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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

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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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    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]

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

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THE LONG ROAD TO HAPPINESS: Is Bhutan really the Shangri-La that people think it is?

Kiva Bottero·November 25, 2015
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THE WONDERS OF OAXACA: Travels in Latin America [Part 1]

Max Reif·September 5, 2018
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Kiva Bottero·April 2, 2014
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3 PEACOCKS & A MONKEY: Meeting sattva and rajas at Ramana’s ashram

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FRUIT RACISM: Durian, the badass black sheep of the fruit family, divides Southeast Asian society on racial lines

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THE POWER OF PERSPECTIVE DURING COVID-19: Coping with change and achieving your goals

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PURGATORIO: A sumptuous meal followed by a not-so-sumptuous night in La Paz [Part 5]

Max Reif·December 5, 2023
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Jane Olivier·May 25, 2012
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FAMILY BONDS: Drinking po cha and meditating at Karsha Gompa monastery

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LA PAZ, MEXICO: A vacation that became an ordeal; an ordeal that became a vacation [Part 1]

Max Reif·September 20, 2023
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MOJAVE JUNCTION: An angel on Interstate 40

Bob Kelsoe·October 9, 2018
Village of Turtuk, Ladakh, India

BORDER WALK: The tense Indo-Pak border is opening up to a brand of tourism that’s unexpectedly calm

Kiva Bottero·December 21, 2011
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ADVENTURES IN MEXICO CITY: Travels in Latin America [Part 2]

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TRAVEL AS A LIFESTYLE: Reflections on the transformative power of immersive travel on the psyche

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VISITING WRITERS: My journey to Agatha Christie’s Greenway House

Emily L Quint Freeman·July 13, 2022
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A HEART FULL OF GRATITUDE: When the land of rain and clouds beckoned

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CHASING ALVARO: A walk through Habana Vieja

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FOREIGN TONGUE: The powerful silent language of the body

Jane Olivier·December 4, 2012
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STILL, SMALL, SLOW TRAVEL: Flowing freely with whatever the road brings your way

Contributor·November 18, 2014
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TRANSCENDENT BEAUTY: From Pokhara to Sarangkot, Nepal

Kiva Bottero·November 15, 2013
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