Field Notes on Letting Go

When Janet Howard's 25-year marriage fell apart, her life came crumbling down. As she sat in the rubble, she realized that the only way to move forward was to confront a painful past and learn to let go. Leaving her 33-year career, Janet headed to Hawaii to put an end to what was and find the beginning of what's next. Embarking on a vision quest, she immersed herself in the natural world and received a message of trust and divine guidance. She started to see nature as a safe place to learn valuable lessons for navigating life and healing. 

Janet offers hope and insights through inspirational essays and heart-centered stories to help others feel less alone with life's challenges and instead embrace difficult life experiences as initiations, offering wisdom and hidden gifts. On her spiritual journey, Janet realized that, creating real change in the world, - environmentally, socially, politically, spiritually, - starts with ourselves. Heal ourselves, heal each other, and heal the world.

Field Notes on Letting Go is for people that want to drop the script they've been forced to follow, write a new narrative, and live free from fear. It is accompanied by Field Notes on Letting Go - A Pondering Workbook for further exploration of the landscape of life, connection to nature, and to your inner child for healing and personal freedom.

Field Notes on Letting Go is Janet Howard's first book. Janet's passion for the planet drives her lifestyle, seva (selfless service) and spiritual practice. After a 33-year career in health care sustainability, she stepped out beyond her garden gate, outside the boundary of her perceived sense of safety, into the wide-open world. With a focus on healing and learning how to slow down, Janet continued her lessons from nature and documented her journey. Janet is happiest when she is with her children, playing with friends, quietly exploring nature and adventuring. She splits her time among Massachusetts, Maine, Hawaii and wherever she is drawn to visit. Explore her website at www.rosehip26.com for updates, pondering blog, Kundalini yoga classes, and healing offerings. Find her on Instagram at Rosehip26 and facebook at Janet.howard.rosehip26.

About the Illustrator

Lily Moon is an illustrator and storyteller currently living with her partner and a menagerie consisting of two feisty canines and one very adorable kitten, in the wild and verdant Troodos mountains on the island of Cyprus. She is a newly diagnosed MS warrior who finds solace in nature, her drawing and writing, her furry family and the
kindness of strangers. Her favorite language is line and color and her favorite place in the whole world is a spot on her sofa where she can sit with her menagerie and lose herself whilst working in her sketchbook.