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    Person wearing watch, grabbing puzzle pieces - How to Reduce Your Brain’s Blind Spots With Simple Training

    REDUCE YOUR BRAIN’S BLIND SPOTS: How cognitive training enhances self-awareness

    Senior couple walking down trail in fall - Exercise as Play: A Small Shift Makes a Big Difference

    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

    Full moon behind a rural house - “Sturgeon Moon” and 3 Other Poems With Passion

    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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Man waving American flag on hill - Dialogue with my inner Donald Trump

GETTING IN TOUCH WITH MY INNER TRUMP: Communications with my “Jungian Shadow”

Max Reif·March 12, 2017
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FIND YOUR WORDS: Sharing our words is a way to give opportunity to others

Robyn Phillips·March 8, 2017
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THE WRITING LIFE: 8 pieces of cautionary advice for aspiring writers

Cliff Burns·March 4, 2017
Older man with walking stick - Down the Trail

DOWN THE TRAIL: A poem about spiritual longing makes its way in the world

Max Reif·March 1, 2017
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UNEXPECTED ENCOUNTER: Understanding globalism as a political and spiritual term

Max Reif·February 15, 2017
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“BRAIN BOTTLE OPENER” EXERCISE: Write a heartfelt smartphone letter in three minutes

Contributor·October 17, 2016
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OFF TO WORK: Mindfully improve your job-seeking skills

Contributing Writer·July 25, 2016
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IT’S OK: A stranger is a friend we haven’t yet met

Contributing Writer·April 27, 2016
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THE POWER OF QUESTIONS: 8 great queries you can use as tools of transformation

Orsolya Hernold·April 3, 2016
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WELL THIS IS AWKWARD: How to deal with racist relatives

Cindy McMann·December 6, 2015
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BEAUTIFUL CONVERSATIONS: 5 ways to communicate and connect better

Contributing Writer·November 4, 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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PRISON PHONE CALLS: When capitalism incapacitates its most precious capital–people

Pamela Gerber·September 29, 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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RESONANCE: When we tune in to nature and other human beings, we create an energy field of understanding and empathy

Contributing Writer·August 3, 2015
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PAGES OF OUR CHILDHOOD: What children’s stories can teach us as adults

Kyla Giffin·July 25, 2015
Mother and teenager

3 Things You Never Say to Your Teenagers

Kyla Giffin·July 20, 2015
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ANTISOCIAL MEDIA: Are we losing our ability to interact in person?

Contributing Writer·June 16, 2015
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SILENCING DEBATE: The truth that lies in our past

Michael Myers·January 15, 2015
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CALMENT: Participation in a virtual world

Cindy McMann·November 22, 2014
Pocket watch in sand - Time and the writer

TIME AND THE WRITER: A meditation on the transcendence experienced through writing

Max Reif·November 8, 2014
Quotes on paper - The power of quotation

THE POWER OF QUOTATION: Why do we enjoy the words of others so much, anyway?

Erica Roberts·March 12, 2014
two people talking on bench - conscious communication

CONSCIOUS COMMUNICATION: The convergence of myth, psychology, science, religion, and our universal language

Contributing Writer·March 9, 2014
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RELATIONSHIP RECONNECT: 3 ways to strengthen connection with your partner

Contributing Writer·March 8, 2014
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