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    REDUCE YOUR BRAIN’S BLIND SPOTS: How cognitive training enhances self-awareness

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    EXERCISE AS PLAY: Movement, mindfulness and mental health

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    COMPLICATIONS, CONTRADICTIONS, CONFUSIONS: 3 words that became markers on a mindful path

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    TSYPL: The best—and most mindful—stock to invest in right now

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

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    ALASKA WINGS: Soaring across the mountains while releasing fear and doubt

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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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    Malecon in La Paz, Mexico - Back on American Soil: A Safe Return Home From La Paz

    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]

    Facebook on laptop in La Paz hotel room - NIGHT SEA JOURNEY: Buying back sanity in La Paz, Mexico

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

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Spiritual trap - stairs

SECONDHAND KNOWING: Vulnerability is the key to opening ourselves to experiential knowing

Contributing Writer·June 9, 2014
Some years ago I found myself in what I describe as a “spiritual trap.” The trap was thinking that I...
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BE STILL & GROW: The difference between loneliness and solitude

Contributing Writer·May 27, 2014
Excerpt from Letters to My Son: A Father’s Wisdom on Manhood, Life, and Love, a book that offers valuable guidance on...
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EXPRESS YOURSELF: Finding a voice within an authoritarian social system

Contributing Writer·May 26, 2014
Of all the peculiarities that make me up, I could point to one that has had such persisting and devastating consequences...
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Don’t Be Afraid to Speak Your Mind

Contributing Writer·May 19, 2014
Many years ago I attended a meeting in the office of one of my clients. At the time I owned a...
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MARKING THE LINE: Setting boundaries requires faith and self-love

Contributing Writer·May 8, 2014
Boundary. A simple word. Everyone knows what it means and how to respect and enforce them in their lives. For...
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MEDITATION & MOLECULAR CHANGE: Study finds intensive mindfulness meditation can alter gene expression

Contributing Writer·May 7, 2014
MADISON – With evidence growing that meditation can have beneficial health effects, scientists have sought to understand how these practices...
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CREATIVE COMMANDMENT: The ritual of the present moment

Contributing Writer·April 30, 2014
This is the season of spring rituals. The arising of spring itself is a ritual. We welcome the budding of...
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WRITING WILD: Q&A with Tina Welling about forming a creative partnership with nature

Contributing Writer·April 29, 2014
Tina Welling is the author of the newly published Writing Wild: Forming a Creative Partnership with Nature, as well as three...
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EXPRESSION ALLOWS RELEASE: You are not what you eat. You are what you express in your thoughts, words and deeds

Contributing Writer·April 21, 2014
Here it is the first of the month and it’s already time to publish a new article. I haven’t even...
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MASQUERADE: Remove the masks to be free and embrace our light

Contributing Writer·April 20, 2014
The following is an excerpt from The Art of HealingArt: The Keys to Power and Awareness, by Jacqueline Ripstein *...
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HEARTFULLY PRESENT: Pope Francis reminds us of St. Francis and the heart of spirituality

Contributing Writer·April 18, 2014
“We know God by having an open mind,” Pope Francis recently said. “Each of us must look into our hearts.”...
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IN HARMONY: 3 easy ways to experience sound healing in your everyday life

Contributing Writer·April 10, 2014
The world of sound healing comes in many different shapes, sizes, energies and tones. At the core, however, it’s quite...
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MBCT & HIV: Mindfulness-based cognitive therapy intervention improves health and quality of life in people with HIV

Contributing Writer·April 10, 2014
Nowadays, in Western countries, the needs of people with HIV are different from those at the early days of the...
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MAKING PEACE WITH MILEY: Learning to accept the nagging noises in our heads

Contributing Writer·April 5, 2014
It’s hard to meditate when Miley Cyrus is stuck in your head. You try to think “In breath, out breath,”...
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LOJONG: Buddhist mind training that clears ignorance and reveals everything as it is

Contributing Writer·April 2, 2014
Excerpt from The Path to Awakening, from Chapter: Homage to the Great Compassionate One! This is the key instruction, the essential...
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PASSIONATE ABOUT POLYCULTURE: Joel Salatin, “lunatic farmer,” shares his inspiration for wholistic farming

Contributing Writer·March 31, 2014
When asked “How would our world look different if thousands of people did what you do?”, Joel Salatin answers without skipping...
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THE NOT ENOUGH ANTIDOTE: How to stop worrying about money

Contributing Writer·March 28, 2014
Excerpt from Jonathan Robinson’s book Find Happiness Now: 50 Shortcuts for Bringing More Love, Balance and Joy Into Your Life One of the...
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JUICE DETOX: Try these 3 juice recipes for effective detoxification

Contributing Writer·March 27, 2014
We’ve all experienced that feeling of needing to cleanse from the inside out. Sometimes it happens after travel, when we’ve...
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DIY TIME: Make your own natural deodorant

Contributing Writer·March 24, 2014
If you don’t like being stinky, but you also don’t like slathering store-bought deodorants with questionable ingredients like aluminum right...
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REAL WORLD OR MIRAGE?: Connect to the sense of magic to see things as they really are

Contributing Writer·March 19, 2014
Metronomes are the little pendulum-type devices that keep time for musicians. In a recent video I watched the metronomes were...
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FAT-SHAMING: Why do I owe an excuse?

Contributing Writer·March 18, 2014
She’s back, again. According to 32-year-old mother of three Maria Kang, whose claim to fame is a Facebook image that...
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THE MYTH OF LOVE SCARCITY: We do not lack love; we lack the knowledge of how to harness its enormous supply

Contributing Writer·March 15, 2014
This article was excerpted from Vironika Tugaleva’s book The Love Mindset: An Unconventional Guide to Healing and Happiness. A flower...
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The best lie Buddhism ever told me. Maybe.

Contributing Writer·March 11, 2014
“The more we try to control things,” writes mindfulness teacher Michael Stone, “the more disorder is created.” Before I meditated,...
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CONSCIOUS COMMUNICATION: The convergence of myth, psychology, science, religion, and our universal language

Contributing Writer·March 9, 2014
Our human mind likes to break things down, to contextualize and put ideas, people and things into tidy boxes. Doing...
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