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    Writing notebook on rock next to river - From Confusion to Clarity: 3 More Stages on a Spiritual Path

    FROM CONFUSION TO CLARITY: How our thoughts move from chaos to understanding

    Young man sitting pensively on bench next to tree, looking at water - Understand Your Mind and Honour Its Value

    UNDERSTAND HOW YOUR MIND WORKS: And embrace that pattern as worthy of respect

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    THE LANGUAGE OF FLOWERS: Carefully selecting your plants contributes to mindfulness and well-being

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    Bird footprints in snow - 4 Soothing Poems, Including ”Sacred Heart, Sacred Light”

    POEMS BY JIM JOHNSTON: For Larry, Tracks and more

    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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    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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DREAM INTERPRETATION: Look for ways to slow down and examine any fears [symbols: house, people, gun, work]

Aneta Baranek·June 22, 2017
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TAKE TIME TO BE HAPPY: 100 ideas that’ll help you build your emotional buffer

Leanne Hoffman·June 17, 2017
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BETWEEN THE MILESTONES: 10 small but important ways to celebrate your children before they’re grown

Contributing Writer·June 16, 2017
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DREAM INTERPRETATION: A significant lesson that you have a chance to overcome [symbols: teeth, food]

Aneta Baranek·June 15, 2017
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LIFE-LUST: On living intensely and using life experiences as stepping stones

Robyn Phillips·June 13, 2017
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THE ART OF MAKING MEMORIES: What would happen if we switched memories with others?

Contributing Writer·June 12, 2017
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MIND OVER MATTER: Use the power of a peaceful mind to remember who you really are

Pieter Van Cauwenbergh·June 10, 2017
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DREAM INTERPRETATION: Feeling disrupted or invaded by habitual ways of being or an unknown entity [symbols: toad, boyfriend, poltergeist, phone]

Aneta Baranek·June 8, 2017
Car accident on a snowy road - The bravest you

MAKE A CHOICE AND MOVE FORWARD: Uncertainty can dictate outcomes, for better or worse

Contributor·June 7, 2017
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SKEWED STATISTICS: The problems with science and the peer review process

Jack Surguy·June 6, 2017
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UNMOTIVATED?: Try these 3 things to get your mojo back  

Contributing Writer·June 2, 2017
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DREAM INTERPRETATION: Take care of your physical, mental and emotional states of being

Aneta Baranek·June 1, 2017
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COMING HOME: The release from having to ask permission to live your life

Contributing Writer·May 28, 2017
Loire Valley view from far away, up high - Fiction as therapy

FICTION AS THERAPY: Thoughts engendered by Kristin Hannah’s The Nightingale

Max Reif·May 27, 2017
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DREAM INTERPRETATION: Pay attention to aligning your outer self with your inner self [symbols: man, head, mouth, saliva]

Aneta Baranek·May 25, 2017
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REMEMBER THE MOON: When prayer is difficult, thought-send words of poetry to comfort a suicidal friend

Contributing Writer·May 23, 2017
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LOOKING AT THE WOUND: Meditation, trauma and coming to the place in which we “hear the sun”

Contributing Writer·May 22, 2017
Man sitting on cement floor writing - Healing words

HEALING WORDS: Writing the inner story that you need to tell

Contributing Writer·May 20, 2017
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MY INNER MUGABE: Addressing my Jungian shadow and asking, “Who am I to judge?”

Contributing Writer·May 19, 2017
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DREAM INTERPRETATION: Redefining how we view those dark aspects of ourselves [symbols: three, shadow figure, bed, husband]

Aneta Baranek·May 18, 2017
Philosophers garden, Budapest

PHILOSOPHER OR MEDITATOR?: How meditation can help us resist the fantasies and ideas that control our lives

Finn Janning·May 17, 2017
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DREAM INTERPRETATION: Through imagination we manifest our deepest dreams [symbols: singing, famous people, stage]

Aneta Baranek·May 11, 2017
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KUNDALINI AWAKENING EXPERIENCES: 3 stories of intense and sudden energetic transformation

Contributor·May 10, 2017
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PSYCHOLOGICAL & SPIRITUAL THERAPY: Constant coughing for 13 years after brain injury

Jack Surguy·May 9, 2017
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