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

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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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Orsolya Hernold
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Orsolya Hernold is the writer of orzola.org, a blog dedicated to personal growth by journaling. Orsolya offers topics with powerful questions to explore, online courses, and printed journals to help readers to create the habit of journaling. Follow her by subscribing at orzola.org, Facebook or on Twitter.
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THE TRADE-OFF: How saying NO to things can lead to the big YES

Orsolya Hernold·May 8, 2016
Learning the big YES I have a friend who was on the verge of becoming a nun. She was already...
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Imagination of a child

THE TWO SIDES OF IMAGINATION: Embrace imagination but be aware it can also lead to suffering

Orsolya Hernold·May 3, 2016
When I was a child, my imagination was my traveling kit—I come from a family with modest opportunities, so I...
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THE POWER OF QUESTIONS: 8 great queries you can use as tools of transformation

Orsolya Hernold·April 3, 2016
Yesterday we went out with friends that we haven’t seen for a long time. The night before, I was wondering...
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LIVING WITHOUT: 8 benefits of living in a small home

Orsolya Hernold·March 31, 2016
My first apartment had one room and a tiny bathroom. As life went on and our children were born, we...
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OUR EMOTIONAL FOOTPRINT: Ordinary People and Their Extra-ordinary Lives (book review)

Orsolya Hernold·February 20, 2016
Our Emotional Footprint: Ordinary People and Their Extra-ordinary Lives Saul Levine MD [iUniverse, 246 pages] This book surprised me. I...
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PARENTING LESSONS LEARNED: How to handle 6 common negative feelings that come with being a parent

Orsolya Hernold·February 10, 2016
I was a career-focused young woman with strong determination to keep climbing the ladder in a company’s hierarchy. In my...
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THE HIDDEN LANGUAGE OF ASANAS: Expand your learning from yoga inversions by exploring the symbolic context of each asana

Orsolya Hernold·November 6, 2015
My introduction to yoga came from a video a friend gave me back in 2000. I remember the moves feeling really...
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PAIN OF THE EVERYDAY: Practice focus journaling using these 4 questions to get out of the doldrums

Orsolya Hernold·November 5, 2015
“There are only two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is...
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THE GREEN BEAUTY RULES: The Essential Guide to Toxic-free Beauty, Green Glamour and Glowing Skin [book review]

Orsolya Hernold·October 25, 2015
The Green Beauty Rules Paige Padgett [HCI, 256 pages] I consider myself a conscious consumer, I’m vegetarian, eat a lot...
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4 Reasons Why Our Words Don’t Convey the Message We Intend

Orsolya Hernold·October 5, 2015
In the last couple of weeks I participated in several communication training seminars. As a trainer I have a huge responsibility...
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EMBRACE YOUR FACE: Tips to having a healthy face that you are content with

Orsolya Hernold·September 3, 2015
First impressions are important: the first three seconds of an encounter with someone can influence the relationship in the long run....
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Understand Ahimsa to Know What it Really Means to “Do No Harm”

Orsolya Hernold·August 20, 2015
Ahimsa is a Sanskrit word meaning “do no harm.” It’s an important virtue in Indian spirituality, such as Hinduism, Buddhism, Jainism...
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MINDFUL EATING: How to develop healthy eating habits

Orsolya Hernold·July 27, 2015
Creating healthy eating habits involves many layers of mindfulness. First, observing how food affects our body, acknowledging what feels good...
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Are children really great teachers?

Orsolya Hernold·July 23, 2015
Children are great teachers. Have you heard this before? I like exploring such general statements and seeing how much truth...
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MEANING OF BEAUTY: Developing a healthy concept of beauty

Orsolya Hernold·July 10, 2015
I was hesitant to write on the topic of beauty because I’m still in the middle of the work and many...
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