The Great Remembering
Powerful Ancient Practices—and the New Science Bringing Them Back
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The Great Remembering
Narrated by:
June Cohen
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June Cohen
We see it in headlines, in trendlines, in our own lives: We’ve never been more anxious, more divided, or more lost.
The problem isn’t that we lack solutions. It’s that we abandoned the ones that actually worked.
For thousands of years, across every culture on earth, humans built sophisticated “wisdom systems” to meet our deepest needs—rooted in physical challenge, sensory immersion, communal ritual, and belonging. But in our pursuit of progress, we dismantled them.
In The Great Remembering, June Cohen—co-creator of TED Talks and Masters of Scale—time travels across cultures, continents, and centuries to investigate what we left behind: Wisdom systems for communal awe and communal grief. Practices like the sauna, the festival, the epic physical challenge.
What cutting-edge neuroscience, cell biology, and psychology are now confirming is as surprising as it is obvious: These practices weren’t primitive. They were sophisticated solutions to the oldest human problems. And the science is finally proving why they worked.
The mental health crisis. The climate crisis. The crisis of social division. The rise of AI challenging our way of life. At every rupture like this, humans have looked to the past to find their way forward.
The answers are already there. We just need to remember.
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Critic reviews
I connected deeply with this book, because it lives in that very human space between our desire to be comfortable and the reality that real growth usually comes through some type of challenge. I've experienced that in sport, motherhood, in relationships, and honestly just in trying to become a more peaceful and better human. June doesn't preach or pretend to have all the answers. She explores, asks better questions, and reminds us that many of the things we're searching for today—connection, resilience, purpose, healing—may not be new discoveries or ‘hacks’ at all. We simply need to remember. And that's what makes this book so powerful. I personally need and want more of this conversation in the world. (Gabriella Reece, Host, The Gabby Reece Show; Former elite volleyball player )
Talk about a gift from the ancestors. June Cohen has spelunked to the core of our emotional existence and found a soothing surprise. What if everything we need is already within, forgotten and slumbering, waiting on us to just remember? And isn’t this profound—All of the six ancient wisdoms sing this in chorus: We are stronger in nature. We are stronger in community. You will ping constantly as you read this book, as June magically uses curiosity and discovery to resurface a soul truth: We’re all here to walk each other home and that which you need the most already knows your face. (Tamala Edwards, News and Public Affairs Anchor, ABC News - Philadelphia)
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