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		<title>The Importance of Play</title>
		<link>http://playingwell.org/2009/03/29/the-importance-of-play/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 29 Mar 2009 17:34:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Deidre Combs</dc:creator>
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Where an apple a day might keep you out of the doctor&#8217;s office, doing something fun every 24 hours is a great rule of thumb when difficult times come your way.  Reviewing Richard Dowden&#8217;s new book, Africa: Altered States, Ordinary Miracles, author Pam Houston noted that by the mid 1990&#8217;s, 31 of Africa&#8217;s 53 countries had [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Powerful questions</title>
		<link>http://playingwell.org/2009/02/27/powerful-questions/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Feb 2009 16:29:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Deidre Combs</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Lately, I have been thinking that conversations work like doors. Sometimes conversations are &#8220;open&#8221; and through them we can see new possibilities. Other times you can feel a discussion closing down, locking out new information or diverse viewpoints.
Powerful questions have a great habit of re-opening constricted conversations. This week I ran across a short video from [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Learning to Love the Mess</title>
		<link>http://playingwell.org/2009/02/18/learning-to-love-the-mess/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Feb 2009 16:12:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Deidre Combs</dc:creator>
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Wander where there is no path. Be all that heaven gave you, but act as though you have received nothing. Be empty, that is all. &#8212; Chuang Tzu
A dear friend recently shared a series of losses that he had suffered. As he explained how a terminally ill friend had become the “final straw” in breaking [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Repeat after me</title>
		<link>http://playingwell.org/2009/01/27/repeat-after-me/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Jan 2009 17:08:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Deidre Combs</dc:creator>
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Become a student of change. It is the only thing that will remain constant.  &#8211;Anthony J. D&#8217;Angelo
Eighteen women gathered last weekend for a  “Thriving through Tough Times” workshop I offered in Bozeman. Not the lightest topic, yet one that elicited lots of shared laughter from the group. Ranging in age from twenty-nine to timeless grandmas, everyone [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sustenance</title>
		<link>http://playingwell.org/2009/01/20/sustenance/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Jan 2009 05:35:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Deidre Combs</dc:creator>
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I believe people want to be of service. As the Polish poet Adam Mickiewicz once said, “The nectar of life is sweet only when shared with others.” You may not buy my hypothesis when you think of others whom appear very self-centered, but I believe that this comes not from their desire, but their ability [...]]]></description>
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		<title>And I say hello&#8230;</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Jan 2009 06:52:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Deidre Combs</dc:creator>
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This being human is a guest house. Every morning a new arrival&#8230;Rumi
Last Sunday, I found myself employing delay tactics. I hung out in bed for an extra ½ hour and then skimmed a book found at my mom’s bedside instead of taking a shower. When I investigated a new route from my mother’s house near [...]]]></description>
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		<title>I can&#8217;t hear you&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://playingwell.org/2009/01/05/i-cant-hear-you/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Jan 2009 05:08:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Deidre Combs</dc:creator>
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A monk asked Shigui, &#8220;What is the first principle?&#8221;
Shigui said, &#8220;What you just asked is the second principle.&#8221;
 &#8211; from Zen’s Chinese Heritage 
A few weeks ago, I was trying to pass along some information to a friend that I hoped would help resolve a conflict with which she was struggling. She was angry and, no [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Fortifying Ourselves</title>
		<link>http://playingwell.org/2008/12/29/fortifying-ourselves/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Dec 2008 20:03:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Deidre Combs</dc:creator>
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“Well, Blogger Girl,” my husband Bruce teased me last week, “how are you going to sum up the year? Tie up the details in 300 words or less?”  Bruce offered a fair challenge that I doubt I can conquer succinctly, yet his words impel me to write about a topic I have mulling for months…hoar [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Christmas is coming and&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://playingwell.org/2008/12/23/christmas-is-coming-and/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Dec 2008 18:16:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Deidre Combs</dc:creator>
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I’ve been wondering if the goose’s weight fluctuation was a result of stress eating. Normally, this is the “Oh-when-will-I-wrap-ship-buy-cook-decorate-call-address-stamp-clean-and-even-celebrate” time of year. It’s about now I start cursing cultural traditions and hope my friends can wait another year to see a photo of our children.
To make the season extra interesting, let’s add a recession. I’ve [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Tips for Turkey Day</title>
		<link>http://playingwell.org/2008/11/26/tips-for-turkey-day/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 26 Nov 2008 16:57:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Deidre Combs</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[When I was writing Worst Enemy, Best Teacher, those I interviewed often mentioned Thanksgiving dinner as a magnet for painful people.  I used the  &#8221;challenging sister-in-law, Suzie, who loves to fill your email inbox with ludicrous political propaganda,&#8221; as a typical holiday visitor, however, I was also gifted in my research with a number of others. There was [...]]]></description>
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