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

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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

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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

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    REFLECTIONS ON TODAY’S POLITICAL REALITIES: We can prevail over ignorance, lies and Trump

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    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]

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    NIGHT SEA JOURNEY: Buying back sanity in La Paz, Mexico [Part 6]

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WORLD KINDNESS: Kindness is a gift everyone can afford to give

Danielle Saunders·November 21, 2020
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U.S. ELECTIONS 2020: There was dancing in the streets

James Farwell·November 15, 2020
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RISE UP: 7 challenges that come with being a leader

Jessica Chapman·November 10, 2020
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CHASE AWAY LONELINESS: 6 reasons to get a pet for your household

Dr. Margit Muller·October 22, 2020
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OUR CULTURE’S DELUSION: Donald Trump reflects our collective ego

Forrest Rivers·October 3, 2020
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TOXIC PEOPLE: Why they’re a problem and 10 ways to avoid them

Ashley Simmons·September 29, 2020
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TURN ON, TUNE IN, DROP OUT: The promise of self-sufficiency in the age of COVID

Forrest Rivers·September 15, 2020
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THE POLITICS OF THE HEART: Notes on the Democratic Convention

Max Reif·August 24, 2020
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MESSAGE IN A BOTTLE: A message of hope for our times

Forrest Rivers·July 23, 2020
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POLICE ABUSE OF POWER: What makes people behave as they do

James Farwell·July 19, 2020
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REAL DEMOCRACY: What the killing of George Floyd showed us

Forrest Rivers·June 30, 2020
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MERGING INTO ONE: Looking past all our differences

Forrest Rivers·June 14, 2020
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DREAMS WORTH CHASING: Finding a better way to live through the grace of suffering

Forrest Rivers·June 5, 2020
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I’M MISSING MY FAVOURITE RESTAURANT: Religion’s role in the new normal

Robert Mercer-Nairne·June 2, 2020
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BLUE vs. RED: Why is humanity devolving into social warfare when we could just opt for openness and respect?

Kiva Bottero·May 27, 2020
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WRITING AS THERAPY: 5 benefits of writing down your thoughts

Donald Fomby·May 26, 2020
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MENTAL HEALTH: A homeschooling priority

Candice Salhab·May 18, 2020
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Siobhan Searle·April 29, 2020
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ONE FAMILY: Within each one of us, resides everything that resides in all of us

James Farwell·April 28, 2020
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3 REVELATIONS: An urgent letter from Earth to humanity amid crisis

Forrest Rivers·April 16, 2020
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GARDEN THERAPY: A natural stress reliever

Siobhan Searle·April 14, 2020
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BECOMING CO-CREATORS: Building a future we want to inhabit begins with believing that’s possible

Shannon Mannon·April 9, 2020
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COVID-19 IN AMERICA: Will contending with a pandemic within a political theatre of the absurd lead us to a New Age?

Max Reif·April 3, 2020
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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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