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		<title>Night Trekking in Dayton</title>
		<link>http://playingwell.org/2010/07/11/night-trekking-in-dayton/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 11 Jul 2010 15:59:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Deidre Combs</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I experienced an urban “food desert” first hand last week.  As I wrote in my earlier post, this term describes locations where it is difficult to find healthy sustenance. In rural America, “food deserts” arise where it is not financially &#8230; <a href="http://playingwell.org/2010/07/11/night-trekking-in-dayton/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Selfish Selflessness</title>
		<link>http://playingwell.org/2009/12/02/selfish-selflessness/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Dec 2009 18:03:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Deidre Combs</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Note To Self – Always remember how you can still recall your parents’ off handed comments from childhood… As an example, my father, an outplacement counselor,  lodged this memory in a still accessible mental file cabinet. Recounting the highlights of &#8230; <a href="http://playingwell.org/2009/12/02/selfish-selflessness/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Practice makes perfect</title>
		<link>http://playingwell.org/2009/11/05/practice-makes-perfect/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 21:46:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Deidre Combs</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[What is most essential to Buddhism is based on clarifying the mind. If you want your mind to be clear, it is important to put opinions to rest. If opinions are not stopped, then wrong and right are confused; if &#8230; <a href="http://playingwell.org/2009/11/05/practice-makes-perfect/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Going Mother Bear</title>
		<link>http://playingwell.org/2009/10/27/going-mother-bear/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Oct 2009 03:10:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Deidre Combs</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I remember twenty years ago when our son Cameron was a newborn and my husband and I ventured bravely from the suburbs to downtown Washington, DC on the Metro. He must have been three weeks old or so, as Cameron &#8230; <a href="http://playingwell.org/2009/10/27/going-mother-bear/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Helping Yourself to Happiness</title>
		<link>http://playingwell.org/2009/04/13/helping-yourself-to-happiness/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Apr 2009 15:28:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Deidre Combs</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Last Monday, I met a sincerely happy young mother who had recently been laid off from a well-paid job in the computer industry. She shared that after losing the position her sleep had vastly improved and she was elated to &#8230; <a href="http://playingwell.org/2009/04/13/helping-yourself-to-happiness/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Loving in New Ways</title>
		<link>http://playingwell.org/2009/02/02/loving-in-new-ways/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Feb 2009 21:50:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Deidre Combs</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In the beginner&#8217;s mind there are many possibilities, in the expert&#8217;s mind there are few. &#8211; Shunryu Suzuki  By nature, I am happiest when I am running, hiking or dancing around my kitchen. My children were dragged onto trails and ski &#8230; <a href="http://playingwell.org/2009/02/02/loving-in-new-ways/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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