Name: The Well-Gardened Mind: The Restorative Power of Nature
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Author: Sue Stuart-Smith
ISBN: 9781476794488

portada The Well-Gardened Mind: The Restorative Power of Nature

Type

Physical Book

Author

Sue Stuart-Smith

Publisher

Scribner Book Company

Year

2021

Language

English

Pages

352

Format

Paperback

Dimensions

21.1 x 13.7 x 2.0 cm

Weight

0.27 kg.

ISBN13

9781476794488

Synopsis "The Well-Gardened Mind: The Restorative Power of Nature"

A distinguished psychiatrist and avid gardener presents "a truly uplifting book on the power of gardening--and how it can change people's lives" (Stylist, UK). The garden is often seen as a refuge, a place to forget worldly cares, removed from the "real" life that lies outside. When we get our hands in the earth we connect with the cycle of life in nature through which destruction and decay are followed by regrowth and renewal. Gardening is one of the quintessential nurturing activities and yet we understand so little about it. The Well-Gardened Mind provides a new perspective on the power of gardening to change people's lives. Here, Sue Stuart-Smith investigates the many ways in which mind and garden can interact and explores how the process of tending a plot can be a way of sustaining an innermost self. Stuart-Smith's own love of gardening developed as she studied to become a psychoanalytic psychotherapist. From her grandfather's return from World War I to Freud's obsession with flowers to case histories with her own patients to progressive gardening programs in such places as Rikers Island prison in New York City, Stuart-Smith weaves thoughtful yet powerful examples to argue that gardening is much more important to our cognition than we think. Recent research is showing how green nature has direct antidepressant effects on humans. "The most original gardening book ever [that] combines observation, horticulture, literature and history" (Sunday Times, UK), The Well-Gardened Mind is a book for gardeners and non-gardeners alike, and the perfect solace for people seeking healthier mental lives.

Sue Stuart-Smith

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Prominente psiquiatra y psicoterapeuta, se licenció en literatura inglesa en Cambridge antes de obtener el título de Medicina y Psiquiatría. Trabajó para el Servicio Nacional de Salud durante muchos años, convirtiéndose en la líder en psicoterapia en Hertfordshire. Actualmente es profesora en The Tavistock Clinic en Londres y es consultora del servicio DocHealth. Está casada con Tom Stuart-Smith, el célebre diseñador de jardines y, durante más de 30 años juntos, han creado el maravilloso Barn Garden en Hertfordshire.

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