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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

    Three wooden markers on signpost on outdoor path - The 3 Powerful Words That Became Markers on My Mindful Path

    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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Notebook with "Be You" and "Love Yourself" written inside - Becoming Flawesome: How to Embrace Your Imperfections

BECOMING FLAWESOME: The Key to Living an Imperfectly Authentic Life [book review]

Natasha Zo·July 10, 2023
Bob Dylan and band in 2017 - A Review of Chronicles by American Singer/Musician Bob Dylan

CHRONICLES, VOLUME ONE: By Bob Dylan and narrated by Sean Penn [book review]

Max Reif·March 28, 2023
Candles next to the five elements (earth, fire, water, air, spirit) on a pentagram - Bewitching the Elements: A guide to living a witchy life

BEWITCHING THE ELEMENTS: A Guide to Empowering Yourself Through Earth, Air, Fire, Water, and Spirit [book review]

Mel Bender·March 6, 2023
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THE CREST-JEWEL OF DISCRIMINATION: A modern exposition [book review]

William T. Hathaway·October 7, 2022
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ZEN AND THE ART OF SAVING THE PLANET: Engaged Buddhism, social justice and climate change [book review]

Tricia Bowering·August 20, 2022
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ZEN VEGAN FOOD: Delicious Plant-based Recipes from a Zen Buddhist Monk [book review]

Tricia Bowering·May 8, 2022
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THE BOOK OF FORM AND EMPTINESS: A novel [book review]

Tricia Bowering·March 19, 2022
Collection of book covers for different editions of Demian by Hermann Hesse

HERMANN HESSE’S DEMIAN: Rereading it 45 years after it became “the Bible of my youth” [book review]

Max Reif·February 7, 2022
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EMPOWERED: A motivational journal for women [book review]

Charlotte Smith·February 25, 2021
Ram Dass at 70

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

Max Reif·February 12, 2021
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BEING RAM DASS: The spiritual icon’s autobiography, Part I of II [book review]

Max Reif·February 1, 2021
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TALES: parables, fables, visionary snippets [book review]

Erica Roberts·October 24, 2020
Reading book

ESSENTIAL READS: 7 books that inspire and support wholistic healing

Katherine Rundell·September 28, 2020
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TOO MUCH AND NEVER ENOUGH: How My Family Created the World’s Most Dangerous Man [book review by Max Reif]

Max Reif·July 20, 2020
Human hands connecting to universal energy

I AM SOVEREIGN: A Handbook for Learning the Language of Vibration [book review]

Jennifer Holmes·July 7, 2020
SPIRIT MATTERS 9 Spiritual books to read while social distancing

SPIRIT MATTERS: 9 spiritual books to read while social-distancing

Forrest Rivers·April 10, 2020
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THE TRANSFORMATION: Discovering Wholeness and Healing After Trauma [book review]

Jennifer Holmes·November 7, 2019
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THE RISE AND FALL OF THE DINOSAURS: A New History of a Lost World [book review]

Philip Mann·July 20, 2019
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TOUCHED WITH FIRE: Manic-Depressive Illness and the Artistic Temperament [book review]

Philip Mann·May 23, 2019
Girl walking on path in sun - Your fittest future self

YOUR FITTEST FUTURE SELF: Making Choices Today for a Happier, Healthier, Fitter Future You [book review]

Jennifer Holmes·April 22, 2019
Waste spill in Kingston, Ontario pond - The Hidden Worlds

THE HIDDEN WORLDS: A novel on environmental stewardship for teens [book review]

Jennifer Holmes·March 20, 2019
Woman sitting on pillar on quiet beach - Silence

SILENCE: The Power of Quiet in a World Full of Noise [book review]

Liezl Duff·January 29, 2019
Woman walking alone on cobblestone path - The solo traveler's handbook

THE SOLO TRAVELER’S HANDBOOK: For those who love and those who long to go solo [book review]

Jennifer Holmes·January 24, 2019
Female digital nomad works on laptop - Courage freedom happiness

COURAGE FREEDOM HAPPINESS: Life Hacks from a Digital Nomad [book review]

Jennifer Holmes·January 7, 2019
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