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Keri Mangis
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Keri Mangis is a Minneapolis-based author and freelance writer/speaker. Her work has appeared in the Star Tribune, Elephant Journal, Addicted to Success, The Good Men Project, Mindful Word, Thought Catalog, The Edge Magazine, and others. She is the author of "Embodying Soul: A Return to Wholeness."
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SLOW DOWN: Infuse your life with meaning and depth through simple ceremony

Keri Mangis·January 6, 2022
Life goes by in a blink. But maybe it doesn’t have to. Maybe we can slow it down, by infusing...
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TIME TO CLEAN OUR MIND ROOMS – Throwing out beliefs that no longer suit us1

TIME TO CLEAN OUR (MIND) ROOMS: Throwing out beliefs that no longer suit us

Keri Mangis·July 21, 2021
“We are what our thoughts have made us; so take care about what you think.” This quote by Swami Vivekananda,...
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A DARK NIGHT OF THE SOUL: 6 things to know about navigating through dark times

Keri Mangis·February 24, 2021
We’re living in radically transformative times. That’s actually a generous description. Let me try again. We’re living in frightening, chaotic,...
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