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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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4 POEMS BY MAX REIF: The Poet Defends His Integrity In a Dream, The Puzzle and more

Max Reif·May 9, 2021
Orange cloudy sky

POEMS BY JAMES FARWELL: Let’s Get Real, Connecting With the Quietness Within and more

James Farwell·May 7, 2021
Homeless woman sitting on street as people walk by

SEEDS OF KARMA: A tale of loving-kindness

Forrest Rivers·April 30, 2021
Morning sun shining on trees

POEMS BY JAMES FARWELL: 10 haiku about meditative living

James Farwell·April 9, 2021
Crocuses

POEMS BY JENNIFER NOVOTNEY: The Crocus Arrived First, The Shape of Light and more

Jennifer Novotney·April 7, 2021
Bird flying over blue mountains

LIVE AND INSPIRE PART I: 14 reflections, poems and parables

Forrest Rivers·March 30, 2021
The Day of the Dead celebrators in costumes

POEMS BY JOHN GREY: For the Day of the Dead, War Front, The One Flower

John Grey·March 26, 2021
Tea being poured

POEMS BY ANNE RUGGIRELLO: Grace, Sips of Joy and more

Anne Ruggirello·March 20, 2021
Man meditating in dark, cavelike area

THE KING WHO SERVED FOR A DAY: A tale of love and service

Forrest Rivers·March 16, 2021
Light shining on violets

POEMS BY JAMES FARWELL: 10 haiku about human essence and existence

James Farwell·March 12, 2021
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POEMS BY APRIL ALMEIDA: Cuppa Confusion, Mind Coping and more

April Von Braun·March 10, 2021
Pfizer vaccine for COVID

POEMS BY MAX REIF: First Vaccine, A Dream-Figure’s Hymn to the Dreamer and more

Max Reif·March 5, 2021
Woman running down country road in sun

EMPOWERED: A motivational journal for women [book review]

Charlotte Smith·February 25, 2021
Buddha statue in front of moon, with tree

POEMS BY JAMES FARWELL: 8 haiku about living authentically in the moment

James Farwell·February 17, 2021
Driftwood pleasingly arranged on beach

POEMS BY GEORGE PAYNE: I Have Something You Want to Hear, Your Hair Glowed and more

George Cassidy Payne·February 15, 2021
Ram Dass at 70

BEING RAM DASS: The spiritual icon’s autobiography, Part II of II [book review]

Max Reif·February 12, 2021
Forget-me-nots

POEMS BY RAPHAEL BLOCK: Resurgent, Roots, In Slowness

Raphael Block·February 11, 2021
Burdens of being an artist

BURDENS: Being, burdens and approaching things head-on

Vera Chiu·February 5, 2021
Young girl learning from home on laptop

THE SACRIFICIAL LAMBS: A poem about the perils of virtual school

Mike Larcombe·February 3, 2021
Ram Dass with group of people

BEING RAM DASS: The spiritual icon’s autobiography, Part I of II [book review]

Max Reif·February 1, 2021
Jars of honey on outdoor table

HONEYLAND: An exploration of ethically sustainable beekeeping [video review]

Charlotte Smith·January 31, 2021
Juggler on beach beside white light

MAGIC: The day a magician learned the true meaning of the word

Forrest Rivers·January 22, 2021
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POEMS BY GEORGE PAYNE: Dad, Birds of Prey, Proof and more

George Cassidy Payne·January 15, 2021
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ABSURDISM: The funny thing about a collapsed lung

Seamus Easton·January 10, 2021
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