Florence Williams is the author of The Nature Fix: Why Nature Makes Us Happier, Healthier and More Creative (W.W. Norton, 2017). Winner of the 2013 L.A. Times Book Prize, she writes for Outside magazine, the New York Times, National Geographic, and other publications. She is also the writer and host of the new Audible Original series, “Breasts Unbound.” Florence is also the host of Outside magazine’s 8-part series, “XX Factor,” celebrating women in the outdoors.
It’s really cold on the East Coast as I write this. The temperature this morning was 12 degrees. I didn’t want to get out of bed, much less venture to the woods...
A couple of years ago, a stay-at-home mom named Gillian Schair was watching a TV show about a lady detective in the 1920s who belongs to a race car driving club...
The season of holiday rituals is upon us: a turkey or tofurky on the table, the post-prandial nap, the exchange of gifts, the lighting of candles, the baking of...
I recently gave an author talk in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, about the mental health benefits of walking in nature. I shared some of the latest research about h...
With ever-increasing evidence that time outdoors is a panacea for common ailments, protecting—and visiting—our shared open spaces is more important th...
What do surfers, anglers, boaters and little kids in the shallow end of the pool know that the rest of us don’t? Playing in or near water is a surefire way to a...
It was late at night when I arrived at a campsite in a remote stretch of southern Utah. I stepped from the car and the first thing that hit me was a powerful wa...
Ken Sanders is a seller of rare books in Salt Lake City. Before that, he used to guide rafting trips down the Green and Colorado rivers for commercial clients a...
These days, Arlene Blum often hikes in a skirt. On a rainy trail walk in the hills above her office in Berkeley, California, a few weeks ago, I watched her dodg...
Welcome to The Nature Fix, the new blog that will peer into the tantalizing connections between nature and human health. A few years ago, this was a topic start...
