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		<title>April 1st &#8211; Holy Fool&#8217;s Day</title>
		<link>http://www.optimysticinstitute.com/2740/april-1st-holy-fools-day/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 31 Mar 2011 05:14:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jennifer Mathews</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Get Your Spark of Madness On for Holy Fool’s Day! Real Speaking E-Letter by Gail Larsen, March 30, 2011 “You’re only given a little spark of madness.  You mustn’t lose it.” – Robin Williams Lately I’ve been applying the above words from Robin Williams, one of my favorite philosophers, to the art of transformational speaking.  [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Poem for life on earth</title>
		<link>http://www.optimysticinstitute.com/2728/poem-for-life-on-earth/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 26 Mar 2011 04:16:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jennifer Mathews</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Inner optimism]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The past few weeks have certainly been quite a ride for humanity with the 9.0 earthquake in Japan, and subsequent tsumanis and fears of nuclear radiation.  I invite you to give yourself a deep breath in this moment, feeling your body and connecting to the source of all life. When the world events began to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Listen to the teacher within</title>
		<link>http://www.optimysticinstitute.com/2561/listen-to-the-teacher-within/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Sep 2010 23:57:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jennifer Mathews</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Personal stories]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Positive leadership]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Graell Corsini is one of the most amazing people I&#8217;ve ever known.  Too unique to describe here, she&#8217;s someone who lives her leadership in a wild and wonderful way.  I&#8217;m not even sure if she considers herself a &#8220;leader,&#8221; though in the community of Mt. Shasta, CA, she has played (yes, she loves to play!) [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Happy Planet Index</title>
		<link>http://www.optimysticinstitute.com/2525/happy-planet-index/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 19 Sep 2010 07:10:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jennifer Mathews</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Social transformation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Videos & photos]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[happiness]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[social change]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I came across this video the other day, and I was in awe.  Suddenly, my desire for economic fairness, environmental sustainability, and my focus on inner happiness and well-being all came together.  Nic Marks&#8217;s brilliant work is a fine example of hope in the world.  He is a practical visionary.  I believe the Happy Planet [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Inspire with each inhale</title>
		<link>http://www.optimysticinstitute.com/2536/inspire-with-each-inhale/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Sep 2010 07:14:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jennifer Mathews</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Awareness exercises]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Inspired living]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[breath]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[What if, instead of breathing to catch our breath from the last thing we just said, we actually inhaled in preparation to inspire the words or sounds about to be expressed? Susan Lincoln&#8217;s idea to INSPIRE as the intention of an INHALE was truly a gift for me. Susan (who prefers &#8220;Sus&#8221;) considers herself a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>&#8220;The Laughing Guru&#8221; makes headlines</title>
		<link>http://www.optimysticinstitute.com/2546/laughing-guru-makes-headlines/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 31 Aug 2010 07:39:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jennifer Mathews</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Inspired living]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Laughter exercises]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Finally, the playfulness of laughter yoga is spreading into our serious world!  Check out the recent mainstream coverage in The New Yorker, the New York Times and in Forbes Magazine.  This media comes on the heels of the All-American Laughter Yoga Conference in Albuquerque, NM.  Society IS making progress after all. Here&#8217;s the picture from [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Can community campaigns stay positive?</title>
		<link>http://www.optimysticinstitute.com/2492/can-community-campaigns-stay-positive/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Jul 2010 06:05:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jennifer Mathews</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Positive leadership]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Social transformation]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I just came home from a City Council meeting in Mt. Shasta, CA, where I live.  I&#8217;ve been working on a community initiative since last year called the &#8220;Mt. Shasta Community Water Rights Ordinance.&#8221; Tonight the city councilors voted to publicly oppose it by writing an argument against it for the November election packet that [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Becoming a &#8220;neutral activist&#8221; (#1)</title>
		<link>http://www.optimysticinstitute.com/2568/becoming-a-neutral-activist-01/</link>
		<comments>http://www.optimysticinstitute.com/2568/becoming-a-neutral-activist-01/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Jun 2010 00:01:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jennifer Mathews</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Social transformation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[activism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[neutrality]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[social change]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Am I becoming a &#8220;neutral activist?&#8221; I say &#8220;becoming&#8221; because I&#8217;m not a neutral activist &#8211; not quite yet.  In fact, I&#8217;m not even sure if it&#8217;s possible.  But it&#8217;s certainly been a desire of my heart (and an obsession in my head) for many years. Seems like an oxymoron, doesn&#8217;t it?  Activists are people [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Choosing to be in awe</title>
		<link>http://www.optimysticinstitute.com/2456/choosing-to-be-in-awe/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Jun 2010 02:38:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jennifer Mathews</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Inspired living]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Personal stories]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Videos & photos]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[adventure]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[lucky]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Yesterday, my partner and I went for a walk along the McCloud River.  It was the first time in my life that I had seen a black bear on a trail.  Let me be more clear &#8211; the bear was on the same trail that I was on.  Yikes! It was about 50 to 75 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Inspired by late spring</title>
		<link>http://www.optimysticinstitute.com/2442/inspired-by-late-spring/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 31 May 2010 21:59:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jennifer Mathews</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Inspired living]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Poetry & art]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[When I was a kid, I rarely interacted directly with nature. I did catch grasshoppers in ball jars in the tall grasses of an empty lot across the street from my house, and I helped my grandparents find &#8220;nightcrawlers&#8221; (worms) in their backyard for fishing.  But I hadn&#8217;t helped plant a garden until I was [...]]]></description>
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