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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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    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

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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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    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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Why We Love Dogs!

Shelli Pruett·September 10, 2017
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A Dog That Doesn’t Act Like a Dog

Shelli Pruett·September 10, 2017
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THE DAY MY LIFE CHANGED: It took the near-death of my little son to wake me up

Contributing Writer·August 30, 2017
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Guilt-Free Consumer and Political Sheep

Shelli Pruett·August 27, 2017
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Thin, Beautiful and Totally Hot!

Shelli Pruett·August 27, 2017
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Patient Empathy Program

Shelli Pruett·August 13, 2017
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The Essential Zen Question

Shelli Pruett·August 13, 2017
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PHILBIN POND: A story of finding comfort in tradition

Contributor·August 11, 2017
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Spoiler Alert!

Shelli Pruett·July 30, 2017
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Hashtag #CaveArt

Shelli Pruett·July 30, 2017
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
Glacier calving - Expressive nature photography

EXPRESSIVE NATURE PHOTOGRAPHY: How to capture images that’ll tell a story

Contributor·July 26, 2017
Woman standing in field of yellow flowers looking at trees and sky - Poems by Sherin Shefik

POEMS BY SHERINSHE: Dear Mother Nature, Einstein’s Cosmic Religion, Goodbye, Hello Trees

Contributor·July 22, 2017
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Refrigerator GPS

Shelli Pruett·July 16, 2017
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A Million Dollars in Debt by 30

Shelli Pruett·July 16, 2017
Bridge with crisis counselling sign for potential suicide attempts - Poems by John Grey

POEMS BY JOHN GREY: Day of Days, Rescue, Naturalist and Dog on Lichen Excursion, Beach

John Grey·July 15, 2017
The Overland Limited

THE FORTUNATE SON: My parents’ decades-long love affair with trains

Contributor·July 7, 2017
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Dating in the Social Media Age

Shelli Pruett·July 2, 2017
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Relationship Background Check

Shelli Pruett·July 2, 2017
Man standing on boulevard at sunset - Poems by Mike Larcombe

POEMS BY MIKE LARCOMBE: Children are Dying, The Here and the Now, Who Knows

Mike Larcombe·June 30, 2017
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FOR MY EYES ONLY: The challenges of writing meaningfully in a diary or journal

Angelica Pajkovic·June 28, 2017
Cropped Union painting by Max Reif - A process of birth

A PROCESS OF BIRTH: Reflections on the creation of a new painting

Max Reif·June 25, 2017
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THE FORTUNATE SON: Casualties of war and my initial introduction to hate crimes and racial injustice

Contributor·June 24, 2017
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Deer on Xanax

Shelli Pruett·June 18, 2017
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