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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

    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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ANTISOCIAL MEDIA: Are we losing our ability to interact in person?

Contributing Writer·June 16, 2015
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MULTIPURPOSING: 5 items you can use for a variety of purposes

Cindy McMann·June 11, 2015
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EQUALITY WHEN?: Seriously, how will we know?

Cindy McMann·June 9, 2015
pile of broken cell phones - im/materialism

IM/MATERIALISM: The solution to many of our environmental problems is to value things more

Cindy McMann·May 17, 2015
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LIVING IN A POSTHUMANIST WORLD: Re-thinking humanism might make better communities

Cindy McMann·May 9, 2015
willow stump in storm - land, language, limits

LAND, LANGUAGE, LIMITS: Protecting how we speak about our world

Cindy McMann·April 16, 2015
Garden - Garden as gateway to soul

DIGGING IN THE DIRT: Understanding the garden as a gateway to the soul

Contributor·April 1, 2015
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THE TAO OF SHANGRI-LA: Learning social enterprise from nomads and monks

Contributing Writer·March 16, 2015
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STAY IN THE STRETCH ZONE: Why we should pay attention when we’re bored

Cindy McMann·March 5, 2015
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IN SEARCH OF A LEADER: A fictional account of what a true leader would look like

Anjali Mani·March 1, 2015
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CONSCIOUS EVOLUTION: Awakening the power of our social potential

Contributing Writer·February 25, 2015
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3 WAYS TO EAT SIMPLY: But also eat well

Cindy McMann·February 18, 2015
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THANKS, THOREAU: For teaching us all about ethical engagement

Cindy McMann·February 3, 2015
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SILENCING DEBATE: The truth that lies in our past

Michael Myers·January 15, 2015
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DOING BUSINESS GOD’S WAY: 4 cornerstones and 3 key principles

Contributor·December 23, 2014
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KEEPING KIND: In a time of loss

Cindy McMann·December 21, 2014
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HIJACK THE HOLIDAYS: 4 ways to reclaim the season

Cindy McMann·December 14, 2014
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CREATING A BETTER SOCIETY: The importance of empowering people with disabilities

Contributor·December 11, 2014
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WRITING IN THE SKY: Destroying the planet or keeping it healthy rests in human hands

Contributor·November 27, 2014
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CALMENT: Participation in a virtual world

Cindy McMann·November 22, 2014
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STAY GREEN: Growing indoor herb gardens

Cindy McMann·November 10, 2014
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TIME AND THE WRITER: A meditation on the transcendence experienced through writing

Max Reif·November 8, 2014
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OPEN TO REINVENTION: The simplicity of spirit in a seemingly complex world  

Contributing Writer·October 27, 2014
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WHATEVER: How capitalism stops us from learning

Cindy McMann·October 13, 2014
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