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

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    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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    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

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    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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THE POWER OF EMPATHY: Six habits of highly empathic people

Contributor·November 3, 2015
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FRIENDSHIP INVENTORY: Stop chasing friendships to find true growth

Angie Salisbury·October 30, 2015
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GRATEFUL NOW: How living in the present moment triggers gratitude

Molly Murphy·October 28, 2015
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REMINDING MYSELF I’M NOT CURED: Using the breath to transform depression into feeling

Contributing Writer·October 27, 2015
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PRESENT FROM YOURSELF: What to do if someone is cheating on you

Contributing Writer·October 21, 2015
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THE METAPHORICAL GATEKEEPER: Follow This Checklist to Keep Your Subconscious Clear of Negativity

Contributing Writer·October 20, 2015
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EXPECT THE UNEXPECTED: A young psychic’s first experiences with the spirit world

Contributor·October 19, 2015
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NAVIGATING BY SYNCHRONICITY: Let the world speak to us through coincidence and chance encounters

Contributor·October 15, 2015
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Guided Meditation to Open Up Your Energy Centres

Contributing Writer·October 8, 2015
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Why the Word “Should” is a Lot Like “Stupid”

Pamela Gerber·October 6, 2015
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FATHER’S DAUGHTERS: Casting aside masculine ideals to get in touch with the feminine soul

Contributor·October 1, 2015
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People Are a Lot Like Blotting Paper

Molly Murphy·September 30, 2015
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GETTING GHOSTED: Passive-aggressive discourtesy can be a lesson in manifesting the self

Pamela Gerber·September 24, 2015
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THE METAPHORICAL KALEIDOSCOPE OF MIND: Explore the shifting of conscious and subconscious experience

Contributing Writer·September 21, 2015
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MEISTER ECKHART: Interview with Matthew Fox on the man for all spiritual seasons

Kiva Bottero·September 20, 2015
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DEPRESSION AND ITS ANTIDOTE: Fighting through lows by keeping the mind and body busy

Jerry Kvasnicka·September 18, 2015
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Rediscovering How to Be a Tourist in Your Own Life

Molly Murphy·September 14, 2015
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WHY IS EVERYTHING SO COMPLICATED?: Remembering simplicity and dealing with stress

Kyla Giffin·September 13, 2015
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SUPERMIND: What all faiths tell us about the hidden power of the human mind

Contributing Writer·September 11, 2015
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ENGAGED BUDDHA: Dispelling the myth of the non-relational Buddha

Contributing Writer·September 9, 2015
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NO VOICE OR NO EMOTIONS?: The hardest “Would You Rather?” question

Kyla Giffin·September 6, 2015
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LET’S DO MORE: Ending global poverty with pure human kindness

Kyla Giffin·August 27, 2015
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Understand Ahimsa to Know What it Really Means to “Do No Harm”

Orsolya Hernold·August 20, 2015
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Cultural Appropriation or Emulation: Does it matter?

Pamela Gerber·August 18, 2015
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