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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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    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

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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

    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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“BRAIN BOTTLE OPENER” EXERCISE: Write a heartfelt smartphone letter in three minutes

Contributor·October 17, 2016
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“SELFIE” PHENOMENON: Photos have become a creation of the self rather than an extension of the self

Angelica Pajkovic·May 29, 2017
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‘TIS THE SEASON: 4 ways to take commercialism out of your holiday festivities

Melissa Venditti·December 9, 2012
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3 REVELATIONS: An urgent letter from Earth to humanity amid crisis

Forrest Rivers·April 16, 2020
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3 Things You Never Say to Your Teenagers

Kyla Giffin·July 20, 2015
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3 WAYS TO EAT SIMPLY: But also eat well

Cindy McMann·February 18, 2015
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4 Reasons Why Our Words Don’t Convey the Message We Intend

Orsolya Hernold·October 5, 2015
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5 Tips on How to Get Your Child Excited About School

Kyla Giffin·August 24, 2015
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6TH MASS EXTINCTION?: What scientists say and what we should be listening to

Contributing Writer·October 21, 2012
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A GIFT ECONOMY: Living without money in the United States

Contributing Writer·March 12, 2012
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A GLOBAL GROWTH MARKET: The current state of wind power in the world [infographic]

Contributing Writer·July 28, 2012
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A GREAT RENAISSANCE OF ART: The events of 2020 have set the scene

Forrest Rivers·April 3, 2020
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A MEDITATION ON PINES: The most important tree in Japanese gardens

Emily L Quint Freeman·September 14, 2023
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A MORE MINDFUL APPROACH TO DIVERSITY: We must focus on unity, not division

Forrest Rivers·April 22, 2022
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A MORNING WITH LUPINES AND FOXGLOVES: A garden goes nowhere, it never arrives, it never leaves

Emily L Quint Freeman·May 16, 2022
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A NECESSARY EVOLUTION: From mayhem to mindfulness and meaning

James Farwell·January 26, 2021
A NEW TABOO Ageism is the emerging racism or sexism or homophobia or all three1

A NEW TABOO: Ageism is the emerging racism, sexism or homophobia—or all three

Contributing Writer·October 3, 2018
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A POET’S JOURNAL: The urge to utterance

Max Reif·November 13, 2013
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A QUAKER LIFE: Simplicity, unity, worship, justice, community

Contributing Writer·January 6, 2013
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A SACRED EARTH COVENANT: Honouring our green oasis in 4 distinct ways

Forrest Rivers·February 2, 2023
Person with "I VOTED" stickers at 2020 U.S. election polling station - A SENSE OF CARING: 4 responsibilities Americans must uphold

A SENSE OF CARING: Without it, there can’t be a sense of community

James Farwell·January 29, 2024
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A THRIFT STORE LIFE: The unbearable lightness of other people’s being

Jane Olivier·September 13, 2012
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A WORLD OF TRANSFORMATION: An interview with Shivani Lucki of Ananda Village

Erica Roberts·December 21, 2013
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A WORLD OF WASTE: Effect of poor waste management on the planet

Rachel Walls·January 29, 2012
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