Christy McConnell

Christy McConnellChristy McConnellChristy McConnell
The Book
The Author
Events & Bookings
Fathers and Daughters
Writing the Wild Within
Children & Nature Retreat
Writing Coaching

Christy McConnell

Christy McConnellChristy McConnellChristy McConnell
The Book
The Author
Events & Bookings
Fathers and Daughters
Writing the Wild Within
Children & Nature Retreat
Writing Coaching
More
  • The Book
  • The Author
  • Events & Bookings
  • Fathers and Daughters
  • Writing the Wild Within
  • Children & Nature Retreat
  • Writing Coaching

  • The Book
  • The Author
  • Events & Bookings
  • Fathers and Daughters
  • Writing the Wild Within
  • Children & Nature Retreat
  • Writing Coaching

Awakening Wildness

Awakening WildnessAwakening WildnessAwakening Wildness

Reconnecting with Nature and Ourselves


Christy McConnell, PhD

Awakening Wildness

Awakening WildnessAwakening WildnessAwakening Wildness

Reconnecting with Nature and Ourselves


Christy McConnell, PhD

A personal narrative and guide for those who seek not just to walk in nature, but to be transformed by it.


Awakening Wildness illuminates how encounters with nature can transform grief into gratitude, isolation into reciprocity, and fear into reverence. This book reminds us that wildness is not a place we visit, but a place we inhabit and that inhabits us.


"Experience it. Savor it. 

Its message has the power to move mountains." 


--Jayme Mansfield, Award-winning author and founder of Cowgirl Publishing

Preorder here

Explore Ecological Experience

Aesthetic

Engaging our senses, 

beauty awakens awe.

Adventure

Engaging our hearts,

risk deepens relationship.

Flow

Engaging our desires, 

immersion becomes transcendent.

Spiritual

Engaging our intuition, 

mystery offers new ways of knowing.

Communal

Engaging with like-minded others, 

belonging expands to humans and beyond.

Reviews of Awakening Wildness

"Through luminous storytelling, the author shows how the natural world can stand beside us in both grief and joy, offering solace, courage and continuity when human ground gives way." 

--Mary Reynolds Thompson, Author of The Way of the Wild Soul Woman and The Wild Scribe


"This compelling tour of experience invites us to look anew at the histories we carry, and beckons us to move toward ecological experiences that might awaken the wild within us. A must read for all who care about their relationships with nature and the world." 

--Ben Ingman, PhD, Institute on the Environment, University of Minnesota


“How do we form the strongest connection with nature? How do we share that connection with each other? How do we live our best lives as citizens of the planet? For anyone interested in these questions, Awakening Wildness is a wise, whole-hearted, and practical guide.”

—Chip Blake, former Editor-in-Chief of Orion Magazine

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