Fierce Consciousness

Surviving the Sorrows of Earth and Self

Calliope Books, 2023

When grief and anxiety beat us down, the struggle to cope can feel like it’s crushing us even more. To meet big challenges we need to develop fierce consciousness. Trebbe Johnson offers 35 smart, sassy, bold practices for not only surviving tough 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.

“Unabashedly courageous and edgy, wise and poignant, Trebbe Johnson recognizes that each of us is a makeweight in the shaping of any possible future for us and the planet. She turns away from nothing, inviting each of us to find our deep affection for this beleaguered world and to put our love on the line.”
—Francis Weller, Author of The Wild Edge of Sorrow