Unlocking the Secret Power of Awe: How Wonder Transforms Trauma into Healing
I think readers who enjoyed What My Bones Know by Stephanie Foo or the wonderful Awe by Dacher Keltner will also want to read Val Walker’s Healing Through Wonder: How Awe Restores Us Through Trauma and Loss. A capacity for wonder, with all of its childlike connotations, is a chronically undervalued quality, but connection to wonder may be necessary for healing, and not something to grow out of. Cynicism is cold company for the long haul, after all, so it is heartening to read that there’s actually resilience and strength to be found in wonder.
