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    Person wearing watch, grabbing puzzle pieces - How to Reduce Your Brain’s Blind Spots With Simple Training

    REDUCE YOUR BRAIN’S BLIND SPOTS: How cognitive training enhances self-awareness

    Senior couple walking down trail in fall - Exercise as Play: A Small Shift Makes a Big Difference

    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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    Glass jar full of blue paint next to paintbrushes on table - Take Stock of Your Precious Life: An Inspiring Fiction Story

    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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CHARISMA: What it is and 9 ways you can develop it

Contributing Writer·February 1, 2018
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HOW TO BECOME UNCONDITIONALLY LOVING: And is this even possible for us?

Mike Larcombe·January 25, 2018
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MANAGE STRESS: Focus on these 7 elements to relieve stress and live a balanced life

Contributing Writer·January 21, 2018
Woman who can't sleep in bed on laptop - The path of the soul

THE PATH OF THE SOUL: How I got rid of my Sunday night jitters

Contributing Writer·January 9, 2018
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LIVE WITH INTENTION: Answer your heart’s wake-up calls with more love and less fear

Contributor·January 5, 2018
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CURE FOR ADDICTION: The 3 keys to recovery include discipline, service and teaching

Contributing Writer·January 4, 2018
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WRITE FOR RECOVERY: 3 pen-to-paper prompts that’ll lessen anxiety and depression

Contributing Writer·January 3, 2018
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SELF-DOUBT: The terrorist living within our souls

Contributing Writer·December 24, 2017
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MEDITATION BONUS: 6 positive ways meditation can change you physically and mentally

Contributing Writer·December 23, 2017
Blue jigsaw puzzle with one piece missing - The stories we're living

THE STORIES WE’RE LIVING: Perseverance and transformation within a marriage

Max Reif·December 17, 2017
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THE ACCEPTANCE OF AUTISM: What autistic individuals can teach us about authenticity

Mike Larcombe·November 30, 2017
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I AM BISEXUAL: A letter to my ex-girlfriend about what I could never fully say

Contributing Writer·November 19, 2017
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DIFFERENT IS GOOD: 6 helpful tips for parents of ADD or ADHD children

Contributor·November 15, 2017
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HOPE FOR THE DEVASTATED: We can help solve world crises by praying for individual souls

Contributor·November 10, 2017
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NOTHING IS FOREVER: Embracing death will help you become greater and happier

Contributing Writer·November 8, 2017
Candles arranged in heart shape on red carpet - I'm sorry and I love you

I’M SORRY AND I LOVE YOU: A practical interpretation of the Ho’oponopono way of forgiveness

Mike Larcombe·October 31, 2017
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RECOVERY FROM ADDICTION: 5 ways mindful meditation helped me heal

Contributing Writer·October 22, 2017
Light pink lotus in pond - Inquire deeply

INQUIRE DEEPLY: How to use intuitive inquiry to deal with and help solve problems

Contributor·October 20, 2017
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DREAM INTERPRETATION: Spend time pondering the role of spirituality in your life [symbols: church, stairs, maze, women]

Aneta Baranek·October 12, 2017
Site of 2017 shooting in Las Vegas - Mass shootings and mass hatred

MASS SHOOTINGS AND MASS HATRED: 4 stages of healing for grieving individuals

Contributor·October 11, 2017
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DREAM INTERPRETATION: Where we put our attention determines what we create [symbols: cats, meadow, path, hand]

Aneta Baranek·October 5, 2017
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HELP FOR PTSD: From gang violence to the other side of fear

Contributing Writer·October 1, 2017
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COMPASSION IN CATALONIA: Karma is history repeating itself

Finn Janning·September 29, 2017
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DREAM INTERPRETATION: You’re making strides to integrate precious attributes into your inner self [symbols: path, fog, man, chair]

Aneta Baranek·September 28, 2017
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