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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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WHAT IS ENLIGHTENMENT?: Experiencing who we already are and living in the moment

Contributing Writer·July 13, 2015
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BE POSITIVE: Twenty personal mantras for positivity

Contributing Writer·July 8, 2015
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THE DESIRED PERSON: Your relationship status does not define your self-worth

Contributing Writer·July 5, 2015
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INTIMATE & VULNERABLE: Being authentic and present with our partner

Contributing Writer·June 9, 2015
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THE FIXER AND THE TAO: Everything is perfect exactly as it is

Contributing Writer·May 27, 2015
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THE IMPACT OF KARMA ON RELATIONSHIPS: Smoothing out the bumps with love

Contributor·May 26, 2015
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BEING PRESENT IN LIFE: How to be happy (or at least less sad)

Contributor·May 24, 2015
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SANKALPA: The power of strong determination

Contributing Writer·May 14, 2015
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GET IT DONE: 10 ways to avoid sabotaging your goals and make better use of your time

Contributing Writer·May 13, 2015
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THE LAW OF DISTRACTION: How to open up to serendipity and be content

Contributing Writer·May 11, 2015
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LIFE LESSONS: When the student is ready the teacher will appear

Contributing Writer·May 8, 2015
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DISCOVERING YOUR PURPOSE: Live a life of joy, love and fulfillment

Contributing Writer·April 27, 2015
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MASTER YOUR OWN LIFE: Six strategies for attaining freedom and feeling great

Contributor·April 22, 2015
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THE INNER MATRIX: Relationships and transforming your life

Contributing Writer·April 15, 2015
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ENLIGHTENMENT INTENSIVE: Who are you and what is life?

Contributing Writer·April 7, 2015
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SEARCHING FOR SOUL: Recognizing your soul group and discovering your true calling

Anjali Mani·March 23, 2015
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SKEPTICISM: Question everything and transform your life

Contributing Writer·March 18, 2015
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FREE WILL: It’s existential, my dear Watson

Contributing Writer·March 11, 2015
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JOURNAL DIALOGUE: A journaling technique for digging beneath the surface

Anjali Mani·March 9, 2015
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PROSPERITY EVERY DAY: 10 daily affirmations to guide you on your path to creative, spiritual and financial fulfillment

Contributor·March 4, 2015
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VISUALIZE IT: Interview with Friar Justin Belitz on manifesting your truth

Kiva Bottero·February 17, 2015
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BE A SUPER PERFORMER: Master the art of behavioural change

Contributing Writer·February 14, 2015
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EMBRACE SUFFERING: Looking into the story of yourself

Robert Kopecky·February 9, 2015
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ON RUNNING OUT OF AUTHORS: The “literary canon” of a baby-boomer’s youth explodes like a seed-pod, into a cornucopia

Max Reif·January 28, 2015
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