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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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Boat with no oars washed up on shore - Spiritual poems of Rumi

SPIRITUAL POEMS OF RUMI: Once Again, I Went to the Doctor, Out There You’ll Find, I Was Ready to Tell, Poor Human Never Learned

Contributor·March 3, 2018
Person's hands working with plants - Poems by John Grey

POEMS BY JOHN GREY: The Spoiling of a Good Walk, Sunbathing, You Are Not a Plant

John Grey·January 30, 2018
Man standing on mountain range overlooking sea - Poems by Shaun Payne

POEMS BY SHAUN PAYNE: Patience, Potential, Layers, Grace, Rebirth

Contributor·January 23, 2018
Marigold against blurry outdoor background - Poems by Yuan Changming

POEMS BY YUAN CHANGMING: Meditating, Self-Rebuilding, Praying

Contributor·December 13, 2017
Columbine flowers against dark sky in Colorado - Poems by Ji Strangeway

POEMS BY JI STRANGEWAY: Bows, Among the Fields, First, Healer, The Welcoming

Ji Strangeway·November 28, 2017
Sheep next to body of water - Poems by John Grey

POEMS BY JOHN GREY: Lake of the Elms, Lost My Way, Life with the Land

John Grey·October 15, 2017
Statue of man with head in hands - Poems by Mike Larcombe

POEMS BY MIKE LARCOMBE: Christmas Feeling, Thoughts, Conscious Selfishness

Mike Larcombe·September 17, 2017
Photo collage of city buildings in Australia - Citiness

CITINESS: A poem on the essential nature of cities by Max Reif

Max Reif·September 11, 2017
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
Woman standing in field of yellow flowers looking at trees and sky - Poems by Sherin Shefik

POEMS BY SHERINSHE: Dear Mother Nature, Einstein’s Cosmic Religion, Goodbye, Hello Trees

Contributor·July 22, 2017
Bridge with crisis counselling sign for potential suicide attempts - Poems by John Grey

POEMS BY JOHN GREY: Day of Days, Rescue, Naturalist and Dog on Lichen Excursion, Beach

John Grey·July 15, 2017
Man standing on boulevard at sunset - Poems by Mike Larcombe

POEMS BY MIKE LARCOMBE: Children are Dying, The Here and the Now, Who Knows

Mike Larcombe·June 30, 2017
Leaf with heart shape cut out of it against cloudy sky - An unconditional goodbye

AN UNCONDITIONAL GOODBYE: A relationship ends, but mindful awareness remains

Mike Larcombe·June 3, 2017
Heart-shaped cloud in blue sky - Poetry by Woven Green

POETRY BY WOVEN GREEN: Lift it Up, Turning of the Tides, The Call, Victorious Smile, Breaking Free

Contributor·May 14, 2017
Rain on car windshield - Poems by Robyn Phillips

POEMS BY ROBYN PHILLIPS: The Threshold of Acceptance, There is the Wind, Allies, The Wipers

Robyn Phillips·May 6, 2017
Ship in rough ocean water - Poems by Michael Seeger

POEMS BY MICHAEL SEEGER: On the Death of Hart Crane, What’s Requisite, Ant Bite, Finding Faith, Transience

Contributor·May 1, 2017
Snow angel - Poems by John Grey

POEMS BY JOHN GREY: Children in Snow, Biology, Living Alone

John Grey·April 29, 2017
New York City street in autumn - Queens Vision 1983

POEMS BY MAX REIF: Queens Vision, 1983; ’50s Parents; Soup

Max Reif·April 22, 2017
Flares from a mini star - Poems by Charles Darnell

POEMS BY CHARLES DARNELL: Star Stuff, Quarter-Mile Post, When I Am Done

Contributor·March 25, 2017
Woman doing yoga at sunrise - Poems by Neha Hewitt

POEMS BY NEHA HEWITT: Resistance Outside an Ashram, Reverse Warrior, Child’s Pose

Contributor·March 5, 2017
Young boy alone on school bus - The Deepest Wound

THE DEEPEST WOUND: Genuine love without judgment can heal residual childhood pain

Mike Larcombe·December 3, 2016
Egg with happy face and egg with sad face - Acceptance of negativity

ACCEPTANCE OF NEGATIVITY: Welcoming both positive and negative thoughts as part of the self

Mike Larcombe·November 11, 2016
Heart drawn in grass - Poems and illustrations by Leah Pearlman

POEMS AND ILLUSTRATIONS BY LEAH PEARLMAN: Learning How to Love, Whoever Told You, Tiny Little Yes

Contributor·October 28, 2016
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
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