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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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WE ARE NOT OUR STORIES: From Inner Slavery to Inner Freedom

Contributing Writer·September 5, 2013
Whenever he lowers his voice, speaks louder and uses authoritative instructions, she gets a piercing look and a squeaky pitch...
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A BALANCING ACT: Self-healing vs. conventional medicine

A BALANCING ACT: Self-healing vs. conventional medicine

Contributing Writer·September 2, 2013
I was working at the Owning Pink Center, the integrative medicine practice I founded in Mill Valley, California, when I...
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PARENTAL PRESSURE: The effects of competition on learning

Contributing Writer·September 1, 2013
Some researchers have found that competition can have “positive results” when used as a motivational technique in the classroom—meaning that...
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PERMACULTURE IN PRACTICE: The One Straw Revolution and backyard permaculture

Contributing Writer·September 1, 2013
Masanobu Fukuoka’s One Straw Revolution If you want to get an idea of the natural fertility of the Earth, take...
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HOPE FOR THE ENVIRONMENT: Changing our approach to inspire ecological health

Contributing Writer·August 31, 2013
As parents, we know intuitively how important love is to learning. Love fuels persistence. British philosopher Alfred North Whitehead insisted...
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WEAVING A NEW STORY: Integrate mythic thinking and rational thinking to come to a greater purpose

Contributing Writer·August 30, 2013
A tribe’s mythology is its living religion, whose loss is always and everywhere, even among the civilized, a moral catastrophe. –...
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GOING LIGHT: The less you have, the less you need

Contributing Writer·August 29, 2013
A few years ago I took two weeks off to hike the John Muir Trail in California’s Sierra Nevada Mountains...
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REWIRING THE BRAIN: Mindfulness meditation training changes brain structure in 8 weeks

Contributing Writer·August 22, 2013
Mass. General-led study shows changes over time in areas associated with awareness, empathy, stress Participating in an 8-week mindfulness meditation...
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CHEMICAL FOOD: The truth about food additives [infographic]

Contributing Writer·August 19, 2013
Screen reader version: Taste, texture, colour and freshness all play roles in the enjoyment of our food. These are the...
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THE TELECOMMUTER: The world’s remote workforce at a glance [infographic]

Contributing Writer·August 18, 2013
screen reader version: Worldwide 20 percent of the global workforce telecommutes Of the nearly twenty percent of global worker that...
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IT’S OK—IT’S JUST TRANSFORMATION: Change is a natural part of growth

Contributing Writer·August 16, 2013
Change is inevitable. Sometimes we long for it and can’t stop talking about it. Reality seems tinged with new sparkles...
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DO YOU BELIEVE IN MAGIC?: Awakening to your divine potential

Contributing Writer·August 7, 2013
There’s a sense in which all of life is magic: the magic of a flower, the magic of a tree,...
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POEM BY JOHN PTACEK: Go, Kitty, Go

Contributing Writer·August 5, 2013
Go, Kitty, Go Thank you, birds, for singing on and on as my wife lay dying in her hospice bed....
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THE UBIETY OF DANCE: Using dance to get back to your centre

Contributing Writer·July 26, 2013
There’s a kid at the end of the sidewalk. She’s gyrating to the beat emanating from her headphones. She’s in...
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METTA MEDITATION: Learn to practice loving-kindness to all beings

Contributing Writer·July 24, 2013
The Pali word “metta” is commonly translated in English as “loving-kindness.” Metta signifies friendship and nonviolence as well as a...
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POEM BY JOHN PTACEK: I Erupt

Contributing Writer·July 20, 2013
I Erupt It’s so quiet… The machinery of the universe is so quiet I forget it’s there. When I lean...
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IMAGINE YOURSELF: Manage your thoughts and manifest your desires

Contributing Writer·July 19, 2013
Deep down, most of us have desires, needs, or goals. There are things we wish were different. Some of us...
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BURYING THE NON-VEGAN PAST: How one vegan conscript got rid of her animal products

Contributing Writer·July 18, 2013
The earth was heavy with moisture and thick with trailing grass roots. Still, with each shovelful of dirt, my resolve...
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JIN SHIN JYUTSU: Balance the body’s energy through the power of touch

Contributing Writer·July 15, 2013
Jin Shin Jyutsu® (pronounced “jit-su”) is a time-honoured art of harmonizing the vital energy in the whole person—body, emotions, mind...
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FROM NAYSAYER TO YEASAYER: 5 practices for learning to live in Yes!

Contributing Writer·July 12, 2013
We’ve all experienced magic in our lives. Times when things just flow, when we’re in the right place at the...
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WHAT HAS NATURE EVER DONE FOR US?: How wildlife decimation affects the economy and our well-being

Contributing Writer·July 10, 2013
$34 billion: Costs associated with the loss of vultures in India $310: Annual value per hectare of pest control by...
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THE MAGIC CIRCLE OF LIFE : Moving out of our comfort zone into pure being

Contributing Writer·July 7, 2013
Sometimes it’s said that when God closes a door, it opens a window. We often wonder why certain things are...
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BELIEVE NOTHING: 10 teachings from the Kalama Sutta to defend against intellectual dependence

Contributing Writer·July 5, 2013
All people in the world, including the Thai people, are now in the same situation as were the Kalama people...
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STOP THE FEAR: How to train the brain out of fear based thinking

Contributing Writer·July 4, 2013
It seems there’s a lot more fear in the world these days. Having struggled with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), I...
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