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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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IS TELECOMMUTING FOR YOU? Pros and cons of telework [infographic]

Contributing Writer·February 17, 2012
Despite telecommuting's promise of big cost savings and increased productivity, most businesses aren't ready to let employees work at home yet. Experts once...
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LIFE IS CHANGE: Learn to let go of fear and accept change

Contributing Writer·February 16, 2012
Imagine that you have your hands full of chocolate cookies and your mother comes along with a cherry pie, hot from the oven with crumbles on top (feel free to...
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EARTHSHIP HOMES: A blueprint for the green life

Contributing Writer·February 15, 2012
They say home is where the heart is, but let’s face it, from an environmental perspective, home is where the waste is. Indeed, there’s something terribly wrong...
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DISTRESSED DENIM: Fashion that puts the Earth under stress

Contributing Writer·February 12, 2012
This season's hottest fashion, introduced under the Pierre Balmain designer label, are acid washed distressed jeans, designed by Christophe Decarnin...
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WHAT CHOICE?: How men affect women’s rights in the abortion debate

Contributing Writer·February 11, 2012
There's something terribly wrong with older men holding the power when it comes to state laws regarding abortion. This is clearly reflected in the recent bill...
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ABIDING HAPPINESS: Embracing the reality of life with acceptance

Contributing Writer·February 11, 2012
Why don’t my children listen to me? Why can't politicians tell the truth? Why did it have to rain on my wedding day? Reality baffles us. We question it every day...
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PRACTICE CREATIVITY: How to make creativity part of your routine

Contributing Writer·February 10, 2012
Leaders know that creativity and innovation are the lifeblood of their organization. So, the mission of every leader should be to search continually...
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THE CAT’S MEOW: Cruelty to animals and animal revenge

Contributing Writer·February 9, 2012
I liked Jimmy – nobody else did. Not my friends, parents, roommates, and not Zeus. Zeus was a four year old Siamese with attitude and I belonged to him...
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YOUTH BRIGADE: Giving a voice to young DIY punk rockers

Contributing Writer·February 6, 2012
As the 1980s approached, the punk subculture exposed a generation of youth who were searching for a musical outlet to a “do-it-yourself” attitude. California band...
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RAQS MEDIA COLLECTIVE: Profile of the collective and their art

Contributing Writer·February 5, 2012
The sight of a hand may seem to be one-dimensional on the surface—something not worth registering in the grand vision of reality, except to know whether ...
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THE FACTS ON FOOD ADDITIVES: Reading nutrition facts food labels

Contributing Writer·February 2, 2012
How many of you woke up this morning, sat down at the breakfast table and without a thought, poured your favourite cereal into a bowl with your milk of choice?...
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EXCITED MIND: Using meditation to calm overly stimulated senses

Contributing Writer·February 1, 2012
The mind is not just the brain, but the sum of the physical, mental, and spiritual. We have six senses in total: sight, smell, taste, touch, hearing, and thought...
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CHARITY ECONOMY: Learning to give and receive

Contributing Writer·January 27, 2012
Charity… since childhood, this was a word I only whispered in my inner cloister. Charity… The original radiance of this word has been dulled by the patina of time...
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MIX AND MATCH: A look into the world of interracial relationships

Contributing Writer·January 24, 2012
An attitude of inclusion has been developing amongst young Canadian adults, as race no longer plays a large role when choosing a significant other...
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THE USE OF SYMBOLISM: Joyce’s “Araby” and Chopin’s “The Story of an Hour”

Contributing Writer·January 24, 2012
Symbolism is a literary device used in the short stories “Araby” and “The Story of an Hour”. In “Araby”, symbolism is used to illustrate the meaning of several...
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The Infinite Games: Breakthrough approaches to organizational change

THE INFINITE GAMES: Generative capacity-building as a core organizing strategy

Contributing Writer·January 22, 2012
Why is it that most business organizations fail to become financially sustainable, much less contribute to the sustainability of the larger whole?...
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MOVING INTO STILLNESS: The core of goodness

Contributing Writer·January 15, 2012
As you sit quietly and immerse yourself in the peace and stillness of your own centered being, you will gradually begin to experience yourself in an undistorted...
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A LETTER TO PAULINE: Because I Loved Her So

Contributing Writer·January 7, 2012
We have put together this dynamic anthology of poetry and prose expressing the profound love of Tom McFerran for his wife, Pauline who died ...
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TIBETAN / HIMALAYAN BOWLS: Using sound healing to heal cancer

Contributing Writer·January 7, 2012
Sound healing is fast becoming internationally respected as an effective modality in the healing process for many physical, emotional and spiritual...
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GO GREEN: Lifestyle changes for a better world and better life

Contributing Writer·January 4, 2012
It seems that more and more companies are implementing “go green” initiatives. From advertising campaigns to operational strategies, green has become the...
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POEMS by SARAH HAWKINS: Where the River Runs

Contributing Writer·January 4, 2012
I am the water flowing down the stream When I hit a rock I keep going unbruised, untainted I adjust to the rocks presence but once gone I don't look...
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PALETTE OF POSSIBILITIES: A collection of business design principles and lenses

Contributing Writer·December 29, 2011
Leaders and practitioners committed to transformational change can learn to work with these principles and lenses in the same way artist learns...
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SELF LOVE: Understanding true beauty

Contributing Writer·December 26, 2011
We are often exposed to beauty in the world. We see the beauty in flowers as we shuffle ourselves...
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HEALING THROUGH TOUCH: Reduce stress and lift your mood

Contributing Writer·December 24, 2011
I was paying the bills and trying to figure out how to get my daughter to ballet while still making it to my late meeting. Stress was leaking into the gaps between...
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