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		<title>Take A Moment of Reflection: Seeking the Truth</title>
		<link>http://www.guidingchange.org/blog/2012/01/09/take-a-moment-of-reflection-seeking-the-truth/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Jan 2012 20:31:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[“If you want the truth to stand clear before you, never be for or against.  The struggle between ‘for’ and ‘against’ is the mind’s worst disease.” -Sent-ts’an, c. 700 C.E. One of the greatest challenges I have with my own teenage daughter is trying to seek the truth – the common ground between us – [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Take a Moment of Reflection: Beyond Right or Wrong</title>
		<link>http://www.guidingchange.org/blog/2011/11/04/take-a-moment-of-reflection-beyond-right-or-wrong/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Nov 2011 15:55:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Deb</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Balance]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[self-growth]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[﻿ “Out beyond ideas of wrongdoing and rightdoing, there is a field.  I’ll meet you there.” -Rumi, Sufi poet When we name things as “right” or “wrong,” we leave no room for a meeting of the hearts.   When I find myself in disagreement with someone, I can get into a place of fierce self-righteousness.  Instead [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Connecting Words and People in Community: Uniting Threads of Identity</title>
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		<comments>http://www.guidingchange.org/blog/2011/08/14/connecting-words-and-people-in-community-uniting-threads-of-identity/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 14 Aug 2011 15:22:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Deb</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Connections]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Creativity]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Healing]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Story]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Come join me in a writing workshop I am co-facilitating on September 18, 2011.  We will be using writing and creativity exercises to explore how the individual threads that make up our identities connect us to the community beyond ourselves. For more information, click here. I hope to see you there. Share on Facebook]]></description>
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		<title>Having the Courage to Express Our Fears</title>
		<link>http://www.guidingchange.org/blog/2011/07/05/having-the-courage-to-express-our-fears/</link>
		<comments>http://www.guidingchange.org/blog/2011/07/05/having-the-courage-to-express-our-fears/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 05 Jul 2011 12:06:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Deb</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Connections]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Openness]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Vulnerability]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.guidingchange.org/blog/?p=453</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[In my earlier post, Fear is the Root of All Evil, I have written about fear as the root of all evil.   After meditating this morning, I realized that fear itself is not evil.  How could it be?  It is a natural instinctual response that serves as a survival mechanism.  If we do not experience [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Forgiving the Past vs. Being Able to Empathize in the Present</title>
		<link>http://www.guidingchange.org/blog/2011/05/26/forgiving-the-past-vs-being-able-the-empathize-in-the-present/</link>
		<comments>http://www.guidingchange.org/blog/2011/05/26/forgiving-the-past-vs-being-able-the-empathize-in-the-present/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 27 May 2011 01:47:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Deb</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Eva Mozes Kor]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Fear]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Forgiveness]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Forgiving Mengele]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Israel]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mengele]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Palestinians]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Peace Research institute for the Middle East]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Professor Sami Adwan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[West Bank]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[In my recent post on forgiveness, I wrote about the film Forgiving Mengele.  This documentary follows Eva Mozes Kor, a survivor of the inhumane experiments of Dr. Mengele in Auschwitz, who decided to forgive Mengele as part of her own healing process. Eva is a woman who is strong in her convictions about the importance [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Forgiveness</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 May 2011 13:49:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Deb</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.guidingchange.org/blog/?p=418</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I saw a wonderful documentary recently, Forgiving Mengele (2006 directed by Bob Hercules and Cheri Pugh).    This film follows Auschwitz survivor Eva Mozes Kor.  Eva, along with her twin sister, was one of the many twins subjected to inhumane experiments by Dr. Mengele.  The film focuses on her decision to forgive Mengele as part of [...]]]></description>
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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>
		<comments>http://www.guidingchange.org/blog/2010/04/10/abc%e2%80%99s-not-so-easy/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 10 Apr 2010 18:00:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Deb</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Balance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Connections]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mindful and Intentional]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Spirituality and Reflection]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ABCD™ Model]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Alignment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Boundaries]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Boundary]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Clarity]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Discernment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Intention]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Reflective]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Self-Awareness]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Self-Care]]></category>

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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, C=Clarity, and D=Discernment. [...]]]></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>
		<comments>http://www.guidingchange.org/blog/2010/01/01/we-need-to-see-the-connections/#comments</comments>
		<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>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.guidingchange.org/blog/?p=153</guid>
		<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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		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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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>
		<comments>http://www.guidingchange.org/blog/2009/12/31/fear-the-root-of-all-evil-%e2%80%93-part-two/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 31 Dec 2009 14:21:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Deb</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Change, Transition and Transformation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Connections]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Healing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Quilt of Humanity]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Community]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Delusions]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Fear]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Israel]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Palestinian]]></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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		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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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[Change, Transition and Transformation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Connections]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Culture]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Healing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Learning]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Authenticity]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Courage]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rugged Individualism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Self-Awareness]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Vulnerability]]></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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