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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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    TSYPL: The best—and most mindful—stock to invest in right now

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    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

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    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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SOUL REBEL: A story of spiritual transformation and two other reflections

Forrest Rivers·December 18, 2021
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WHAT’S YOUR YES?: Transform compassion fatigue by committing to the positive

Contributor·January 22, 2013
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WHY I LEFT SOCIAL MEDIA: 10 benefits leaving can bring to your life

Emma Terry·October 2, 2025
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DREAM INTERPRETATION: Explore more aspects of your mind [symbols: house, children, friend, water]

Aneta Baranek·September 21, 2017
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GRIEF TRAIN: My father’s death taught me about love and letting go

Contributing Writer·June 6, 2018
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5 REFLECTIONS ON LIFE’S PATH: Labyrinth, Boomerang and more

Rebecca Blume·February 23, 2022
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WE ARE NOT OUR THOUGHTS: Mindfully witnessing our thoughts from an observer’s perspective

Contributor·March 30, 2023
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INTO THE LAND OF WOO-WOO: My hunt for the Afterlife

Contributing Writer·August 10, 2018
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THOUGHTLESSNESS: Destroy your darkest thoughts and become one with all things through deep meditation

Pieter Van Cauwenbergh·June 23, 2017
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DREAM INTERPRETATION: Take care of your physical, mental and emotional states of being

Aneta Baranek·June 1, 2017
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DREAM INTERPRETATION: Practice mindfulness and address self-sabotaging tendencies [symbols: UPS, throat, phone, daughter, suicide]

Aneta Baranek·November 17, 2016
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FRACTURING: Learning to listen to the nuances that lie beneath the surface of my skin

Andrea Marz·July 15, 2021
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SPIRITUAL CONSCIOUSNESS: Not a one-size-fits-all way of being

Rafael Campiz·January 14, 2020
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FRIENDSHIP INVENTORY: Stop chasing friendships to find true growth

Angie Salisbury·October 30, 2015
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MEDITATION ON A MARRIAGE: Two ships passing in the night

Debra Wolf Goldstein·September 13, 2021
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MEMORY BOX: Write a different kind of love letter to spread kindness and sincerity

Alana Fiander·December 8, 2012
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BLESSINGS FROM LOVED ONES: Reconnecting with my grandmother through her journal

Diana Raab·August 10, 2022
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PUT ON YOUR OXYGEN MASK: And let 2019 be a year of love

Renee Linnell·February 3, 2019
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PARENTING LESSONS LEARNED: How to handle 6 common negative feelings that come with being a parent

Orsolya Hernold·February 10, 2016
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LET LIFE CHEER: 5 reflections on moving ahead with goodness, exhilaration and more

Rebecca Blume·August 23, 2022
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PSYCHOLOGICAL & SPIRITUAL THERAPY: Using hypnotherapy to alleviate stress and assist healing

Jack Surguy·April 25, 2017
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DREAM INTERPRETATION: Revisit and reconnect with your mindset from the past [symbols: apartment, key, belongings]

Aneta Baranek·December 8, 2016
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THE SILENCE OF GOING SOLO: Confronting fear while camping alone for 36 hours

Contributor·April 4, 2019
A 10 DAY VIPASSANA COURSE I thought I would die but I learned this instead5

A 10-DAY VIPASSANA COURSE: I thought I would die, but I learned this instead…

Dena Moes·April 2, 2019
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