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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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    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

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    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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THE FRUITS OF THE GODS: A mystical journey of oneness

Forrest Rivers·January 6, 2021
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POEMS BY MAX REIF: Testament on the Last Day of 2020 and three more

Max Reif·January 4, 2021
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POEMS BY JOHN GREY: When All Around Is Battleground, The Letting Go and more

John Grey·January 2, 2021
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POEMS BY MIKE LARCOMBE: Now Is the Moment Is Now and more

Mike Larcombe·January 1, 2021
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WINTER COLORS: A poem and a 16-photo gallery

Max Reif·December 29, 2020
Bonfire on beach

POEMS BY MARK TULIN: Bonfire, August Breath and more

Mark Tulin·December 24, 2020
Small bench next to grass

POEMS BY MAX REIF: Such Joy, Ghosts, Chanting My Prayers

Max Reif·December 18, 2020
Abstract orange and black photo

POEMS BY GEORGE PAYNE: You Call Me Animal, Father’s Breakfast and more

George Cassidy Payne·December 17, 2020
male ballet dancer in a bubble

JUMPING FOR JOY: The journey of a male dancer, from first plié to total hip replacement

Jeffrey Marc Rockland·December 1, 2020
Sierra Mountains (USA)

POEMS BY JAMES FARWELL: Walking in Silence, Lifelong Memories and more

James Farwell·November 27, 2020
Mountain village at night

THE TALE OF MOUNTAIN GROVE: A restoration of democracy

Forrest Rivers·November 20, 2020
Clouds at sunset

POEMS BY GEORGE PAYNE: Irish Moon, Vow, Amy and more

George Cassidy Payne·November 16, 2020
Orange burst of light

POEMS BY NINA ASHER: Sunday Morning, Desire, Words

Nina Asher·November 13, 2020
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PERCEPTION, PRACTICE AND PASSION: An interview with Woody Woodrow

Julie Lewis·November 8, 2020
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AN ELECTION EVE BALLAD: Let us all live in light

Forrest Rivers·November 2, 2020
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TALES: parables, fables, visionary snippets [book review]

Erica Roberts·October 24, 2020
Coloured quilt

POEMS BY JAMES FARWELL: Creating a Quilt, Our True Teacher and more

James Farwell·October 23, 2020
Cliff with two people on it

POEMS BY GEORGE PAYNE: After the Tear Gas, Biden vs. Trump and more

George Cassidy Payne·October 17, 2020
Window view of chickadee

POEMS BY JOHN GREY: George and Dylan, At a Certain Age, My Back to Nature Drive

John Grey·October 16, 2020
Drum outdoors beside tree

THE OLD MAN PLAYED HIS DRUM: A spiritual parable

Max Reif·October 7, 2020
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POEMS BY JULIE LEWIS: Shame, Inertia, Ceaseless Conclusion

Julie Lewis·October 2, 2020
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ESSENTIAL READS: 7 books that inspire and support wholistic healing

Katherine Rundell·September 28, 2020
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POEMS BY JAMES FARWELL: Liberation, A Eulogy for the Living and more

James Farwell·September 25, 2020
Small fishing boat on river in autumn

POEMS BY HARRY KRESKY: Autumn, What Sustains Us, Original Sin

Harry Kresky·September 12, 2020
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