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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

    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

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    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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EVERYTHING MATTERS: Nonviolence is a way of seeing what wasn’t seen before

Contributing Writer·December 6, 2012
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BELO HORIZONTE, BRAZIL: The city that ended hunger

Contributing Writer·December 4, 2012
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RIGHT IN PLACE: Are you alone or strategically placed?

Contributing Writer·December 2, 2012
NEW TWIST ON BIOFUEL: African teenaged girls develop urine-generated electricity

NEW TWIST ON BIOFUEL: Urine-generated electricity developed by teenage girls in Africa

Contributor·December 2, 2012
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MEGA MILLIONS: The lottery of loss for those dying of hunger

Jane Olivier·December 1, 2012

CHANGE YOUR VIEW: Don’t look for answers—find the questions

Contributing Writer·November 28, 2012
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CONSCIOUS BIRTHING: This journey is our child’s, not ours

Contributing Writer·November 27, 2012
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GENDER GAP: After 100 years women still strive for equality

Contributing Writer·November 14, 2012
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CHANGE THE CONVERSATION: Using nonviolent action to pry open the doors of dialogue

Contributor·November 14, 2012
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FLEXIBLE SOLAR: Stanford scientists develop solar cells that can be painted onto surfaces

Contributing Writer·November 11, 2012
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TEARS OF HUNGER: He’s her eyes and she’s his future…darkness.

Dr. Cary Rasof·November 10, 2012
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MADE TO BE WASTED: The unsustainability of the current system of production

Niyati Shah·November 9, 2012
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RETHINKING WASTE: Expose the mess for all to see our wasteful ways

Kiva Bottero·November 6, 2012
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FULLY ORGANIC: Bhutan aims for 100 percent organic farming in 10 years

Contributing Writer·October 30, 2012
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RECYCLING RETHINK: 5 things you didn’t know you can recycle and 5 things you can’t

Melissa Venditti·October 28, 2012
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WAKE UP WORLD!: Only you can make the change

Jane Olivier·October 25, 2012
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TO LIVE UNENCUMBERED: Finding the courage to drop attachments and free ourselves

Contributing Writer·October 24, 2012
GRATITUDE FOR FOOD: How gardening can encourage greater respect for our food

GRATITUDE FOR FOOD: How gardening can encourage greater respect for our food

Megan Philipp·October 21, 2012
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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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THE KNIGHTS AT THE DEBATE: A subjective meditation

Max Reif·October 20, 2012
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CONSCIENTIOUS STUDY: At what cost an MBA?

Contributing Writer·October 17, 2012
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GROSS NATIONAL HAPPINESS: Measuring happiness with sustainability

Contributing Writer·October 11, 2012
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INTERNET RIGHTS: The impact of the Internet on human rights [infographic]

Contributing Writer·October 8, 2012
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GIFT ECONOMY: How a win-win gift exchange works

Contributing Writer·October 3, 2012
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