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		<title>ABC’s Not So Easy</title>
		<link>http://www.guidingchange.org/blog/2010/04/10/abc%e2%80%99s-not-so-easy/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 10 Apr 2010 18:00:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Contrary to the Jackson Five song that states, “it’s as easy as ABC,” I’m not sure ABC is so easy after all.  One of the ways I analyze individuals, groups and organizations in my change catalyst work is through my ABCD™ Model.   In this Model, A=Alignment and Balance, B= Boundaries and Connections, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>We Need to See the Connections</title>
		<link>http://www.guidingchange.org/blog/2010/01/01/we-need-to-see-the-connections/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Jan 2010 20:42:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Deb</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Balance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Connections]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Healing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Quilt of Humanity]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[So often, we fail to see the connections in our life.  In some cases, this can be life threatening.  In the New York Times Magazine article, Perplexing Pain, Lisa Sanders writes about a woman who suffered for years from attacks of abdominal pain, rapid heart rate, fever, and a variety of other symptoms.  Despite seeing [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Fear: The Root of All Evil – Part Two</title>
		<link>http://www.guidingchange.org/blog/2009/12/31/fear-the-root-of-all-evil-%e2%80%93-part-two/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 31 Dec 2009 14:21:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Deb</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Change, Transition and Transformation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Community]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Connections]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Delusions]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[What would happen if we looked past the delusions created by our fear?   Friendships and connection.   An article in the New York Times on December 31, 2009, A Mideast Bond, Stitched of Pain and Healing, demonstrates this.  The article describes the friendships developed between an Israeli boy, injured by a Hamas rocket, and a Palestinian [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Reaching Your Potential: Living and Working Authentically and with Integrity</title>
		<link>http://www.guidingchange.org/blog/2009/07/14/reaching-your-potential-living-and-working-authentically-and-with-integrity/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Jul 2009 22:27:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Deb</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[About Deb]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Authenticity]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Balance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Change, Transition and Transformation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Coaching]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Connections]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Creativity]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Healing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Leadership]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Leadership Development]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Learning]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mindful and Intentional]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Reflective]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Reframing]]></category>
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Do you feel that you are not reaching your full potential but are not sure what direction to take?
Do you wish you had someone to serve as a sounding board for your thoughts and ideas?
Do you set goals for yourself but find it difficult to follow through?
Do you wish you had someone you trust to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Being Vulnerable = Strength and Courage</title>
		<link>http://www.guidingchange.org/blog/2009/07/14/strength-and-courage-vulnerability/</link>
		<comments>http://www.guidingchange.org/blog/2009/07/14/strength-and-courage-vulnerability/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Jul 2009 20:25:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Deb</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Authenticity]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Connections]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Courage]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Culture]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Healing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Learning]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Many of us have been taught a dysfunctional view of what it means to be strong and courageous.  We teach our boys that being strong means never crying and never acknowledging their feelings – with the exception of anger, of course.  “Real men” don’t cry or show pain.  They are supposed to appear strong, rather [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What is True Courage?</title>
		<link>http://www.guidingchange.org/blog/2009/07/14/what-is-true-courage/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Jul 2009 20:17:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Deb</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Authenticity]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Connections]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[There are different ways of viewing “courage.”  To some, courage is appearing fearless, strong and invincible when faced with conflict.  To me, courage is more about being willing to acknowledge my fears and show my vulnerability.  This is the courage that’s necessary to build connections across conflict and differences.
Sometimes I am able to be courageous [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Leading Effectively</title>
		<link>http://www.guidingchange.org/blog/2009/03/11/leading-effectively/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Mar 2009 00:55:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Deb</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Authenticity]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Barack Obama]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Change, Transition and Transformation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Connections]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Creativity]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Election]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[People follow leaders because of who they are more than because of what they do.   Developing self-awareness, engaging in self-reflection, acting with integrity, and being able to develop and maintain authentic relationships are what make individuals effective leaders.
More and more people are coming to understand the role that narratives can play in leadership development by [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Authentic Voices of Youth</title>
		<link>http://www.guidingchange.org/blog/2009/03/10/authentic-voices-of-youth/</link>
		<comments>http://www.guidingchange.org/blog/2009/03/10/authentic-voices-of-youth/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Mar 2009 18:40:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Deb</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Authenticity]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Change, Transition and Transformation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Connections]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Culture]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Healing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Metaphors and Stories]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Poetry]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Poetry Slam]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Quilt of Humanity]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I had the privilege of attending the finals of the NY Knicks Poetry Slam, a competition among poetry performance artists.   The Knicks Poetry Slam is a five-year old program designed to use hip-hop and poetry as a vehicle to motivate and inspire high school students to express themselves through written and spoken word.
The poems were [...]]]></description>
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		<title>R-E-S-P-E-C-T: Find Out What it Means to Me</title>
		<link>http://www.guidingchange.org/blog/2008/12/08/r-e-s-p-e-s-t-find-out-what-it-means-to-me/</link>
		<comments>http://www.guidingchange.org/blog/2008/12/08/r-e-s-p-e-s-t-find-out-what-it-means-to-me/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Dec 2008 20:47:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Deb</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Barack Obama]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Connections]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Democracy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Leadership]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://guidingchange.org/blog/2008/12/08/r-e-s-p-e-s-t-find-out-what-it-means-to-me/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[As Aretha Franklin so aptly sings:
“R-E-S-P-E-C-T
find out what it means to me&#8221;
showing respect for another person requires taking the time and effort to learn what “respect” means to that person – what are the words and actions that they see as a demonstration of respect. Receiving respect requires time and effort as well.  In the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Global Change: Barack Obama’s Capacity to Change the World</title>
		<link>http://www.guidingchange.org/blog/2008/12/08/global-change-barack-obama%e2%80%99s-capacity-to-change-the-world/</link>
		<comments>http://www.guidingchange.org/blog/2008/12/08/global-change-barack-obama%e2%80%99s-capacity-to-change-the-world/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Dec 2008 20:29:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Deb</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Barack Obama]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Change, Transition and Transformation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Connections]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[In earlier posts, I have written about the capacity for one individual to change the world.  The first one is about the impact of individual actions.   The second one is about Barack Obama&#8217;s capacity to bring about change at the national level through his authentic presence.
In that post I wrote:
&#8220;What Obama brings is hope, [...]]]></description>
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