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    3 LIFE LESSONS FROM BREAKFAST: What eating breakfast taught me about mindful living

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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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    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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    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]

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    NIGHT SEA JOURNEY: Buying back sanity in La Paz, Mexico [Part 6]

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Woman walking in storm with rainbow umbrella - Overcome Every Storm in Life With Love and Gratitude

OVERCOMING STORMS: 7 reasons not to let life’s challenges get you down

Samia Mehbub·February 27, 2023
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MISGUIDED PURSUIT: Questioning the unalienable right of the pursuit of happiness

Contributing Writer·June 11, 2012
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A QUESTION OF INCENTIVE: Work to the best of our ability regardless of reward

Jerry Kvasnicka·September 27, 2012
Woman painting the word create on a wall - "I want to be creative"

“I WANT TO BE CREATIVE”: What does that really mean?

Max Reif·October 14, 2016
actor adult - do you believe in magic

DO YOU BELIEVE IN MAGIC?: Awakening to your divine potential

Contributing Writer·August 7, 2013
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GO ASK THE OAK TREE: Mindfully reconciling the paradox of believing in not believing

Mike Larcombe·April 23, 2017
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“OH, THE TIMES! OH, THE CUSTOMS!” (Cicero): A little essay inspired by an insane “news” story

Max Reif·September 19, 2020
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AN HOMAGE TO MY DREAM GROUP: A veiled mystical dream

Max Reif·June 28, 2024
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MINDFUL MUSINGS: 16 snippets of spiritual wisdom

Forrest Rivers·November 28, 2019
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REAL WORLD OR MIRAGE?: Connect to the sense of magic to see things as they really are

Contributing Writer·March 19, 2014
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I GUESS IT’S SELF-CARE: Accepting that bad moments are just moments

Rebecca Shea·September 10, 2020
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3 CONSCIOUS REFLECTIONS: A Faithful Silence, Pay It Forward and more

Forrest Rivers·June 3, 2020
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AWARENESS AND INVOLVEMENT: Step back from the forest to see the trees

Contributing Writer·September 25, 2012
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THE 21/12/2012 MESSAGE: Reconnect, create, build and nurture

Contributing Writer·December 24, 2012
Nelson Mandela

IN HONOUR OF NELSON MANDELA: Reflections on the father of South Africa

Contributor·December 20, 2013
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SUNRISE, SUNSET: Inspirational ways to offer gratitude to the sun

Contributing Writer·November 4, 2014
Abstract art by George Payne - God Is: Nowhere to Be Found and Nowhere to Be Lost

NOWHERE—EVERYWHERE—GOD IS: A reflection on the true nature of God

George Cassidy Payne·July 2, 2025
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HONOUR AND COMMODITY: Socrates taught how to live and die with honour

Contributing Writer·October 1, 2012
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WHAT IS LOVE?: Expanding our capacity to give and receive love

Contributing Writer·March 21, 2013
boat on lake at sunrise

THE PHILOSOPHY OF BYUNG-CHUL HAN: Relax. Do nothing. Become no one.

Finn Janning·October 30, 2018
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THE TROUBLE WITH HOPE: Wave the white flag of surrender to find peace

Contributing Writer·April 27, 2012
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HEART TO HEART: Why do you do what you do?

Contributing Writer·July 7, 2012
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What is Suffering? – Inquiry with Stan Lipkin

Stan Lipkin·June 21, 2019
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THE LAST TIME I SPOKE TO RAM DASS: A reminiscence

Max Reif·January 10, 2020
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