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    COMPLICATIONS, CONTRADICTIONS, CONFUSIONS: 3 words that became markers on a mindful path

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    POEMS BY GEORGE PAYNE: Sturgeon Moon, That Morning In Athens and more

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

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REACH FOR THE STARS: A spiritual understanding of why you hold yourself back from greatness

Kelly T. Smith·November 7, 2021
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MODERN MERLINS: The magicians of our time

Lon·November 4, 2021
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LIVE LIKE A LOTUS: 5 stages of transformation after a loss

Surapsari Megumi Fujimaru·October 31, 2021
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EGO VS. HEART: Rebirthing the Ego when it grows too large

Eleni Stephanides·October 21, 2021
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WRITE YOUR LIFE STORY: The #1 question that will continually transform your life

Lisa Hromada·August 31, 2021
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MY SPIRITUAL TOOLBOX: Using the tools to heal from past trauma and love myself more completely

Vickie Barbour·August 15, 2021
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TIME TO CLEAN OUR (MIND) ROOMS: Throwing out beliefs that no longer suit us

Keri Mangis·July 21, 2021
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FRACTURING: Learning to listen to the nuances that lie beneath the surface of my skin

Andrea Marz·July 15, 2021
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GHOSTS OF A POLISHER’S PAST: When someone is gone, you hold onto the words you never got to say

Rebecca Shea·July 5, 2021
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FRIENDS WITH ADDICTION: 8 ways to get involved in the recovery process

Hannah Bennett·June 14, 2021
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WE ARE ALL ARTISTS: Creating your own closure

Christie Leigh Babirad·June 8, 2021
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REDEFINING OUR RELATIONSHIPS: Finding soulmates where we never thought to look

Trish Di Stefano·May 31, 2021
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COMPARISON DAYS: The bad days I will think of tomorrow and be grateful

Rebecca Shea·May 27, 2021
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CAN YOU SEE ME NOW?: A woman’s plight of invisibility

Siobhan Searle·May 2, 2021
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AWAKENING: I have been frozen and am beginning to thaw

Rosemary Williams·April 29, 2021
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AN ILLUMINATING THOUGHT EXPERIMENT: 19 questions to ask yourself about relationships

Contributor·April 28, 2021
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FLYING MAGNIFICENTLY SOLO: We are all irreplaceable and remarkable in our own right

Christie Leigh Babirad·April 23, 2021
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RAISE THE VOLUME ON YOUR SOUL’S VOICE: Live a life that is full, bright and abundant

Christie Leigh Babirad·April 16, 2021
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IT’S NOT PERSONAL: Moving beyond our emotional ignorance

James Farwell·April 3, 2021
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THE ROOT CHAKRA AND YOUR FAMILY: Try a 6-part journaling exercise about your childhood

Contributor·March 31, 2021
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THE REAL FISH: Writing supported me through my years of sobriety

Chelsey Clammer·March 17, 2021
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GROW THROUGH INTUITION: 5 ways tuning in to your intuition fuels your personal growth

Tracy Yates·March 4, 2021
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LET GO: Nobody deserves your friendship and kindness more than you

James Farwell·February 26, 2021
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NARCISSISTIC RELATIONSHIPS: How to heal, get your sparkle back and reconnect with your own soul

Wendy Gillissen·February 23, 2021
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