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emotional
hopeful
informative
inspiring
reflective
relaxing
medium-paced
emotional
mysterious
reflective
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challenging
informative
reflective
slow-paced
informative
inspiring
reflective
medium-paced
hopeful
informative
inspiring
reflective
relaxing
slow-paced
From synopsis you can guess what it is about. This book has a unique style, comparing psychology with rocks. This book inspires its readers to not lose hope, to embrace change and to be optimistic.
Life is like a journey with different weather conditions. Just like how weather changes the world outside, it also affects our thoughts and feelings inside. We learn to adapt to both. Thus, I loved both perspectives.
Perfect for anyone who needs some motivation; after all, we all need some inspiration.🙃
Life is like a journey with different weather conditions. Just like how weather changes the world outside, it also affects our thoughts and feelings inside. We learn to adapt to both. Thus, I loved both perspectives.
Perfect for anyone who needs some motivation; after all, we all need some inspiration.🙃
This was recommended and I think I misundestood what book was about. Its a mix of landscape writing and therapy - but the balance for me was wrong with too much about the writer's therapy clients and lessons from that. It takes place specifically in the landscape - but there was not enough for me about how landscapes (and specifically geology the authors academic background) affect humans. I very rarely don't finish - but I had several other read alongs and book clubs to keep up with so as this is a library book I am returning it. If I had more time I would probably have finished - dipping in and out over longer period
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If anything, this book made me think. About finding 'my place.' About how to me 'more rock.' About the weathering in my own life and how it's made me into who I am today. Beautiful, deep, and yet light-hearted. A wonderful and hopeful read.
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One of the most beautiful books I’ve ever read. I spent my time on this one, reading every sentence over and over. It’s stayed with me far beyond finishing it.
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I could not have chosen a better book to be my first non-fiction read of 2024! It was a grounding (pun intended) book, full of the wisdom of the earth and encouragement through the turmoils that all of us will face at one point or another in our lifetimes, as well as a reflection on our collective relationship with the planet we live on. Part memoir, part self-help, and part guide to the Peak District, Weathering has a wide appeal. Ruth Allen takes her readers through a journey, using her knowledge of geology – her first career – as well as therapy – her current vocation – to help them gain a deeper understanding of themselves and the ground they stand on.
As I read this book, the Pride and Prejudice quote “What are men to rocks and mountains?” often came to mind, but what Allen is exploring is what are mankind and rocks to one another? She showed throughout that the ground we stand on every day is more than just a surface, and the landscapes that surround us impact our inner geography much more than we realise. Giving a whole new meaning to the phrase ‘know your place’, Weathering is a call to become more aware of the Earth that sustains us, for the well-being of our planet, but also our minds.
As an outdoor therapist, Allen meets with her patients out in nature, and given that she lives in the Peak District, the options for meandering paths are endless. She talks about the way that even the way we walk and hold ourselves speaks volumes to our inner turmoil, and the different effects of choosing a familiar path versus a new trail when walking. In our fast paced world full of worry and separation from our physical surroundings, this book is a reminder of our foundations and an invitation to slow down and press our hands against the earth.
Weathering has a wide appeal, and you don’t have to know anything about geology to enjoy it. Allen has an easy, direct tone that feels as if she is walking beside her reader, talking through the points of life and pointing out interesting rocks along the way. It is comforting, insightful, and brimming with wisdom. I highly encourage everyone to pick it up.