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Ryder Carroll: Bullet Journaling Transformed His Severe Childhood ADHD

Carroll overcame his executive-function struggles to become an accomplished digital product designer and art director leading projects for Adidas, American Express, IBM, HP, a...

Natan Sharansky: Playing Mental Chess to Outlast 9 Years in the Gulag

Sharansky emerged after nine years of Gulag imprisonment with his intellect, memory, and moral integrity completely uncompromised, never signing a confession or betraying a co...

Tina Turner: Practicing Buddhist Chanting to Rebuild After Severe Abuse

Empowered by her practice, Tina fled Ike in July 1976 with 36 cents and a gas credit card. After surviving years of debt, cleaning houses, and performing in small cabarets, sh...

Niloofar: Daily Meditation Ended Her 12 Years of Severe Depression

## Before the Change Hello, I am Niloofar; an Iranian girl. I am writing this because my awakening path was filled with detours and fake gurus. To explain where it started, I ...

Fleet Maull: Meditation Transformed His 14 Years in Federal Prison

While incarcerated, Maull completed a master's degree in psychology, founded the Prison Mindfulness Institute in 1989 to bring contemplative practices to thousands of inmates,...