Evolve Mourning: A Reading and Discussion with Author Trebbe Johnson

900 Sanford Road,Santa Rosa CA 95401

04 April, 2023

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When grief and anxiety beat us down, the struggle to cope can feel like it’s crushing us even more. In her new book, Fierce Consciousness: Surviving the Sorrows of Earth and Self, Trebbe Johnson reveals 34 practices that are smart, tough, sassy, and surprising that offer guidance not only for surviving challenges to our personal lives and our ailing planet, but also engaging with them in ways that give new meaning and beauty to daily experience. Join us this evening to hear a reading from Trebbe Johnson’s new book. Afterward, she and Francis Weller, author of the The Wild Edge of Sorrow: Rituals of Renewal and the Sacred Work of Grief, will engage in a discussion of grief and beauty, especially as these emotions affect our love of place. About the Authors: Trebbe Johnson is the author of four previous books, including Radical Joy for Hard Times: Finding Meaning and Making Beauty in Earth’s Broken Places, as well as many articles and essays that explore the human bond with nature. She speaks four languages; has camped alone in the Arctic wilderness; and worked as an artist’s model, a street sweeper in an English village, and an award-winning multimedia producer. Francis Weller is a psychiatrist, writer, and soul activist whose books and workshops have introduced the healing work of grief and ritual to thousands of people. He founded and directs WisdomBridge, an organization offering educational programs that seek to integrate the wisdom from indigenous cultures with the insights and knowledge gathered from western poetic, psychological, and spiritual traditions. francisweller.net