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Explore the deeper wisdom and transformative power of kindness. Each episode of Kind Mind is a metaphysical mosaic of insights from art, science, and philosophy — a companion for clarity on the healing and spiritual journey.
Michael Todd Fink is your host and the co-founder of The Giving Tree Band. As a licensed psychotherapist, he also holds certifications in addiction counseling and mindfulness meditation teaching. He is a graduate of Georgetown University with a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology and Columbia University with a Master of Science in Advanced Clinical Social Work. In between, he immersed in the study of Eastern and Western philosophy during long contemplative apprenticeships with extraordinary mystics, monastics, and philosophers while training abroad in Ireland and India.
Todd’s 2020 Tedx Talk is called “Beauty is in the Brain of the Beholder.”
https://www.michaeltoddfink.com
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Grace Makes Me Good Enough
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Nov 22, 2025 |
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Who Gets To Be Angry
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Oct 31, 2025 |
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Evil is Never the Final Fact
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Sep 27, 2025 |
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Gravity of Pleasure
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Aug 24, 2025 |
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The Star Virtue
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Jul 31, 2025 |
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The One and the Many
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Jul 03, 2025 |
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Heterocentrism and the Spectrum of Tolerance
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Jun 07, 2025 |
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Heart-Aligned with Kimberly Snyder
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May 23, 2025 |
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Think Thank
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May 18, 2025 |
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The World You Perceive is the World You Conceive
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Apr 28, 2025 |
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Un-commodifying Attention
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Apr 07, 2025 |
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Animals Know More Than Us
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Mar 29, 2025 |
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Ears Can't Say No
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Feb 24, 2025 |
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Life and Death are Not Binary
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Feb 01, 2025 |
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Table of Contentment
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Dec 31, 2024 |
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The Fright Before Christmas
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Dec 13, 2024 |
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Deeper Lessons with Marianne Williamson
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Nov 30, 2024 |
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Forgivefulness
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Nov 09, 2024 |
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Labyrinth of Fears
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Oct 26, 2024 |
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Shadows and Mirrors (The Dysfunctional Function of Personality Disorders)
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Oct 12, 2024 |
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Unclogging the Fountain of Generosity
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Sep 30, 2024 |
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The Whole Man
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Sep 06, 2024 |
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Geometry of Concentration
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Aug 21, 2024 |
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Cultural Constellations
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Aug 01, 2024 |
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The Sacrament of Admiration
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Jul 20, 2024 |
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Honesty is the Absence of Deception
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Jul 10, 2024 |
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Style is the Answer to Everything
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Jun 17, 2024 |
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Distilling the Elixir of Life
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Jun 07, 2024 |
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Chasing the Dragon's Tail and the Eternal Ouroboros
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May 14, 2024 |
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Tributaries to the River of Grief
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May 01, 2024 |
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Hearts in Bloom and the Light Reflex
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Apr 15, 2024 |
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Individualizing Infinity
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Apr 08, 2024 |
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The Still Point and the Point of Stillness
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Apr 01, 2024 |
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Ministry of Music and Meditation
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Mar 23, 2024 |
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Egalitarian Inquiry and the Edge of Knowledge
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Mar 01, 2024 |
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The Wound is Where the Light Enters
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Feb 13, 2024 |
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The Aurascope
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Feb 07, 2024 |
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Between Words and Worlds
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Jan 19, 2024 |
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Unexpected Lessons from Seeds
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Jan 07, 2024 |
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Fragrance on the Hand that Gave the Rose
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Dec 04, 2023 |
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Fear Itself
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Oct 28, 2023 |
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Lead, Follow, or Get In the Way
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Oct 25, 2023 |
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God is the Ego of the Universe
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Oct 01, 2023 |
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Cure within Curiosity
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Sep 09, 2023 |
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Adventure Begins Where Plans End
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Aug 28, 2023 |
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Empathways to Enlightenment and Endarkenment
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Aug 07, 2023 |
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Ahimsa and the Violence of Nonviolence
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Jul 05, 2023 |
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To Be or To Have (or To Behave)
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Jun 24, 2023 |
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Integrity Unwoven
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Apr 12, 2023 |
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AI Paradoxes and Parables
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Mar 13, 2023 |
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Prayer Might Get You There
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Feb 06, 2023 |
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Validate Alleviate Try Not to Hate
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Jan 30, 2023 |
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Hope for Hope
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Jan 01, 2023 |
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Todd Talks with Nadine Strossen about CENSORSHIP (Live Free or Dialogue series)
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Dec 19, 2022 |
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Declaration of Interdependence
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Dec 07, 2022 |
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Not all the Unseen is Invisible
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Nov 27, 2022 |
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Blessed Are The Flexible, For They Shall Not Be Broken
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Nov 05, 2022 |
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Foreword to the Handbook for the Recently Deceased
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Oct 20, 2022 |
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Todd Talks with Mark Hatala about RETROCAUSALITY (Live Free or Dialogue series)
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Oct 11, 2022 |
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Inner Tutor
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Oct 05, 2022 |
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Todd Talks with Sarah Durham Wilson about MATURING (Live Free or Dialogue series)
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Sep 19, 2022 |
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Law of Subtraction
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Sep 08, 2022 |
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Differentiating Failure from Defeat
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Aug 25, 2022 |
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The Only Certainty is Uncertainty
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Aug 15, 2022 |
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Todd Talks with Jay Garfield about SELFLESSNESS (Live Free or Dialogue series)
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Aug 09, 2022 |
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Fasting to Slow Down
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Jul 31, 2022 |
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Welcome to Kind Mind!
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Jul 24, 2022 |
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Embrace the Mystery
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Jul 23, 2022 |
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Todd Talks with Vitaliy Katsenelson about Meaningfulness (Live Free or Dialogue series)
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Jul 17, 2022 |
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The Seahorse Series on Mending Masculinity (parts 1 through 3)
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Jul 02, 2022 |
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Atlas of the Worldview
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Jun 11, 2022 |
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Live Free or Dialogue: control, surrender and getting out of our own way with Kute Blackson
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May 29, 2022 |
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Testing the Timber of Trust
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May 20, 2022 |
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Build Like A Prophet
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Apr 28, 2022 |
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Live Free or Dialogue: alternative cemeteries, mortality and meaning in tragedy with Sandy Gibson
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Apr 12, 2022 |
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Dreamstuff You Should Know
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Mar 25, 2022 |
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Live Free or Dialogue: Near Death Experience, Eternal Oneness, and Healing Colors with Jose Hernandez
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Feb 18, 2022 |
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Raising Health
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Feb 06, 2022 |
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When Ritual is Spiritual
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Dec 13, 2021 |
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Live Free or Dialogue: Psychology of Inflation, Deflation and Real Hope for Humanity (w/ Jeff Booth)
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Dec 07, 2021 |
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Question and Reflection
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Nov 23, 2021 |
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Things that Go Bump in the Brain
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Oct 20, 2021 |
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Principles of Polarity
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Sep 25, 2021 |
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Illusions of Illusions of Free Will
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Jul 22, 2021 |
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A Brief History of Fire
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Jun 03, 2021 |
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Original Skepticism
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Apr 20, 2021 |
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Hypothetical HiberNation and Rebirth
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Mar 01, 2021 |
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Frustration Displacement and Replacement
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Feb 01, 2021 |
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Real Friendshp
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Dec 31, 2020 |
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Breath is the Root of Inspiration
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Dec 13, 2020 |
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Seek Elegance Over Luxury
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Nov 22, 2020 |
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Here is Your Present
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Oct 26, 2020 |
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Tightrope of Patience
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Sep 25, 2020 |
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Live Free or Dialogue
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Sep 07, 2020 |
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What's Your Sign
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Jul 27, 2020 |
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To Accept is to Receive
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May 28, 2020 |
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Glory of Solitude
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Apr 28, 2020 |
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In Spite of Fear
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Apr 21, 2020 |
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Go with the Overflow
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Mar 28, 2020 |
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Kindness is also Contagious
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Mar 20, 2020 |
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This Little Light of Mind
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Feb 10, 2020 |
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Code to Joy
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Jan 19, 2020 |
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Which Way to Forgiveness
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Dec 25, 2019 |
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(C)hanging in the Balance
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Nov 29, 2019 |
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Mature Means Ripe
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Nov 02, 2019 |
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Adding Context To Addiction
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Oct 20, 2019 |
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Social Dominance and the Psychology of Climate Change
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Sep 08, 2019 |
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From Harm To Harmony
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Aug 12, 2019 |
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What Moves You
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Jul 27, 2019 |
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Travel with a Lantern and a Star
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Jul 01, 2019 |
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Self-Compassion Comes First
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Jun 15, 2019 |
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Voice of the Open River
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May 28, 2019 |
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After the Age of Anxiety
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May 12, 2019 |
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Now and Zen
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Apr 21, 2019 |
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Loneliness and the Trance of Busyness
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Mar 12, 2019 |
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Unlost in Transition
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Feb 18, 2019 |
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Symbol on the Psyche
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Jan 21, 2019 |
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Human Kind: Being Both
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Dec 22, 2018 |
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Suffering Equals Pain Times Resistance
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Dec 09, 2018 |
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Endangered Aesthetics and the Future of Beauty
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Nov 11, 2018 |
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The Last Taboo
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Oct 15, 2018 |
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Epic Philosophy of Epictetus
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Sep 24, 2018 |
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Putting The Awe Back In Awesome
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Sep 03, 2018 |
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Peace in the Center
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Aug 12, 2018 |
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Clarity: Cutting Through The Clouds
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Jul 31, 2018 |
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Bending Time: How Physical Laws, Culture And Mindfulness Change The Clock
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Jul 01, 2018 |
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Democracy Of Trees: What The Forest Can Teach Us About Community Health
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Jun 02, 2018 |
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Live Long And Prosper: Clues From The Blue Zones
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May 01, 2018 |
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Light In The Dark
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Apr 18, 2018 |
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Paradox of Humility
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Mar 07, 2018 |
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The Chemicals Between Us: What Hormones Can Teach Us About Love
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Feb 15, 2018 |
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Silence Is The Musician's Canvas
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Feb 05, 2018 |
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Your Brain On Art
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Feb 04, 2018 |
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Intention Requires Attention
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Jan 18, 2018 |
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Growing Grateful: Ancient origins and new neuroscience
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Jan 06, 2018 |
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Compassionate Communication
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Jan 01, 2018 |
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Anatomy of Habit
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Dec 26, 2017 |
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Bouncing Back: New perspectives on resilience
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Dec 25, 2017 |