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		<title>Exploring Violence and Nonviolence in Communication</title>
		<link>http://www.mytrueplace.com/2013/06/18/exploring-violence-and-nonviolence-in-communication/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Jun 2013 18:44:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Elana</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[A new Paradigm for childhood]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Arun Gandhi]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[What does Nonviolence mean to you? We opened our first class of Communication From the Inside Out with this question. As we delved into the exploration of Violence and Nonviolence we discovered that violence and the roots of violence is far more complex and complicated than we ever would have imagined. Recognizing violence in all of it&#8217;s forms Most people think of violence as physical harm, brutality and the like, in which most of us &#8230; <a class="more-link" href="http://www.mytrueplace.com/2013/06/18/exploring-violence-and-nonviolence-in-communication/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Moving past judgements</title>
		<link>http://www.mytrueplace.com/2013/06/11/moving-past-judgements/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 11 Jun 2013 23:43:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Elana</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.mytrueplace.com/?p=2147</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Moving past Judgements Have you noticed that a lot of what takes you out of being present are judgements and conclusions? Have you noticed that a lot of the feeling crappy that we experience actually has to do with judgements? What If You Stopped Judging You? What would your life be like if you could let yourself just be? What would it be like if you spent one whole day not judging you? Have you &#8230; <a class="more-link" href="http://www.mytrueplace.com/2013/06/11/moving-past-judgements/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Getting Deeply Present</title>
		<link>http://www.mytrueplace.com/2013/06/06/getting-deeply-present/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 06 Jun 2013 00:56:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Elana</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Transformation]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[choice]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[healing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Now]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[The power of now]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[BECOME DEEPLY PRESENT WITH LIFE So much of our suffering has to do with some story we tell ourselves either about the past or future, conclusions we draw about life and how things are or aren&#8217;t happening, what has happened that we didn&#8217;t like or that we miss about what happened, what will happen and how much better or worse than this moment it will be. In the midst of great uncertainty in my life &#8230; <a class="more-link" href="http://www.mytrueplace.com/2013/06/06/getting-deeply-present/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Needs Vs. Strategies&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://www.mytrueplace.com/2013/05/28/needs-vs-strategies/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 28 May 2013 08:45:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Elana</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[NVC]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[getting along]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[healing]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Needs]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Nonviolent Communication]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Distinguishing Needs from Strategies Something I&#8217;ve been studying and working with for many years is something called &#8220;Nonviolent Communication&#8221; or NVC, which some of you may be familiar with. I struggle with this name as I don&#8217;t believe that either the Nonviolent or the Communication piece really articulates what it&#8217;s about. My working explanation for Nonviolent Communication goes like this: Nonviolent Communication is not only a language and process for expressing ourselves and hearing others, &#8230; <a class="more-link" href="http://www.mytrueplace.com/2013/05/28/needs-vs-strategies/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Are you an empath?</title>
		<link>http://www.mytrueplace.com/2013/05/21/are-you-an-empath/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 21 May 2013 01:30:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Elana</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Access Consciousness]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Emotion]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Emotional]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[emotional freedom]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[empath]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Personal Development]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[personal empowerment]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Are you an Empath? And some tools to help you work with it if you are&#8230; Some great questions to ask yourself are: Do you ever walk into a room and just start feeling &#8220;off&#8221;? Are you easily affected by the emotions of others, even if they aren&#8217;t expressing them? Do you tend to want to care for and give to others, but often do it at your own expense? Have you been told you&#8217;re &#8230; <a class="more-link" href="http://www.mytrueplace.com/2013/05/21/are-you-an-empath/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Reconstructing Adult/Child relationships- part 2: A context for mutuality</title>
		<link>http://www.mytrueplace.com/2011/07/21/context-for-mutuality/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 21 Jul 2011 16:32:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Elana</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[A new Paradigm for childhood]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[adult-child friendship]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Adult-child Relationships]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[child Empowerment]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[connection]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.mytrueplace.com/?p=1115</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[A Context for Mutuality&#8230; Adult/child relationships are also constructed through family design and structure. In mainstream society and nuclear family settings, virtually all relationships children have, at least initially, are mediated through their parents. While kids gain greater independence, especially as they get older, in conducting peer-to-peer relationships, there is little scope for independently initiated and facilitated relationships with adults. Most child-adult relationships are based on adult authority such as parents and teachers and not &#8230; <a class="more-link" href="http://www.mytrueplace.com/2011/07/21/context-for-mutuality/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Reconstructing Adult/Child Relationships- part 1 of two</title>
		<link>http://www.mytrueplace.com/2011/07/15/adultchild-relationships/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 15 Jul 2011 13:28:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Elana</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[A new Paradigm for childhood]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Autonomy]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[child rearing]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.mytrueplace.com/?p=1112</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Reconstructing Adult/Child Relationships Much of the way our relationships with children are currently constructed is based on adult authority and adults acting upon children rather than sharing power and holding mutual respect with them. The labels of “adult” and “child” so often become barriers to connection, on a mutual or horizontal level, where people who find interest in each other and benefit from the company of the other engaged in freely chosen and mutually beneficial &#8230; <a class="more-link" href="http://www.mytrueplace.com/2011/07/15/adultchild-relationships/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Age as Grounds for Exclusion?</title>
		<link>http://www.mytrueplace.com/2011/07/10/age-as-grounds-for-exclusion/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 10 Jul 2011 19:58:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Elana</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[A new Paradigm for childhood]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Age discrmination]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.mytrueplace.com/?p=1084</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Age Discrimination We have perceived children for so long as immature and incompetent that we have barred them from participating in activities that allow them to mature and gain competence in the world. These ideas are based more on our sentiments about children however, than on the validity of what children, if they are allowed, are actually capable. Age in and of its self is neither a measure of competence nor of maturity, but it &#8230; <a class="more-link" href="http://www.mytrueplace.com/2011/07/10/age-as-grounds-for-exclusion/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Pursuing one&#8217;s own Interests</title>
		<link>http://www.mytrueplace.com/2011/07/04/pursuing-ones-own-interests/</link>
		<comments>http://www.mytrueplace.com/2011/07/04/pursuing-ones-own-interests/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 04 Jul 2011 23:00:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Elana</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[A new Paradigm for childhood]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.mytrueplace.com/?p=1049</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Pursuing One’s Own Interests The best preparation for a meaningful and productive future is a meaningful and productive present Too often, childhood is thought of in terms of preparation: “Do this now, even if it doesn’t feel connected to your most pressing interests and concerns, because later on you’ll find it useful.” Helping children to figure out what seems interesting and worth doing right now, in their current lives, helps them develop self-knowledge and experience &#8230; <a class="more-link" href="http://www.mytrueplace.com/2011/07/04/pursuing-ones-own-interests/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>leave us kids alone&#8230; at least until we ask for your involvement</title>
		<link>http://www.mytrueplace.com/2011/06/22/leave-us-kids-alone-at-least-until-we-ask-for-your-involvment/</link>
		<comments>http://www.mytrueplace.com/2011/06/22/leave-us-kids-alone-at-least-until-we-ask-for-your-involvment/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Jun 2011 20:13:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Elana</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[A new Paradigm for childhood]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Chris mercogliano]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[free play]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[self regulation]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I am re-reading a children&#8217;s classic-Tom Sawyer. I am struck not only by the high level of autonomy and freedom the boys posses in this book, but also the great degree of self-confidence, trust and self-reliance. The reality of structure, supervision and control of kids lives has become, for the most part, the predominate experience. Between sports and homework and whatever extra-curricular activities kids are involved in- when is there time to play, to discover, &#8230; <a class="more-link" href="http://www.mytrueplace.com/2011/06/22/leave-us-kids-alone-at-least-until-we-ask-for-your-involvment/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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