The Art of Letting Go

Every year brought a whirlwind of disentanglement as I cast them into the arms of teachers, babysitters, coaches, friends and other families. I moved them to colleges and apartments and watched them begin to accumulate the accoutrements of a life without me. Read More »

Why We Need Wild Places: How to Invite Nature Back into Our Lives and Landscapes

A wild place can be as spectacular as Yellowstone, a 3,500-square-mile national park in Wyoming, Idaho, and Montana, filled with hot springs, canyons, wolves, and elk. Read More »

Eating for the Planet: Diet for a Climate Crisis

While much of the climate conversation focuses on the burning of fossil fuels, commercial food production—particularly livestock—uses large amounts of land, water and energy. Wasted food contributes to approximately 10 percent of all greenhouse gas emissions. Read More »

Atlanta’s Own HEAL CENTER: 30 Years of Educating, Healing and Inspiring

In 1992, Zollinger opened Heal Center in Sandy Springs, where she, along with 14 other holistic practitioners, offered reflexology, aromatherapy and other holistic services. Read More »

Yoga Poses to Balance the Chakra System

The chakra system is an ancient map of energy flow in the body. In Sanskrit, the word “chakra” means “disk” or “wheel.” Read More »

Nature Speaks: Storytelling Connects Kids to the Natural World

Organizations, like the Wilderness Awareness School, a Duvall, Washington-based nonprofit, work to help children and adults cultivate healthy relationships with nature, community and self. Read More »

Technology Meets Nature: Apps Bring Us Closer to Flora and Fauna

At least 6,300 nature apps were available in 2015, according to Paul Jepson and Richard Ladle, Oxford environmental scholars and co-authors of “Nature Apps: Waiting for the Revolution,” a research paper published in the Swedish environmental journal Ambio Read More »

Slaying Worry

To relieve the stress, I engaged once more in a regular routine of meditation and retraining my mind to think positively. Yet the infection persisted. I realized I would have to do more to heal myself than just change my thought patterns. Read More »

Plant-Based Foods Go Mainstream: Healthy Eating Gets Easier with Innovations

According to market research firm SPINS, plant-based eating is now a $7 billion market in the U.S., with $1.4 billion represented by plant-based meat. Read More »

Easing Into a Vegan Lifestyle: Clever Meat Substitutes That Please the Palate

Cauliflower and eggplant can be prepared in “steak” form as a main course or stand in as healthier versions of pub-food appetizers like buffalo chicken wings. Read More »

Burnout Recovery: Ways to Reset and Find Balance

Among American employees, 52 percent reported feeling burned out in a March 2021 study, with two-thirds saying it had worsened during the pandemic. Belgian researchers found parental burnout in the U.S. to be among the highest in the world—even before COVID-19 closed schools. Read More »

The Power of the Pause

Querencia is a metaphysical concept in Spanish that, loosely translated, refers to “home base,” the place from which one draws strength and where one feels safe and able to connect with one’s authentic self. Read More »