Digging Deep

If you’re yearning to get out of the rut you're in and cultivate more meaning and connection in life, Digging Deep offers the encouragement and tools to make it happen. Overflowing with tips, exercises, and resources, this instructive and inspirational guide is even more vital in today’s increasingly technology obsessed and nature deprived culture than when first published 10 years ago. From Fran, you’ll learn how to bloom right along with your garden and use gardening as a conduit for experiencing creativity as a rich and dynamic lifelong journey. The 7 Stages of Creative Awakening will take you through the steps of removing self-doubt and replacing it with strategies that will help you trust your instincts, let your imagination run wild, take risks, envision and design the garden of your dreams, reclaim your playfulness, and live the life you’re meant to—one filled with joy, well-being, and creativity.

Also available in e-book format, $4.95, 978-0990791911.

"Digging Deep teaches the art of living creatively--from envisioning and creating the garden of your dreams to cultivating and embodying more imagination, passion, and play in your daily life. A profound and inspiring book." ~ Andrew Weil, M.D., author of Spontaneous Happiness

This book has heaven's kiss of inspiration upon it! Fran Sorin is a muse, revealing how the art of gardening powerfully activates the creative force within, invigorating and unifying us in body, mind, and spirit." ~ Michael Bernard Beckwith, author of Life Visioning

"Captivating and enchanting! Fran Sorin understands that a garden should be a playground for our imaginations, and a place that is as lively, entertaining, and ever-changing as our own creative spark. A must-read for anyone who wishes to find themselves in the garden--and for everyone who didn't know they could." ~ Amy Stewart, author of The Drunken Botanist

"Gardening civilizes us, heals us, inspires us. Fran Sorin, in this wonderful book, shows the way." ~ Larry Dossey, M.D., author of One Mind: How Our Individual Mind Is Part of a Greater Consciousness and Why It Matters

"Digging Deep strikes a deep chord about the sacred act of gardening and humankind's primal need to get our hands in the earth and connect with nature. For Fran Sorin, gardening is a playful ritual that transcends our normal consciousness--it's pure rapture and a profound tool for creating meaning and beauty. Digging Deep is a spiritual treasure." ~ Fr. Richard Rohr, O.F.M., author of Eager to Love

"Fran Sorin's seven-step process can help anyone cultivate a happier, more fulfilled and joyful life." ~ Lama Surya Das, author of Buddha Standard Time

"Digging Deep is a gardening bible for the disbeliever--a gentle and inspiring guide to the spiritual journey awaiting you in your own backyard. Beautiful, helpful, and wise." ~ Karen Maezen Miller, author of Paradise in Plain Sight

“Fran Sorin is a philosopher-gardener whose love for plants and people shines through every page. Digging Deep is a lens that gives a fresh look at the art of growing things. By connecting gardening with what is most fundamental in our own lives, she shows how it is a creative pursuit that nourishes body and soul.” ~ Debra Lee Baldwin, author of Designing with Succulents

Fran is planning a Whistle Stop book and speaking tour, Spring 2015. She has speaking engagements lined up at flower and garden shows in Philadelphia, Nashville, Chicago, San Francisco, Austin, and New York City. She’ll also be creating events at retail stores in each of those cities. Beyond a simple book signing or talk, Fran plans on using her strengths as an inspirational speaker and experiential/interactive workshop leader to create exciting events that will pull the crowds in if appropriately advertised through mailings and the media.

A media veteran (appearances on NBCs Weekend Today Show, CNN, MSNBC, Lifetime, HGTV, DIY, and Discovery; writing extensively for USA Weekend Magazine, Radius Magazine, and iVillage; celebrating her tenth year as a CBS Radio News correspondent) Fran will be using TV and radio appearances to get the message out about Digging Deep and her Whistle Stop speaking tour. She’s booked to appear on a nationally syndicated PBS television show and will be appearing on morning TV shows and radio in every city she visits.

Fran’s focus for 2015 will be speaking at events where she can talk about the importance of gardening and connecting with nature as tools for well-being.