Ebb and Flow

Dr. Easkey Britton is a surfer, writer, artist, film-maker, coach and marine social scientist, with a PhD in Environment and Society. A life-long surfer, she was taught to surf at the age of four, and she now channels her passion for the sea and surfing into social change. Her promotion of female surfing in Iran is explored in her TEDx talk Just Add Surf and the award-winning documentary Into the Sea. She is the author of Saltwater in the Blood (Watkins, 2021).

"We need this book now more than ever. We need its urgent, delicate truths; it's insistent call to action – for the good of the feminine, mothering, nourishing waters – and all we share them with." —Kerri ní Dochartaigh, bestselling author of Thin Places"In this deeply empathic and practical handbook, scientist and surfer Easkey Britton distills her learnings to help us understand how water connects us all." —Bonnie Tsui, bestselling author of Why We Swim"There is no better way to reconnect to the universal healing power of water than through stories – and there's no better storyteller than Easkey Britton." —Dr. Wallace J Nichols, NYT bestselling author of Blue Mind"An evocative book that brings the water to you, and you to the water."—Dr. Catherine Kelly, author of Blue Places"This book will change your relationship with water forever." —Manchán Magan, bestselling author of Listen to the Land Speak"In this book, Easkey brings the reader on a journey that is filled with wisdom, reminding us that water, the ocean and wellness are all interconnected." —Lea d'Auriol, founder of Oceanic Global"Few writers have the extraordinary empathy and connection Easkey brings from her life spent getting wet in wild and wonderful ways"—Ed Gillespie, author of Only Planet and Small Dreams of a Seahorse"Weaving together poignant threads of personal experience with diverse knowledges from around the world, Ebb & Flow moves us to reconsider the deeply reciprocal relationships between people and water." —Dr. Sarah Bell, senior lecturer in health geography, University of Exeter"Sharing ancient wisdom for modern life, Ebb & Flow offers an experiential journey to reconnect to water, to ourselves and to life itself."—Pat Divilly, coach, podcaster and author of Fit Mind"Ebb & Flow is a concise, reader-friendly page-turner that successfully integrates the scientific wisdom of Indigenous traditions, the voices of marginalized people, the latest in cutting-edge research and, of course, the author's own dynamic perspective."—Prof Susan Prescott, MD, PhD, FRACP, Professor of Paediatrics at University of Western Australia, Director of the Nova Network