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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]

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    NIGHT SEA JOURNEY: Buying back sanity in La Paz, Mexico [Part 6]

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HOPE FOR RACIAL HARMONY: What happened to me on September 11, 2001

Darashani·September 15, 2022
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AWAKENING: Finding my way from a mental tornado mess to joy and gratitude

Contributing Writer·September 4, 2022
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ALL HUMANS HAVE BLIND SPOTS: Embracing the wisdom of uncertainty

Eleni Stephanides·August 17, 2022
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SPREADSHEETS AND A PAIR OF DICE: My secret tools for being productive when I’m depressed

Mel Bender·August 2, 2022
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I’M A WOUNDED HEALER: Helping others is the path to my own recovery

Mel Bender·July 25, 2022
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A LIFE WORTH WRITING ABOUT: Treating challenges as adventures

Mel Bender·July 18, 2022
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STAND STRONG AND SHINE: Why many sensitive people are born in non-sensitive families

Wendy Gillissen·July 15, 2022
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DEPRESSION AND SPIRITUALITY: Losing connection when the clouds roll in

Mel Bender·July 4, 2022
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SELF-LOVE BEGINS WITH SELF-FORGIVENESS: I am now comfortable in my own skin

April Von Braun·June 9, 2022
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EMBRACE YOUR GREATNESS: Let joy guide you as you make use of your gifts

Contributor·April 25, 2022
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HOW TO STOP HATING YOURSELF: Humans do not have major or minor imperfections, they only have differences

Matthew Jacobs·April 21, 2022
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LEAVING YOUR COMFORT ZONE: Putting fun on the calendar

Judy Harju Galliher·April 17, 2022
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THE CRUX OF MY HEALING: Not found in the space of awareness, but awareness itself

Tyler Gobble·April 12, 2022
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NO BAD DAYS: 7 core values to make you stronger

Contributor·March 22, 2022
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YOUR LOST EGO: Finding it can give you strength to live your truth

Contributor·March 14, 2022
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LOVE YOURSELF ENOUGH TO LEAVE: If you don’t love yourself enough, you cannot love someone else enough

April Von Braun·March 10, 2022
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FRIENDSHIPS LOST: Depression and the struggle to keep social connections

Mel Bender·March 5, 2022
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LIFE PURPOSE: Can’t + don’t want to = not meant to

Mel Bender·February 20, 2022
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EAT, PLAY, LOVE: 3 tips for finding joy on difficult days

Mel Bender·February 13, 2022
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LIVE YOUR FULL POTENTIAL: My life got better when I started asking for more

Elizabeth Gordon·February 1, 2022
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TIME TO DIG DEEP INSIDE: Stalled on your New Year’s resolution?

Surapsari Megumi Fujimaru·January 30, 2022
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BOUNDARIES AND AUTONOMY: Navigating life with emotion and finding maturity

Marc Paquette·January 14, 2022
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SET YOUR INTENTION FOR THE NEW YEAR: And begin manifesting it now

Surapsari Megumi Fujimaru·December 31, 2021
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YOUR END-OF-YEAR RELEASE: Get ready for the new year

Surapsari Megumi Fujimaru·December 11, 2021
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