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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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WE NEED HELP: A Cameroon organization calls for assistance for the disabled

Jane Olivier·October 18, 2017
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THE “UNDOCUMENTED” ARE MY HEROES: A White Pony Express tale from The Fourth of July

Max Reif·July 9, 2017
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SOCIAL ROLE VALORIZATION: The power of volunteering for people with disabilities

Contributing Writer·September 5, 2016
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WHITE PONY EXPRESS: A prototype solution to the problem of community hunger

Max Reif·October 26, 2015
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ACTIVE CITIZENSHIP: Understanding the root of political disinterest

Contributing Writer·July 18, 2015
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TO BE A PATRIOT: The many ways to show patriotism

Kyla Giffin·July 4, 2015
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Grow organics, grow yourself by WWOOFing at a farm near you

Kiva Bottero·November 2, 2013
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CAMBODIA’S CHILDREN: Running an orphanage in Cambodia

Jane Olivier·August 3, 2013
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SERVICE AND TRAVEL: The call to be a professional volunteer

Contributing Writer·June 7, 2013
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TAKING REFUGE IN SERVICE: An American doctor committed to the principles of seva—selfless service—assists Tibetan refugees in India

Contributing Writer·February 23, 2013
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LETTER FROM CHINA: An NGO worker tells her story of the limitations she encountered

Contributing Writer·January 17, 2013
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TEARS OF HUNGER: He’s her eyes and she’s his future…darkness.

Dr. Cary Rasof·November 10, 2012
MICRO-VOLUNTEERING: A little bit of time and a computer is all it takes. Man working - Microvolunteering

MICRO-VOLUNTEERING: A little bit of time and a computer is all it takes

Kiva Bottero·September 1, 2012
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VOLUNTEER FOR A FREE TIBET: Enabling Tibetan exiles in India

Contributing Writer·August 10, 2012
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SLACKTIVIST OR SOCIAL CHAMPION?: Clicking for a cause does more than people think

Kiva Bottero·August 6, 2012
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REMEMBERING JOSEPH: Caring for an abandoned child in Rwanda after the genocide

Dr. Cary Rasof·July 24, 2012
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VOLUNTEER ABROAD: Long-time travel-liver Jane Olivier shares her experiences volunteering abroad

Kiva Bottero·May 12, 2012
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PEOPLE WHO CARE: Dr. Cary Rasof—to heal the world and know the truth

Dr. Cary Rasof·May 1, 2012
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EVERYDAY ACTIVISM: Six steps we can take to change the world

Contributing Writer·April 10, 2012
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QUEST FOR CHANGE: Social networking for social change

Contributing Writer·March 20, 2012
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MOTIVE TO GIVE: What motivates volunteers and how to recruit them

Contributing Writer·March 7, 2012
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PEOPLE WHO CARE: Wayne Dale Matthysse—Wat Opot, Cambodia

Jane Olivier·January 3, 2012
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