It has been apparent for many years that humanity needs to slow down, and this may be our opportunity. This book explores ways to embrace slower living and become more self-reliant, while recognising the interconnectedness of everyone and everything.

With perspectives from across the globe and a host of journal prompts to help you capture your own experience of this time, this book will be a comfort, and a gentle reminder of all we have to be grateful for.

It is an invitation to pause, breathe, and simply do the best we can in the situation we are in. In doing so, we can open up space for reflection, rejuvenation, and hope, as we embrace the present and reimagine how we want to live.

We are in this together. We will get through this together.

And maybe, just maybe, the world will be a better place on the other side.