A luxurious, visually rich guide to filling each day with radical pleasure, with illuminating wisdom on wellness, food, décor, nature, and more, from world-famous lifestyle brand Flamingo Estate. Perched high above Los Angeles and nestled within a lush orchard and verdant gardens, sits Flamingo Estate, a pleasure-filled enclave of nature worship, folk mythologies, and powerful healing remedies. At Flamingo, Mother Earth is the ultimate luxury and pleasure is a human right. In this enchanting guide, Flamingo Estate’s visionary founder Richard Christiansen invites you to immerse yourself in the alluring magic of the estate. Presenting fifteen pleasure principles inspired by nature''s wisdom, Christiansen reveals how a deep relationship with earthly delights offers a life of transcendent pleasure and beauty. Discover how to flirt like an orchid, embrace winters like a plum tree, work like wisteria, and court your shadow like the fern. Combining hundreds of sumptuous images and luxurious rituals for wellbeing with stories from Christiansen’s own journey of awakening, The Guide to Becoming Alive is a rousing call to reject a life of tedium and luxuriate in the radical pleasures of the natural world. Featuring contributions from luminaries in food, activism, wellness, and the arts, including: Jane Fonda John Legend Chrissy Teigen Jane Goodall Alice Waters Martha Stewart David de Rothschild Elise Loehnen Erica Chidi Ellen Degeneres Terry Tempest Williams Dr. Nigma Talib + More

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Richard Christiansen is a beloved and respected leader in food and wellness. His world-renowned brand Flamingo Estate has been covered by a wide range of outlets, including the New York Times, Architectural Digest, Food + Wine, Vogue, The Ellen DeGeneres Show, goop, Forbes, and many others. He cultivates an immense variety of plants, flowers, fruits, and vegetables at Flamingo Estate and works with a collection of over 120 farms to produce a range of luxury apothecary products, including candles, lotions, soaps, honey, and more—all celebrated for their quality and sustainability.

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From inside the walls of Flamingo Estate—an abundant, visually rich guide to filling each day with radical pleasure, including wisdom on wellness, food, activism, design, nature, work, love, and more.

Perched high above Los Angeles and nestled within a lush orchard and verdant gardens sits Flamingo Estate, a pleasure-filled enclave of nature worship, folk mythologies, and powerful healing remedies. At Flamingo, Mother Earth is the ultimate luxury and pleasure is a human right.

Flamingo Estate’s founder, Richard Christiansen, invites you inside his home and to meet his friends and heroes. Presenting fifteen pleasure principles inspired by nature's wisdom, Christiansen reveals how a deep relationship with nature offers a life of pleasure and joy.

Discover how to flirt like an orchid, embrace winters like a plum tree, work like wisteria, and court your shadow like the fern. Combining hundreds of images and luxurious rituals for well-being with stories from Christiansen’s own journey of awakening, Flamingo Estate: The Guide to Becoming Alive is a rousing call to reject a life of tedium and luxuriate in the radical pleasures of the natural world. 

Featuring conversations with luminaries from food, activism, wellness, and the arts, including:

• Jane Fonda
• Martha Stewart
• John Legend
• Chrissy Teigen
• Jane Goodall
• Alice Waters
• Kelly Wearstler
• David de Rothschild
• Elise Loehnen
• Erica Chidi
• Ellen DeGeneres
• Terry Tempest Williams
• • More

CELEBRATED AUTHOR AND BRAND: Richard Christiansen is a beloved and respected leader in food, wellness, and business. His global brand, Flamingo Estate, has been covered by a wide range of outlets, including the New York Times, Architectural Digest, Food + Wine, Vogue, Oprah, goop, Forbes, and many others. Flamingo Estate has grown from his own home to a family of over 125 farms and collaborators, producing over 150 products, including candles, beauty products, kitchen essentials, fresh vegetables, and much more—all celebrated for their quality and traceability.

Perfect for:

• Fans of Flamingo Estate
• Food and wellness enthusiasts 
• Anyone experiencing burnout or seeking stress relief
• Décor enthusiasts and readers of Architectural Digest and Oprah
• Fans of Kelly Wearstler and Martha Stewart
• People interested in slow living and sustainability
• Flower lovers and gardeners
• Mother's Day gift shoppers
• Readers of Michael Pollan, Peter Attia, Arthur C. Brooks, and Natalie Walton

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From inside the walls of Flamingo Estatean abundant, visually rich guide to filling each day with radical pleasure, including wisdom on wellness, food, activism, design, nature, work, love, and more.