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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

    Three wooden markers on signpost on outdoor path - The 3 Powerful Words That Became Markers on My Mindful Path

    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

    Train travelling through Alaska mountain range - Don’t Doubt Yourself—Spread Your Wings and Soar

    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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Treehouse in a forest

DREAM INTERPRETATION: Building a treehouse symbolizes desire to understand your inner Self [symbols: tree/forest, trail, house]

Aneta Baranek·March 16, 2017
Angry mother shouting at young son

PSYCHOLOGICAL & SPIRITUAL THERAPY: You and your experience—the most important thing to give to your son

Jack Surguy·March 15, 2017
Old wooden door with small heart cut in it - The meaning of compassion

THE MEANING OF COMPASSION: Opening the heart’s doors to forgiveness and love

Josh Jones·March 11, 2017
Grandmother cooking on old stove

DREAM INTERPRETATION: Being connected with your inner Subconscious Mind [symbols: family members, grandmother, meal]

Aneta Baranek·March 10, 2017
Drawing of a confused face arguing with itself

LIVING AUTHENTICALLY: Ambivalence as creative energy that rouses us to awaken and integrate

Susana McCollom·March 10, 2017
Man at crossroads with umbrella - Choicelessly choosing choicelessness

CHOICELESSLY CHOOSING CHOICELESSNESS: Is free will really just an illusion?

Mike Larcombe·March 6, 2017
dystopian maze and shapes, puzzles

DREAM INTERPRETATION: Pay attention to your thoughts and attitudes [dystopian setting, rock, dog, maze]

Aneta Baranek·March 2, 2017
Psychological and Spiritual Therapy

PSYCHOLOGICAL & SPIRITUAL THERAPY: Transforming toxic material into growth-promoting material

Jack Surguy·February 28, 2017
Woman sitting alone on the end of a pier on a lake

INNER JOURNEY: Finding the fearlessness to sit with ourselves and travel inward

Autumn Merrill·February 27, 2017
People next to a huge fire at night

DREAM INTERPRETATION: Viewing discipline as a forced act outside yourself [symbols: arena, altar, fire, children]

Aneta Baranek·February 23, 2017
Boxers in a ring

PSYCHOLOGICAL & SPIRITUAL THERAPY: How to shed the victim identity and move forward in life

Jack Surguy·February 21, 2017
young boy and girl kissing

DREAM INTERPRETATION: Everyone is in our dreams for a reason [symbols: kissing, old neighbour]

Aneta Baranek·February 16, 2017
statue of woman with head in hands

PSYCHOLOGICAL & SPIRITUAL THERAPY: Love can’t exist without suffering

Jack Surguy·February 15, 2017
Entrance to Esalen mindfulness centre - Seven days away from my life

SEVEN DAYS AWAY FROM MY LIFE: A week of meditative self-discovery at Esalen Institute

Josh Jones·February 13, 2017
Large empty loft with chairs

DREAM INTERPRETATION: Find ways to uphold your spirituality and commitment to yourself [symbols: partner, loft, bed, waterfall, fish]

Aneta Baranek·February 9, 2017
Paris street at night - Collaborative dreamwork

COLLABORATIVE DREAMWORK: A spontaneous revelation about the past and the future

Max Reif·February 8, 2017
drummers with djembe drums

PSYCHOLOGICAL & SPIRITUAL THERAPY: People may sometimes require a special “spiritual lens” to accurately perceive reality

Jack Surguy·February 7, 2017
Baby dragon in egg

DREAM INTERPRETATION: Become familiar with your ego [symbols: eggs, dragon, house, sea]

Aneta Baranek·February 2, 2017
Abstract Buddhist figure against red-tinted sky - The death of identity

THE DEATH OF IDENTITY: Does a spiritual awakening make this inevitable?

Mike Larcombe·February 1, 2017
Multi-faces of a single person

PSYCHOLOGICAL & SPIRITUAL THERAPY: The power of our minds can alter our biology in profound ways

Jack Surguy·January 31, 2017
Huge chunk of broccoli and bicycle

DREAM INTERPRETATION: We are the writers of our own script [symbols: teachers, spiritual group, play, broccoli]

Aneta Baranek·January 26, 2017
Peace sign on the struts of a bridge

PSYCHOLOGICAL & SPIRITUAL THERAPY: Post-election imperative to become vessels of peace and communication

Jack Surguy·January 24, 2017
Silhouette of young man in a field of crows at dusk

EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE: 5 keys to procuring it and transforming human consciousness                                      

Jerry Kvasnicka·January 23, 2017
Tarot cards

DREAM INTERPRETATION: Free yourself from a way of being that doesn’t serve you [symbols: brother, Tarot cards, books, fire]

Aneta Baranek·January 19, 2017
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