Slow Love: How I Lost My Job, Put on This Pajamas, and Found Happiness is about recreating oneself after a life collapse and learning to interact in the world in a meaningful way: "I was forced to slow down when I lost my job—and my book is about the path of grief and healing." Slow living caused me to fall in love with the planet, which I refer to as slow love.” According to Maira Kalman, "there cannot be a person on the planet who does not question what the purpose of their existence is." Dominique Browning was fortunate to be dismissed, because she had time to figure out who she was or might be.
And we are fortunate that she was able to write (often with wonderful humour) about her grief, loves, pajamas, and eventual return to life.” Browning has now launched SlowLoveLife.com, a blog site inspired by Slow Love, where she continues the discussion regarding speed bumps: "the ones that surprise and challenge us, and the ones we place there ourselves, with purposefulness." The website is committed to teaching people how to appreciate the beauty of daily situations and to sharing them with one another.
Browning, an environmentalist, publishes a monthly blog about environmental problems for the Environmental Defense Fund website called "Personal Nature: Dominique Browning's distinctive view on all things environmental." “It is simply a simple hop from caring about what is going on in a garden to caring about what is going on in the wider environment,” Browning writes.
I notice how we detach, want to shift the subject, and return to maintaining our tiny plots of land. We want to be able to take our planet's health for granted. However, environmental concerns are wreaking havoc on the exact area we want to feel safest: our homes. Home should be a holy haven of rest, relaxation, and serenity.
It will not last if we turn our backs on the world. This new column was created in the spirit of paying attention and discussing what we can do today. It is not sufficient to turn out the lights and lower the thermostat—all of these small, individual efforts are essential, but not sufficient.
We must look to leaders with vision and muscle to effect change.” Browning created Mom's Clean Air Force via the EDF, an organization that educates women about air pollution as a health concern rather than an environmental issue. Until November 2007, Browning worked as a writer, editor, and consultant in the newspaper and magazine industries.
She was the editor-in-chief of House & Garden, a magazine with 950,000 subscribers. Browning began her career in 1977 as a staff photographer for Savvy and American Photographer magazines. She began working as an associate literary editor at Esquire magazine in 1979. She then rose to the position of executive editor of Texas. Monthly publication located in Austin, Texas.
She went on to break the glass ceiling at Newsweek, becoming the first woman to be hired as an assistant managing editor at any news magazine. Browning quit journalism for several years to become a founding partner of Edison Schools, a corporation formed to operate public schools privately. She was the editor-in-chief of Mirabella magazine before joining Conde Nast.
Browning has worked with and written for a variety of publications, including The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, New York magazine, O, the Oprah magazine, Departures, Food & Wine, Travel & Leisure, Body + Soul, Wired, and On Topic. Browning earned a bachelor's degree in philosophy, literature, and history from Wesleyan University in 1977.
She is a classically trained pianist who has also performed with the Javanese Gamelan ensemble at Wesleyan. She has two boys and resides in New York and Rhode Island.
