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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 GIFT OF MINDFULNESS: The ability to be present in both joy and pain with gratitude

Contributing Writer·June 13, 2016
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TRIPLE EMPTY NEST: Empowering exercises to find your way back to self

Contributing Writer·May 16, 2016
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DAYENU: Mindfully and critically examining the mindless status quo

Pamela Gerber·May 11, 2016
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AWAY WITH GLUTTONY!: What I learned about mindful eating during my stay with Hare Krishnas

Contributing Writer·May 1, 2016
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MINDFUL CONVERSATIONS: Finding space for a mindful conversation in a technology dependent world

Contributing Writer·April 5, 2016
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HOW TO LOVE MINDFULLY: Just ask a dog!

Contributor·February 29, 2016
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CHASING THE DREAM: Living for the future prevents appreciating the present

Contributing Writer·February 23, 2016
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MINDFULLY AWARE: It is time to pay more attention

Finn Janning·January 24, 2016
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RELATIONSHIP OF AGING: 8 tips for a better parent / child relationship as parents age

Contributing Writer·January 17, 2016
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MINDFULLY IN LINE: How to change actions through recognition, acceptance and appreciation

Contributing Writer·December 3, 2015
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MINDFULNESS AND THE MEDIA: 10 strategies for being a conscious media consumer

Contributor·November 19, 2015
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INNER SIMPLICITY: Clearing clutter is a temporary fix, what matters most is changing our inner state through mindfulness

Contributing Writer·November 9, 2015
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People Are a Lot Like Blotting Paper

Molly Murphy·September 30, 2015
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Rediscovering How to Be a Tourist in Your Own Life

Molly Murphy·September 14, 2015
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LET’S DO MORE: Ending global poverty with pure human kindness

Kyla Giffin·August 27, 2015
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Cultural Appropriation or Emulation: Does it matter?

Pamela Gerber·August 18, 2015
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ALLOW LOVE: Let love in, no matter your beliefs

Contributing Writer·July 1, 2015
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Change Your Behavioural Genes with Mindfulness

Contributing Writer·June 30, 2015
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7 Problems We Can Tackle With Mindfulness Training

Contributing Writer·June 29, 2015
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KINDNESS SPREADS: Change the world, one person at a time with random acts of kindness

Anjali Mani·June 28, 2015
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THE BIRD’S SONG: Learn from birds how to live in the now

Anjali Mani·June 10, 2015
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CONTEMPLATIONS ON SILENCE: In Silence I hear the sound of myself

Anjali Mani·May 5, 2015
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THIS TOO SHALL PASS: The wisdom of seeing everything as temporary

Tammy Klein·May 4, 2015
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FIND JOY AT WORK: Using mindfulness practice to find ease and equanimity in the workplace

Tammy Klein·April 29, 2015
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