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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

    Three wooden markers on signpost on outdoor path - The 3 Powerful Words That Became Markers on My Mindful Path

    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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Man sitting on log beside lake - 3 Poems About Mindful Living, Including "To-Do List"

POEMS BY BOB ROWE: To-Do List, Talking With God and more

Bob Rowe·October 21, 2022
Hills of Sedona, Arizona

POEMS BY DIANA RAAB: Loneliness Redux, Visiting Sedona and more

Diana Raab·October 15, 2022
Bright sun shining on beach - 6 Poems, Including "Play of Opposites" and "I Have a Little Ball"

POEMS BY MAX REIF: Play of Opposites, I Have a Little Ball and more

Max Reif·October 11, 2022
Red sunset - 3 Poems About Life’s End, Including ”What Goes Unsaid”

POEMS BY CAROLYN CHILTON CASAS: What Goes Unsaid, A Doorway and more

Carolyn Chilton Casas·October 8, 2022
Silhouette of person meditating against red background

THE CREST-JEWEL OF DISCRIMINATION: A modern exposition [book review]

William T. Hathaway·October 7, 2022
Cloud with silver lining - LIVING AND DYING WITH CANCER: Enduring "the good fight"

LIVING AND DYING WITH CANCER: Treatment, the “good fight” and accepting help

Marcel Dufond·October 5, 2022
Play yard at Meher School

THE JOYS OF WORKING AND PLAYING WITH CHILDREN: It’s like a fountain of youth

Max Reif·October 3, 2022
View of tree through window - 5 Poems, Including "Mystery Guest" and "Tupelo"

POEMS BY JOHN GREY: Mystery Guest, The Tree and the Window and more

John Grey·September 10, 2022
Bridge with wavy wooden rails - LIVING AND DYING WITH CANCER: The year the world changed

LIVING AND DYING WITH CANCER: An introduction to the year the world changed

Marcel Dufond·September 5, 2022
Tumbleweeds growing

POEMS BY CAROLYN CHILTON CASAS: Paradox, The Real Me, I Am

Carolyn Chilton Casas·September 2, 2022
Older hand hanging planet Earth to younger hand

ZEN AND THE ART OF SAVING THE PLANET: Engaged Buddhism, social justice and climate change [book review]

Tricia Bowering·August 20, 2022
Wild strawberry - 3 Poems About Gratitude, Including This Given Day

POEMS BY JAMES CREWS: This Given Day, Finding the Islands, The Hug

James Crews·August 12, 2022
Mystic light of sun in dark forest

POEMS BY FORREST RIVERS: I Am Presence, Cosmic Fractals and more

Forrest Rivers·August 6, 2022
Rainbow in front of Mauna Kea volcano

TRAVEL AND ITS STATES OF MIND: Poems and pictures of the Big Island of Hawaii by Max Reif

Max Reif·July 23, 2022
Young girl walking barefoot on grassy path

POEMS BY OLIVIA HAJIOFF: The Path, A Summer Storm, The Girl in the Puddle

Olivia Hajioff·July 8, 2022
Majestic elk

GOD SPEAKS: A divine meeting with a majestic elk

Forrest Rivers·June 24, 2022
Bombed apartment building in Donbas, Ukraine

POEMS BY MAX REIF: A Rant on War as an Atavism, Playing With Fire

Max Reif·June 20, 2022
Beach at night

POEMS BY JIM JOHNSTON: The Fateful Shaping of a World and more

Jim Johnston·June 18, 2022
Brilliant white light - Saint Ananda’s pilgrimage for eternal truth

A STRANGER AMID THE MADNESS: Saint Ananda’s pilgrimage for eternal truth

Forrest Rivers·June 17, 2022
Man's legs running on treadmill

STEPHEN KING’S ON WRITING: How it stopped a budding novelist from giving up

Contributor·June 8, 2022
Women ballet dancers

LIFE IS THE DANCER: It’s up to us how Life dances through us

Marlane Ainsworth·June 1, 2022
landscape with clouds with sun shining behind them

LETTER TO MY PRE-PANDEMIC SELF: Things will never be the same

Mel Bender·May 22, 2022
Old man playing guitar on cement steps

POEMS BY JOHN GREY: Tuning Down, The Man on the Ledge and more

John Grey·May 20, 2022
The Night of Enitharmon's Joy (formerly called 'The Triple Hecate') painting by Blake 1795

FINDING MY WAY WITH HEKATE: Poetry by Mel Bender

Mel Bender·May 15, 2022
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