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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

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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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Grandmother's hands cutting meat

DREAM INTERPRETATION: An attitude of higher consciousness and higher understanding [symbols: house, grandmother, food, past romantic interest]

Aneta Baranek·September 15, 2016
two people screaming at each other

DYSFUNCTIONAL RELATIONSHIPS: When mindfulness is not enough to undo hurt

Contributing Writer·September 11, 2016
atom bomb over small city

DREAM INTERPRETATION: Sleep paralysis and a deeper emotional awakening [symbols: monster, bomb, ex-girlfriend, brother]

Aneta Baranek·September 8, 2016
Candlelight vigil with Mother Teresa quote banner - Humour heals

HUMOUR HEALS: Getting silly with the residents of Mother Teresa’s NYC hospice for the dying

Contributor·September 6, 2016
Head of Madagascar tree boa

DREAM INTERPRETATION: Expanding inner confidence through transitional times [symbols: snake, bridge, young couple, baby]

Aneta Baranek·September 1, 2016
Frustrated man with broken glass over head - Mindfully accepting non-acceptance

MINDFULLY ACCEPTING NON-ACCEPTANCE: Can we accept our failed attempts to be mindful?

Mike Larcombe·August 30, 2016
mother and daughter walking in sunlit meadow

DREAM INTERPRETATION: Continue to tend to your current mental attitudes [symbols: mother, light]

Aneta Baranek·August 25, 2016
Choose Now

A STORY OF SURRENDER: A teaching from Amma on forgetting about past lives to live in the present moment

Contributing Writer·August 24, 2016
Galaxy in the night sky

GENERIC SPIRITUALITY: The primal knowing of the truth of love that resides at the core of every human being

Contributing Writer·August 23, 2016
Young Asian woman jumping for joy on top of mountain

DREAM INTERPRETATION: Redefine and re-evaluate your view of commitment [symbol: ex-husband]

Aneta Baranek·August 18, 2016
person drowning holding hands above water for help

DEPRESSION & SUICIDE: Being mindful and accepting of the pain of the dark days

Contributing Writer·August 15, 2016
Wooden house in the woods

DREAM INTERPRETATION: A need to tweak your attitude [symbols: house, mother/father]

Aneta Baranek·August 11, 2016
Smiling father and son against blue sky - Laugh your way to higher consciousness

LAUGH YOUR WAY TO HIGHER CONSCIOUSNESS: An exploration of the complex yet uplifting nature of humour

Max Reif·August 9, 2016
Happy woman sitting with psychologist - Making a Life excerpt

MAKING A LIFE: A mid-life recovery from anxiety and depression

Contributor·August 8, 2016
Old woman holding bag of chick peas

DREAM INTERPRETATION: Clearly defining your purpose [symbols: grandmother, hands, seeds]

Aneta Baranek·August 4, 2016
Woman walking on road barefoot

DISCONNECTED: How going carless simplifies life and helps us connect to our surroundings

Kiva Bottero·August 3, 2016
Native Americans in ceremonial masks, robes - Sacred totems

SACRED TOTEMS: Can a modern, non-Native American really find their spirit animal?

Max Reif·August 1, 2016
woman in a dark blue evening dress

DREAM INTERPRETATION: The visitation dream creates a bridge between the physical and spiritual world [symbols: visitation dream]

Aneta Baranek·July 28, 2016
Young girl sitting at the window watching the rain

MANAGING STRESS: 3 techniques to help you recognize triggers and overcome anxiety

Contributing Writer·July 23, 2016
Angels and demons in battle

DREAM INTERPRETATION: A message from the Superconscious mind [symbols: angels, battle]

Aneta Baranek·July 21, 2016
Photo manipulation of little girl fishing on the back of a huge fish

REALIZE YOUR DREAMS: Four keys for a successful life

Contributing Writer·July 20, 2016
Man dangling off a clif

GETTING IT DONE: 5 steps to achieving goals in the age of instant gratification

Contributing Writer·July 18, 2016
Wooden canoe filled with water

DREAM INTERPRETATION: How to be aware and face our fears [symbols: train, canoe, water, kidnapper]

Aneta Baranek·July 14, 2016
large group of Buddhist monks meditating

DIRECTED VS NON-DIRECTED PRAYER: Working with natural laws and life’s creative process       

Jerry Kvasnicka·July 13, 2016
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