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    MIND THE GAP: Mindfulness as the practice of living in one piece

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    RECLAIM YOUR TIME THROUGH PRESENCE: 5 research-backed ways to do so

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    MINDFUL LEADERSHIP IN STUDENT ORGANIZATIONS: Empowering leaders to create positive change

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    HANAMI DREAMING: The start of spring in Japan

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    NATIONAL VOLUNTEER MONTH: Moving through the world with intention

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    IMPEDIMENTS FACED: A safe return home from La Paz, Mexico

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    TYING UP LOOSE ENDS: One last—and glorious—day in La Paz, Mexico [Part 7]

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Woman calmly sitting at desk in home office - Your Work: A Gift and a Privilege in the Present Moment

ENTER INTO YOUR WORK: Learn to mindfully carry out your tasks in the present moment

Contributor·March 27, 2025
How do we identify emptiness and use that insight about it to cultivate a new relationship with our laptop, our...
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RUNNING ON EMPTY?: 3 simple strategies for honouring your commitments

Darren Gold·February 9, 2020
In an age of being overscheduled, overworked and overburdened, many of us are running on empty, juggling commitments and dropping...
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EMAIL EFFICIENCY: 10 messaging tactics that’ll lead to less stress

Contributor·September 18, 2018
In the knowledge economy, email is one of the largest distractions we face every day—it’s usually the largest pain point...
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THE PATH OF THE SOUL: How I got rid of my Sunday night jitters

Contributing Writer·January 9, 2018
You know the jitters I’m talking about? The tightness in your chest just as you’re falling asleep, the vague worries...
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MYERS-BRIGGS HUMOUR: 5 cartoons about the introverted folks among us by INFJoe

Contributor·September 27, 2017
The following cartoons have been excerpted from Text, Don’t Call: An Illustrated Guide to the Introverted Life, penned by an...
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POEMS BY ERWIN L. RIMBAN: Into the Sea of Molten Light, You Painted the World in Serial Time, To a Mystic Daughter

Contributor·July 29, 2017
Into the Sea of Molten Light Black obsidian glass venturing Far, far into the navels of the green sea Of...
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DREAM INTERPRETATION: Look for ways to slow down and examine any fears [symbols: house, people, gun, work]

Aneta Baranek·June 22, 2017
In our weekly Mindful Dreams column, Aneta Baranek of the School of Metaphysics is offering free dream interpretations to The...
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DREAM INTERPRETATION: Practice mindfulness and address self-sabotaging tendencies [symbols: UPS, throat, phone, daughter, suicide]

Aneta Baranek·November 17, 2016
In our weekly Mindful Dreams column, Aneta Baranek of the School of Metaphysics is offering free dream interpretations to The...
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OFF TO WORK: Mindfully improve your job-seeking skills

Contributing Writer·July 25, 2016
“Why are employees constantly leaving?” is a common complaint heard by managers. There are few things more disruptive to a...
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FIND JOY AT WORK: Using mindfulness practice to find ease and equanimity in the workplace

Tammy Klein·April 29, 2015
“We can work in such a way that we realize we have a lot of choices in what we do...
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POEMS BY KENNETH WEENE: Saturday, Artistry, Love in the Time of Transportation

Contributor·April 17, 2015
Saturday Today I took inventory of the clouds. Unicorns, angels, grand ships filled with dreams and woes. At my feet...
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MINDFUL FROM 9-5: Four ways to work mindfully

Contributing Writer·January 20, 2015
As members of the working world, you know firsthand that every job comes with its share of stress, but it’s...
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AVOIDING “GRAVITY ATTACKS”: Give value right here instead of out there

Jerry Kvasnicka·August 20, 2014
The term “gravity attack” is not in any dictionary that I own. As to the time, place and manner of...
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SIMPLE LIVING GUIDE: Financial Independence—valuing your life energy at work [Step 7]

Contributing Writer·March 11, 2013
Last step led us through a contemplation of what we really need to feel fulfilled in our lives; along the...
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THE BENEFITS OF SMILING: 5 reasons to show off your beautiful grin

Melissa Venditti·January 28, 2013
Enhance your mood Smiling, even if it’s forced, signals our bodies to release endorphins in our brains. Endorphins are chemicals...
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A QUAKER LIFE: Simplicity, unity, worship, justice, community

Contributing Writer·January 6, 2013
In relationship with myself, simplicity manifests as integrity, the willingness to choose wholeheartedly instead of compartmentalizing my life and my...
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THE ETERNAL STUDENT: Love what you do and do what you love

Alana Fiander·December 16, 2012
You watch your 5-year-old child as they play with Tonka trucks in the corner… making the trucks pick up small...
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THE CAGE: A short story by Riley H. Welcker

Contributing Writer·December 13, 2012
Not so very far from here, there once lived a young man named Idle. He lived at home and worked...
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MINDFULNESS & VICES: Become aware of what triggers unhealthy habits

Michael Myers·November 30, 2012
Work, relax, eat, sleep and repeat. This cycle is a reality for most of us. When it comes to relaxation...
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THE MOUNTAIN AND THE VALLEY: A reality bigger than the dream

Contributing Writer·November 21, 2012
The young man looked upward; he was not even halfway up the mountain. He groaned. He had already spent a...
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WORKING WITH MINDFULNESS: Guided mindfulness exercises for the workplace

Niyati Shah·September 15, 2012
The workplace can be a hub of competition, deadlines and pressure that causes stress, agitation and unhappiness. Often we get so preoccupied trying to catch up that we don’t realize the power our minds hold to help us expand our reaches. Mental exercises to calm our minds can profoundly increase our ability to work with more focus, clarity, creativity, efficiency and positivity. Mirabai Bush, a seasoned mindfulness meditation practitioner and teacher, brings mindfulness exercises to her CD...
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FIND YOUR HIDDEN PASSION: How to discover what’s right for you

Rachel Walls·January 20, 2012
Many believe that your work should reflect what you love to do so much that you’d want to do it for free. But many of us wander through life clueless as to what...
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KARMA YOGA: Wearing away the ego, one toilet at a time

Kiva Bottero·October 12, 2011
I’d always struggled with the concept of work in my life. In the quest to find fulfilling work, I’d never...
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