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    Heart-shaped cherry tree with pink and white blossoms - What the Heart Knows First: Grateful for My Intuition

    WHAT THE HEART KNOWS FIRST: Following our intuition

    Beetle with green-gold colouring - Interpreting Synchronicity: What Jung's Popular Tale Reveals

    HOW TO INTERPRET A SYNCHRONICITY: What Jung’s scarab story can teach us

    Man dancing in rainy street at night with other people in background - Understanding and Interpretation: What’s the Big Difference?

    WORKING WITH LIFE’S PATTERNS: The difference between understanding and interpretation

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    Traditional bicycle parked outdoors against stone wall - "Creepy Creatures" and 4 More New Poems About Life’s Seasons

    POEMS BY DHARA VIJAYAKUMAR: A Little Moment That Loved Me Back, Lost in the Crowd and more

    Black pen drawing heart on white paper - Mindfulness and Art: The Value of Small Repetitive Movements

    MINDFULNESS AND ART: The quiet power of making one small mark at a time

    Woman walking down road with gold and green trees - "My Daily Walk" and 4 More Authentic Poems About the World

    POEMS BY DHARA VIJAYAKUMAR: Herself, My Daily Walk and more

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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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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
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
Marching band blurred - Poems by Mike Larcombe

POEMS BY MIKE LARCOMBE: The Marching Band, War and Peace

Mike Larcombe·July 30, 2016
Young couple swimming in snow - Poems by Julia Hones

POEMS BY JULIA HONES: Search, Today, Life and Death

Contributor·July 2, 2016
Lake and trees in greyscale - Poems by Matti Salminen

POEMS BY MATTI SALMINEN: Thirsty, One Day, Nakedness on Ice, I Still Will

Contributor·June 18, 2016
Man with closed eyes and forest as background - Mindful Awareness by Mike Larcombe

MINDFUL THINKING: A poetic contemplation on the elusive nature of awareness

Mike Larcombe·June 8, 2016
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
Freight train moving alongside river - Poems by Emma Sedlak

POEMS BY EMMA SEDLAK: Source, Doig, Dreams About Trains, Not Written, Before September, Letter to My Husband

Contributor·May 15, 2016
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
Fireflies in a jar - Poems by Mary Allison Cates

POEMS BY MARY ALLISON CATES: What the Lightning Bugs Know, That Day We Painted Everything Gold, To the Woman Behind Nancy Drew

Contributor·March 4, 2016
Raindrop on blue feather - Poems by Joseph Lisowski

POEMS BY JOSEPH LISOWSKI: Wave and Water, Along River Shore Drive, First Southern Snow

Contributor·February 26, 2016
Father and daughter wading at beach - Poems by Ryan Warren

POEMS BY RYAN WARREN: Reception, Peel Away One Strip, Settlers

Contributor·February 12, 2016
Man sitting in tree - Poems by Max Reif

POEMS BY MAX REIF: Me and the Moon and the Sycamore Tree, The Trance of Beauty

Max Reif·February 5, 2016
Purple Bodhi tree leaves - Poems by Sarah Escue

POEMS BY SARAH ESCUE: After Meditating in the Forest, The Sacred Fig Tree, A Haiku, I Bloom Like the Ginger Root

Contributor·January 30, 2016
Man in shadowy wet wood - Poems by Ryan Warren

POEMS BY RYAN WARREN: How to Feed Your Silence, Puddles, Eviction

Contributor·January 14, 2016
Rainbow woman painting - Poem by Max Reif

POEMS BY MAX REIF: Art, Driven to Abstraction

Max Reif·December 11, 2015
Lone woman on tram - Poems by Wendy E. Slater

POEMS BY WENDY E. SLATER: I May Need to Change Seats, What Would It Be Like, I Do Know the Despair

Contributor·November 28, 2015
Yellow hills in watercolour - Poems by Stephanie Noble

POEMS BY STEPHANIE NOBLE: Bondage, Inner Weather, No Thread Left Unwoven

Contributor·November 8, 2015
Labyrinth with bench - Poems by Erica Steinweg

POEMS BY ERICA STEINWEG: You Never Really Leave the Labyrinth, New, Amen

Contributor·November 6, 2015
Trampled flowers

Poems by Tihana Skoric: I Cannot, A Love Denied

Contributing Writer·October 12, 2015
Poems by Max Reif - Boy looking at circus

POEMS BY MAX REIF: A Greeting for the Day, Wonders Await You Inside This Tent, Sooner or Later, Blank Page, Another Nature Poem

Max Reif·September 15, 2015
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