This may be my favorite self care book I’ve ever read. I felt empowered after reading some of the 100 ways suggested in the book. This was fun, and aggressively satisfying. Green drinks be gone!

This guide book offers a lot to the readers. Whether you are new to self care books or just love to learn more skills, you won’t be disappointed. This book helps you understand the chaos of life and how to work with it, instead of fighting against it. It’s a smooth balance you have to learn to understand.

Allowing yourself to get back to nature and find comfort within nature. Understanding that everything in life has a cycle including us. We as humans tend to slow down when the weather shifts cold, just as nature understands the gentle changes. Being barefoot outside is a practice that I do weekly if not more, it helps and allows me to ground myself.

Living a sustainable lifestyle is another key point in this journey and process. So when I say self help, it’s not in the typical sense of the word. This book is bringing you back to the roots of life and the cycles we share with nature, animals, and the planet. It’s unlearning the lessons we have learned from society.

I plan on purchasing this physical copy.

This book is a perfect example of making up a concept and then really, really backing yourself! It has lots of general statements about what people need, based on the author's feelings, rather than any facts. I generally agree with the suggestions in this book (get outside, connect with nature, loose the shoes, drop out of consumerist culture, take a walk) but here is also a lot of chat bout our animal nature, the sensory gremlin that lives in your animal body, and generalisations about what "you" need. This book is very negative about "wellness" but is part of that ongoing tradition criticising this while selling it back to people. The book does not contain much that is original, it's a collection of concepts from various sources and traditions, largely unacknowledged. It wasn't as cute as I think it was trying to be and I found it quite frustrating and simplistic. Suggestions like "ditch the guilt" "movement is medicine""approach sexuality without guilt or shame" are great, but not actually useful. Claiming that smearing food on your face is good for your skin is just strange. Apparently bananas have lots of vitamins, so putting them on your face must be a good idea. Nothing in this book is particularly wrong, offensive or dangerous, it's just all removed from any cultural context except industrialisation. It did not work for me, but this book might find it's audience in people looking for a simple (simplistic?) way to uplift themselves.

I was given an e-Arc in exchange for an honest review.

There are some tid-bits in this book that are helpful and fun. It is lengthy so I’m sure there’s something in this book you can relate to. I think a lot of the stuff is obvious but could be good reminders for self-care. I’m not sure I’m going to be taking anything from it or encouraging my people to read it, but if you’re looking for an extensive book of tips for imperfect people, it’s not bad.

Mandi Em is a self-professed wellness witch, and her book "Feral Self-Care" is totally my speed. I agree with so much of what Mandi describes here, I enjoy the casual language she uses, and so many of these suggestions are actually simple, affordable, and approachable. Many of her core ideas are fundamentally healing-- getting closer to the nature, shedding guilt and expectation, embracing pleasure, caring for your inner child, moving your body and exploring your senses, etc. And it's nice to have them all laid out in one place. However, the book is quite long for something so simple, and many of the same ideas are repeated over and over.

"Feral Self-Care" is a refreshing, kind, and holistic view on self-care. As someone who is often described by my loved ones as "feral", I was drawn to this book because of it's cover, title, and overall description. I love self-help books as a whole genre but I especially loved that "Feral Self-Care" hits the root of who we are as humans. The peace that can be found in nature is one that I don't think is talked about often enough, and I appreciate that Mandi Em took the time to shine a light on an important piece of self-care.

In an era where we often consider self-care to be the newest fad on Instagram, I appreciate the new take on taking care of yourself. Getting back to our base animalistic selves where humans grew from is vital to helping our bodies and minds. I can't wait to put Mandi Em's suggestions into practice!

The ultimate self help book for those who HATE self help books!

Feral Self Care is simply put, a delight! It's equal parts wild and thoughtful and the perfect foil to the ever present perfectionism that were pushed to achieve.

This would be at home on a bedside table, the prefect thing to grab when one needs a gentle reminder that wild and ragged can be beautiful too!

Thank you, Adams Media, for the advance reading copy.

This self care guidebook has a lot to offer. A LOT!

This book is for you whenever you’re looking for something that would make you forget everything and just chill for a few hours whenever you get time.

The book is written in a fun and practical way. It has a lot to do with making the best of what we have and nature.

I love the little exercises given in each section.

Just experience most of the stress leaving you instantaneously while you are reading this book. But also I would like to say that the purpose of such books is actually make you want to practice the little things mentioned. It’s perfectly fine to not read the book cover to cover. Find your part according to the section you need the most at the moment and just go for it.

This book is about radical acceptance of self through nature, nurture, spirit, and community. It puts a new twist on nature therapy, individualism, mindfulness, and meditation for wellness, as well as activities to help relax and release tension from life. It also gives the reader ideas on how to re-wild your home and living environment. I would recommend this read for those beginning a journey on a nature-based lifestyle, with these simple and creative endeavors. A good read.

Honestly, pretty disappointing. I love the idea of this book and I do think there are some good ideas in here but the problem with this book is it is way too wordy. I read the first half and it was so hard to get through so I ended up just skimming the second half. This book could've been cut in half and been better. There was a lot of repeating of almost the same phrases in every single section. All of them talking about embracing your primal / goblin / gremlin / etc self. Even some of the ideas seemed to be repeated multiple times just written in a different way. It's sad because I feel like this is a really creative tool that could be useful in daily life but because of the way it's written I can't see myself going back to this or recommending it to anyone.

This book is a huge collection of ideas to help someone focus (or re-focus) on being present in the moment. While it's a great collection of recommendations, it felt like each of them were things I already knew to do: scream in a pillow, plan a nature hike, eat mindfully, etc. I wasn't aware the author is a practicing witch, which if I'm honest, probably skews my perspective of the recommendations. They feel a little "fluffy" and things I would have figured out how to do on my own. There's no real research or case studies to support the activities -- it's all based on how it feels and trial and error for the reader. Don't get me wrong - if you need ideas on how to "find yourself" this is the book for you.

"Feral Self-Care" presents a unique approach to self-care, offering unconventional ideas and perspectives. While the content is good and provides some valuable insights, the book could benefit from a more structured format and the inclusion of illustrations or visual aids to break up the text. Personally, I found the book overwhelming and ended up skimming through most of it, losing interest along the way. It may resonate with those seeking a different take on self-care, but it wasn't the right fit for me.

I really enjoyed reading this self care guide with a focus on feral and wildness. It felt different to usual self care guides with some great tips!

Many self-care books feel repetitive, rehashing the same old suggestions that often have a "buy this and feel better" undertone to them. But Mandi Em has pulled together a fun, fearless, and fantastic collection of ways to tap into your wild side, reconnect with nature and with your true self, and embrace being you in all your glorious flaws and facets. She rejects the idea that self-care is a commodity: instead, she wants readers to embrace their messiness, engage their senses, and cultivate both community and creativity -- all in ways that are free for the reclaiming!

Certainly there are a lot of familiar ideas here: grounding or walking barefoot to revive your connection to the earth, self-massage, setting your body free in dance, or enjoying a mindful meal. But she also digs deeper and suggests a walk on the unfettered side with tips like spending more time skygazing or creating unhinged affirmations like "I am a special little chaos demon." (I mean, who isn't?) Em goes a little deeper into the WHY behind each of the tips with a little cultural or scientific or psychological reasoning to show how these things make us feel better.

Even just reading the book is self-care, because it's likely to have you laughing and eager to let yourself indulge in some fun. Frankly, I felt like Em had followed me around to see some of the offbeat things I do to take care of myself (because who can afford a regular spa day in the days of end-stage capitalism???), and knowing these things often give me a boost, I hope they will do the same for you. 4 stars.

Thank you, Adams Media and NetGalley, for providing an eARC of this book. Opinions expressed here are solely my own.

The name of this book draw me in especially at a time I need it. I liked it found it useful I’ve even wrote some notes down. I am looking at buying it in paperback for my auntie who I think would also enjoy it

Feral self care is a no bs guide to rewilding yourself and connecting with nature. This alternative self care book takes a mind body spirit approach to self care but goes against the traditional Pink fluffy self care that is normally peddled.
This book encourages you to embrace imperfection and "dance in the rain".

With sections on:
Cozying Up to Mother Nature: -REWILDING FOR WELLNESS
Sensory Gremlin: - EMBRACING THE FELT EXPERIENCES OF THE BODY
Chaos and Creativity: - LIBERATING YOURSELF THROUGH CREATIVE EXPRESSION AND PLAY
The Swamp of the Self: NAVIGATING YOUR INNER DEPTHS
The Village Around You: EMBRACING THE HUMAN NEED FOR COMMUNITY

This truly is the alternate self care guide we need

I think, if this book were less wordy and more structured with graphics and less pontificating that this book feels like. I think that the overall content was nice, but it was missing some spacing and graphics. I liked the actual 100 ways listed in the book! I just think it was more wordy than I expected. I did wish that the “How to Do It” for each list, included the thing that you were supposed to be doing, like “How to [#3 in the list]”. 2.5/5 Stars.

I wasn’t impressed with the self help methods in this book. Many of them seemed obvious, or asinine. I found myself skimming through the majority of the book as I lost interest in the matter. Thanks for the advanced review copy, but I wouldn’t recommend.

There are some decent ideas in here, but the tone is just not for me. For example, prompts like “do a goblin body shake” just really don’t resonate with me. Lots of the phrasing was awkward or felt odd to me, and a lot of the prompts were the same basic suggestions you see anywhere else.