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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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THE VALUE OF SEEING YOURSELF: There is gold in the gut-wrenching work of the soul

Jamie Metzenberg·September 3, 2020
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BHAVANA: How we grow as knowledge cultivators

Pamela Gerber·March 14, 2016
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AUTOPHONY: The sound of living inside a mother’s dementia

Pamela Gerber·September 1, 2015
Child dreaming and writing

THEIR OWN PATH: Why you should support your child’s dreams

Kyla Giffin·August 15, 2015
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MEANING OF BEAUTY: Developing a healthy concept of beauty

Orsolya Hernold·July 10, 2015
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SISTER TYRANT: We must accept ourselves before we can accept others

Contributing Writer·June 23, 2015
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LANGUAGE PEDANT: “I could care less” and other speech absurdities

Jane Olivier·June 4, 2015
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MY MAMA KISSED A COCKROACH: Freedom of choice and compassion

Contributing Writer·February 22, 2015
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MY LUCKY STARS: A heart-warming tale of canine companionship

Contributing Writer·November 3, 2014
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COMING TO BABA: My 43-Year Romance With Meher Baba

Max Reif·September 27, 2014
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EXPRESS YOURSELF: Finding a voice within an authoritarian social system

Contributing Writer·May 26, 2014
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FAT-SHAMING: Why do I owe an excuse?

Contributing Writer·March 18, 2014
Pyrenees dog - Essay about aging

LUCKY: ‘Til death do us part

Contributor·December 19, 2013
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TRYING TO SAY EVERYTHING: The evolvement of a poem

Max Reif·September 20, 2013
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KESSLER: By Max Reif

Max Reif·September 3, 2013
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ART AND EMOTION: Must the two be unified?

Erica Roberts·August 30, 2013
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FOLLOW THROUGH: Nothing happens until you take action

Michael Myers·August 27, 2013
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DISTORTED SELF IMAGE: How we see ourselves is not how others see us

Alana Fiander·June 2, 2013
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DOT COM CHILDREN: Raising a child in the new millennium

Contributing Writer·March 24, 2013
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LEARNING TO FLY: Finding your way out of the dark

Wanda Monague·March 23, 2013
THE ISLAND: Giving the gift of music - essay by Max Reif

THE ISLAND: Giving the gift of music – essay by Max Reif

Max Reif·March 16, 2013
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RISK VS FUN: Growth inevitably involves testing our limits

Max Reif·March 7, 2013
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ON BEING LOST: Living in a world of Post Traumatic Stress Disorder

Wanda Monague·March 1, 2013
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THE LURE OF JEWELS: A preschool teacher’s notebook

Max Reif·February 28, 2013
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