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    Senior woman reaching out and peacefully touching plant - Try a Simple 3 Moments of Joy Exercise to Cultivate Optimism

    FIND JOY THROUGH MINDFULNESS: The hidden power of optimism

    Illustration of woman stepping out of birdcage - Step Out of the Comparison Trap and Make Peace With Yourself

    FROM A DISTANCE: Recognizing and avoiding the “comparison trap”

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    THE CACTUS IN THE BOX: When burnout is the cost of trying to fit in the wrong room

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    Greyscale landscape - “After Love” and 3 More Evocative Poems

    POEMS BY GEORGE PAYNE: I Think Now of Shelters, After Love and more

    Bird footprints in snow - 4 Soothing Poems, Including ”Sacred Heart, Sacred Light”

    POEMS BY JIM JOHNSTON: For Larry, Tracks and more

    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

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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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    Hands against background of a heart - Travelling With Intention: Why Is It So Important?

    NATIONAL VOLUNTEER MONTH: Moving through the world with intention

    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]

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POEMS BY MIKE PERKINS: Lest They Heal, Night Whisper Sounds, and Come Look

Contributor·October 25, 2012
Autobiographical choruses about music - records

AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL CHORUSES: One baby-boomer’s perspective on the tunes of his youth

Max Reif·May 30, 2015
Older man walking on trail - Poems by Max Reif

POEMS BY MAX REIF: Down the Trail, Homage to an Inner Teacher, Beyond Friction

Max Reif·October 21, 2016
Greyscale landscape - “After Love” and 3 More Evocative Poems

POEMS BY GEORGE PAYNE: I Think Now of Shelters, After Love and more

George Cassidy Payne·June 18, 2026
New crescent moon over sea - Poems by Julie Lauton

POEMS BY JULIE LAUTON: Allies in the Moments, 4 Haiku, Sliver, Environmental Awareness

Contributor·May 21, 2016
Stone birdbath in the rain

POEMS BY JOHN GREY: When the Bird-Woman Is Away and more

John Grey·July 6, 2020
Women jumping in joy

POEMS by Ruth Holloway: Finding Joy in Life

Contributing Writer·December 22, 2011
Bluejay

POEMS BY JOHN GREY: When All Around Is Battleground, The Letting Go and more

John Grey·January 2, 2021
Coloured trees in bloom

POEMS BY GEORGE PAYNE: A New Moon Intention, How Death Lingers and more

George Cassidy Payne·June 7, 2021
present mountain greatest teacher

Present mountain

kiva-bottero·July 20, 2011
Rainbow against mountain, both next to water

POEMS BY GEORGE PAYNE: Empty-Handed Strangers, The Firebrands and more

George Cassidy Payne·November 15, 2019
Single flower in cloudy field - Poems by George Payne

POEMS BY GEORGE PAYNE: The Way of Zen, Storytellers, Sensual Machine, The Plantation, Passing Through

George Cassidy Payne·October 20, 2018
Ship sailing

TESTAMENT: A poem by Max Reif

Max Reif·July 26, 2012
Traveller's feet while relaxing on mountaintop - Poems by Mike Larcombe

POEMS BY MIKE LARCOMBE: The Mindful Acceptance of Beliefs, Nothing is Missing

Mike Larcombe·October 15, 2016
Owl outside wooden barn - 3 Powerful Heartfelt Poems, Including "Yellow Brick Road"

POEMS BY CAROLYN CHILTON CASAS: Because I Brought You Here, Yellow Brick Road and more

Carolyn Chilton Casas·June 14, 2024
love story

POEMS BY COREY MESLER: Art and Love, Morning Path, We are the River

Contributing Writer·June 19, 2012
Top of palm tree at sunset - Poems by Erika Goodrich

POEMS BY ERIKA GOODRICH: Alternative L.E.D., Impression at Sunset, After Twilight

Contributor·April 23, 2016
Beaver hutch in Adirondacks

POEMS BY GEORGE PAYNE: If You See My Ego, I Am Not the Body and more

George Cassidy Payne·May 22, 2020
Person standing on rock in ocean at sunset

POEMS BY JAMES FARWELL: Forever Now, The Gift of Sight and more

James Farwell·September 4, 2020
Abstract image representing the equinox - Poems by Erwin L. Rimban

POEMS BY ERWIN L. RIMBAN: Into the Sea of Molten Light, You Painted the World in Serial Time, To a Mystic Daughter

Contributor·July 29, 2017
spring - sending flowers

SENDING FLOWERS FORTH INTO AN ABYSS: A poem by Joshua Bocher

Contributor·March 22, 2013
Open hands - Poems by Max Reif

POEMS BY MAX REIF: A Political Map of the Poet’s Insides, Putting My Questions to the Trees, California Autumn Poem, The Open Hand and the Closed Fist

Max Reif·January 1, 2014
doll - poems

POEMS BY KELLY HAAS SHACKELFORD: I Existed, High School Reject, A Mother’s Box of Dreams

Contributing Writer·May 2, 2013
Washburn, Illinois tornado - Poems by Max Reif

POEMS BY MAX REIF: With Trump It’s Come to This, Morning Ablutions, Domestic Revelation

Max Reif·March 23, 2018
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