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Wake-Up Call

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Poem by Armen Davoudian about leaving; how this wake-up call will then reverberate to his parents.

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Debbie Ford - Wake-up Calls

Debbie Ford finds that spiritual wake-up calls are blessings in disguise.

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Debbie Ford
2011
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Mastering Life’s Energies: Simple Steps to a Luminous Life at Work and Play

Everyone has had luminous moments in their lives. It's the "a-ha" moment when one experiences the beauty and grace of life, whether it be when looking into the eyes of a newborn child or watching the sun set over the ocean. But those moments are usually too brief.

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Maria Nemeth
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What Do Near-Death Experiences Mean, and Why Do They Fascinate Us?

When Gregg Nome was 24 years old, he slipped into the churn beneath a waterfall and began to drown, his body pummeled against the sandy riverbed. What he saw there surprised him.

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Alex Moshakis
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Impermanence—Life's Great Wake-Up Call

If we shift our perspective to look at change framed through the lens of human, or even cosmic history, we begin to recognize that everything is always changing.

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Adam Brady
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My Great Wake-Up Call

Five years ago, my father fell into a deep bout of depression. Twelve months later his depression culminated in suicide.

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Jordan Lally
2018
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Perspective: Nature Has Sent Humanity a Wake-Up Call. How Will We Answer?

I will confess that I am someone who cares about nature for its own sake. For its spectacles that dazzle, like the annual pulse of bright red sockeye salmon that gift the watersheds of Bristol Bay with their abundance.

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Aileen Lee
2020
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Don’t Waste Life’s Wake-Up Calls

Have you ever convinced yourself you were not capable of changing along with the times? Dr. Mark Goulston has a wake-up call for anyone who is certain about their fate in life.

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Mark Goulston
2018
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The Power of Wakeup Calls

The purpose of wakeup calls is to awaken you to something you're ignoring.

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Gregg Levoy
2017
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Wake Up Before Your Wake-Up Call

To wake up to the messages life is sending us and avoid crisis, we have to be tuned in to what’s happening right in front of us and not numb out.

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Toni Parker
2019
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Andrew Solomon: How the Worst Moments in Our Lives Make Us Who We Are

Writer Andrew Solomon has spent his career telling stories of the hardships of others. Now he turns inward, bringing us into a childhood of struggle, while also spinning tales of the courageous people he’s met in the years since.

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Andrew Solomon
2014
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