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		<title>Freedom from Labels: Reflections on Yoga &amp; Parenting. ~ Tanya Schecter</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 19 May 2013 11:41:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Awareness is the greatest gift we can give our children. Sitting on my patio, drinking a glass of wine while listening to the rain fall like soft silver bullets of mercury against my protective nylon shell, I smell the scent of freshness and imagine that I can hear the greenery of my grass, flowers and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Finding Empowerment Through Vulnerability. ~ Jenn Falk</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 17 May 2013 14:09:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Learning to Listen from Within A dear friend of mine recently made this post on her Facebook page, &#8220;I&#8217;m not Superwoman. I don&#8217;t have to have it all or do it all.&#8221; I&#8217;ve been thinking about this a lot the last couple of weeks because her statement rang true for me as well; it spoke [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Letting Go: The Practice of Vairagya. ~ Christine Malossi</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 16 May 2013 19:15:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Mathematics: this is the Best Spoken Word I&#8217;ve Heard since Forever.</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 16 May 2013 00:24:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This poetry slammed my heart back open. Best spoken word I&#8217;ve heard since this one. Listen to the below with music, if you like, here. &#8220;This should have more views, so eloquent, so wonderfully written&#8230; bravo!&#8221; ~ Via the author: A poem about immigration, based on a guy I used to have to listen to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Ox Butcher. {Poem} ~ Adam Byrn Tritt</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 15 May 2013 12:35:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Calvin &amp; Hobbes, Environmentalists.</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 15 May 2013 04:11:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[  Managed tree farms can be great. Clearcutting isn&#8217;t. Relephant bonus wow: “Unchopping a Tree” video, by Maya Lin. Another: Breaking News: Woman goes to Bathroom with only a few squares of Toilet Paper. Another amazing video. And: Easy on the Environment, Hard on your Bum? ~ Lavanya Sunkara Or: We’re Flushing Forests Down the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>&#8220;My Medical Choice.&#8221; Angelina Jolie, 37, Publicly Explains Why She Recently Underwent A Double Mastectomy.</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 15 May 2013 02:59:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Update: Decoding Angelina Jolie. &#8220;We felt compelled to address Angelina Jolie&#8217;s recent decision to under go prophylactic double mastectomy.&#8221; Update: relephant videos re cancer, mastectomy, alternatives: This is public leadership. &#8220;Kudos, Angelina Jolie. It&#8217;s awesome that she made this public.&#8221; 1 in 400 people have a BRCA mutation. NPR has a powerful article on why [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Who We Are is an Animal, Inside. ~ Amanda King</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 15 May 2013 01:30:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[One time, when I was young, a therapist told me that I didn&#8217;t know who I was. I rolled my eyes. &#8220;Well then, who are you?&#8221; she asked. I didn&#8217;t have an answer.  &#8220;Who are you?&#8221; I shot back at her. She laughed. &#8220;I asked you, first,&#8221; she said. So, I&#8217;m much older, now and I [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How to Decide if a Friendship Is Worth It. ~ Sonia Lopez Simpson</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 14 May 2013 10:31:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[    Is our friendship worth having the conversation?

Only you can answer this one. But be careful not to excuse it with a “nah, not worth it” just ‘cause you’re afraid to confront the situation.]]></description>
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		<title>Enjoying the Coffee Shop Experience: Solo or Socially. {Partner}</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 13 May 2013 23:45:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Buzz: social experience in tea and coffee + &#8220;your time&#8221; for simple indulgences. elephant is proud to partner with Pekoe, a wonderful business we’ve enjoyed hanging out (and drinking) in for years. We love laptopping it up at their sip houses around Boulder and enjoying their yummy, mindfully-sourced coffee &#38; teas. ~ the Management One of [...]]]></description>
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