{"product_id":"9781550925807","title":"Coming Back to Life: The Updated Guide to the Work that Reconnects","description":"\u003cp\u003eDeepening global crises surround us. We are beset by climate change, fracking, tar sands extraction, GMOs, and mass extinctions of species, to say nothing of nuclear weapons proliferation and Fukushima, the worst nuclear disaster in history. Many of us fall prey to despair even as we feel called to respond to these threats to life on our planet.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAuthors Joanna Macy and Molly Brown address the anguish experienced by those who would confront the harsh realities of our time. In this fully updated edition of \u003ci\u003eComing Back to Life\u003c\/i\u003e, they show how grief, anger, and fear are healthy responses to threats to life, and when honored can free us from paralysis or panic, through the revolutionary practice of the Work that Reconnects. New chapters address working within the corporate world, and engaging communities of color as well as youth in the Work.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Work that Reconnects has spread around the world, inspiring hundreds of thousands to work toward a life-sustaining human culture. \u003ci\u003eComing Back to Life\u003c\/i\u003e introduces the Work's theoretical foundations, illuminating the angst of our era with extraordinary insight. Pointing the way forward out of apathy, it offers personal counsel as well as easy-to-use methods for group work that profoundly affect peoples' outlook and ability to act in the world.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJoanna Macy\u003c\/b\u003e is a scholar, eco-philosopher, teacher, activist, and author of twelve previous books including \u003ci\u003eComing Back to Life\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMolly Young Brow\u003c\/b\u003en is a teacher, trainer, counselor, and author of four previous books on psychology and Earth-based spirituality.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"New Society Publishers","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47165555638512,"sku":"9781550925807","price":21.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781550925807_p0.jpg?v=1763754044","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781550925807","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}