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	<title>Playing Well at Work and Beyond &#187; Conflict Skills</title>
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		<title>Open to magic</title>
		<link>http://playingwell.org/2011/05/03/open-to-magic/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 03 May 2011 19:55:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Deidre Combs</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m sitting in the JFK airport with a 5 hour layover, waiting for a flight to Madrid. You wouldn&#8217;t find me complaining if you sat down next to me. I have been waiting expectantly for this opportunity for almost a &#8230; <a href="http://playingwell.org/2011/05/03/open-to-magic/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Check out lifebyme.com</title>
		<link>http://playingwell.org/2011/04/10/check-out-lifebyme-com/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 10 Apr 2011 15:49:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Deidre Combs</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A few months ago, I was asked to write an essay for www.lifebyme.com and today it is being featured on their home page! I hope you check out &#8220;Paradox&#8221; and find it of interest. As always, thank you for your &#8230; <a href="http://playingwell.org/2011/04/10/check-out-lifebyme-com/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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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>As in soccer, as in life</title>
		<link>http://playingwell.org/2010/06/27/as-in-soccer-as-in-life/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 27 Jun 2010 03:34:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Deidre Combs</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As I was tracking the World Cup statistics from FIFA.com, I found myself recalling a local soccer match I had watched with my mother a few weeks ago. Based in California, my OD consultant mum was in town for the &#8230; <a href="http://playingwell.org/2010/06/27/as-in-soccer-as-in-life/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>What a Bit of Encouragement Can Yield</title>
		<link>http://playingwell.org/2009/12/12/what-a-bit-of-encouragement-can-yield/</link>
		<comments>http://playingwell.org/2009/12/12/what-a-bit-of-encouragement-can-yield/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 12 Dec 2009 23:44:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Deidre Combs</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This week I passed a coffee shop table where a friend sat with a pretty red-haired woman. Being introduced for the first time, I blurted out how beautiful she looked in an emerald green sweater set. I think I caught &#8230; <a href="http://playingwell.org/2009/12/12/what-a-bit-of-encouragement-can-yield/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Shifting focus to overcome challenges</title>
		<link>http://playingwell.org/2009/06/23/shifting-focus-to-overcome-challenges/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Jun 2009 19:33:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Deidre Combs</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://playingwell.org/?p=665</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[With the Thriving Through Tough Times tip,  “Give to your community so you can fully recover,” I have been trying to justify it a bit backwards. With the other techniques, I noticed their appearance in many different traditions and thought, &#8230; <a href="http://playingwell.org/2009/06/23/shifting-focus-to-overcome-challenges/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Creating Connections</title>
		<link>http://playingwell.org/2009/05/29/creating-connections/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 29 May 2009 22:36:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Deidre Combs</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://playingwell.org/?p=633</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[This past week had me contemplating what it means to be of use. Listening to one NPR Morning Edition program, I began to tally all the problems on the Obama administration&#8217;s plate: Pakistan, Afghanistan, Supreme Court Justice nomination, lack of US &#8230; <a href="http://playingwell.org/2009/05/29/creating-connections/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>It&#8217;s a project</title>
		<link>http://playingwell.org/2009/04/27/its-a-project/</link>
		<comments>http://playingwell.org/2009/04/27/its-a-project/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 27 Apr 2009 15:31:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Deidre Combs</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://playingwell.org/?p=553</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Do not be too quick to assume your enemy is a savage just because he is your enemy. Perhaps he is your enemy because he thinks you are a savage. Or perhaps he is afraid of you because he feels &#8230; <a href="http://playingwell.org/2009/04/27/its-a-project/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Check him out!</title>
		<link>http://playingwell.org/2009/04/20/check-him-out/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Apr 2009 19:04:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Deidre Combs</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://playingwell.org/?p=543</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Who is a wise man? He who learns from all men. &#8212; The Talmud A friend sent along a Christian Science Monitor article on Living Libraries that I want to also share with you,  http://www.csmonitor.com/2008/0605/p01s02-wogn.html. Here’s the premise – go to &#8230; <a href="http://playingwell.org/2009/04/20/check-him-out/">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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