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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

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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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    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

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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

    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

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    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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Small plant growing on top of stack of gold coins

POEMS BY REBECCA SHEA: All the Places I Haven’t Found God, But My Flowers Did Not Grow

Rebecca Shea·July 6, 2019
Path to lighthouse in ocean

POEMS BY MATT BUONOCORE: Love Transfusion, One in Love, Swallowed in Surrender

Matt Buonocore·July 5, 2019
White-tailed eagle with mouth open

THE GATHERING: Animals and humans pay homage to the Great Spirit

Forrest Rivers·June 28, 2019
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A CHILDHOOD MEMORY: My brother never learned to jump

Mara Cohen·June 17, 2019
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JUST THE DANCE: Poems inspired by Alan Watts

George Cassidy Payne·June 14, 2019
fiction story mountain goat

DO NOT FEAR: An encounter with the spirit of death

Forrest Rivers·June 8, 2019
Woman balancing on one leg in field

POEMS BY KATIE HANNEMAN: Goddess Energy, On Death and more

Katie Hanneman·June 7, 2019
Newspaper, coffee and water glass

POEMS BY JOHN GREY: The Globes, February, A Bird of a Different Feather, The Newspaper

John Grey·May 31, 2019
Rainbow-coloured, firelike swirl

TOUCHED WITH FIRE: Manic-Depressive Illness and the Artistic Temperament [book review]

Philip Mann·May 23, 2019
Blue butterfly in motion

POEMS BY REBECCA SHEA: Butterfly, Hers, Umbra

Rebecca Shea·May 22, 2019
SHE LOVES DAISIES A portrait of my mother1

SHE LOVES DAISIES: A portrait of my mother

Rebecca Shea·May 12, 2019
Cliffs with water running between them in Iceland - Poems by Alice Shi Kembel

POEMS BY ALICE SHI KEMBEL: 4 pieces of poetry inspired by a trip to Iceland

Alice Shi Kembel·May 10, 2019
Greyscale scene of trees and large puddle of water - Poems by George Payne

POEMS BY GEORGE PAYNE: The Sound of God, What the Greeks Did Not Leave and more

George Cassidy Payne·May 2, 2019
Girl walking on path in sun - Your fittest future self

YOUR FITTEST FUTURE SELF: Making Choices Today for a Happier, Healthier, Fitter Future You [book review]

Jennifer Holmes·April 22, 2019
A NEW BICYCLE Papa can we have that1

A NEW BICYCLE: Papa, can we have that?

Hemal Naik·April 18, 2019
Abstract green photo - Poems by George Payne

POEMS BY GEORGE PAYNE: The Name of God Is Not a Word, Tuesday Evening Tango and more

George Cassidy Payne·April 6, 2019
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THE MEDITATING HERON: White-bellied heron—an emissary from the past

Hemal Naik·March 30, 2019
Red rose on ice on snowy day - Poems by B.S. Dixon

POEMS BY B.S. DIXON: Temptation, The Trespasser, Reunion, For Jeanne

B.S. Dixon·March 29, 2019
Waste spill in Kingston, Ontario pond - The Hidden Worlds

THE HIDDEN WORLDS: A novel on environmental stewardship for teens [book review]

Jennifer Holmes·March 20, 2019
Couple sitting on cement outdoors underneath dark blue sky - Poems by Mike Larcombe

POEMS BY MIKE LARCOMBE: The Big 5 Love Commitments, Loving Wanting

Mike Larcombe·March 8, 2019
Abstract photo with purple darkness and light - Poems by George Payne

POEMS BY GEORGE PAYNE: Earthquake, Set Forth in the Blood, Dishes in the Earth and more

George Cassidy Payne·March 1, 2019
Window with frost looks out onto snow - Poems by John Grey

POEMS BY JOHN GREY: A Rush, Making Up, In Its Early Years

John Grey·February 8, 2019
Visitors going through Meow Wolf exhibit in Santa Fe - Art reimagined

ART REIMAGINED: The magic of Meow Wolf in Santa Fe

Daphne Jones·February 5, 2019
Black and white Earth in front of TV - Poems by George Payne

POEMS BY GEORGE PAYNE: From the Beginning, Heaven Is Another Name, When I Found Poetry and more

George Cassidy Payne·February 2, 2019
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