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    THE ENDS NEVER JUSTIFY THE MEANS: Gandhi’s radical lesson for today

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    BEWARE OF BAD ACTORS: 3 steps to take if you suspect someone’s “gaslighting” you

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

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    INEFFABLE: A visitation from a beautiful soul I’d never forget

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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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Erica Roberts
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Erica is a writer/editor from Ontario, Canada with a Bachelor's degree in Philosophy. In her spare time, she enjoys reading, as well as fitness activities like Yoga and stand-up paddleboarding.
biking across america review

BIKING ACROSS AMERICA: My coast-to-coast adventure and the people I met along the way [book review]

Erica Roberts·February 17, 2014
Biking Across America:My Coast-to-Coast Adventure and the People I Met Along the Way Paul Stutzman [Revell, 224 pages] After unsettling...
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Plants that look like ballerinas - Mind of Plants video

Mind of Plants

Erica Roberts·February 16, 2014
“Plants can think.” Is that really such a radical statement? According to the 2013 film The Mind of Plants, no....
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Face with heart and tree - Art therapy video review

Art “Therapy”

Erica Roberts·February 10, 2014
Therapy doesn’t always mean sitting on a couch and talking. Many heal their mental and emotional difficulties through the arts....
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Joining hands with candle - Time for change

A TIME FOR CHANGE: Whispers of a spiritual revolution

Erica Roberts·February 4, 2014
Sometimes we need crisis to create change. Over the last hundred years, there have been many unfortunate political conflicts, such...
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Polluted earth - Video review Connected

Connected: A Film for Change

Erica Roberts·February 2, 2014
Kate Rawarth, the senior researcher for Oxfam featured in Paul and Kate Maple’s 2013 documentary, Connected: A Film for Change,...
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Spoken-word poet - Video review Unspoken Word

The Unspoken Word

Erica Roberts·January 26, 2014
When most people think about poetry, past greats such as Wordsworth, Keats, Dickinson and Plath come to mind. But one contemporary form of poetry...
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Confused girl - World needs more ambiguity

PICK BETWEEN THE TWO: Sometimes we need a bit more ambiguity

Erica Roberts·January 21, 2014
“Are you a leader or a follower?” Even though they have the ability to frustrate me greatly, one of my habitual...
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Man chased by hand - Video review A Virus Called Fear

A Virus Called Fear

Erica Roberts·January 19, 2014
You’re strolling through an intersection, sending text messages to a friend, when you suddenly realize that a city bus is...
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Homeless guy - Fiction story Posthumous Writer

POSTHUMOUS WRITER: A story

Erica Roberts·January 9, 2014
Eric Bentley stared at his face in the McDonald’s bathroom mirror. Due to the wrinkling of that face, and the...
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Trucks on road - The Dirtiest Place on the Planet

The Dirtiest Place on the Planet

Erica Roberts·January 8, 2014
“When the last tree is cut and the last fish killed, the last river poisoned, then you will see that...
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Tree halo - Fiction story Angel's Dance

ANGEL’S DANCE: A holiday story

Erica Roberts·December 25, 2013
Part I It was a dreary November day, but Cassidy Lemaistre knew things would be looking up soon. It was...
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Elizabeth Röhm - Finding Happiness Ananda living

A WORLD OF TRANSFORMATION: An interview with Shivani Lucki of Ananda Village

Erica Roberts·December 21, 2013
After a creative journey of three and a half years, the feature film Finding Happiness was released this fall. The...
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Tiny house - Video review tiny house

We The Tiny House People

Erica Roberts·December 8, 2013
Could you live in your toolshed, even for a week? It might come as a surprise that quite a few...
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FINDING HAPPINESS: A place called Ananda [video review]

Erica Roberts·November 30, 2013
FINDING HAPPINESS: A Place Called Ananda Ted Nicolaou [Hansa Productions, 2013, 1 hr 35 minutes] Finding Happiness is a film...
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Cow with garbage - Video review of The Plastic Cow

The Plastic Cow

Erica Roberts·November 27, 2013
In life, the gap between theory and practice is often a wide one. One example of this gap can be...
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Organic produce - Video review of Edible City

Edible City: Grow the Revolution

Erica Roberts·November 17, 2013
Would you eat something if its package said, “Ingested in large quantities, this may kill you?” Though packages don’t have...
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Hands - Video review of Together

Together: How co-operatives show resilience to the crisis

Erica Roberts·November 11, 2013
The 2012 documentary film, Together: How co-operatives show resilience to the crisis, produced by CECOP-CICOPA Europe, focuses on an unconventional business...
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Person in water - Book review of Conquer Your Stress with Mind/Body Techniques

CONQUER YOUR STRESS WITH MIND/BODY TECHNIQUES: Alternative therapies that will help you heal [book review]

Erica Roberts·November 5, 2013
CONQUER YOUR STRESS WITH MIND/BODY TECHNIQUES:Alternative therapies that will help you heal Kathy Gruver [Infinity Publishing, 215 pages] Though you...
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Lit sky - Video review of Five Gateways

5 Gateways

Erica Roberts·October 31, 2013
Wouldn’t it be great if you could determine how far you’ve progressed along the path of spiritual evolvement? While it...
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Boy on clouds - Religious tolerance

RELIGION & TOLERANCE: It’s best to keep an open mind

Erica Roberts·October 26, 2013
“The test of a first-rate intelligence is the ability to hold two opposing ideas in mind at the same time...
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Panda - The world's lack of compassion

IT’S NOT MY PROBLEM—BUT IT IS: Circumventing the lack of compassion in the world

Erica Roberts·October 23, 2013
The world is suffering from a severe lack of compassion. Though this isn’t a new phenomenon, it’s one I’ve noticed...
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Spiral - Review of Inner Worlds, Outer Worlds film

Inner Worlds, Outer Worlds

Erica Roberts·October 20, 2013
Religions exert so much effort battling one another in the quest to assert superiority. According to Inner Worlds, Outer Worlds,...
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Shampoo bottles - Review of The Story of Cosmetics film

The Story of Cosmetics

Erica Roberts·October 13, 2013
For a minute, imagine you’re an environmentally- and health-conscious person. If you’re a frequent visitor to The Mindful Word, it’s likely...
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Waiting in line - Living without an iPhone

MY LIFE WITHOUT AN IPHONE: Navigating the world with no apps

Erica Roberts·October 11, 2013
September 20, 2013 marked the release date of the newest models of the iPhone: the 5S and 5C. I didn’t...
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