown of these relationships and offers dozens of personalized self-care exercises to help you become part of the solution. This unique book is a treasure trove of practical yet innovative strategies that inspire you to take action in the spirit of interconnection and sustainability.

Includes a foreword by Carolyn Baker, PhD, author of Collapsing Consciously

Ratings and reviews

Channel Your Inner Eco-Warrior Sometimes, the bigger problems of the world seem too great for any one person to make an impact. The current climate change wreaking havoc with ecosystems and the planet is one such topic that seems too big for any one person to affect much (or enough) change. This author takes a different stance. I found the book surprising in many aspects, in a good way. There is much we can do, especially if we first think about changing our thoughts, attitudes, and approaches to the topic. The author does first have us look more deeply at the way we feel about climate issues and what we might want to do. Next comes what he calls the foundational work, like working with your fear and managing any anxiety you have about this. The next three sections look at what he calls the “triangle of resilience” relationships. The first one is about inner healing, the second about our connection with nature, and finally about building community. The section on nature connection absolutely resonated with me, as that is my way "in" to understanding the climate problem. I also like the idea of working beyond just our individual selves and building a community. We are stronger together than we are apart. All in all, I found this to be a fascinating look at both the inner work needed to become an eco-warrior and how to make that come alive with our choices and approaches to it in the broader world. If climate change concerns you, you may find this book helps you get a better sense of what it means to you and how to become more active. I received a free copy of this book, but that did not affect my review.

About the author

Jack Adam Weber, L.Ac., is a Chinese medicine clinician, having graduated valedictorian of his class in 2000, as well as an organic farmer and celebrated poet. Jack has authored hundreds of articles, thousands of poems, and several books. He is an activist for embodied spirituality and writes extensively on the subjects of holistic medicine, emotional depth work, mind-body integration, and climate crisis, challenging his readers to think and act outside the box. Jack also developed the Nourish Practice, a deeply restorative, embodied meditation practice that doubles as an educational guide for healing the wounds of childhood.

Carolyn Baker, PhD, is a student of ritual and mythology and has continued her personal mediation practice for more than thirty years. She was an adjunct professor of history and psychology for more than ten years and a psychotherapist in private practice for seventeen years. Carolyn offers life coaching both locally and internationally. She is the coauthor of Return To Joy (2017) and author of Dark Gold: The Human Shadow and The Global Crisis (2016) as well as Love In The Age Of Ecological Apocalypse: Cultivating The Relationships We Need To Thrive (2015). She also coauthored Extinction Dialogs: How To Live With Death In Mind (2015) with Guy McPherson. She is the author of Collapsing Consciously: Transformative Truths For Turbulent Times (2013), Navigating The Coming Chaos: A Handbook For Inner Transition (2011), and Sacred Demise: Walking The Spiritual Path of Industrial Civilization's Collapse (2009). She lives in Boulder, Colorado.

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