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    POEMS BY GEORGE PAYNE: Sturgeon Moon, That Morning In Athens and more

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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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    REFLECTIONS ON TODAY’S POLITICAL REALITIES: We can prevail over ignorance, lies and Trump

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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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    NIGHT SEA JOURNEY: Buying back sanity in La Paz, Mexico [Part 6]

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EMBRACE AGING: What we can learn from “Super Agers”

Contributing Writer·October 9, 2023
Ever feel like your memory isn’t as good as it used to be? This is something many of us experience...
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SENSING ENERGY: 5 strategies to read people’s emotional energy

Contributing Writer·December 20, 2022
Emotions are a stunning expression of our energy, the “vibe” we give off. We register these with intuition. Some people...
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AWAKENING: Finding my way from a mental tornado mess to joy and gratitude

Contributing Writer·September 4, 2022
All my life, I was a functional zombie. I have a deep fear of people, due to childhood abuse of...
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THE LOVE BOT: When an algorithm gets online dating right

Contributing Writer·December 26, 2018
Once upon a time … this is how the best of fairy tales and bedtime stories begin. And this is...
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WHEREVER YOU ARE: Memories of my intro to mindfulness

Contributing Writer·November 12, 2018
Some time ago, I set an intention to hug myself every morning. It was probably based on the suggestion of...
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THE OPIOID EPIDEMIC: How alternative therapies are ending addiction

Contributing Writer·November 1, 2018
According to the National Institute on Drug Abuse, more than 115 people in the United States die every day from...
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FINDING ASYLUM: Welcoming the Shadow to guide us home

Contributing Writer·October 26, 2018
In the minute it takes to read the first few lines of this article, 20 people from across the planet...
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BREAKING THE SILENCE: Overcoming fear and doubt in the creative life

Contributing Writer·October 24, 2018
The life of a creative can be plagued by uncertainty and fear. These feelings permeate all stages of the creative...
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LIFEJACKET IN AN OCEAN: Mindfulness is like … not drowning but waving

Contributing Writer·October 23, 2018
The door finally shut. I walked away, my throat numb and eyes firmly to the ground. It was that time...
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STOP JUDGING: 3 reasons to recognize and release judgments

Contributing Writer·October 22, 2018
Judging others is part and parcel of what it means to be a human being. We all do it. Most...
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WORLD MENTAL HEALTH DAY: Perspective is everything

Contributing Writer·October 17, 2018
Trigger and language warning: This piece overtly discusses concepts such as suicide, mental illness, depression, anxiety, triggers and a number...
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AUTHENTIC RELATING: Are you in a relationship or an ownership?

Contributing Writer·October 16, 2018
Co-dependency can play such a large part in most modern relationships. Couples settle down, get cozy and fulfill the assigned...
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YOU ARE BEAUTIFUL: Be kind to yourself and come to terms with your body

Contributing Writer·October 15, 2018
My best friend and I are swimming in my pool. She’s in my second-grade class and happens to live next...
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AFRAID OF THE DARK: Why we’re still stuck in the grip of mental illness

Contributing Writer·October 8, 2018
Do you remember being curled up under the covers of your childhood bed, eyeballs darting back and forth, praying that...
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A NEW TABOO Ageism is the emerging racism or sexism or homophobia or all three1

A NEW TABOO: Ageism is the emerging racism, sexism or homophobia—or all three

Contributing Writer·October 3, 2018
I take my 90-plus-year-old mother shopping for lingerie at a department store. The store has moved things around, and there’s...
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LOSING TEACHERS FINDING FRIENDS A turn in the spiritual path

LOSING TEACHERS, FINDING FRIENDS: A turn on the spiritual path

Contributing Writer·October 1, 2018
After I had my son a year and a half ago, I drowned myself in spiritual teachings. Coming from a...
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THE AUTISM SPECTRUM: What I’ve learned from working with children with autism

Contributing Writer·September 27, 2018
I am a behaviour therapist for children who have autism. This is how I introduce my job title when people ask me what I do for a living, and the description usually elicits one of two responses:
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GOING WITHIN: Free the heart from the burden of proof

Contributing Writer·September 20, 2018
There’s an old Chinese curse that states, “May you live in interesting times.” It was said to one’s enemies when...
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MILLENNIALS: The age of the identity crisis

Contributing Writer·September 14, 2018
In today’s world, filled with popular misconceptions and stereotypes regarding the young population, it’s a constant struggle for those of...
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FULL CIRCLE: Alcohol abuse separated my Dad and me

Contributing Writer·September 12, 2018
“Do you have any regrets?” “I have none,” answered my Dad to the chaplain who was visiting him at home...
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KEEPING SCORE: A mindful way to watch baseball

Contributing Writer·September 11, 2018
I was in my twenties the first time I saw someone keep score at a baseball game. Two seats away...
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THE PARADOX VACATION: Losing the Giant at Zen Mountain Monastery

Contributing Writer·August 28, 2018
She led me out of the dining hall, where 70 or so people sat, silently cooling down tea and rotating...
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WHAT’S IN A MAT?: A lesson in Aparigraha—letting go

Contributing Writer·August 22, 2018
The first Yoga centre I noticed was perched above a bicycle shop, a fire station and a food co-op in Park...
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TO BRIDGE THE GAP: Magic happens when we listen to those nagging voices

Contributing Writer·August 20, 2018
I lost it at the dentist’s office the other day. I was there with my mother and had been flipping...
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