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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]

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

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A HEALING QUEST: Cancer patients travel to the Amazon rainforest on a journey of discovery

Contributing Writer·February 21, 2013
What we did could be seen as extremely risky, careless, perhaps even criminal. At least, that’s what I was told...
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THE HEALER’S GRAIL: Restore electron energy to reverse the cause of disease

Contributing Writer·February 20, 2013
Since the first spark in the beginning, we have all carried the flame of life as part of the primordial mother...
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COMPOST GROWING: 16 foods that regrow from kitchen scraps

Contributing Writer·February 20, 2013
Looking for a healthy way to get more from your garden? Like to know your food is free of the...
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WABI-SABI: Finding beauty in imperfection, impermanence and simplicity

Contributing Writer·February 19, 2013
“The Japanese view of life embraced a simple aesthetic that grew stronger as inessentials were eliminated and trimmed away.” — Tadao...
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SIMPLE LIVING GUIDE: Being in the present—tracking your life energy [step 2]

Contributing Writer·February 18, 2013
[Read Step 1 of the Simple Living Guide] In the first step, Making Peace With The Past, we reviewed how...
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SIMPLE LIVING GUIDE: Making peace with the past [Step 1]

Contributing Writer·February 15, 2013
In seven years I managed to transform my financial life to the point where I stopped working for money. Using...
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THE IMMUNE SYSTEM: A healing journey to Oz & back home again

Contributing Writer·February 12, 2013
Health is a journey. With luck, divine intervention, and persistence, we may reach the magic kingdom. Surfers talk about finding...
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THE ART OF LANGUAGE: 3-step practice to maintaining awareness of how we converse with ourselves

Contributing Writer·February 9, 2013
Whether it’s joy over good news or anger over a disagreement, feelings are an inevitable result from conversations. You were...
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SPEAK DIRECTLY TO THE HEART: Drumming is the song of who we are, our home and creation

Contributing Writer·February 8, 2013
First, there is the pulse. In the womb, the regular beat of the mother’s heart is the soundtrack of a...
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BEGINNING ANEW: A mindfulness practice for communicating appreciation

Contributing Writer·February 7, 2013
Many people have experienced painful and hurtful relationships in their childhood, youth, and adult life. Most people don’t grow up in...
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WHAT’S YOUR STORY?: We create meaning in our lives based on the stories we tell

Contributing Writer·February 6, 2013
Storytelling is as old as humankind. Before we could write, we told stories to amuse ourselves and preserve our history....
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PSYCH–K: Discover subconscious limiting beliefs using this process and free your mind

Contributing Writer·February 5, 2013
“If you want to awaken all of humanity, then awaken all of yourself, if you want to eliminate the suffering...
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JUST BREATHE: How a simple act can raise your self-awareness and effectiveness

Contributing Writer·February 4, 2013
As a former school psychologist, I’ve been a part of hundreds of team meetings. But it wasn’t until I became...
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KING OF THE ROCK: Fiction by Ian Sherman

Contributing Writer·February 4, 2013
It’s the eighth summer of our lives; we’ve never met before. We’re standing beside a giant boulder near the beach,...
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MINDFULNESS TIPS: Ride the wave of silence and stillness

Contributing Writer·February 4, 2013
This tip is something I haven’t really read about anywhere (but my usual disclaimer… I haven’t read everything) and comes...
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POEMS BY MARK W. NETTLES: Another Statistic; Death Springs To Life; Healthy Tum, Happy We (Exodus 23:11)

Contributing Writer·January 31, 2013
Another Statistic Let us be living intentional samples of a random population committing crimes against central tendency in the name...
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HEAL THE BODY, FREE THE MIND: Forgiveness brings peace and healing

Contributing Writer·January 31, 2013
Not only is forgiveness one of the main practices of every religion, it is necessary for the mental and physical...
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BE LIKE A BRISTLECONE PINE: Strong, flexible and deeply rooted

Contributing Writer·January 27, 2013
The wind whipped through the rugged trees and rocky terrain, yet the sun glistened as if to kiss the powder...
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THE BIG PICTURE: David Suzuki’s thoughts about putting a price tag on nature

Contributing Writer·January 26, 2013
Many believe nature’s value cannot be put into dollars and cents. That is, they value the natural world for its...
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LAUGH AWAY THE PAIN? Laughter’s ancient origins hold keys for health and happiness Today

Contributing Writer·January 24, 2013
Did you know we’ve been laughing for ten million years? It started back when we were apes, of course. That’s...
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THOUGHT FREEDOM: Why copyright is backwards in a world of One

Contributing Writer·January 23, 2013
There’s always been a debate over who “discovered” that the Earth is round. Pythagoras apparently suggested the idea around 570...
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HEALING WITH GRACE: It’s all about attitude

Contributing Writer·January 23, 2013
I had been forced into a recurring conversation with myself—an uncomfortable confrontation I wanted to ignore. “Why are you surprised?...
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STEALING AFRICA: Why is Africa so rich in resources yet so poor?

Contributing Writer·January 21, 2013
How is it that Africa is so rich in resources and yet so poor? The question is often asked as...
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THE POWER OF WORDS: Use affirmations to reprogram your life

Contributing Writer·January 20, 2013
Experts estimate that we have about 60,000 thoughts a day and that 50,000 of those are negative. That’s 80 percent...
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