An immersive, enriching and sensory journey of healing, one wild plant at a time.
'The wild is never finished. It insists on returning, on reweaving, on remaking what has been broken. And it was the wild that first taught me I could do the same. I didn't come to plants as a scholar or a healer. I came as someone who had forgotten how to belong to herself. I came raw, fractured, emptied out by years of surviving. I came because I needed to find away back into my own body.'
In a series of viscerally alive chapters, exploring the wildlife, folklore and medicinal properties of common wild flowers and trees, Brigit Anna McNeill tells her own story of recovery and rewilding.
Herbalist, trained therapist, and popular Instagram and Substack writer McNeill explains how the natural cycle of dispersal, growth and bloom can inspire our recovery from trauma, stress and illness. By weaving together both the beauty and psychology of reciprocity and non-human connection, she deepens our interaction with the wildness to be found both in the city and the woodlands beyond.
The Wild Within illuminates a botanical path of self-care.
| ISBN: | 9781914613258 |
| Publication date: | 8th January 2026 |
| Author: | Brigit Anna McNeill |
| Publisher: | September an imprint of Duckworth Books |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 288 pages |
| Genres: |
Nature therapy Herbal medicine and remedies Coping with / advice about PTSD and other psychological traumas Coping with / advice about stress Natural and wild gardening |
An immersive, enriching and sensory journey of healing, one wild plant at a time.
'The wild is never finished. It insists on returning, on reweaving, on remaking what has been broken. And it was the wild that first taught me I could do the same. I didn't come to plants as a scholar or a healer. I came as someone who had forgotten how to belong to herself. I came raw, fractured, emptied out by years of surviving. I came because I needed to find away back into my own body.'
In a series of viscerally alive chapters, exploring the wildlife, folklore and medicinal properties of common wild flowers and trees, Brigit Anna McNeill tells her own story of recovery and rewilding.
Herbalist, trained therapist, and popular Instagram and Substack writer McNeill explains how the natural cycle of dispersal, growth and bloom can inspire our recovery from trauma, stress and illness. By weaving together both the beauty and psychology of reciprocity and non-human connection, she deepens our interaction with the wildness to be found both in the city and the woodlands beyond.
The Wild Within illuminates a botanical path of self-care.
The Wild Within features in the following genres: Nature therapy, Herbal medicine and remedies, Coping with / advice about PTSD and other psychological traumas, Coping with / advice about stress, Natural and wild gardening
The Wild Within is available in Paperback
The Wild Within was written by Brigit Anna McNeill and published by September an imprint of Duckworth Books
The Wild Within has 288 pages
£13.49