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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Feb 2012 13:23:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michelle V</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Spinning plates, flaming batons, scarves or apples and oranges, juggling fascinates us.  Similarly, we are amazed by individuals who seem to have mastered the work-life-family balance, by busy leaders are able to hold that tension between so-much-to-do and keeping-so-much-going all &#8230; <a href="http://commonspark.wordpress.com/2012/02/06/art-of-balancing-find-another-way-to-juggle/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=commonspark.wordpress.com&amp;blog=25029696&amp;post=715&amp;subd=commonspark&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Jan 2012 01:32:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michelle V</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A couple weeks ago, I wrote that I had begun the Artist&#8217;s Way by Julie Cameron, and was trying out free journalling and some solo adventures.  I&#8217;ll confess that I&#8217;ve dropped some of the &#8220;curriculum&#8221; laid out in the book, but &#8230; <a href="http://commonspark.wordpress.com/2012/01/26/skating-lessons-an-artist-date-on-ice/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=commonspark.wordpress.com&amp;blog=25029696&amp;post=680&amp;subd=commonspark&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>How to control your elephant: Emotional Intelligence and Self-Management</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Jan 2012 01:59:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michelle V</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Last Wednesday, I attended a workshop, &#8220;High Impact Leadership&#8221; on Emotional Intelligence and Personal Leadership.  Hosted by MAP for Nonprofits, and presented by Christine Hammes, the workshop really brought me much closer to some tangible strategies for self-management and self-awareness. &#8230; <a href="http://commonspark.wordpress.com/2012/01/22/how-to-control-your-elephant-emotional-intelligence-and-self-management/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=commonspark.wordpress.com&amp;blog=25029696&amp;post=678&amp;subd=commonspark&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Mindfulness: If you want to dig in, you&#8217;ve got to let go.</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Jan 2012 16:15:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michelle V</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[With such an emphasis on mindfulness throughout my Bush Fellowship, I thought I would check out some of the opportunities at Common Ground Meditation Center.  Earlier this January, I attended a 1/2-day retreat with Mark Nunberg, their Guiding Teacher, and &#8230; <a href="http://commonspark.wordpress.com/2012/01/17/mindfulness-if-you-want-to-dig-in-youve-got-to-let-go/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=commonspark.wordpress.com&amp;blog=25029696&amp;post=663&amp;subd=commonspark&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Presenting&#8230;!</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Jan 2012 00:29:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michelle V</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Over the last four weeks, I&#8217;ve really taken a leap in terms of talking about community-based social marketing and how this framework can help our organizations meet robust and real outcomes.  I am talking with organizations, practitioners, and community members &#8230; <a href="http://commonspark.wordpress.com/2012/01/16/presenting/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=commonspark.wordpress.com&amp;blog=25029696&amp;post=655&amp;subd=commonspark&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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