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August 21, 2026

Mindful AI: Keeping People at the Center of Learning

By Roan Weigert Doctor of Business Administration (DBA) student The Generative Dilemma From 2023 to 2026, schools and universities shifted the way they handled generative artificial intelligence, also called GenAI.

by Vital Admin
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August 21, 2026

Oil, the Dollar, and the Strait of Hormuz: What’s Actually Driving Prices

By Dr. Samila Amanyraoufpoor Program Chair and Core Faculty, MBA & BA Programs Over the past several weeks, I have received a recurring set of questions from students, colleagues, and

by Vital Admin
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August 18, 2026

Kapwa at the Coffee Bar

What a Neighborhood Café Taught Me About Consciousness, Leadership, and Genuine Human Connection By Christina V. Ring, MATP, MBAPh.D. Student in Transpersonal Psychology, Sofia University People often imagine that transpersonal

by Vital Admin
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August 18, 2026

Can Music Teach Psychology?

How an Aikido course at Sofia University inspired an educational song by Krisztian PriolM.A. Counseling Psychology Candidate, Sofia University “You always give bad advice.” My classmate Ludo was trying to

by Vital Admin
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August 14, 2026

What We Owe Lindsay Clancy: A Therapist’s Reflection on Motherhood, Madness, and Mercy

by Kristy Romanowski, LPC, NCC, ACS PhD in Transpersonal Psychology student July 29, 2026 — Day three of testimony Quick note: this is a live, ongoing trial, and everything here

by Vital Admin
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October 16, 2018

7 Life Lessons From Dr. Seuss

Elisha Goldstein, a PHD in Transpersonal Psychology graduate from The Institute of Transpersonal Psychology at Sofia University. is co-founder of The Center for Mindful Living in West Los Angeles and

by Roland Reese
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October 2, 2018

The Neuroscience of Learning to Trust Yourself

By Elisha Goldstein, Ph.D. Elisha Goldstein, a PHD in Transpersonal Psychology graduate from The Institute of Transpersonal Psychology at Sofia University. is co-founder of The Center for Mindful Living in

by Roland Reese
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September 25, 2018

It’s Time for Data Ethics Conversations at Your Dinner Table

This opinion piece has been contributed by Lucy C. Erickson, Natalie Evans Harris and Meredith M. Lee, three members of the D4GX community. All three authors contributed equally to this

by Roland Reese
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September 18, 2018

Breathing in Running: How to Use the Rolling Breath

Timur Crone, MA is a USATF certified running coach and an alumnus with an MA in Counseling Psychology from ITP at Sofia University, as well as a Chi Arts Association

by Roland Reese
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September 11, 2018

It’s Time to Rethink What People Need to Learn Computer Science in Schools

Retrieved from https://chrisbrogan.com/rethink-learning/. By Chris Brogan Sandra told me that her cousin shared an article about how schools were no longer teaching analog time telling in school. Wait. They were

by Roland Reese
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September 4, 2018

Big Boys Don’t Cry and Girls Are Drama Queens – Is it True?

Retrieved from: http://transpersonal-therapist.com/big-boys-dont-cry-girls-are-drama-queens/ By Khursheed Kanga   What is it about crying, that brings out different reactions in men and women? Why do women cry more easily and men rarely?

by Roland Reese
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August 28, 2018

One of Blockchain’s Super Powers is Trust

Retrieved from https://chrisbrogan.com/blockchain-trust/. By Chris Brogan In 2009, Julien Smith and I wrote Trust Agents. It was a book about how to be human across the web. Now, almost a

by Roland Reese
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August 7, 2018

Transmutation

Written by: JiHyang Padma Ji Hyang Padma, Ph.D. has been practicing and teaching Zen for twenty years, 15 of those years as an ordained nun. She has completed several 90-day

by Roland Reese
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July 31, 2018

Make Me Feel Smart: A Great Idea to Gain More Customers

Written by: Chris Brogan It’s not any one technology that helps us feel smart. It’s amazing how many opportunities we get as buyers to feel dumb. Imagine you need a

by Roland Reese
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July 24, 2018

What Makes Men (And Women) Happy? A 75-Year Study’s Revelation

By Elisha Goldstein, Ph.D. Elisha Goldstein, a PHD in Transpersonal Psychology graduate from The Institute of Transpersonal Psychology at Sofia University. is co-founder of The Center for Mindful Living in

by Roland Reese
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July 17, 2018

The big strategy behind every successful business. Here’s how it works!

July 2018 By Jim Connolly You deserve a business that fills you with energy. A business that motivates you to do your very best. A business, which is so inspiring

by Roland Reese
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July 10, 2018

Couples and Perception – How You Can Improve Your Relationship.

Helen Chadd, MFT is an ITP at Sofia U alumna from our Master of Arts in Counseling Psychology program. She is currently a Marriage and Family Therapist who provides psychotherapy

by Roland Reese
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July 3, 2018

How Tech Breakthroughs Can Shatter the Bonds of Poverty

Global business leaders must be savvy about economic conditions in every country of the world as well as have the ability to integrate knowledge from quantitative, behavioral, interpersonal, transpersonal, and

by Roland Reese
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June 19, 2018

Calming the Monkey Mind

Diana Raab holds a Ph.D in Transpersonal Psychology from ITP at Sofia University, is an award-winning writer, poet, memoirist, blogger, speaker, and author of nine books and over 500 articles

by Roland Reese
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