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    Person wearing watch, grabbing puzzle pieces - How to Reduce Your Brain’s Blind Spots With Simple Training

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

    Senior couple walking down trail in fall - Exercise as Play: A Small Shift Makes a Big Difference

    EXERCISE AS PLAY: Movement, mindfulness and mental health

    Three wooden markers on signpost on outdoor path - The 3 Powerful Words That Became Markers on My Mindful Path

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

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    Glass jar full of blue paint next to paintbrushes on table - Take Stock of Your Precious Life: An Inspiring Fiction Story

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

    Full moon behind a rural house - “Sturgeon Moon” and 3 Other Poems With Passion

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

    Train travelling through Alaska mountain range - Don’t Doubt Yourself—Spread Your Wings and Soar

    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

    hanami cherry blossoms closeup

    HANAMI DREAMING: The start of spring in Japan

    Joe Biden with other world leaders - Political Power: 3 Ways Democratic Voters Can Battle Fascism

    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

    la paz mexico sunrise

    TYING UP LOOSE ENDS: One last—and glorious—day in La Paz, Mexico [Part 7]

    Facebook on laptop in La Paz hotel room - NIGHT SEA JOURNEY: Buying back sanity in La Paz, Mexico

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

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Daisy flower - Good News

THE GOOD NEWS: Poetry by Thich Nhat Hanh

Contributing Writer·June 10, 2007
Body image - looking in mirror

LOVE YOUR BODY: An Analysis of Eve Ensler’s Dramatic Activism

Contributing Writer·June 10, 2007
jellyfish

MIKSANG: Contemplative Photography That Conflates Meditation and Art

Contributing Writer·June 10, 2007
Dandelion flower - Peace is Every Step

PEACE IS EVERY STEP: The Path of Mindfulness in Everyday Life

Kiva Bottero·July 28, 2007
Illuminated pink lotus flower - Calming the Fearful Mind: A Zen Master's Response to Terrorism

CALMING THE FEARFUL MIND: A Zen Response to Terrorism

Kiva Bottero·August 16, 2007
The New World by Terrence Malick review

THE NEW WORLD: A film by Terrence Malick

Contributing Writer·August 27, 2007
Sunset desert - living with war

LIVING WITH WAR: Album by Neil Young

Kiva Bottero·September 7, 2007
Tree landscape - future possible

FOR A FUTURE TO BE POSSIBLE: Commentaries on the five mindfulness trainings

Contributing Writer·March 27, 2008
mountains nature green art

GREEN ART: Environmentally conscious artists create green art

Contributing Writer·June 26, 2008
Man-Burmese-monk

KUSALA THE BURMESE MONK: A Story by Patricia Diaz

Contributing Writer·June 26, 2008
Pen-poems issue

POEMS FROM ISSUE 2: Evolution’s End, The Fire Peach, Constantly

Contributing Writer·June 26, 2008
Contact improv dance

CONTACT IMPROV DANCE: Exploring the body as mind

Contributing Writer·June 26, 2008
aerial farm power of community

THE POWER OF COMMUNITY: How Cuba Survived Peak Oil

Contributing Writer·December 28, 2008
water globe world lover

WORLD AS LOVER, WORLD AS SELF: Courage for Global Justice and Ecological Renewal

Contributing Writer·January 18, 2009
apple tree apple to oysters

APPLES TO OYSTERS: A Food Lover’s Guide to Canadian Farms

Contributing Writer·February 2, 2009
The Hunters Lullaby by Raine Maida

THE HUNTERS LULLABY: Raine Maida’s first solo album after Our Lady Peace

Contributing Writer·March 18, 2009
meadows bright poems

POEMS FROM ISSUE 3: Yoga, Becoming

Contributing Writer·January 17, 2010
nature daylight elephant power

ELEPHANT POWER by MC Yogi

Kiva Bottero·January 17, 2010
money coins deep economy

DEEP ECONOMY: The Wealth of Communities and the Durable Future

Contributing Writer·January 17, 2010
present mountain greatest teacher

Present mountain

Kiva Bottero·July 20, 2011
Dogs on the streets of India

ANIMAL RIGHTS: Whose streets are they anyways?

Kiva Bottero·September 28, 2011
sea sky poems

POEMS by MAX REIF

Max Reif·November 18, 2011
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SANA MUSASAMA: Ceramic Artist

Contributing Writer·November 20, 2011
Heart image

POEMS by TOM McFERRAN

Jane Olivier·December 2, 2011
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