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    THE ENDS NEVER JUSTIFY THE MEANS: Gandhi’s radical lesson for today

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    “MY RELIGION IS KINDNESS”: 10 mindful living tips inspired by the Dalai Lama

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    BEWARE OF BAD ACTORS: 3 steps to take if you suspect someone’s “gaslighting” you

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    ALASKA WINGS: Soaring across the mountains while releasing fear and doubt

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    INEFFABLE: A visitation from a beautiful soul I’d never forget

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    POEMS BY CAROLYN CHILTON CASAS: Essential Language, Metaphorically Speaking and more

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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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SIMPLE LIVING GUIDE: Being in the present—tracking your life energy [step 2]

Contributing Writer·February 18, 2013
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SIMPLE LIVING GUIDE: Making peace with the past [Step 1]

Contributing Writer·February 15, 2013
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A QUAKER LIFE: Simplicity, unity, worship, justice, community

Contributing Writer·January 6, 2013
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‘TIS THE SEASON: 4 ways to take commercialism out of your holiday festivities

Melissa Venditti·December 9, 2012

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

Contributing Writer·November 28, 2012
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TO LIVE UNENCUMBERED: Finding the courage to drop attachments and free ourselves

Contributing Writer·October 24, 2012
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A THRIFT STORE LIFE: The unbearable lightness of other people’s being

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HOW MUCH IS ENOUGH?: The 4 consistent qualities of enoughness

Contributing Writer·May 6, 2012
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CULTIVATING VOLUNTARY SIMPLICITY: How to live a simple life

Contributing Writer·April 30, 2012
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SATISFACTION OF ENOUGH: An interview with Get Satisfied author Carol Holst

Contributing Writer·April 28, 2012
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VOLUNTARY POVERTY: Our life is more than our work

Contributing Writer·April 22, 2012
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CREATIVITY OVER CONFORMITY: Simple living for a sustainable future

Contributing Writer·March 22, 2012
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A GIFT ECONOMY: Living without money in the United States

Contributing Writer·March 12, 2012
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SIMPLICITY: The journey to wholeness

Contributing Writer·July 14, 2011
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Thomas Merton’s life of voluntary simplicity and contemplation

Contributing Writer·June 26, 2008
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Structuring your Life through Voluntary Simplicity

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