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    Cup of tea on fence outdoors with blue sky in background - Gratitude for Ordinary Life: Find Beauty in Everyday Moments

    LEARN TO NOTICE THE SMALL THINGS: How gratitude changes the way we see ordinary days

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    MEGA-GEM: How mindfulness and gratitude complement each other

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    THE WAY WE HOLD OURSELVES: Why self-compassion and connection are so important for women

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    Woman walking down road with gold and green trees - "My Daily Walk" and 4 More Authentic Poems About the World

    POEMS BY DHARA VIJAYAKUMAR: Herself, My Daily Walk and more

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    POEMS BY GEORGE PAYNE: I Think Now of Shelters, After Love 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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Marcel Dufond
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Dictionary definition of kindness on page - Living and Dying With Cancer: Wonderful People on Our Journey

LIVING AND DYING WITH CANCER: New friends were the catalyst for change

Marcel Dufond·January 2, 2023
This is the follow-up to LIVING AND DYING WITH CANCER: A kind stranger made our world a better place, published...
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Snowy highway in winter - Living and Dying With Cancer: Help From a Beautiful Stranger

LIVING AND DYING WITH CANCER: A kind stranger made our world a better place

Marcel Dufond·December 2, 2022
This is the follow-up to LIVING AND DYING WITH CANCER: Gaining hope in a White Castle parking lot, published last...
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LIVING AND DYING WITH CANCER: Gaining hope in a White Castle parking lot

Marcel Dufond·November 1, 2022
This is the follow-up to LIVING AND DYING WITH CANCER: Treatment, the “good fight” and accepting help, published last month,...
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Cloud with silver lining - LIVING AND DYING WITH CANCER: Enduring "the good fight"

LIVING AND DYING WITH CANCER: Treatment, the “good fight” and accepting help

Marcel Dufond·October 5, 2022
This is the follow-up to LIVING AND DYING WITH CANCER: An introduction to the year the world changed, published last...
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LIVING AND DYING WITH CANCER: An introduction to the year the world changed

Marcel Dufond·September 5, 2022
What would you do on the day you found out you were going to die in two years? I would...
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