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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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    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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THE UNSEEN HARD WORK OF TROOPS: A tribute and poems for veterans on Labour Day

Mike Kim Veteran·September 2, 2018
Two colored female silhouettes facing each other, meditating - What is reality?

What Is Reality? – Inquiry with Stan Lipkin

Stan Lipkin·August 30, 2018
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THE PARADOX VACATION: Losing the Giant at Zen Mountain Monastery

Contributing Writer·August 28, 2018
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WHY I WRITE ABOUT WAR: Because lives touched by war matter to me

Mike Kim Veteran·August 26, 2018
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TO BRIDGE THE GAP: Magic happens when we listen to those nagging voices

Contributing Writer·August 20, 2018
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LOST CONVOY AT HOME: A veteran’s experience of romantic love [Part 3]

Mike Kim Veteran·August 19, 2018
Lost convoy at home a veterans experience of romantic love

LOST CONVOY AT HOME: A veteran’s experience of romantic love [Part 2]

Mike Kim Veteran·August 12, 2018
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INTO THE LAND OF WOO-WOO: My hunt for the Afterlife

Contributing Writer·August 10, 2018
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LOST CONVOY AT HOME: A veteran’s experience of romantic love [Part 1]

Mike Kim Veteran·August 6, 2018
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THE MYSTERY OF SYNCHRONICITY: Coincidence asks us to comprehend the universe

Contributing Writer·August 3, 2018
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MUSIC AND THE MIND: The surprising links between music, creativity and wellness

Contributing Writer·August 2, 2018
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A METAPHOR FOR LIFE: Adam and Eve in the garden of mindfulness

Nicholas Arnold·July 29, 2018
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BUILD SELF-CONFIDENCE: 5 ways to promote a healthy self-image

Angela Ward·July 26, 2018
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I THINK, THEREFORE I’M THE THINKER: And I can change my thoughts

Contributor·July 23, 2018
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PTSD AND THE BRAIN: 3 brain structures affected by the condition—and how mindfulness can help

Contributor·July 22, 2018
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KOREAN SIJO: Metaphysical reflections to tame the soul for battle

Mike Kim Veteran·July 18, 2018
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MIND BLOWN: The sixth sense is the conscious Self

Contributing Writer·July 16, 2018
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THAILAND CAVE RESCUE: Why do 12 boys stuck in a cave have me glued to my screen?

Jane Olivier·July 10, 2018
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MINDFUL AND THERAPEUTIC: 5 reasons to start a daily journal

Angela Ward·July 9, 2018
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What Is Freedom? – Inquiry with Stan Lipkin

Stan Lipkin·July 5, 2018
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THE IRONY OF FREEDOM: From intellectual wars to the battlefields of Iraq

Mike Kim Veteran·July 3, 2018
Young woman standing in sunny field - Who am I?

Who Am I? – Inquiry with Stan Lipkin

Stan Lipkin·June 28, 2018
TO MEDICATE OR NOT What it feels like to have bipolar disorder3

BIPOLAR DISORDER: To medicate or not to medicate?

Contributing Writer·June 27, 2018
Illustration of Guru Nanak with musician and holy man - A course in self-mastery

A COURSE IN SELF-MASTERY: Finding God at a small-town Kundalini Yoga retreat

Contributor·June 26, 2018
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