Books

When I was a little girl, I didn’t care much for the company of other children, preferring that of plants, hills, rocks, and bugs. I grew up in New Caledonia, where some plants react when caressed and others eat flesh—so of course, I learned early that plants are sentient, and that they have much to say if we know how to listen.

Then I became a...

In my early forties, I thought I had it all—a stable marriage, a clear career path in geophysics—until one small out-of-body experience turned my entire worldview upside down.

Who was this “I” that could step outside my body? What, exactly, was real?

I had to find out, and so I dove down the rabbit hole. In search of truth, self, and a...