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Reflections of the Mindful

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A man struggles to push a large rock uphill. His body strains with effort, yet he keeps going. This represents the personal hero’s journey — where each of us faces challenges unique to our life story. Like Sisyphus, we may feel the weight of struggle, but we have the strength to keep pushing. Our pain isn’t pointless; it can shape us, grow us, and give meaning to our journey.

A man struggles to push a large rock uphill. His body strains with effort, yet he keeps going. This represents the personal hero’s journey — where each of us faces challenges unique to our life story. Like Sisyphus, we may feel the weight of struggle, but we have the strength to keep pushing. Our pain isn’t pointless; it can shape us, grow us, and give meaning to our journey.

SELF-AWARENESS

Don’t Waste Your Suffering — Give It Meaning

Ask yourself these…

Bold Truth Mama in Contemplate

Writing

Authentically You

How to find & use your voice for the greater good

Existence in Contemplate

A woman stands facing a mirror. She covers her eyes with one hand, and her reflection does the same. The photo is in black and white, creating a somber, introspective mood.

A woman stands facing a mirror. She covers her eyes with one hand, and her reflection does the same. The photo is in black and white, creating a somber, introspective mood.

Prose Poem

Always Being Told

I wait for them to tell me all the ways I’m not enough

Griet W. in Contemplate

Ultra close-up of a person’s face, showing the nose and mouth with a finger held up in a ‘shhh’ gesture — suggesting silence around the idea that people-pleasing can be a form of self-preservation.

Ultra close-up of a person’s face, showing the nose and mouth with a finger held up in a ‘shhh’ gesture — suggesting silence around the idea that people-pleasing can be a form of self-preservation.

The cost of nice

People Pleasers Are Selfish

At least if you do it the way I did it

Susan Brearley in Contemplate

Sunset years

Harry The Tuxedo Cat

He’s feral, but he’s friendly

Anu Anniah in Contemplate

A swarm of brown, blue and black, and yellow butterflies flying in one direction inside a city.

A swarm of brown, blue and black, and yellow butterflies flying in one direction inside a city.

When A Butterfly Flaps Its Wings

It covers 400 kilometers

Mounashree in Contemplate

A woman

A woman

HARD WORK OR LUCK?

What If Your “Failure” Was Never Your Fault?

The invisible privilege…

Elle Becker in Contemplate

CHRONIC PAIN & ILLNESS

How Chronic Pain Tries to Erase Me

Pain has made me small, but…

Marilee in Contemplate

I feared the fix more than the pain

Drowning

A poem on mental health and the stigma…

Laurel W in Contemplate

Ben Franklin with pixelated meme sunglasses on.

Ben Franklin with pixelated meme sunglasses on.

Who better to assuage your ethical meltdown than the man who invented bifocals?

Clarifying Your Values

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Reflections of the Mindful — A publication designed for the writer to reflect, the reader to be inspired, the creatives to find their muses.

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