Rachel M. Harrison
The Floor Beneath your Feet
You walk across floors every day without thinking about them. This book will change that forever. A fascinating journey through the hidden history of the surface beneath us — from packed earth of prehistoric settlements to the self-healing concrete of the future.
About the Book
Subtitle: How the ground we walk on shaped the world we live in Tag: Wisdom · History Cover class: c-reflect Kindle ASIN: B0GZF81MBS / $9.99 Paperback ASIN: B0GZWLXYW6 / $15.99
From the Pages
Every floor is a decision — about what to honor, what to protect, what to say to the people who walk across it.
The Floor Beneath Your FeetThe history of civilization is, in part, a history of what humanity chose to stand on. And that choice has never been neutral.
The Floor Beneath Your FeetWe walk across floors every day without thinking about them. But floors have always been thinking about us.
The Floor Beneath Your FeetThe floor of the future will not just support the body. It will respond to it, record it, and — in some cases — heal alongside it.
The Floor Beneath Your FeetThis Book Is For You If…
You love history that surprises you
This book takes something utterly ordinary and reveals the extraordinary story hiding underneath. You'll never look at a floor the same way again.
You're curious about how culture shapes everyday life
Floors are one of the most revealing artifacts of human civilization — what we stood on tells us who we were, and who we were becoming.
You want a short, rich, well-researched read
At 35 pages this is a focused, lyrical deep-dive — the kind of book you finish in one sitting and think about for weeks.
You're interested in the future of materials
The final chapters cover self-healing concrete, energy-generating tiles, and the most intelligent floors ever built.
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You've never thought about
what you're standing on.
You will now.
A short, surprising, beautifully written history of the surface that has been beneath every human being who ever lived.
Rachel M. Harrison
Trauma-Informed Coach · Author · Advocate
Rachel M. Harrison is a trauma-informed coach, author, journalist, and ordained minister whose work sits at the intersection of healing, identity, and story. She has published eleven books spanning memoir, trauma healing, leadership, personal development, and children’s literature.
She has lived what she teaches. Her books are proof of that.
