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Sarah Wilson’s nomadic, desert dream
· 1 h 00 min · S9 E6
Episode Sarah Wilson’s nomadic, desert dream
A friend of Sarah Wilson’s once told her she was always ‘looking for trouble’. It is clear from this episode that the best-selling Australian author, podcaster and TV presenter is hard-wired for restlessness. A self-confessed ‘edge-seeker’, constantly pushing boundaries in a flirtation with life, she proves a fascinating guest to discuss ideas of rest with Katherine.
Finding the pressures of a small cabin or ‘being good at rest’ too claustrophobic and restrictive, Sarah instead finds ultimate peace being out in the ancient, Australian desert. The dry heat, crunchy dirt underfoot and minimal distractions in a monotonous landscape are where she feels truly alive. It’s the great equaliser. A place to feel what Oliver Burkeman calls ‘cosmic insignificance’. It’s also just one of the many extraordinary and often surprising places she has perfected the ultimate tent-life; much to Katherine’s horror who practically shudders at just the word tent!
A truly original vision of rest from someone who has learnt to integrate work and leisure to such an extent that rest has been rendered meaningless.
Links from the episode:
Sarah’s website https://sarahwilson.com/
Sarah’s book I Eat the Stars
Sarah’s podcast Wild with Sarah Wilson
Sarah’s Substack https://substack.com/@sarahwilson
Katherine’s new book, Tending: How Care Binds the World is out in March and you can pre-order it here https://katherine-may.co.uk/tending
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Production Credits
Guest Booker and Admin Support - Meghan Hutchins
Substack Manager - Rebecca Armstrong
Producer - Alice Lloyd
Music - The Leaf Library @theleaflibrary
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Links in the notes 12
- https://sarahwilson.com/
- https://uk.bookshop.org/p/books/i-eat-the-stars-how-to-live-fully-and-beautifully-in-a-collapsing-world-sarah-wilson/059db28b850a7d34?ean=9781837827213
- https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/wild-with-sarah-wilson/id1548626341
- https://substack.com/@sarahwilson
- https://katherine-may.co.uk/tending
- https://katherine-may.co.uk/enchantment
- https://katherine-may.co.uk/wintering
- https://uk.bookshop.org/a/1124/9781409172512
- https://bookshop.org/books/the-electricity-of-every-living-thing-a-woman-s-walk-in-the-wild-to-find-her-way-home/9781612199603
- https://www.instagram.com/katherinemay_/
- https://katherine-may.co.uk/
- https://acast.com/privacy
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