What to Read
“Slow travel is a mindset: It means tamping down our own built-in, conditioned obsessions with time and allowing the world to move just a little slower so that we can actually notice it.”
Mindful & Slow Travel
What Does ‘Slow Travel’ Actually Mean? by Sebastian Modak for Condé Nast Traveler
The Case for Traveling Slower – and Deeper by Jesse Ashlock for Condé Nast Traveler
A Travel Manifesto: 5 Ways to Be a Better Traveler by Eric Weiner for AFAR Magazine
How to Bring a Travel Mindset to Daily Life by Anu Taranath for AFAR Magazine
Mindful Travel is Easier Than You Think by Ashlea Halpern for AFAR Magazine
Your Brain on Travel: How Exploring New Places Can Strengthen the Mind by Vox Creative for Vox Online
Why You Should Hire a Travel Coach by Christopher Elliott for the Washington Post
It's OK to Spend All of Your Money on Traveling by Christine Schoenwald for The Huffington Post
The Science of Why You Should Spend Your Money on Experiences, Not Things by Jay Cassano for Fast Company
The Power of Nature
How Nature Resets Our Minds and Bodies by Adam Alter for The Atlantic
How Walking in Nature Changes the Brain by Gretchen Reynolds for The New York Times
This is Your Brain on Nature by Florence Williams for National Geographic Magazine
The Science of Conquering Your Greatest Fears by Florence Williams for Outside Magazine
Take Two Hours of Pine Forest and Call Me in the Morning by Florence Williams for Outside Magazine
The New Science of the Creative Brain on Nature by Carolyn Gregoire for Outside Online
Other Interesting Reads
Why Google Flights & Wikipedia (Yep!) Are a Traveler’s Best Friend by Paul Rubio for AFAR Magazine
How Long Does It Take to Renew a Passport? by Jessica Puckett for Conde Nast Traveler Magazine
Planning a Solo Trip? Start with These 10 Destinations in the Washington Post
What Are Small Ways to Be More Respectful When We Travel? in AFAR Magazine
What to Know About Visiting a Muslim-Majority Country During Ramadan in AFAR Magazine
An illustrated encyclopedia of people you meet on vacation in the Washington Post
6 Trends Will Define How We Travel in 2023 in AFAR Magazine
The Midlife Unraveling by Brené Brown < Not travel related but … WOW!
Books We Love
The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho
All Over the Place by Geraldine DeRuiter
At Home in the World by Tsh Oxenreider
The Art of Pilgrimage by Phil Cousineau
Away & Aware by Sara Clemence
The Hero with a Thousand Faces by Joseph Campbell
The Power of Myth by Joseph Campbell with Bill Moyers
Letters to My Son by Kent Nerburn
Man's Search for Meaning by Viktor Frankl
Manuscript Found in Accra by Paulo Coelho
The Overstory by Richard Powers
Travels by Michael Crichton
Travels with Charley by John Steinbeck
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