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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

    hanami cherry blossoms closeup

    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

    la paz mexico sunrise

    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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Two women sharing ice cream - Your intuition

WORKING WITH YOUR INTUITION: 10 ways to develop it and 6 things that can kill it

Contributor·November 23, 2016
Man sitting staring at the sea

PSYCHOLOGICAL & SPIRITUAL THERAPY: What to do when you have a feeling of home-sickness that won’t go away

Jack Surguy·November 21, 2016
Moon descending into a lake at sunset

GOD/SELF AWARENESS: Transform time to gain knowledge from the dimension of spirit

Contributing Writer·November 19, 2016
Woman's face looking at clouds and cliffs - The elusiveness of mindful awareness

THE ELUSIVENESS OF MINDFUL AWARENESS: You can only have it when you’re not trying to get it

Mike Larcombe·November 18, 2016
Postal delivery bike

DREAM INTERPRETATION: Practice mindfulness and address self-sabotaging tendencies [symbols: UPS, throat, phone, daughter, suicide]

Aneta Baranek·November 17, 2016
photo manipulation of man climbing stairs

DREAM INTERPRETATION: Means of moving between levels of consciousness [symbols: stairs/stairways, pathway, people]

Aneta Baranek·November 10, 2016
Man running in hurry - Don't leave your soul behind

DON’T LEAVE YOUR SOUL BEHIND: How learning to stop hurrying helps us cultivate kindness

Contributor·November 8, 2016
Old woman sitting on bench with shopping bags

BE KIND: Changing the world one small act at a time

Jane Olivier·November 6, 2016
Five people sitting on beach at sunset - Conscious awareness

CONSCIOUS AWARENESS: Gateway to the unexplainable vastness of who and what we are

Mike Larcombe·November 4, 2016
Colourful bus

DREAM INTERPRETATION: Experience freedom and move through challenges [symbols: bus, mountain, road, flying]

Aneta Baranek·November 3, 2016
Lightning striking near tall building

DREAM INTERPRETATION: Expanding consciousness and means of knowledge assimilation [symbols: teeth, doctor, mother, lightning]

Aneta Baranek·October 27, 2016
Young woman meditating beside tree trunk - Mindful breathing

MINDFUL BREATHING: Exploring why it’s the core element of meditation

Contributor·October 26, 2016
Eggs and cornmeal breakfast beside Trump and Clinton images - My breakfast and the U.S. election

MY BREAKFAST AND THE U.S. ELECTION: Each involves two substances that just won’t blend

Max Reif·October 25, 2016
Illuminated dandelion representing wisdom - Setting our thoughts free

SETTING OUR THOUGHTS FREE: The end of the self-correcting mind

Mike Larcombe·October 24, 2016
Black panther lying on a branch

DREAM INTERPRETATION: A breakthrough with a very significant habit [symbol: panther]

Aneta Baranek·October 20, 2016
Woman painting the word create on a wall - "I want to be creative"

“I WANT TO BE CREATIVE”: What does that really mean?

Max Reif·October 14, 2016
Friends cuddling

DREAM INTERPRETATION: Physical intimacy symbolizes closeness [symbols: best friend, making out]

Aneta Baranek·October 14, 2016
Art man with cracks and light shining through

OPPORTUNITY IN EXTREMITY: Extreme experiences jolt us into a realization of unconditional oneness

Contributing Writer·October 12, 2016
Heifer chasing young man on a beach in Spain

DREAM INTERPRETATION: More joy and freedom by upgrading old ways of being [symbols: cow, girl]

Aneta Baranek·October 6, 2016
Blissful little girl with sunflowers - Teaching mindfulness to kids

TEACHING MINDFULNESS TO KIDS: 15 ways to introduce the practice into their lives [infographic]

Contributor·October 5, 2016
Three lost and found books - Big load off the mind

BIG LOAD OFF THE MIND: The cat-and-mouse game of memory and lost objects

Max Reif·October 3, 2016
old piano in a backyard in the desert

DREAM INTERPRETATION: You are in process of upgrading your state of mind [symbols: friends, house, paint, piano, weeds]

Aneta Baranek·September 29, 2016
Turkish bath in Greece

DREAM INTERPRETATION: Being comfortable with oneself and with learning [symbols: Turkish bath, men, naked, swimming pool]

Aneta Baranek·September 22, 2016
Woman with hands clasped in prayer outdoors - Prayer and meditation

PRAYER AND MEDITATION: Are these two practices really that different?

Contributor·September 19, 2016
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