Wake up and reclaim your one wild and precious life. New York Times best-selling author Sarah Wilson shows you how in this radical spiritual guidebook, the book we need NOW! From the New York Times bestselling author of First, We Make the Beast Beautiful 'A brilliantly raw book that reveals the truth of what really matters' - Fearne Cotton broadcaster, presenter, and author of Bigger Than Us: The Power of Finding Meaning in a Messy World 'I've encountered no other book that articulates with so much passion or clarity the unique feeling of this moment in history. This One Wild and Precious Life is the ideal guidebook for our long overdue journey back to nature, to each other, and to sanity in the deepest sense of the word' Oliver Burkeman journalist and author of Four Thousand Weeks: Time Management for Mortals We live in truly overwhelming times. The climate crisis, the pandemic, AI advances, conspiracy theories, political polarisation...and the rest...have left many of us in a state of 'spiritual PTSD', feeling disconnected from one another, from our values, from our joy. In this radical spiritual guidebook, New York Times-bestselling author Sarah Wilson puts on her backpack and spends three years hiking around the world - in Jordan, Cornwall, the Lake District, the Australian Outback, Japan the Sierra Nevada and beyond - to find a path through it all. She follows in the footsteps of Nietzsche, Wordsworth and other favourite poets and thinkers, venturing deeper into nature, going to 'spiritual edges' and meeting monks, lovers and renegades along the way. And she emerges with a blueprint for living a wilder, more connected life, and one that must just save our precious life on this planet.
SARAH WILSON'S POETRY WHO? WHOSE? Poems are homemade preserves, sweet and tart with tastes of wisdom. The surprise of one unlikely word touching another owlcrying at night, tearing silence asunder shocking and beguiling us with taboos. Sarah offers us tea in a most genteel way, then sails us on a wind so swift we are ballons in a Nor'easter catching a branch to linger and watch the stranger-than-fiction before we're swept away into another day of expected surprise.
Probably the best book on living with anxiety that I've ever read" Mark Manson, bestselling author of The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck Sarah Wilson is a New York Times and Amazon #1 bestselling author, entrepreneur and philanthropist. She's the founder of IQuitSugar.com, whose 8-Week Program has been completed by 1.5 million people in 133 countries. A former news journalist and editor of Cosmopolitan, she was the host of the first series of MasterChef Australia and is the author of the international bestsellers first, we make the beast beautiful, I Quit Sugar: Simplicious, I Quit Sugar and I Quit Sugar For Life. Her latest book is I Quit Sugar: Simplicious Flow. She is ranked as one of the top 200 most influential authors in the world. Sarah blogs in an intimate fashion - on philosophy, anxiety, minimalism and anti-consumerism - at sarahwilson.com, lives in Sydney, Australia, rides a bike everywhere, is a compulsive hiker and is eternally curious. In first, we make the beast beautiful, Sarah directs her intense focus and fierce investigatory skills onto this lifetime companion of hers, looking at the triggers and treatments, the fashions and fads. She reads widely and interviews fellow sufferers, mental health experts, philosophers, and even the Dalai Lama, processing all she learns through the prism her own experiences. Sarah pulls at the thread of accepted definitions of anxiety, and unravels the notion that it is a difficult, dangerous disease that must be medicated into submission. Ultimately, she re-frames anxiety as a spiritual quest rather than a burdensome affliction, a state of yearning that will lead us closer to what really matters. Practical and poetic, wise and funny, this is a small book with a big heart. It will encourage the myriad sufferers of the world's most common mental illness to feel not just better about their condition, but delighted by the possibilities it offers for a richer, fuller life. MORE PRAISE FOR FIRST, WE MAKE THE BEAST BEAUTIFUL "at once a nomadic journey, a cri de coeur and a compendium of hard-won wisdom ..." Professor Patrick McGorry AO MD PhD FRCP FRANZCP FAA FASSA, 2010 Australian of the Year "A witty, well-researched and often insightful book about negotiating a new relationship with anxiety." Andrew Solomon, Professor of Clinical Psychology and author of The Noonday Demon: An Anatomy of Depression
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.
My desire is to cast off old clothes, rise like a belly dancer's navel in seduction against the tasseled gray but instead I write to console myself, highlighting what I chose. Each year teaches me how sand shifts, and widens craters overnight, reminds me of both its and life's frailty. My soul shouts words are whips, and wedge open the sky-colored flowers, permits the flayed stems to utter what the truth is. A clock always ticks, voices take over my mind, I cannot make them leave, and they rasp the air. Old words sit on lush velvet grouped near marble, elevate upturned smile. Old eyes still wrinkle. What does it mean these voices hidden in poetry? I speak and these words repeat my words, I raise my wet fist, and they raise theirs in retreat. I'm a native Appalachian from North Carolina transplanted to South Carolina. My garb consists of aprons with watermelon pockets, blue ink is the blood that flows through my veins, and I'm double jointed. In addition a love of reading, embroidery work and quilting, which evolves from her native roots, are some of my many passions. My wishes are you will sincerely enjoy reading my books.
What's inside this eBook In this book you’ll find various sugar-free chapters including: Weekday Dump ‘n’ Run: Fuss-free recipes you can throw together in the morning and come home to at night. Soups, Stews and Curries: Lush curries and hearty stews to get you through winter. Hearty Breakfast: Overnight breakfast packed with extra nutrition and ready to devour in the morning. Cakes ‘n’ Puds: Oozy-chocolate brownies, light and moist cakes and classic family favourites. Same-same But Different: All your sugar-laden favourites with an IQS makeover. You’ll also find celebrity contributions from Margaret Fulton, Kate Gibbs and Matt Preston. More about the book Building on the nutritional concepts explored in Sarah Wilson’s second print book, international best seller, I Quit Sugar for Life, the Slow Cooker Cookbook is a compilation of densely nutritious meals that are affordable and easy for families and solos.
Adding to the current selection of hugely successful cookbooks, Sarah Wilson and the I Quit Sugar team have developed the latest kid friendly, sugar-free offering, the I Quit Sugar Kids Cookbook. The book has has been designed with health conscious mums and dads in mind; littered with tips and helpful hints from like-minded parents and experts. All the recipes contain minimal fructose, ensuring your kids are enjoying yummy, nutrient dense food without the unnecessary sugar dump.
From New York Times bestselling author of I Quit Sugar, comes a cookbook with more than 300 satisfying recipes that make giving up sugar simple, sustainable, and delicious. Sarah Wilson’s sugar-free promise is more than just a way of eating. The benefits to overall wellbeing—fewer mood swings, improved sleep patterns, and maintaining weight control—have transformed the idea into a way of life. With her new cookbook filled with one-pan wonders, grain-free breakfasts, leftover makeovers, smoothie bowls, and more, Sarah shows us that eliminating sugar is not only doable, but is also so delicious. Recipes include: Bacon ‘N’ Egg Quinoa Oatmeal, Caramelized Leek, Apple and Rosemary Socca, Two-Minute Desk Noodles, Red Velvet Crunch Bowl, and Chocolate Peanut Butter Crackles.
From the New York Times bestselling author of I Quit Sugar and First, We Make the Beast Beautiful comes this proven 2-week plan for reducing anxiety and beating one of its leading causes—sugar addiction—using 8 simple, sustainable dietary shifts. Eating more than 6 teaspoons of sugar a day? No wonder you’re anxious. Anxiety has a lot do to with lifestyle choices, including what you put in your mouth. Sarah Wilson is an expert on sugar addiction and its connection to the most widespread mental health concern—chronic anxiety—affecting millions worldwide today. One in six people in the West alone suffer from an anxiety-related illness.While scientists know that anxiety is a chemical imbalance in the brain, recent studies have linked this condition to sugar consumption and inflammation in the gut. In The Anti-Anxiety Diet, Wilson unravels the cutting-edge science linking sugar addiction, inflammation, and gut health to mental health. “If you have fire in the gut,” Sarah advises, “you have fire in the brain.” And sugar is the primary culprit. The Anti-Anxiety Diet is her simple, 2-week jumpstart plan for eliminating sugar from your diet. Packed with delicious, easy-to-prepare recipes, 4-color photos, and detailed meal plans, it shows you how to replace the bad stuff (sugar) with the good stuff (whole, unprocessed foods), to soothe—and ultimately tame—the anxious beast.
The New York Times bestselling author of I Quit Sugar transforms cultural perceptions of the mental health issue of our age—anxiety—viewing this widespread condition not as a burdensome affliction but as a powerful spiritual teacher that can deepen our lives. While reading psychiatrist Kay Redfield Jamison’s groundbreaking account of bipolar disorder An Unquiet Mind, Sarah Wilson discovered an ancient Chinese proverb that would change her life: To conquer a beast, you must first make it beautiful. Wilson, a bestselling author, journalist, and entrepreneur, had spent years struggling with her own beast: chronic anxiety. And the words of this proverb would become the key to understanding her condition. First, We Make the Beast Beautiful charts Wilson’s epic journey to make peace with her lifetime companion, and to learn to see it as a guide, rather than as an enemy. With intensive focus and investigatory skills, Wilson examines the triggers and treatments, the fashions and fads. She reads widely and interviews fellow sufferers, mental health experts, philosophers, and even the Dalai Lama, processing all she learns through the prism of her own experiences. Pulling at the thread of accepted definitions of anxiety, she unravels the notion that it is a difficult, dangerous disease that must be medicated into submission, and re-frames it as a divine journey—a state of yearning that will lead us closer to what really matters. Practical and poetic, wise and funny, First, We Make the Beast Beautiful is a small book with a big heart. It will encourage the myriad souls who dance with this condition to embrace it as a part of who they are, and to explore the possibilities it offers for a richer, fuller life.
Sarah Wilson's Poetry Who? Whose memories are home made preserves sweet and tart with a taste of sublime wisdom? The surprise of one unlikely word touching another In shades of golden rust and blues Sarah's poetry owl crys at night tearing silence asunder shocking and beguiling us with taboos. Her small town people really take the cake. Pictures and words are infused in our mind with her torch as we wend our way down to her dock on the lake. Her captain is not by the boat but sitting quietly on the porch. Sarah offers us tea in a most genteel way and then sails us on a wind so swift we are balloons in a Nor'easter catching a branch to linger and watch the stranger than fiction before we're swept away into another day of expected surprise.
Squatting down by the car, he opened the door and unbuckled the seatbelt in a couple of seconds. His right arm went around the small girl's waist and his left hand covered her mouth. He slid back into his car and was gone in two minutes' time. He backed out of the parking lot and slowly drove the mile to the interstate. He growled out a laugh as he looked down at the little blonde-headed girl in the seat beside him. Sleep wouldn't come for Marlene until the early morning hours, and with it came her nightmare again. She saw a man's figure and then everything went black. Flashes of her past were beginning to haunt her. It must have something to do with Millie's death. Somewhere in her lost memory was the truth about her friend's murder. Would she ever remember what happened?
Embrace a sugar-free summer with these super hydrating, nourishing and refreshing smoothies!With more than 60 recipes to choose from, these whole, natural smoothies are packed with veggies, a little fruit and plenty of healthy fats and protein. Their simplicity also means you can nourish your body with maximum flavour and minimum fuss - even when you need to grab breakfast on the go! Master the art of delicious smoothie toppers, blitz lush smoothie bowls and create show-stopping whips to impress your friends and family.
Health and convenience don't have to be mutually exclusive when cooking for the family. Feed your family quickly and nutritiously, whether you're cooking up a storm on a Sunday or enjoying some easy mid-week meals. Sarah Wilson and her IQS team taught the world to quit sugar in eight weeks and then went on to teach everyone how to cook delicious essentials, simply. Sarah incorporates her mindful, sustainable and economical practices to show how to feed your family on any night of the week in a simple, healthy way. Here, she's compiled tasty sugar-free recipes for the whole family to enjoy. In I Quit Sugar: Fast Family Meals, Sarah and her team share:- how to feed the family for less than $5 per serve- ideas for Friday fun food for kids and adults- fast family fixes and easy weekday dinners- how to cook a Sunday roast and divide up the leftovers- that you don't have to feel guilty about indulging in some after-dinner treats!Written with all the care and expertise you have come to expect from the I Quit Sugar team, this is the book that makes healthy family meals and one-pot wonders in a sugar-free lifestyle easier, more affordable and more delicious.
The night before her doctor's appointment, five year old Sofia worries about the shot she knows she'll have to get. As she drifts off to sleep, Sofia finds herself on an adventure with a talking cat, who is eager to teach her the history and purpose of vaccines! Together, the pair sail across the ocean learning important lessons about vaccines at each stop they make. First, they meet a talking turtle named Mr. Shell, who was born before vaccines existed! Mr. Shell teaches Sofia the history of vaccines and what life was like without them. Then, they meet a group of talking sheep who protect each other by staying together in a herd. When Mr. Whiskers explains that the purpose of vaccines is not only to protect yourself, but to protect those around you, Sofia starts to understand why shots are so important. After thinking about her grandparents, who get sick so easily, and her baby sister, who is too young to get vaccines, Sofia resolves to get her shot in order to be brave and to protect others. By the end of the adventure, Sofia realizes the importance of getting vaccinated, and the next day she goes to the doctor's office prepared to get her shot!
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • A week-by-week guide to quitting sugar to lose weight, boost energy, and improve your mood and overall health, with 108 sugarfree recipes. “Life without sugar is much sweeter than I ever imagined it would be.”—Shauna Ahern, Gluten-Free Girl Sarah Wilson thought of herself as a relatively healthy eater. She didn’t realize how much sugar was hidden in her diet, or how much it was affecting her well-being. When she learned that her sugar consumption could be the source of a lifetime of mood swings, fluctuating weight, sleep problems, and thyroid disease, she knew she had to make a change. What started as an experiment to eliminate sugar—both the obvious and the hidden kinds—soon became a way of life, and now Sarah shows you how you can quit sugar too: • Follow a flexible and very doable 8-week plan. • Overcome cravings. • Make food you’re excited to eat with these 108 recipes for detox meals, savory snacks, and sweet treats from Sarah Wilson and contributors including Gwyneth Paltrow, Curtis Stone, Dr. Robert Lustig (The Fat Chance Cookbook), Sarma Melngailis (Raw Food/Real World), Joe “the Juicer” Cross, and Angela Liddon (Oh She Glows). I Quit Sugar makes it easy to kick the habit for good, lose weight, and feel better than ever before. When you are nourished with delicious meals and treats, you won’t miss the sugar for an instant.
Betty Babbs - a journalist becoming infamous for her "Better Than Sex Cake." Read about a town that blooms pink, sprawls between two rivers and appears manicured and quiet. Tiny steeples rise from the blue-sky sanctuary. What better way to meet singles than visiting church? Wilson blows us away with an incredible cast of characters and the everyday life where a small town delivers mind-boggling encounters. Her books are not so much read as inhaled.
Continuing the series on Women's Travel Writings, this two-part collection presents some fascinating tales of North Africa and the Middle East. Part I includes three separate volumes that include the writings of Volume 1: Sarah Wilson, The Fruits of Enterprise Exhibited in the Travels of Belzoni in Egypt and Nubia (1825); Volume 2 Barbara Hofland, The Young Pilgrim, or Alfred Campbell's Return to the East and his Travels in Egypt, Nubia, Asia Minor, Arabia Petraea &c (1826); and Volume 3: 'Miss Tully', Narrative of a Ten Years' Residence at Tripoli in Africa (1816).
Written in an enthusiastic and student-friendly style, Todd & Wilson's Textbook on Trusts explains the basic principles and rules of trusts law in a clear and unintimidating way. The book delivers focused, intellectually stimulating content, and gives in-depth coverage of the key areas taught on the undergraduate course.
Coffee date: a time to go out for coffee (or other beverage) to spend some one-on-one time with a close friend. We all have those friends - the ones we can't get enough of & love spending time with. What if we viewed our time with God just like that? What if we got as excited to learn about Him as we do about going out for a coffee date? This was my mindset as I wrote this devotional. I've been there - I know how hard it is to actually crack down & take time for God. I've written this book the same way I would talk to any friend - a little bit blunt, but also with care. If you are a female, and are a teen (or lead a girls' small group), I hope this book will be beneficial for you. I hope that you will take the time to look through it, and see what grabs your attention. I hope that you'll have the necessary courage to take the next step, to go deeper in your relationship with God - whatever stage you may be at. It only takes a moment to start making a difference... Sarah
Between 1891 and 1920 more than 18 million immigrants entered the United States. While many Americans responded to this influx by proposing immigration restriction or large-scale "Americanization" campaigns, a few others, figures such as Jane Addams and John Dewey, adopted the image of the melting pot to oppose such measures. These Progressives imagined assimilation as a multidirectional process, in which both native-born and immigrants contributed their cultural gifts to a communal fund. Melting-Pot Modernism reveals the richly aesthetic nature of assimilation at the turn of the twentieth century, focusing on questions of the individual's relation to culture, the protection of vulnerable populations, the sharing of cultural heritages, and the far-reaching effects of free-market thinking. By tracing the melting-pot impulse toward merging and cross-fertilization through the writings of Henry James, James Weldon Johnson, Willa Cather, and Gertrude Stein, as well as through the autobiography, sociology, and social commentary of their era, Sarah Wilson makes a new connection between the ideological ferment of the Progressive era and the literary experimentation of modernism. Wilson puts literary analysis at the service of intellectual history, showing that literary modes of thought and expression both shaped and were shaped by debates over cultural assimilation. Exploring the depth and nuance of an earlier moment's commitment to cultural inclusiveness, Melting-Pot Modernism gives new meaning to American struggles to imaginatively encompass difference—and to the central place of literary interpretation in understanding such struggles.
Sarah Wilson, bestselling author of I Quit Sugar, taught the world how to quit sugar in eight weeks, then how to quit sugar for life, incorporating mindful, sustainable, whole food practices. Now, with Easter around the corner, she hows us how to to have a sugar-free holiday - stripping back to the essentials, simply and deliciously. Featuring seven healthy recipes, from guilt-free sweet treats to a family celebration menu, this free cooking guide will set you on a path to a sugar-free Easter. These recipes are taken from I Quit Sugar: Simplicious, the ultimate cooking guide for those who want sugar out of their life and are ready to embrace the health-giving simpliciousness of real food.
This is a 'best of lunch' compilation from Sarah's previous print-only books (Simplicious and I Quit Sugar for Life) in one handy eBook. The midday meal is a great opportunity to ensure you get a big nutritious hit in the middle of the day. We're constantly asked how you should go about doing this if you're a desk worker, shift worker, a parent packing kids lunch or anything in between. So we've shared with you all of our ingenious ideas for toting, heating, dressing and adding pizazz to boring lunches.
About this book: In a world full of processed, sugar-laden cereals, it’s easy to consume your entire day’s quota of sugar before 8am. So we decided to change the way breakfast is done and give you clever, fun and tasty brekkie solutions for every day. Our Healthy Breakfast Cookbook is jam-packed with 45 quick and tasty sugar-free recipes that will keep you going past lunch. And to make sure it doesn’t include a single added sweetener, we’ve turned breakfast into a savoury affair. Yep, not only is it possible to eat veggies for breakfast, but it’s completely delicious too! Dig into: - 45 recipes created and developed by a qualified nutritionist. - 25+ inspiring foodie photos. - Step-by-step recipe instructions. - Handy substitution and allergy guides. "Healthy" doesn't have to mean boring. With fun and quirky recipes like French Toast in a Mug, Chickpea Pancake Pizza and Bittersweet Savoury Yoghurt, this is a book of breakfast inspiration, education and motivation that will leave your friends and family begging for more! Chapters include: 1. Breakfast in 2 Minutes 2. Toasties and Toast Toppers 3. Breakfast Using Dinner's Leftovers 4. Fun Savoury Things 5. Cafe Favourites 6. Sunday Cook-ups
Carl was usually so busy skateboarding that he didn't have time to do anything else. But the meeting about the new road which would wipe out the park and the skateboard ramp was something he wasn't going to miss. Suggested level: primary.
Violated can either be read as a full-length eBook or in 3 serialised eBook-only parts. This is PART 2 of 3 (Chapters 8-16 of 24). You can read Part 2 one week ahead of release of the full-length eBook and paperback.
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