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    AFTERNOONS SPENT WAITING FOR AN EMAIL: Why it’s best to listen to your body instead

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    THE DREAM THAT KEEPS COMING BACK: A mindful way to listen to it

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    HIGH-FUNCTIONING DEPRESSION: How the quiet art of noticing can help

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    Traditional bicycle parked outdoors against stone wall - "Creepy Creatures" and 4 More New Poems About Life’s Seasons

    POEMS BY DHARA VIJAYAKUMAR: A Little Moment That Loved Me Back, Lost in the Crowd and more

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    MINDFULNESS AND ART: The quiet power of making one small mark at a time

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    POEMS BY DHARA VIJAYAKUMAR: Herself, My Daily Walk 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

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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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Don’t Be Afraid to Speak Your Mind

Contributing Writer·May 19, 2014
Many years ago I attended a meeting in the office of one of my clients. At the time I owned a...
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THE JOY OF GIVING: The more you give of yourself, the more you find of yourself

Contributing Writer·March 7, 2014
We all know how great it feels to receive gifts. However, the joy of getting is short-lived. Our lives are...
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LOVE FOR LOVE’S SAKE: 30 quotations about unconditional love

Contributor·November 10, 2013
Love is when the other person’s happiness is more important than your own. – H. Jackson Brown, Jr. Friends can help...
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ECONOMICS OF HAPPINESS: The benefits of localization

Contributing Writer·June 18, 2013
I first heard of Ladakh in the early 1990s when anthropologist Helena Norberg-Hodge, on a book tour, spoke of her...
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FEEL GOOD QUOTES: 25 quotations that will put a smile on your face

Contributing Writer·June 17, 2013
Whether you are not feeling good enough or feel great but just want to feel better this collection of 25...
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HABITS OF THE HAPPIEST: 12 ways to improve your health by living like the happiest people

Contributing Writer·June 11, 2013
Are you already eating a nutrient dense diet, getting an hour of daily exercise, sleeping eight hours a night, and...
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Epicurus on Happiness

Contributing Writer·May 31, 2013
Epicurus on Happiness is the second episode of Philosophy: A Guide to Happiness—an excellent six-part BBC documentary series narrated by...
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BUDDHIST QUOTES: Mindfulness, meditation, impermanence, suffering

Contributing Writer·March 9, 2013
People usually consider walking on water or in thin air a miracle. But I think the real miracle is not...
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HOW TO RAISE YOUR CONSCIOUSNESS: 20 ways to become more conscious [part 1]

Contributing Writer·December 15, 2012
1. Connect with nature – Go for a walk in the forest, jungle, field of daisies, or wherever you feel like...
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THE CAGE: A short story by Riley H. Welcker

Contributing Writer·December 13, 2012
Not so very far from here, there once lived a young man named Idle. He lived at home and worked...
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FINDING MY HAPPY: A 12-point everyday “happiness” checklist

Alana Fiander·December 1, 2012
I’m an awful cook. I’m one of those people who mix up the terms “teaspoons” and “tablespoons” on practically every...
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THE MOUNTAIN AND THE VALLEY: A reality bigger than the dream

Contributing Writer·November 21, 2012
The young man looked upward; he was not even halfway up the mountain. He groaned. He had already spent a...
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GROWING PAINS: 12 tough truths to accept as you grow up

Contributing Writer·September 22, 2012
As you look back on your life, you will often realize that many of the times you thought you were being rejected from something good, you were in fact being redirected to...
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GOOD GRIEF: Finding happiness when mourning the loss of a loved one

GOOD GRIEF: Finding happiness while mourning a loved one

Contributing Writer·September 22, 2012
Finding happiness after the death of a loved one can be one of the most difficult challenges that one can face in life. In terms of events that can negatively impact one’s life...
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DOING THE DIRTY WORK: Learning to embrace our inner demons

Contributing Writer·July 13, 2012
In Buddhism, hell or suffering is subtly defined as life lived outside the experience of this moment, where one is easily governed by the rushing nature of the small mind. You aren’t...
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MISGUIDED PURSUIT: Questioning the unalienable right of the pursuit of happiness

Contributing Writer·June 11, 2012
The idea that the pursuit of happiness might be an unalienable right was given to us two hundred years ago by Thomas Jefferson, but how many Americans ever...
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END THE PURSUIT: Less time searching, more time being happy

Melissa Venditti·May 20, 2012
Maybe I’d be happier if I had… my dream job, a bigger house, true love, nicer clothes, a baby…” Sound familiar? We all want happiness, and through this search for happiness, we're sometimes successful in obtaining...
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THE TROUBLE WITH HOPE: Wave the white flag of surrender to find peace

Contributing Writer·April 27, 2012
Hope shuttles us off to a mythical future. But what do we miss while we’re away? I had a strained relationship with hope before my wife was diagnosed ...
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THE VOICE IN MY HEAD: How to understand and accept your thoughts

Contributing Writer·February 28, 2012
Where did the voice come from and why can't I shut it up? Why is that voice so filled with self-judgments? And why can't I ever seem to just turn it off?...
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ABIDING HAPPINESS: Embracing the reality of life with acceptance

Contributing Writer·February 11, 2012
Why don’t my children listen to me? Why can't politicians tell the truth? Why did it have to rain on my wedding day? Reality baffles us. We question it every day...
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