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Digging Deep: Unearthing Your Creative Roots Through Gardening
"Digging Deep teaches the art of living creatively―from envisioning and creating the garden of your dreams to cultivating and embodying more imagination, passion, and play in your daily life."―Andrew Weil, M.D., #1 New York Times best-selling author of Spontaneous HappinessDigging Deep does for gardeners what Julia Cameron's The Artist's Way and Natalie Goldberg's Writing Down the Bones has done for millions of writers and it shows how to approach your passion with an eye towards freeing your spirit and living a creative and joyful life. If you're yearning to get out of the rut you're in and cultivate more meaning and connection in your life, you'll find the encouragement and tools to make it happen in Digging Deep. Overflowing with tips, exercises, and resources, Fran Sorin's empowering guide offers much-needed inspiration in today's technology-obsessed and nature-deprived culture. This new edition features a foreword by Larry Dossey and a new introduction, where Sorin encourages us to discover the magic that takes place every day―in the garden and in life―as we engage in a playful type of creating. In her acclaimed classic, Sorin, who is a coach, speaker, writer, CBS radio news and Huffington Post contributor, and co-founder of the award-winning blog GardeningGoneWild.com, shows you how to apply her Seven Stages of Creative Awakening to unearth and connect with your own creative essence in every area of your life. You can learn more about Fran and receive free tools to help you improve your life
250 pages, Kindle Edition
Published August 16, 2016
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Fran Sorin
3 books32 followersFran Sorin is an author, coach, speaker, trainer, writer, CBS radio news and Huffington Post contributor. She is also a veteran of the media—as a media trainer, broadcaster, journalist, celebrity spokesperson, and inspirational speaker.
Her book, Digging Deep: Unearthing Your Creative Roots Through Gardening, was groundbreaking when published in 2004. It was the first book to address gardening in the context of creativity and as a tool for well-being and personal transformation. The New Revised Edition is even more vital today, because our culture has become increasingly obsessed with technology and progressively more “nature deprived.”
By the time Fran graduated from the University of Chicago, she knew that she wanted to combine her passion for living creatively with a deep desire to help people experience more fulfilling lives. She has spent more than 30 years studying, researching, experimenting, and working on her self and with clients on getting to their authentic creative selves.
Once Fran decided that she wanted to share her passion for gardening with a large audience and approached the local Fox TV station in Philadelphia about doing some gardening TV features, she became a fixture on the TV circuit. She spent years as a gardening authority on Philadelphia’s Fox and NBC stations, was the regular gardening contributor on NBC’s Weekend Today Show, and made several appearances on CNN, MSNBC, Lifetime, HGTV, DIY, and the Discovery Channel. She has also been a celebrity spokesperson for OurHouse.com, MSNBC, and Garden Weasel.
Fran is celebrating her twelfth year as a CBS Radio News correspondent. Her Digging Deep gardening features are heard several times a week on CBS Radio stations throughout the United States. She has also written dozens of articles about gardening and well-being for USA Weekend Magazine, Radius Magazine, and iVillage. Fran was instrumental in developing iVillage’s Garden Channel and was their "Green Thumb” gardening expert.
She is also the co-founder of and contributor to the award-winning gardening blog, www.gardeninggonewild.com
Fran’s website, www.FranSorin.com, focuses on personal development and offers free resources to help improve your life.
Her book, Digging Deep: Unearthing Your Creative Roots Through Gardening, was groundbreaking when published in 2004. It was the first book to address gardening in the context of creativity and as a tool for well-being and personal transformation. The New Revised Edition is even more vital today, because our culture has become increasingly obsessed with technology and progressively more “nature deprived.”
By the time Fran graduated from the University of Chicago, she knew that she wanted to combine her passion for living creatively with a deep desire to help people experience more fulfilling lives. She has spent more than 30 years studying, researching, experimenting, and working on her self and with clients on getting to their authentic creative selves.
Once Fran decided that she wanted to share her passion for gardening with a large audience and approached the local Fox TV station in Philadelphia about doing some gardening TV features, she became a fixture on the TV circuit. She spent years as a gardening authority on Philadelphia’s Fox and NBC stations, was the regular gardening contributor on NBC’s Weekend Today Show, and made several appearances on CNN, MSNBC, Lifetime, HGTV, DIY, and the Discovery Channel. She has also been a celebrity spokesperson for OurHouse.com, MSNBC, and Garden Weasel.
Fran is celebrating her twelfth year as a CBS Radio News correspondent. Her Digging Deep gardening features are heard several times a week on CBS Radio stations throughout the United States. She has also written dozens of articles about gardening and well-being for USA Weekend Magazine, Radius Magazine, and iVillage. Fran was instrumental in developing iVillage’s Garden Channel and was their "Green Thumb” gardening expert.
She is also the co-founder of and contributor to the award-winning gardening blog, www.gardeninggonewild.com
Fran’s website, www.FranSorin.com, focuses on personal development and offers free resources to help improve your life.
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January 13, 2018Disappointed. It’s mostly a self-help, inspirational book for people for whom an idea of having or creating a garden is an utter novelty. Since I’m basically a garden gnome, I could undersign every sentence in this book, yet be annoyed that such obvious things must be spelled out and fed to the reader with a tiny silver spoon. My fault. A great book for garden novices.
September 13, 2018
Kādas prasmes pieprasa 21. gadsimta darba tirgus? Izrādās, ka ne tikai prasmi pieņemt lēmumus vai risināt problēmas, bet arī - radošumu! Bet, kā attīstīt savu radošo būtību, kā būt radošam? Tieši par to ir šī grāmata, kas nav romāns, be ir tik pamudinoša un iedvesmojoša, ka to var vienkārši lasīt, lai noticētu sev un ļautos dzīvei! Tajā ir tik daudz uzmundrinājumu un pamudinājumu par to, kā attīstīt savu radošo garu, kā ļaut atplaukt savai dvēselei! Šī grāmata atveldzē dvēseli.
Lai arī grāmata stāsta par to par to, kā trenēt un attīstīt savas radošās maņas, strādājot dārzā jeb kopjot dārzu, tomēr autores piemērus un pamudinājumus var attiecināt uz jebkuru dzīves jomu. Uz jebkuru projektu, ko īstenojam vai kurš mums stāv priekšā. Grāmata iedvesmo katru, arī to, kuram nav dārza - attīstiet radošās spējas, un dzīve kļūs par ziedošu dārzu. Grāmata ir par to, kā būt radošam attieksmē pret dzīvi kā tādu. Vairāk lasīt manā blogā: https://latvietelasa.wordpress.com/20...
Lai arī grāmata stāsta par to par to, kā trenēt un attīstīt savas radošās maņas, strādājot dārzā jeb kopjot dārzu, tomēr autores piemērus un pamudinājumus var attiecināt uz jebkuru dzīves jomu. Uz jebkuru projektu, ko īstenojam vai kurš mums stāv priekšā. Grāmata iedvesmo katru, arī to, kuram nav dārza - attīstiet radošās spējas, un dzīve kļūs par ziedošu dārzu. Grāmata ir par to, kā būt radošam attieksmē pret dzīvi kā tādu. Vairāk lasīt manā blogā: https://latvietelasa.wordpress.com/20...
March 30, 2018
Dziļš ir tikai grāmatas virsraksta nosaukums. Latvijā to sauktu par ievadu vai pirmie soļi dārzkopībā. Grāmatu lasīju divas reizes, jo traucē amerikāniskā pieeja, ka ir tik daudz pozitīvu, priekšā sakošu domu, kas daudzina autori un viņas grāmatu. Man labāk patīk izlasīt un pašai veidot savu domu.
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