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    MENTAL HEALTH AND MINDFULNESS AT WORK: Building healthier, more resilient teams

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    ENERGY MANAGEMENT: How to control the flow of your energy—even as a sensitive person

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    MIND THE GAP: Mindfulness as the practice of living in one piece

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    Greyscale landscape - “After Love” and 3 More Evocative Poems

    POEMS BY GEORGE PAYNE: I Think Now of Shelters, After Love and more

    Bird footprints in snow - 4 Soothing Poems, Including ”Sacred Heart, Sacred Light”

    POEMS BY JIM JOHNSTON: For Larry, Tracks 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

    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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    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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A Dog with Stockholm Syndrome

Shelli Pruett·September 19, 2018
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Pamela Gerber·August 29, 2015
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CUTE LIFE QUOTES: 37 sweet thoughts about life to brighten your day

Contributing Writer·April 24, 2013
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ME AND HUCK FINN: Long-ago riverboat days

Max Reif·February 20, 2015
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PAINTINGS BY MOLLY CRANCH: How mindfulness positively impacted her work

Contributor·December 22, 2017
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ROSA PARKS: A closer look at myth vs. reality

Contributor·November 17, 2022
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Glad to Get Carded

Shelli Pruett·May 11, 2018
Abstract image representing the equinox - Poems by Erwin L. Rimban

POEMS BY ERWIN L. RIMBAN: Into the Sea of Molten Light, You Painted the World in Serial Time, To a Mystic Daughter

Contributor·July 29, 2017
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POEMS BY ANNE RUGGIRELLO: Grace, Sips of Joy and more

Anne Ruggirello·March 20, 2021
Rainbow woman painting - Poem by Max Reif

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Max Reif·December 11, 2015
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WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO SELL OUT?: Reflections on the Sell Out? exhibit at the Ottawa Art Gallery

Erica·September 26, 2013
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Refrigerator GPS

Shelli Pruett·July 16, 2017
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RISK VS FUN: Growth inevitably involves testing our limits

Max Reif·March 7, 2013
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LUCKY: ‘Til death do us part

Contributor·December 19, 2013
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POEMS BY JOHN GREY: In My Younger Days, The Park in Stages and more

John Grey·November 18, 2022
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DISCOVERING YOUR PERSONALITY TYPE: Enneagram beginner’s guide

Erica·December 18, 2012
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April Von Braun·March 10, 2021
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POEMS BY OLIVIA HAJIOFF: A Perfect Love, Nostalgia, We Are the Sky

Olivia Hajioff·March 7, 2025
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POEMS BY KELLY HAAS SHACKELFORD: I Existed, High School Reject, A Mother’s Box of Dreams

Contributing Writer·May 2, 2013
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POEMS BY SHERINSHE: Dear Mother Nature, Einstein’s Cosmic Religion, Goodbye, Hello Trees

Contributor·July 22, 2017
Sleep Anywhere - Eleanor Leonne Bennett

PHOTOS by Eleanor Leonne Bennett

Contributing Writer·February 26, 2012
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Diana Raab·October 15, 2022
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POSTHUMOUS WRITER: A story

Erica·January 9, 2014
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