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    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

    Train travelling through Alaska mountain range - Don’t Doubt Yourself—Spread Your Wings and Soar

    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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FEMINISTS DON’T HATE MEN: And it’s harmful to pretend they do

Cindy McMann·October 9, 2014
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Tent City

Erica Roberts·October 4, 2014
Detroit skyline - Water and Welfare: Detroit's Water Crisis

WATER AND WELFARE: Detroit’s community crisis

Cindy McMann·September 14, 2014
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WILDLIFE ISN’T A PROBLEM: Let’s stop calling it that

Cindy McMann·September 10, 2014
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VERTICAL VEGETATION: Green walls create a breathing garden of life in the city

Kiva Bottero·August 25, 2014
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SOLIDARITY: Or, all mixed up in other people’s business?

Cindy McMann·August 14, 2014
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REACHING OUT: 5 easy ways to community build

Cindy McMann·August 9, 2014
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SHARE THE LAND: Garden sharing transforms urban lawns

Cindy McMann·July 20, 2014
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COMPOSTING TOILETS: A drier alternative

Contributing Writer·June 30, 2014
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DANDELION, YOU’RE NOT SO BAD: Why do we kill you all the time?

Cindy McMann·June 26, 2014
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THE PARADOX OF OUR GENERATION: Barrier-breaking individuals handicapped by chronic attention deficiency

Contributing Writer·June 22, 2014
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TRUE GOVERNMENT: Aligning with our cosmic purpose

Jerry Kvasnicka·May 12, 2014
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MAKING FOOD IS HARD: Why we should do it anyways

Cindy McMann·May 5, 2014
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RIGHTS REVOKED: Human rights don’t always follow a one-way evolutionary path

Cindy McMann·May 1, 2014
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UNLEARN: How unlearning makes us smarter

Cindy McMann·April 14, 2014
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JUSTICE FOR A DAY: 5 ways to sustain the drive for change

Cindy McMann·April 3, 2014
PASSIONATE ABOUT POLYCULTURE

PASSIONATE ABOUT POLYCULTURE: Joel Salatin, “lunatic farmer,” shares his inspiration for wholistic farming

Contributing Writer·March 31, 2014
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DIY TIME: Make your own natural deodorant

Contributing Writer·March 24, 2014
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THE POWER OF QUOTATION: Why do we enjoy the words of others so much, anyway?

Erica Roberts·March 12, 2014
GUIDE TO SEED STARTING

GUIDE TO SEED STARTING: It’s already time to grow delicious vegetables!

Cindy McMann·March 10, 2014
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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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LEARNING OBJECTIVES: what’s the objective of learning?

Cindy McMann·March 6, 2014
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THE VALUE OF CURSIVE WRITING: Why it shouldn’t be eliminated from schools

Max Reif·February 20, 2014
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