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    REDUCE YOUR BRAIN’S BLIND SPOTS: How cognitive training enhances self-awareness

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    EXERCISE AS PLAY: Movement, mindfulness and mental health

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    COMPLICATIONS, CONTRADICTIONS, CONFUSIONS: 3 words that became markers on a mindful path

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

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    POEMS BY GEORGE PAYNE: Sturgeon Moon, That Morning In Athens and more

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

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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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    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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    NIGHT SEA JOURNEY: Buying back sanity in La Paz, Mexico [Part 6]

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Heena G.
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Heena is a contemplative writer exploring the quiet spaces between mind, language and healing. She believes words can soften what the world often hardens—and that naming our wounds is the first step to healing them.
Sad woman with head laying on side of bridge - An Induced Disease: How to Perceive Panic and Stress

NOT JUST TENSION: Understanding stress as an induced disease

Heena G.·August 6, 2025
Growing up, I heard “tension” everywhere. Tension before exams. Tension when relatives visited. Tension about the future. It felt normal,...
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Group of Millennial friends with arms around each other at park - Millennials: 3 Big Questions They’re Asking Themselves

MILLENNIALS: Healing the wounds we never asked for

Heena G.·July 16, 2025
“Some of us are trying to be the person we needed when we were younger.” – Unknown We aren’t falling...
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Mother, father and child, with child being lifted by father - Conscious Parenting: 5 Great Ways to Improve Your Skills

PARENTING PARADOX: Who teaches conscious parenting to parents?

Heena G.·June 11, 2025
Yes, I haven’t birthed a child. But does that make me less of a parent? I’ve asked myself this question...
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Woman writing in notebook at desk - Sehnsucht: An Inexplicable Yearning When Life Seems Fine

WHEN YOUR LIFE LOOKS FINE BUT DOESN’T FEEL FINE: An inexplicable yearning

Heena G.·May 28, 2025
There comes a time when you look around and realize everything is technically OK. You have a roof over your...
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Woman walking in field next to house - 5 Signs of Quiet Burnout and What You Can Do About It

BEYOND EXHAUSTION: When rest isn’t the remedy

Heena G.·May 12, 2025
A contemplative reflection on the quiet kind of burnout that rest alone can’t heal—and how real recovery begins with reconnection....
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