Life Hikes, Renee Brown Harmon, MD
Life Hikes, Renee Brown Harmon, MD
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Life Hikes
Walking Through Loss to What Comes After

Author: Renee Brown Harmon, MD

Narrator: Renee Brown Harmon, MD

Unabridged: 5 hr 18 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 10/29/2025


Synopsis

A powerful and hopeful essay collection exploring grief, courage, and the healing power of nature.In October 2018, Dr. Renée Brown Harmon lost her husband, Harvey, to younger-onset Alzheimer’s disease when he was only fifty-eight years old. After Harvey’s passing and nearly a decade of caring for him, Harmon found solace in hiking, nature, and travel—discovering that even when she felt frozen in her grief, her feet would keep her moving.With Life Hikes, a memoir in three parts, Harmon shares her journey of self-discovery in the wake of loss with authenticity, candor, and grace. From an encounter with gigantic Galápagos tortoises to the 19,000-foot summit of Mount Kilimanjaro to the mythology-steeped Greek island of Ithaca, she explores the parts of herself and the edges of her grief that will ultimately bring her through it.Like Harmon’s acclaimed first memoir, Surfing the Waves of Alzheimer’s, this collection is a triumphant tale of finding a new and authentic life through kindness, community, mindfulness, and the knowledge that the search for lost strength can sometimes reveal new and more powerful versions of ourselves.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Barbara on October 04, 2025

Renee Harmon’s husband, Harvey, died in 2018 from younger‑onset Alzheimer’s disease when he was fifty‑eight, after which, she spent about 10 years caring for him. After his death, she discovered that nature — particularly hiking and travel and patient observation — helped to move her through grief.......more

Goodreads review by Jill on October 17, 2025

Dr Harmon takes us into the forest along with her grief to share this journey of healing. Hiking in cozy woodlands and up rugged mountains provides the solace and strength to make a new beginning. Her grief and bewilderment are the result of her husband's Alzheimer's diagnosis. As a reader, I felt t......more

Goodreads review by Roger on October 04, 2025

What a good book for grieving people -- very uplifting, with good advice and heartfelt stories. Renee has done herself a great favor, along with many others, through this exploration of loss and how hiking and being in nature can be good medicine. The author could have gone along with her first incl......more

Goodreads review by Claire Parker on September 07, 2025

Dr. Harmon gives the reader insights into her thoughts and feelings before, during and following her beloved husband Harvey’s illness. She can go back to the “before” and provide hope for the person charged with caregiving, then encourage the caregiver during the long journey with practical advice a......more

Goodreads review by Pam on October 04, 2025

Like Renee Harmon’s heartfelt first book about caring for her husband who had Alzheimer’s disease, this story is told with candor and optimism. The author leads us further down her own journey of love, loss, and starting over. Her observations about nature’s miracles — from the Redwoods to a bit of......more