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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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A MEMORABLE PROGRAM: And why I joined This Jungian Life’s “Dream School”

Max Reif·October 3, 2023
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ON MINDFULNESS WALKS: Moving with attention through the world we inhabit

Karina Duffy·October 2, 2023
Five glass containers of water also filled with varying amounts of dirt - Practice Shamata by Observing a Candle for 3 Minutes a Day

WATCHING A CANDLE: A meditation exercise to calm your mind in just 3 minutes a day

Contributor·September 28, 2023
Three silhouettes on sunlit beach, including one of boy jumping - Mindfully Letting the Light of the Sun Drown Out Darkness

MINDFUL REFLECTIONS: Pain and ignorance give birth to darkness and more

James Farwell·September 26, 2023
bored schoolgirl staring into distance - Stoics and Boredom: The Emotional Benefits of Quiet Times

STOIC IN TRAINING: Welcoming moments of boredom

Lisa Brandt·September 25, 2023
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LONG-TAILED PARABLE: I throw away my gift on cats

Angela Townsend·September 21, 2023
Rose with word sorry - How Stoics Turn a "Bad" Thing Into a Good Opportunity

STOIC IN TRAINING: Saying “I’m sorry”

Lisa Brandt·September 18, 2023
A couple of shadowy people walking a path to Paradise - Death Without Suffering—For Every Living Creature

LIVING WITH DEATH AND DYING WITH DIGNITY: Delicate decisions about when to leave the planet

Jane Olivier·September 6, 2023
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MINDFUL REFLECTIONS: The Source of Us All, Our Essence and Its Expression and more

James Farwell·September 4, 2023
Woman reading book on beach - Use Mindfulness to Seek a Stable Mind and Meaning in Life

IS HAPPINESS DEAD?: Seeking emotional stability may bring more satisfaction

Melissa Simic·August 23, 2023
man falling off a bike - Stoic in Training: Tempering My Reaction to Whatever Happens

STOIC IN TRAINING: Responding to everyday tests

Lisa Brandt·August 17, 2023
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STOIC IN TRAINING: Memento mori—remember that you must die

Lisa Brandt·August 10, 2023
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MANAGE YOUR MENTAL HEALTH: 10 important questions to ask yourself

Heythem Naji·August 3, 2023
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SUCCESS AND WEALTH: Redefining the relationship between these two pursuits

Melissa Simic·August 2, 2023
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BECOME AWARE OF BEING UNAWARE: How to gradually erase ignorance and minimize suffering

James Farwell·July 31, 2023
Girl with arms stretched in air in joy - Why Accepting Our Truth Can Lead Us To a Life of Peace

PLEASURE AND PEACE: How servitude can become devotion

Melissa Simic·July 26, 2023
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EVERYDAY COMMUNION: It can be found both inside and outside the church

Forrest Rivers·July 25, 2023
man's finger pointed accusingly toward a question mark - Stoicism and the "Let Them Theory"—Don’t Waste Precious Time

STOIC IN TRAINING: Let them

Lisa Brandt·July 24, 2023
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STOIC IN TRAINING: Sex, drugs and rock-and-roll

Lisa Brandt·July 18, 2023
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REFLECTIONS ON PRESENCE AND PROGRESS: Why mindfulness matters in the digital age

Dakota McGovern·July 17, 2023
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A RETURN TO WHO WE ARE: The value of learning to pause and reflect

James Farwell·July 13, 2023
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IMPROVE YOUR INTUITIVE INTELLIGENCE: A third-eye meditation practice

Melissa Simic·July 12, 2023
man lying on a stone wall looking at the sky - Stoic in Training: It’s About Acceptance, Not Indifference

STOIC IN TRAINING: Emotions welcome, acceptance imperative

Lisa Brandt·July 5, 2023
mushroom growing through a crack in a pavement - Stoic in Training: Living a Virtuous Life in the Present

STOIC IN TRAINING: A life lived in reality with all its flaws

Lisa Brandt·June 28, 2023
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