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    THE ENDS NEVER JUSTIFY THE MEANS: Gandhi’s radical lesson for today

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    “MY RELIGION IS KINDNESS”: 10 mindful living tips inspired by the Dalai Lama

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    BEWARE OF BAD ACTORS: 3 steps to take if you suspect someone’s “gaslighting” you

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    ALASKA WINGS: Soaring across the mountains while releasing fear and doubt

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    INEFFABLE: A visitation from a beautiful soul I’d never forget

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    POEMS BY CAROLYN CHILTON CASAS: Essential Language, Metaphorically Speaking 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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    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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American flag with holes hanging on jail fence - The True American

THE TRUE AMERICAN: Murder and Mercy in Texas [book review]

Max Reif·January 14, 2018
Female student looking skeptically at textbook, while other textbooks surround her - The idiot

THE IDIOT: A quirky novel that illustrates the absurdities of language [book review]

Max Reif·January 14, 2018
Woman writing outdoors in notebook - Circadian

CIRCADIAN: A collection of lyrical essays [book review]

Contributor·November 4, 2017
Heart-shaped hole in green bush - Big Love

BIG LOVE: The Power of Living with a Wide-Open Heart [book review]

Angelica Pajkovic·October 27, 2017
Ayahuasca vine - Listening to Ayahuasca book review

LISTENING TO AYAHUASCA: New Hope for Depression, Addiction, PTSD, and Anxiety [book review]

Contributing Writer·April 28, 2017
Pink cosmos in a field with ray of sunlight

COSMOS SCREEN: Book by Perry Kelly

Contributing Writer·September 24, 2016
Woman walking on cloudy beach - Even When Trapped Behind Clouds book review

EVEN WHEN TRAPPED BEHIND CLOUDS: A memoir of quiet grace [book review]

Erica Roberts·August 16, 2016
Girl thinking with abstract symbols - Whose mind is it anyway book review

WHOSE MIND IS IT ANYWAY?: Get out of your head and into your life [book review]

Erica Roberts·June 26, 2016
The life of Pope Francis

FAITH SERIES: The Life of Pope Francis [book review]

Annette Sultana·April 28, 2016
God cartoon

OMG! How Children See God [book review]

Contributing Writer·April 13, 2016
Woman jogging powerfully - Mastering Your Mean Girl

MASTERING YOUR MEAN GIRL: Becoming wildly wealthy, fabulously healthy, and bursting with love [book review]

Erica Roberts·March 27, 2016
footprints on beach

OUR EMOTIONAL FOOTPRINT: Ordinary People and Their Extra-ordinary Lives (book review)

Orsolya Hernold·February 20, 2016
Left and right brain - Wired to Create review

WIRED TO CREATE: Unraveling the mysteries of the creative mind [book review]

Erica Roberts·January 4, 2016
Sad man in party hat - High on Low book review

HIGH ON LOW: Harnessing the power of unhappiness [book review]

Erica Roberts·November 27, 2015
High on Low - Harnessing Unhappiness

WHEN HAPPINESS BECOMES A DUTY: High on Low by Wilhelm Schmid [book review]

Contributing Writer·November 18, 2015
Woman praying at sunrise on beach

THE BOOK OF SHE: Your Heroine’s Journey into the Heart of Feminine Power [book review]

Anjali Mani·October 31, 2015
Beautiful woman lying in a field

THE GREEN BEAUTY RULES: The Essential Guide to Toxic-free Beauty, Green Glamour and Glowing Skin [book review]

Orsolya Hernold·October 25, 2015
tempting devil God name

TEMPTING THE DEVIL IN THE NAME OF GOD: The heavy hand of fate [book review]

Erica Roberts·October 17, 2015
Small globe on grass - Reviews of three mystical novels

A TRIO OF MYSTICAL NOVELS: Tales from the East and West [book reviews]

Max Reif·October 7, 2015
numinous poetry book review

NUMINOUS: Poems conceived within moments of spiritual ecstasy [book review]

Erica Roberts·December 19, 2014
Boy alone - True North book review

TRUE NORTH: The shocking truth about Yours, Mine and Ours [book review]

Erica Roberts·August 22, 2014
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CANDLE IN THE DARKNESS: Lighting the path toward freedom for all [book review]

Erica Roberts·August 8, 2014
Woman meditating - The Mindfulness Diaries book review

THE MINDFULNESS DIARIES: How I survived my first nine-day silent meditation retreat [book review]

Contributor·March 30, 2014
Meher Baba's tomb-shrine

IRWIN AND THE AVATAR: A love story for the ages [book review]

Max Reif·March 12, 2014
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