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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

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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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Attack of the Taser App

Shelli Pruett·June 18, 2017
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THE FORTUNATE SON: A memoir of my loving adoptive parents

Contributor·June 14, 2017
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MY COSTCO SUNDAY MORNING TOUCHDOWN: A memorable grocery shopping experience

Max Reif·June 11, 2017
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Descartes 2016

Shelli Pruett·June 4, 2017
Smaller version of sharks cartoon - Don't eat the humans!

Don’t Eat the Humans!

Shelli Pruett·June 4, 2017
Leaf with heart shape cut out of it against cloudy sky - An unconditional goodbye

AN UNCONDITIONAL GOODBYE: A relationship ends, but mindful awareness remains

Mike Larcombe·June 3, 2017
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Living in the Matrix

Shelli Pruett·May 21, 2017
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“Live. Die. Repeat.”

Shelli Pruett·May 21, 2017
The Tragically Hip performing in 2015 - The last hurrah

THE LAST HURRAH: The Tragically Hip’s “final tour” after frontman Downie’s cancer diagnosis

Contributor·May 15, 2017
Heart-shaped cloud in blue sky - Poetry by Woven Green

POETRY BY WOVEN GREEN: Lift it Up, Turning of the Tides, The Call, Victorious Smile, Breaking Free

Contributor·May 14, 2017
Collage of pictures - Bhakti and The Great American Songbook

BHAKTI AND THE GREAT AMERICAN SONGBOOK: How music and spirituality are connected by Love

Max Reif·May 8, 2017
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Buddhist Reunion

Shelli Pruett·May 7, 2017
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Quantum Entanglement

Shelli Pruett·May 7, 2017
Rain on car windshield - Poems by Robyn Phillips

POEMS BY ROBYN PHILLIPS: The Threshold of Acceptance, There is the Wind, Allies, The Wipers

Robyn Phillips·May 6, 2017
Ship in rough ocean water - Poems by Michael Seeger

POEMS BY MICHAEL SEEGER: On the Death of Hart Crane, What’s Requisite, Ant Bite, Finding Faith, Transience

Contributor·May 1, 2017
Snow angel - Poems by John Grey

POEMS BY JOHN GREY: Children in Snow, Biology, Living Alone

John Grey·April 29, 2017
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LISTENING TO AYAHUASCA: New Hope for Depression, Addiction, PTSD, and Anxiety [book review]

Contributing Writer·April 28, 2017
New York City street in autumn - Queens Vision 1983

POEMS BY MAX REIF: Queens Vision, 1983; ’50s Parents; Soup

Max Reif·April 22, 2017
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DAYCARE DROPOUT TO PH.D. GRADUATE: The story of an inquisitive girl named Marilyn

Contributor·April 21, 2017
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THE PUZZLING MIND: How doing jigsaw puzzles can help us focus on each moment

Angelica Pajkovic·April 19, 2017
Coloured pencils with curved effect - Mindfulness and the art of drawing

MINDFULNESS AND THE ART OF DRAWING: A full-body sensory experience

Contributor·April 5, 2017
Flares from a mini star - Poems by Charles Darnell

POEMS BY CHARLES DARNELL: Star Stuff, Quarter-Mile Post, When I Am Done

Contributor·March 25, 2017
Woman doing yoga at sunrise - Poems by Neha Hewitt

POEMS BY NEHA HEWITT: Resistance Outside an Ashram, Reverse Warrior, Child’s Pose

Contributor·March 5, 2017
Young man painting - The Artist's Way turns 25

THE ARTIST’S WAY TURNS 25: Exploring the concept of creativity with author Julia Cameron

Contributor·December 7, 2016
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