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    MENTAL HEALTH AND MINDFULNESS AT WORK: Building healthier, more resilient teams

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    MIND THE GAP: Mindfulness as the practice of living in one piece

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    POEMS BY GEORGE PAYNE: I Think Now of Shelters, After Love and more

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    POEMS BY JIM JOHNSTON: For Larry, Tracks 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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    Hands against background of a heart - Travelling With Intention: Why Is It So Important?

    NATIONAL VOLUNTEER MONTH: Moving through the world with intention

    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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WITH A SMILE: A personal essay on equanimity and India

kiva-bottero·July 28, 2012
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TOUGH BUT REWARDING: Drawing parallels between meditation and a journey through Africa

Contributor·October 28, 2021
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LESSONS FROM INDIA: Working with rural communities in southern Rajasthan

Chandni Singh·January 25, 2013
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AGRITOURISM: Relax and reconnect to an agricultural way of life

kiva-bottero·May 26, 2013
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GROWING OUR CHILDREN: A thirst for travel and knowledge begins at birth

Jane Olivier·August 9, 2013
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MOJAVE JUNCTION: An angel on Interstate 40

Bob Kelsoe·October 9, 2018
Bhutanese citizens celebrating a festival

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

kiva-bottero·November 25, 2015
Street scene with car and attractive graffiti - La Plata

FINAL ADVENTURES IN LA PLATA, ARGENTINA: Travels in Latin America [Part 8]

Max Reif·November 2, 2018
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Aimless in India

kiva-bottero·July 19, 2011
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WILD LIFE: Making friends with Nature in India

Jane Olivier·February 4, 2013
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VIVA LOS FUNHOGS: California to Patagonia and the climb of Fitz Roy

Contributing Writer·November 21, 2013
Street in Buenos Aires - An American in Argentina

AN AMERICAN IN BUENOS AIRES: Travels in Latin America [Part 5]

Max Reif·October 11, 2018
Dudhsagar falls - Cascading waterfalls

CASCADING WATERFALLS: 5 that you won’t want to miss when visiting India

Contributor·October 10, 2016
upbeat crowd strolling along Avenida Benito Juarez in Mexico City - A very full first day in Mexico City

ADVENTURES IN MEXICO CITY: Travels in Latin America [Part 2]

Max Reif·September 13, 2018
River - FLEXIBLE FREEDOM - Travel-live to the fullest

FLEXIBLE FREEDOM: Travel-live to the fullest

kiva-bottero·May 7, 2012
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A FLICKER OF LIGHT: It’s not how we feel but what we do that matters

Jane Olivier·July 3, 2013
Leh, India

CHECKMATE: Play the game with mindfulness and equanimity

kiva-bottero·August 7, 2011
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A SURPRISE OF SYNCHRONICITY: Meeting Charlie Russell

kiva-bottero·October 16, 2010
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SHOCK TO THE SYSTEM: First day in La Paz [Part 2]

Max Reif·October 10, 2023
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STRANDED IN BARI: A disturbing experience with hoodlums

Bob Kelsoe·October 30, 2021
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GOING DOWN UNDER AND COMING BACK UP: A re-entry revelation after some time abroad [Part 3 of 3]

Max Reif·October 28, 2017
Butterfly - Where Beauty Lies

WHERE BEAUTY LIES: It’s in the heart of the beholden

Jane Olivier·October 6, 2012
With so many pagodas in Bhaktapur this one got converted into a restaurant

CITY OF CULTURE: Bhaktapur, a jewel in Nepal’s Kathmandu valley

kiva-bottero·April 2, 2014
Eagle and crows fighting over food

GLOBAL FREELOADERS: Much more than just free accommodation

Jane Olivier·January 31, 2012
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