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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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ZEN VEGAN FOOD: Delicious Plant-based Recipes from a Zen Buddhist Monk [book review]

Tricia Bowering·May 8, 2022
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POEMS BY ROSEMARY WILLIAMS: Wake Up Muse, Banyan Tree and more

Rosemary Williams·April 23, 2022
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THE SEEKER AND THE SERPENT SAGE: 3 days on the path to enlightenment

Forrest Rivers·April 15, 2022
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POEMS BY DEBI LEWIS: Body Language, Reacting Inappropriately, Going Underground

Debi Lewis·April 8, 2022
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HOW TO FAIL AT BEING A DAD, SUCCESSFULLY: Just being there and trying is enough

Matthew Jacobs·March 29, 2022
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THE BOOK OF FORM AND EMPTINESS: A novel [book review]

Tricia Bowering·March 19, 2022
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POEMS BY OLIVIA HAJIOFF: Brave, Clouds and more

Olivia Hajioff·March 18, 2022
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RUN INTO BEING: One seeker’s quest for intuitive wisdom

Forrest Rivers·March 11, 2022
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POEMS BY RACHEL MILLER: Meditation, The Directing Mind, How We Love Ourselves

Rachel Miller·March 6, 2022
Collection of book covers for different editions of Demian by Hermann Hesse

HERMANN HESSE’S DEMIAN: Rereading it 45 years after it became “the Bible of my youth” [book review]

Max Reif·February 7, 2022
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POEMS BY FATIMA N. NAJEM: Mother, She Was Always Whole and more

Fatima Nargis Najem·February 4, 2022
Gate to stone castle

POEMS BY BOB ROWE: Too Soon, Silly Things, Finding Home

Bob Rowe·January 8, 2022
Ode to a Marriage painting, cropped for lead

ODE TO A MARRIAGE: A poem and painting by Max Reif

Max Reif·January 5, 2022
Couple holding hands, walking towards sun on train track

POEMS BY MIKE LARCOMBE: Depression, The Best Is Yet to Come, By the Way

Mike Larcombe·December 26, 2021
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POEMS BY RACHEL MILLER: In the Perfect Place and Time and more

Rachel Miller·December 10, 2021
Red and yellow autumn leaf

LET GO: A story about the inevitable nature of change

Kunal Mehra·November 30, 2021
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VOLCANO OF GRIEF: The little space between tears and laughter

Marion Karian·November 10, 2021
Six paintings displayed in Max Reif's hallway

AN ARTIST’S JOURNEY CONTINUES: A year of surprises in paint

Max Reif·November 6, 2021
Single red rose in vase

POEMS BY CHRISTIE LEIGH BABIRAD: Jazz Soul, Jealousy and more

Christie Leigh Babirad·November 5, 2021
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HE SHEPHERDS HIS OWN: Finding a missing person with assistance from God

Contributor·November 1, 2021
Guests at Tranquillum having breakfast together on Nine Perfect Strangers

NINE PERFECT STRANGERS ON HULU: A (positive) dissent from most mainstream reviews

Max Reif·October 29, 2021
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IS IT GOING TO RAIN?: A story of learning to deal with uncertainty

Kunal Mehra·October 27, 2021
Illustration of man lying in white hammock

POEMS BY MAX REIF: Surprise, The Slow Pace of Change in Politics and the Human Psyche and more

Max Reif·October 23, 2021
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POEMS BY RACHEL MILLER: The Only Moment You Are Alive and more

Rachel Miller·October 17, 2021
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