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Things I Learned from Falling

By: Claire Nelson
Narrated by: Claire Nelson
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About this listen

An inspirational and gripping first-person account of determination, adversity and survival against the odds.

In 2018, Claire Nelson made international headlines. She was in her thirties and was beginning to burn out - her hectic London life of work and social activity and striving to do more and do better in the big city was frenetic and stressful. Although she was surrounded by people all of the time, she felt increasingly lonely.

When the anxiety she felt finally brought her to breaking point, Claire decided to take some time off and travelled to Joshua Tree Park in California to hike and clear her head. What happened next was something she could never have anticipated.

While hiking, Claire fell 25 feet, gravely injuring herself and she lay alone in the desert - mistakenly miles off any trail, without a cell phone signal, fighting for her life. She lay in the elements for four days until she was miraculously found - her rescuers had not expected to find her alive.

In THINGS I LEARNED FROM FALLING Claire tells her incredible story and what it taught her about loneliness, anxiety and transformation and how to survive it all.

©2019 Claire Nelson (P)2019 Octopus Publishing Group Adventurers, Explorers & Survival Art & Literature Hiking Journalists, Editors & Publishers Outdoors & Nature Personal Development Personal Success Survival

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Critic reviews

'Uplifting and brave' - Stylist

'A riveting account of loneliness, anxiety and survival' - Cosmopolitan

'A vibrantly physical book' - the Guardian
All stars
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Well written, Well presented, Great lessons
Enjoyed listening the audio book
Thank you for sharing your story.
Recommend!!

What a pleasure to listen to such a great book

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lovely description and frank, honest character flaws that are investigated to reveal a lesson learned. I enjoyed listening to it. I also saw a lot of me which I now need to deal with. thank you.

A humble description of falling & living

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Incredible story, beautifully written, Claire is a true inspiration and the story she tells is so honest heartfelt.

Incredible

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Initially I thought this would be about lots of travelling (good for while we are unable to at the moment) with an accident in it somewhere and subsequent recovery. It turned out to be so much more with honest descriptions of desperate moments mixed with laughing at lizards doing press-ups. This is a book with so much more than just travelling and surviving an awful accident, it’s about how to deal with life and making the very most of it. Thank you x

Couldn’t stop listening

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Really interesting story of Claire’s experiences of the physical fall as well as a boarder fall in life and what she learnt from it. Loads of things to take away from it. A really quick and easy listen. Narration felt a little unnatural - perhaps over-performanced.

Really great story with parallels drawn between the fall itself and broader fall in life

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