Unlocking the Secret Power of Awe: How Wonder Transforms Trauma into Healing
The statement felt rich with personal meaning. I could recall similar times in my own life, either with friends in rural New England or on long Colorado hikes with no hope of a signal, and just having to sit with ambiguity. Since we couldn’t immediately ease the discomfort of not knowing, sometimes that cleared the way for guessing, weird free-association, play, and wonder. It’s not difficult for me to recognize some relationship here between the frustration of unanswered questions and creativity, and seeking wonder seems to be an important part of this. What was unclear to me before reading Healing Through Wonder: How Awe Restores Us Through Trauma and Loss (Bloomsbury, 2026) was the direct relationship between wonder and healing.
