Yeah, we didn’t believe that “new you” shit, either. What was wrong with the old you we gave you? And how freeing is it to be beyond that endless grasping for self-improvement? Acceptance is all. That’s where the true progress comes from. All best with your new book and the old you.
Maria, you had me at “fuck that!”. I was a longtime subscriber of Prevention Magazine and just stumbled across this in the Substack Reads email. I’m looking forward to reading about your journey and will definitely get the audio book (I love to listen to audio books read by the writer). I’m constantly being told I should write about my life’s experiences, but haven’t the first inkling where to start so if you’d be so kind as to share details about the memoir class you took, I’d really appreciate it!
So glad to find you again! You autographed Organic Manifesto at Beyond Pesticides Conference in 2010 in Denver. Yes, Fuck that! Thank you for using that word! We taught our son to use it ONLY at home, that people outside home would interpret it badly. He was 2.
Since I’m on a mission to learn how not to be annoyed this year, I will get your book as the first purchase of this new year! However, I’m going straight for the Audible version to harmoinize when you sing in the Fungus Among Us chapter!
Great story. Did you work with Cary Oshins at Rodale Institute between 1990-1999? He was like Fern Marshall Bradley for me when we met and realize we were about to embark on something bigger than all of us. We are the fortunate ones, when we get to deeply discover and rearrange thinking about all things nature and humans.
Yeah, we didn’t believe that “new you” shit, either. What was wrong with the old you we gave you? And how freeing is it to be beyond that endless grasping for self-improvement? Acceptance is all. That’s where the true progress comes from. All best with your new book and the old you.
Maria, you had me at “fuck that!”. I was a longtime subscriber of Prevention Magazine and just stumbled across this in the Substack Reads email. I’m looking forward to reading about your journey and will definitely get the audio book (I love to listen to audio books read by the writer). I’m constantly being told I should write about my life’s experiences, but haven’t the first inkling where to start so if you’d be so kind as to share details about the memoir class you took, I’d really appreciate it!
So glad to find you again! You autographed Organic Manifesto at Beyond Pesticides Conference in 2010 in Denver. Yes, Fuck that! Thank you for using that word! We taught our son to use it ONLY at home, that people outside home would interpret it badly. He was 2.
Since I’m on a mission to learn how not to be annoyed this year, I will get your book as the first purchase of this new year! However, I’m going straight for the Audible version to harmoinize when you sing in the Fungus Among Us chapter!
This made me laugh. I agree with everything! To happiness, fun and wallowing in the real self!
Great story. Did you work with Cary Oshins at Rodale Institute between 1990-1999? He was like Fern Marshall Bradley for me when we met and realize we were about to embark on something bigger than all of us. We are the fortunate ones, when we get to deeply discover and rearrange thinking about all things nature and humans.