Rewild Your Mind: Use nature as your guide to a happier, healthier life by Nick Goldsmith
My rating: 4 of 5 stars
Rewild Your Mind is a non-fiction book written by former Royal Marine Commando Nick Goldsmith. He left the military after developing Complex Post Traumatic Stress Disorder and turned to nature to help heal himself.
He now lives in Cornwall surrounded by woodland and he has created a Woodland Warrior Programme of therapeutic activities centred on the natural world which helps other armed forces members.
In this book Nick shares some of his knowledge so that others with mental health problems might benefit from being out in nature. Chapters in the book include the benefits of sitting around a camp fire enjoying conversations, foraging for food, making a wild cup of tea and both survival and responsible camping tips.
I like walking in the woods and already understand the benefits of being among trees and nature while putting away my phone. However, I’ve never camped or been one to want to go camping. Nick’s simple approaches and advice make it all more appealing. Certainly a wild cup of tea sounds very inviting.
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Book description:
Rewild Your Mind shows you how to connect with nature to be happier, healthier and more at peace with the world around you.
Packed with wilderness skills and traditional crafts – from fixing a hammock in the woods and foraging for hedgerow medicine to finding moments of ‘wild’ in the everyday – this unique book enables readers to boost their wellbeing through getting outside. It is an invitation to reset, recharge and ‘rewild’ yourself.
Weaved through the book is Nick Goldsmith’s personal story of using nature to aid his recovery from PTSD. After several tours serving as a Royal Marine Commando in Afghanistan, Nick was left in a dark and desperate place. He tried conventional therapies but found true solace amongst nature, and now enables others to do the same.
Rosie Amber 