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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

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    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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    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 SPIRITUAL IMPERATIVE: Enlivening the process of transformation

Contributor·November 28, 2013
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PAUSE TO WONDER: My sense of god is my sense of wonder about the universe

Contributor·November 26, 2013
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DREAMING HEAVEN: 6 tips on how to not get derailed this holiday season

Contributor·November 23, 2013
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THE GURU SEARCH: Do we really need a spiritual teacher?

Kiva Bottero·November 21, 2013
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YOUTHFUL BEGINNINGS: Delayed adulthood and navigating the transition years

Gabriella Lancia·November 16, 2013
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THE MYTH OF PROGRESS: Is cognitive dissonance being pushed to the breaking point?

Contributing Writer·November 7, 2013
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WHAT REWARD?: Mindful individuals less affected by positive feedback and immediate rewards

Contributing Writer·November 3, 2013
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COMPASSION MEDITATION: Interview with Geshe Lobsang Tenzin Negi on Cognitively-based Compassion Training

Kiva Bottero·October 30, 2013
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RELIGION & TOLERANCE: It’s best to keep an open mind

Erica Roberts·October 26, 2013
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IT’S NOT MY PROBLEM—BUT IT IS: Circumventing the lack of compassion in the world

Erica Roberts·October 23, 2013
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TAKE CHARGE: The spirit you are channelling may be your own

Jerry Kvasnicka·October 19, 2013
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TWO GHOSTS AND A SAINT: Communicating with individuals from the spiritual world

Contributor·October 18, 2013
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HOW LARGE IS YOUR WORLD?: Using the media to enlarge and bless your world

Jerry Kvasnicka·October 9, 2013
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BIRTH ORDER: The reflective nature of the theory

Gabriella Lancia·October 7, 2013
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THE BEAUTY BATTLE: Physical pressures in the 21st century

Alana Fiander·October 5, 2013
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Cultivate your awareness and live mindfully throughout your day

Wanda Monague·October 4, 2013
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ARE WE EVER REALLY READY?: The quarter-life crisis in perspective

Contributor·October 1, 2013
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LIFE IS ADDICTIVE: Using experience as a bridge of understanding

Kiva Bottero·September 27, 2013
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RELIGIOUS SENSIBILITY: Understanding the substructure of perceptions, emotions and intuitions on which religions are built

Contributing Writer·September 25, 2013
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LEARNING TO FLY: Symbolic meanings of the butterfly

Gabriella Lancia·September 23, 2013
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THE STATE OF SURRENDER!: Embracing life exactly as it is

Contributing Writer·September 16, 2013
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CELEBRATE EMOTIONAL STRENGTH: Asking the “why?” question and raising suicide awareness

Gabriella Lancia·September 12, 2013
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CELEBRATING THE LITTLE THINGS: Life itself is a reason to celebrate

Alana Fiander·September 11, 2013
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YOU ARE THE ANSWER TO GOD’S PRAYER: The meaning of prayer and reflection

Contributor·September 10, 2013
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