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		<title>Various Foods to Nourish the Soul</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 19 Oct 2010 20:42:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Darshana Weill</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Over the last 13 years I have sat with women as clients and/or students and supported them to explore their relationship to food, their bodies, and themselves. Although I started out my journey as a nutrition educator and holistic health counselor, I soon realized that most people&#8217;s struggles with food did not come from what [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Practice of Journaling</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 05 May 2010 01:55:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laura</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I was debating what to cover this month, and what repeatedly kept getting my attention was the practice of journaling. Journaling is a great tool in conjunction with psychotherapy. Why? Because there are a lot of thoughts floating around in your head. The practice of writing them down can be very freeing as well as [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Faith and Forgiveness</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 11 Apr 2010 06:11:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laura</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I want to continue the discussion on faith from last month, since it seems to still be gripping me in some way. Faith is about knowing you&#8217;re not doomed by your past mistakes. I&#8217;d like to share a quote with you, &#8220;You are not punished FOR your mistakes, but BY your mistakes.&#8221; The punishment is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Faith As A Verb</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Mar 2010 04:49:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laura</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today I'm tackling a fascinating topic - and that is, the topic of faith. I'm not talking here about a religious or spiritual affiliation, but understanding that what you put into therapy is working on your behalf.]]></description>
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		<title>Goal-Setting for the New Year</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 15 Jan 2010 23:23:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laura</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Happy New Year! I wish all of you a happy, healthy, and prosperous 2010. I know new years can be full of resolutions, goals, and new starts, but only a select few end up keeping their resolutions. Why is that? Intellectually, we know what we want to change (our relationships, addictions, weight, etc.) but until [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What Is Holistic Psychotherapy?</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Jan 2010 19:19:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laura</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I often get the question from potential clients, "What is holistic psychotherapy, anyway?"

My New York aunt insists that in New York, the word 'holistic' would not get me very far - there's this perception that the translation of 'holistic' equals California crunchy-oat-bread-with-sprouts-and-avocado-eating, Birkenstocks-wearing, lefty-communist protesters... Or some such comparison. Maybe they think we're all driving around in '68 VW Bugs hugging trees and singing Kumbaya.]]></description>
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		<title>The Gravity of Sexual Abuse: Identifying the Symptoms</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Nov 2009 22:29:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laura</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This blog entry is about sexual abuse, especially in light of the recent Richmond High incident. There are many ways sexual abuse or molestation can manifest in both men and women. Here are some phrases to watch for that might be cause for deeper work]]></description>
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		<title>How Do We Make Sense of Something So Senseless?</title>
		<link>http://holisticgardner.com/blog/2009/11/richmond_gang_rape/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=richmond_gang_rape</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 20:08:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laura</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Gang rape in Richmond, California brings up profound questions

Last weekend, a horrific incident happened outside of a school gymnasium. Around midnight on October 25, 2009, the Richmond police department got a call from a girl whose brother-in-law heard about the rape. The police followed-up and found a half-naked fifteen year old girl, beaten and unconscious, cowered underneath a bench outside her school. She was airlifted to the hospital in critical condition.]]></description>
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		<title>The Energetics of Healing</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 26 May 2009 18:57:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laura</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Recently I watched Caroline Myss' "Energetics of Healing" DVD. Myss is most known for her book Anatomy of the Spirit, and is renowned as one of the first practitioners to pull the mind, body, and spirit together and reach the masses.

In this DVD, her premise is that we have a set amount of energy coming from the Source to us everyday that is managed through energetic chakra centers. ]]></description>
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