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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

    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

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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]

    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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Woman sitting on pillar on quiet beach - Silence

SILENCE: The Power of Quiet in a World Full of Noise [book review]

Liezl Duff·January 29, 2019
Woman walking alone on cobblestone path - The solo traveler's handbook

THE SOLO TRAVELER’S HANDBOOK: For those who love and those who long to go solo [book review]

Jennifer Holmes·January 24, 2019
Solitary man looking out at lake - Poems by Mike Larcombe

POEMS BY MIKE LARCOMBE: The Moment of Life, Two by Two, The Blame Game, What Really Comes From Me, Old Smokey

Mike Larcombe·January 20, 2019
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A LOOK BACK AT THE VIETNAM WAR: Poems and photos by George Payne

George Cassidy Payne·January 11, 2019
Female digital nomad works on laptop - Courage freedom happiness

COURAGE FREEDOM HAPPINESS: Life Hacks from a Digital Nomad [book review]

Jennifer Holmes·January 7, 2019
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Road to Perdition

Shelli Pruett·January 4, 2019
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What If Gollum Was Addicted to His Phone?

Shelli Pruett·January 4, 2019
IDENTIFY OR BLEND Elements of Buddhism in the fiction of Haruki Murakami1

IDENTIFY OR BLEND: Elements of Buddhism in the fiction of Haruki Murakami

Cal Morgan·January 2, 2019
MUSIC FOR PAINTERS Creating music to use as protective bubble for focus

MUSIC FOR PAINTERS: Music as a protective bubble for focus

Michael Spivack·December 31, 2018
Group of various healing crystals - Crystals

CRYSTALS: A Guide to Using the Crystal Compass for Energy, Healing, and Reclaiming Your Power [book review]

Khalil Guliwala·December 14, 2018
Two men sitting and talking peacefully in winter - Say What You Mean

SAY WHAT YOU MEAN: A Nonviolent Approach to Mindful Communication [book review]

Jennifer Holmes·December 12, 2018
Black branches against turquoise sky - Poems by George Cassidy Payne

POEMS BY GEORGE PAYNE: Nothing Scares Me More, Inside the Tent, Andromeda, Sound Waves of Absolute Zero

George Cassidy Payne·December 7, 2018
THE QUESTION OF SANTA CLAUS I know undoubtedly he is real 2

THE QUESTION OF SANTA CLAUS: I know undoubtedly he is real

Nicholas Arnold·December 4, 2018
Two people holding hands on top of mountain - Poetry by Liezl Duff

POEMS BY LIEZL DUFF: Not Like This, Today, Sad Goodbye, What Happened Next?

Liezl Duff·December 1, 2018
Man walking in snow - Poems by John Grey

POEMS BY JOHN GREY: In This Quest to Live Forever, Marie from Kinshasa, A Good Time Is Had by All

John Grey·November 30, 2018
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Legal Weed Might Be Less Fun

Shelli Pruett·November 26, 2018
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An Unexpected Bill for Damages

Shelli Pruett·November 26, 2018
Whale swimming through clouds with birds nearby - Poems by Renee Podunovich

POEMS BY RENEE PODUNOVICH: Darkening, Witness(ed), Allowing, The Self-Caring Sea

Renee Podunovich·November 23, 2018
Lone football player getting ready to throw - The import

THE IMPORT: A day in the life of a professional football player in Germany

Ben von Jagow·November 16, 2018
conch shell

LITTLE MIRACLES: She sees seashells

Danielle Dayney·November 9, 2018
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THE GOLDEN SEQUENCE: A Manual for Reclaiming Our Humanity [book review]

Jennifer Holmes·November 8, 2018
Tombstones in a cemetery in the fall - Poems by George Payne

POEMS BY GEORGE PAYNE: Death Is Taking Off a Tight Shoe, The Holy Muscles, Do Not Google It

George Cassidy Payne·November 3, 2018
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BREAKING THE SILENCE: Overcoming fear and doubt in the creative life

Contributing Writer·October 24, 2018
Single flower in cloudy field - Poems by George Payne

POEMS BY GEORGE PAYNE: The Way of Zen, Storytellers, Sensual Machine, The Plantation, Passing Through

George Cassidy Payne·October 20, 2018
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