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    Statue of Mahatma Gandhi from Aga Khan palace in Pune, India - Gandhi’s Radical Insight: How It Can Help Us Today

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

    Man wearing t-shirt with "no homophobia, no violence" and other positive phrases - 10 Mindful Living Tips Inspired by the Dalai Lama

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

    Confused man leaning on wooden table - Gaslighting: What It Is and 3 Effective Ways to Push Back

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

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    Train travelling through Alaska mountain range - Don’t Doubt Yourself—Spread Your Wings and Soar

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

    Red cardinal in a tree with berries on it - INEFFABLE: A visitation from a great spirit I'd never forget

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

    Otter swimming on its back - "Metaphorically Speaking" and 3 More Poems That Honour Words

    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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A REFUGEE’S STORY A mother and son with AIDS struggle to survive1

A REFUGEE’S STORY: A mother and son with AIDS struggle to survive

Dr. Cary Rasof·September 13, 2019
Man on his knees in front of a robot - 2 Views of AI: Is It a God or a Powerful Tool?

AI: A god or a tool?

Jane Olivier·March 21, 2024
man in suit point to a 'gender' sign - Beyond the Gender Debate: A Slippery Slope of Self-Identification

BEYOND THE GENDER DEBATE: The slippery slope of gender self-identification

Dennis L. Weisman·October 27, 2022
BURNING BOOKS Social Networks are more destructive than any bonfire

BURNING BOOKS: Social networks are more destructive than any bonfire

IV Olokita·December 19, 2018
Sheep dog confronting a ram

CONFRONTING REALITY: Do the media, scientists and politicians misrepresent facts for financial gain?

Jack Surguy·April 14, 2017
graphic of womans head with sketches of other faces

CONSCIOUS PERCEPTION: We have the power to shape our own reality

Munira Punjvani·April 4, 2024
Alien

CONSPIRACY THEORISTS: Delusional and/or Paranoid Personality Disorder or using deduction, logic and common sense?

Jack Surguy·August 14, 2017
father with adult sun and small grandchild on the edige of a beach

DAD LESSONS: I long for what a dad can teach his adult children

Chelsey Clammer·March 8, 2023
AI image of The Grim Reaper in a ballroom alone on the dance floor - Dancing With Death in the Grand Ballroom of Existence

DANCING WITH DEATH: A fleeting turn in the grand ballroom of existence

Jane Olivier·December 11, 2023
Little boy playing with toys on table - Confronting reality

DECEPTIVE PSYCHOLOGY: Examining evidence-based treatment and how it affects therapy for abused children

Jack Surguy·April 18, 2017
Defective science The big Lebowski

DEFECTIVE SCIENCE: The Big Lebowski guides the way on how to respond to scientists’ hurt feelings

Jack Surguy·May 2, 2017
FRANKIE SAYS RELAX The fence is as guilty as the thief3

FRANKIE SAYS RELAX: The fence is as guilty as the thief

Finn Janning·March 31, 2019
FINDING MY TOMORROW Revisiting the person haunted by mental illness1

HOW I FOUND MY TOMORROW: Revisiting the person haunted by mental illness

Rebecca Shea·April 17, 2019
woman on the dance floor - Dry January 2024: Leaving the Land of the Party Girls

IN THE SPIRIT OF DRY JANUARY: My decision to get sober(ish)

C B·January 8, 2024
small kitchen in an apartment - My Own Place: Leaving Homelessness Behind in 2023

LESSONS FROM BEING HOMELESS FOR A YEAR: Home is people, not places

Mel Bender·January 26, 2023
Butterfly through prison bars - Finding the Beauty Within During Life’s Biggest Challenges

NO ONE CAN EVER FULLY BE LOST: Finding beauty through our most challenging trials

Brandon E. Simmons·February 6, 2023
two male and one female student on college lawn - Eliminating Racial Preferences: Will It Benefit Wealthy Students?

RACIAL PREFERENCES IN COLLEGE ADMISSIONS: Will eliminating them lead to a preference for wealthy students instead?

Dennis L. Weisman·December 7, 2022
Temples in Myanmar

SCIENCE VS. RELIGION: Are humans better off without religion or spirituality?

Jack Surguy·August 2, 2017
Atomic bomb explosion

SKEWED STATISTICS: The problems with science and the peer review process

Jack Surguy·June 6, 2017
mushroom growing through a crack in a pavement - Stoic in Training: Living a Virtuous Life in the Present

STOIC IN TRAINING: A life lived in reality with all its flaws

Lisa Brandt·June 28, 2023
World half dark half life

SWEET SORROW: The Yin and Yang of life and loss

Sherry Cormier·July 30, 2019
Road sign HUNGER - Food Waste: The Problem With Food Fights and Eating Contests

THE SANCTITY OF FOOD: Treating food as entertainment is a slap in the face to the starving

Jane Olivier·June 19, 2024
Wall paper of a galaxy and a possible wormhole"

THE “PRECIOUS” PRESENT MOMENT FALLACY: Permanently placing yourself in the here and now isn’t human or natural

Matthew Jacobs·December 28, 2023
Wooden statute Geppetto holding Pinocchio

TO LOVE CHRONICALLY: POTS—a life-altering syndrome

April Von Braun·October 7, 2019
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