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    Four happy young kids sitting on ground outdoors - Positive Psychology: Why It’s So Important for Kids

    POSITIVE PSYCHOLOGY AND CHILDREN: Why it’s important inside and outside of school

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    HAPPINESS VS. SUFFERING: From a Buddhist perspective, are they really opposites?

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    CONSCIOUSNESS, UAPS AND THE LIMITS OF KNOWLEDGE: A conversation with Sinéad Whelehan

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    POEMS BY JIM JOHNSTON: For Larry, Tracks and more

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

    Full moon behind a rural house - “Sturgeon Moon” and 3 Other Poems With Passion

    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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    Hands against background of a heart - Travelling With Intention: Why Is It So Important?

    NATIONAL VOLUNTEER MONTH: Moving through the world with intention

    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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Dominic Lennard
JoinedOctober 28, 2025
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Dominic Lennard is a writer and academic from Tasmania, Australia. He teaches courses designed to support students who are new to higher education to go after their goals with confidence. His published work focuses primarily on movies, especially the scary kind, but he also dabbles in fiction and poetry.
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THE MINDFULNESS OF PRO WRESTLING: Or, don’t be a “mark”!

Dominic Lennard·November 6, 2025
Around 10 years ago, I spent a weekend reliving my teenage times by renting a couple of ’90s World Wrestling...
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Person looking at black and white picture in frame - What Is Nostalgia for the Present and How Can It Help Us?

NOSTALGIA FOR THE PRESENT: Viewing our present through the same frame as we view the past

Dominic Lennard·October 30, 2025
Perhaps especially when life seems, as the poet Robert Frost put it, “too much like a pathless wood,” it’s common...
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