Prologue: The Apple 1
Introduction: A Mystery 5
Part I The Crack in the Old Story
1. The Wand 17
2. Imbalance 27
3. The Grief Exception 38
4. The First Flag on the Moon 45
Part II Disconnection: Nine Causes of Depression and Anxiety
5. Picking Up the Flag (An Introduction to Part Two) 59
6. Cause One: Disconnection from Meaningful Work 61
7. Cause Two: Disconnection from Other People 72
8. Cause Three: Disconnection from Meaningful Values 91
9. Cause Four: Disconnection from Childhood Trauma 106
10. Cause Five: Disconnection from Status and Respect 116
11. Cause Six: Disconnection from the Natural World 123
12. Cause Seven: Disconnection from a Hopeful or Secure Future 132
13. Causes Eight and Nine: The Real Role of Genes and Brain Changes 143
Part III Reconnection. Or, a Different Kind of Antidepressant
14. The Cow 159
15. We Built This City 164
16. Reconnection One: To Other People 179
17. Reconnection Two: Social Prescribing 189
18. Reconnection Three: To Meaningful Work 201
19. Reconnection Four: To Meaningful Values 211
20. Reconnection Five: Sympathetic Joy, and Overcoming Addiction to the Self 218
21. Reconnection Six: Acknowledging and Overcoming Childhood Trauma 241
22. Reconnection Seven: Restoring the Future 245
Conclusion: Homecoming 255
Acknowledgments 265
Notes 269
Index 305