God Is An Octopus: Loss, Love and a Calling to Nature

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I highly recommend this book to anyone who has lost someone or has a friend who is struggling with their grief at losing someone as I think it would be very helpful. Reading this book enhanced my connections with nature and I have been wandering around my garden looking at it differently since.

I feel the same rage against such mindless persecution, this is what drove me to leave the UK and find work in the wildlife conservation of other wilder nations. You can change your choices at any time by visiting Cookie preferences, as described in the Cookie notice.Ben Goldsmith is a British financier, philanthropist and environmentalist who has been at the forefront of campaigns for more rewilding in Britain and Europe.

In The Psychology of Money, award-winning author Morgan Housel shares 19 short stories exploring the strange ways people think about money. God is an octopus may be a huge comfort for readers who are seeking meaning and purpose through nature, religion, or spirituality. Ben is a leading light in the rewilding movement in Britain and Europe, as well as a pioneer of green investment. Plunging into the cold water of a pond, while subsumed by grief he notes, “I felt nature enveloping me, reassuring me, beneath a sun that shone hot even as it approached the conclusion of its long, daily descent westwards”. In this five-part series, US happiness expert and positive psychologist Michelle Gielan and British journalist and author Oliver Burkeman explore ways to become truly happier, backed up by scientific evidence.

She was speaking at the Hay Festival, the renowned annual literary event held in the village of Hay-on-Wye. We read about Ben's year of immersing himself within nature and his quest to find solace and meaning. Some losses, like death, cannot be reversed, but others, like what humans have done to the natural environment, can. Just reading the review I am amazed by your courage to commit to paper and share with the world such a devastating experience. Reading this book has made me appreciate the beauty of wildlife again and enjoying the life around us.