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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

    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 SPIRITUAL IMPERATIVE: Enlivening the process of transformation

Contributor·November 28, 2013
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THE GURU SEARCH: Do we really need a spiritual teacher?

Kiva Bottero·November 21, 2013
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THE MYTH OF PROGRESS: Is cognitive dissonance being pushed to the breaking point?

Contributing Writer·November 7, 2013
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RELIGION & TOLERANCE: It’s best to keep an open mind

Erica Roberts·October 26, 2013
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HOW LARGE IS YOUR WORLD?: Using the media to enlarge and bless your world

Jerry Kvasnicka·October 9, 2013
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THE BEAUTY BATTLE: Physical pressures in the 21st century

Alana Fiander·October 5, 2013
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ARE WE EVER REALLY READY?: The quarter-life crisis in perspective

Contributor·October 1, 2013
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RELIGIOUS SENSIBILITY: Understanding the substructure of perceptions, emotions and intuitions on which religions are built

Contributing Writer·September 25, 2013
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LEARNING TO FLY: Symbolic meanings of the butterfly

Gabriella Lancia·September 23, 2013
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THE STATE OF SURRENDER!: Embracing life exactly as it is

Contributing Writer·September 16, 2013
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YOU ARE THE ANSWER TO GOD’S PRAYER: The meaning of prayer and reflection

Contributor·September 10, 2013
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WEAVING A NEW STORY: Integrate mythic thinking and rational thinking to come to a greater purpose

Contributing Writer·August 30, 2013
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APPRECIATE YOURSELF: Learn to balance your social life to give time to yourself

Alana Fiander·August 16, 2013
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DO YOU BELIEVE IN MAGIC?: Awakening to your divine potential

Contributing Writer·August 7, 2013
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QUESTION EVERYTHING: Jetsunma Tenzin Palmo on thinking outside the box

Kiva Bottero·July 28, 2013
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THE MAGIC CIRCLE OF LIFE : Moving out of our comfort zone into pure being

Contributing Writer·July 7, 2013
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THE THREE MUSKETEERS: Kindness, tolerance and acceptance

Robert Kopecky·July 6, 2013
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THE MAGIC OF LIFE: Nothing is supernatural or separate from nature

Contributing Writer·June 26, 2013
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LOVE CURRENT: Plug into the power source of unconditional love

Jerry Kvasnicka·June 12, 2013
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I AM: The magnetic core that draws us into a greater experience of the Self

Contributing Writer·May 29, 2013
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PLAY AGAIN: Life lessons in a game of Solitaire

Jane Olivier·May 28, 2013
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THE GOD I AM: No longer held captive by the Bible

Contributing Writer·May 25, 2013
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CREATE EFFECTIVE CHANGE: Awakening to your inner purpose

Contributing Writer·May 23, 2013
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LOSING THE FIGHT: Re-evaluate what it means to win or lose

Kiva Bottero·May 9, 2013
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