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	<description>Guiding you to live well while working toward a well world.</description>
	<pubDate>Tue, 06 May 2008 16:53:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Earth Day: Thinking About Connectedness</title>
		<link>http://idealistcoach.com/ic1/2008/04/22/earth-day-thinking-about-connectedness/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Apr 2008 19:20:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dave W.</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[As I think about Earth Day, I consider how interconnected and interdependent we all are. We&#8217;re not just talking about people and trees, but everything: other humans, other animals, plants, air, water, soil, sun, etc. In the hustle and bustle of everyday living, it&#8217;s easy to forget about all of this. This is particularly the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Randy Pausch, The Last Lecture, &#038; Really Achieving Your Childhood Dreams</title>
		<link>http://idealistcoach.com/ic1/2008/04/09/randy-pausch-the-last-lecture-really-achieving-your-childhood-dreams/</link>
		<comments>http://idealistcoach.com/ic1/2008/04/09/randy-pausch-the-last-lecture-really-achieving-your-childhood-dreams/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Apr 2008 14:30:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dave W.</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[One Sunday morning I was sitting in the pews of Pittsburgh&#8217;s First Unitarian Church, where I was scheduled to facilitate my first coaching-related workshop a few weeks later. One member, a Carnegie Mellon professor named Randy Pausch, announced that his pancreatic cancer had returned. He would be moving away with his family so they could [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Story of Stuff: Stuff Well Worth Viewing</title>
		<link>http://idealistcoach.com/ic1/2008/03/24/the-story-of-stuff-stuff-well-worth-viewing/</link>
		<comments>http://idealistcoach.com/ic1/2008/03/24/the-story-of-stuff-stuff-well-worth-viewing/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 24 Mar 2008 15:23:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dave W.</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Health &amp; Wellness]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Sustainability]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Several people have excitedly told me about this 20-minute educational film recently, saying &#8220;Dave, you have to check this out!&#8221; We recently viewed it with a small audience at a local screening, and you can download it for free or order a DVD.
Written and Narrated by Annie Leonard, it uses simple but fun-to-watch animation to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Jogging in the Snow: Positively Enjoying the Present Moment</title>
		<link>http://idealistcoach.com/ic1/2008/03/11/jogging-in-the-snow-positively-enjoying-the-present-moment/</link>
		<comments>http://idealistcoach.com/ic1/2008/03/11/jogging-in-the-snow-positively-enjoying-the-present-moment/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 11 Mar 2008 16:13:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dave W.</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Happiness &amp; Fulfillment]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Health &amp; Wellness]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[ Yesterday morning I had the opportunity to enjoy an activity that&#8217;s not possible every winter day: jogging in the snow. Sometimes there&#8217;s a bit too much snow on the ground, and sometimes it&#8217;s a bit icy. This time, though, it was just right. As I ran along a trail in a nearby park, surrounded [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Living Life Forward: The Being-Doing-Having Model</title>
		<link>http://idealistcoach.com/ic1/2008/03/04/living-life-forward-the-being-doing-having-model/</link>
		<comments>http://idealistcoach.com/ic1/2008/03/04/living-life-forward-the-being-doing-having-model/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 04 Mar 2008 14:47:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dave W.</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Excerpts from Naked Idealism]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Happiness &amp; Fulfillment]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I recently shared this excerpt from my upcoming book Naked Idealism as part of a discussion on wealth, where it generated a few interesting responses.
Several decades ago, Shakti Gawain outlined a simple but powerful model in her popular book Creative Visualization. She holds that much of our existence is based upon three interrelated aspects that [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Avoiding &#8220;Holier than Thou&#8221; Part II: Conflict among Idealists</title>
		<link>http://idealistcoach.com/ic1/2008/02/24/avoiding-holier-than-thou-part-ii-conflict-among-idealists/</link>
		<comments>http://idealistcoach.com/ic1/2008/02/24/avoiding-holier-than-thou-part-ii-conflict-among-idealists/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 24 Feb 2008 05:36:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dave W.</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Excerpts from Naked Idealism]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Relating to Others]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[This is an excerpt from my upcoming book Naked Idealism, from the chapter entitled “Relating to Others Despite Differences.” I originally intended to post this later, but after observing similar dynamics in a few well-intentioned discussion groups, I decided it needed to enter the world sooner&#8230;I hope many of you find it helpful! Comments are [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Avoiding the &#8220;Holier than Thou&#8221; Idealist Label: Part I</title>
		<link>http://idealistcoach.com/ic1/2008/02/19/avoiding-the-holier-than-thou-idealist-label-part-i/</link>
		<comments>http://idealistcoach.com/ic1/2008/02/19/avoiding-the-holier-than-thou-idealist-label-part-i/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 19 Feb 2008 06:48:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dave W.</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[This is an excerpt from my upcoming book Naked Idealism, from the chapter entitled &#8220;Relating to Others Despite Differences.&#8221;
If we have not resolved our own major insecurities or our need to appear perfect, we may inadvertently set impossibly high standards for others. We may look down upon them when they don&#8217;t meet our standards, and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Thinking Beyond Economic Recession: Have You Balanced Your Life Investment Portfolio?</title>
		<link>http://idealistcoach.com/ic1/2008/02/01/thinking-beyond-economic-recession-have-you-balanced-your-life-investment-portfolio/</link>
		<comments>http://idealistcoach.com/ic1/2008/02/01/thinking-beyond-economic-recession-have-you-balanced-your-life-investment-portfolio/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Feb 2008 18:31:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dave W.</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Happiness &amp; Fulfillment]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Self-Assessment]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I recently posted an article on an ABC 20/20 episode that compared the happiness levels of various countries and attempted to explain why these differences might exist. Among the conclusions was that more materialistic wealth doesn&#8217;t necessarily lead to more happiness. This got me thinking about how our current economic recession may&#8211;or may not&#8211;impact happiness [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Television Advertisements vs. Positive Vision-Based Thinking</title>
		<link>http://idealistcoach.com/ic1/2008/01/19/television-advertisements-vs-positive-vision-based-thinking/</link>
		<comments>http://idealistcoach.com/ic1/2008/01/19/television-advertisements-vs-positive-vision-based-thinking/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 19 Jan 2008 19:13:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dave W.</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Happiness &amp; Fulfillment]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[In addition to focusing on the positive, it&#8217;s just as important to minimize the extent to which we dwell on the negative. Our media is filled with negative messages describing the problems of the world. Just as accidents create rubbernecking on the highway, this type of news is what often attracts our attention. However, it [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Happiness, Materialism and Human Connection</title>
		<link>http://idealistcoach.com/ic1/2008/01/12/happiness-materialism-and-human-connection/</link>
		<comments>http://idealistcoach.com/ic1/2008/01/12/happiness-materialism-and-human-connection/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 12 Jan 2008 17:46:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dave W.</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Happiness &amp; Fulfillment]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Last night (Jan. 11, 2007), ABC&#8217;s 20/20 did an interesting episode entitled &#8220;What Makes People Happy?&#8221; They compared and contrasted nations in several continents, looking for themes. I only saw about half of it, but what I did see provoked some thoughts.
Among the examples, they cited Denmark as the happiest country in Europe, providing some [...]]]></description>
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