What to Read

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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