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		<title>You Can Do Hard Things</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Dec 2015 19:25:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrea Joy Wenburg</dc:creator>
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				<description><![CDATA[She walked across the street, brow pursed as she stared at the ground. Our once exuberant 6-year-old threw irritable glances at her brother as soon as she got into the car. I couldn&#8217;t figure it out. What was going on at school that made her so upset? She loved kindergarten and the first half of [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>Why We Go Sledding With The First Good Snow</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Dec 2015 16:59:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrea Joy Wenburg</dc:creator>
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				<description><![CDATA[We awoke this morning greeted by a fresh coat of white, draping over the outside world. The kids don’t have snow boots so we made an early morning run to the store so they could play in the snow at recess and scoop the driveway when they get home. They love shoveling snow. But as [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>Book Impact: Schema of a Soul</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 22 Nov 2015 17:15:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrea Joy Wenburg</dc:creator>
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				<description><![CDATA[Two years ago on Novemer 22st, Aaron and I traveled to Lincoln, Nebraska for Kimberlye Berg&#8217;s Schema of a Soul book launch party. It wasn&#8217;t just any old party or launch of a book. It was a sacred moment in time, set aside to honor the life and memory of a young man and woman lost tragically [&#8230;]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Two years ago on Novemer 22st, Aaron and I traveled to Lincoln, Nebraska for Kimberlye Berg&#8217;s Schema of a Soul book launch party. It wasn&#8217;t just any old party or launch of a book. It was a sacred moment in time, set aside to honor the life and memory of a young man and woman lost tragically [&#8230;]]]></content:encoded>
	

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		<title>A Short Message for LEADERS</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2015 20:47:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrea Joy Wenburg</dc:creator>
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				<description><![CDATA[&#160; I know. I need this message more than anyone else. There is a place for self-evaluation and growth. But when self-awareness turns into self-deprecation, you turn into someone who JUDGES. Belittling yourself in front of other people makes you UNSAFE and influences others to believe that it is normal and even good to belittle themselves. [&#8230;]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[&#160; I know. I need this message more than anyone else. There is a place for self-evaluation and growth. But when self-awareness turns into self-deprecation, you turn into someone who JUDGES. Belittling yourself in front of other people makes you UNSAFE and influences others to believe that it is normal and even good to belittle themselves. [&#8230;]]]></content:encoded>
	

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		<title>The 1 Thing I Hope My Son Remembers From Our Fairy Tale</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Aug 2015 14:37:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrea Joy Wenburg</dc:creator>
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				<description><![CDATA[I wonder if this day marks the beginning of the end of a fairy tale. You may know the one I&#8217;m thinking of &#8211; the one where the young knight is inflicted with a paralyzing wound that can only be healed by a kiss. A mother&#8217;s kiss. It&#8217;s a fairy tale, but somehow the power [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>Not So Great Expectations</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 05 Aug 2015 13:19:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrea Joy Wenburg</dc:creator>
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				<description><![CDATA[How do you deal with others&#8217; expectations?  I know that some people are better at meeting expectations when there is a threat of shame. Not me. I would rather run away. Put pressure on me and I avoid you and your task. Ugh. Not the most healthy option&#8230; So I have to think of other ways to deal [&#8230;]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[How do you deal with others&#8217; expectations?  I know that some people are better at meeting expectations when there is a threat of shame. Not me. I would rather run away. Put pressure on me and I avoid you and your task. Ugh. Not the most healthy option&#8230; So I have to think of other ways to deal [&#8230;]]]></content:encoded>
	

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		<title>When it&#8217;s not the end of the world, after all.</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Mar 2015 15:52:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrea Joy Wenburg</dc:creator>
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				<description><![CDATA[Sometimes it’s not the end of the world, after all. Perhaps you remember Belle from the Birthday Cake post (here)? She is our bull-in-a-china-closet, adorable and adored Pyredoodle. One night a few days ago she pushed her way under our back yard fence and started running around the neighborhood. It’s happened repeatedly, despite our best blockades. [&#8230;]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Sometimes it’s not the end of the world, after all. Perhaps you remember Belle from the Birthday Cake post (here)? She is our bull-in-a-china-closet, adorable and adored Pyredoodle. One night a few days ago she pushed her way under our back yard fence and started running around the neighborhood. It’s happened repeatedly, despite our best blockades. [&#8230;]]]></content:encoded>
	

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		<title>When The Weight Of Love Knocks Me Down</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Mar 2015 15:59:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrea Joy Wenburg</dc:creator>
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				<description><![CDATA[We had time to kill before school. I was feeling particularly drawn to this child in this moment, so I heaved up her 8-year-old self and we bounced around the kitchen to the morning music. We used to dance like this when you were a baby. I’d hold you like this and would bounce you [&#8230;]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[We had time to kill before school. I was feeling particularly drawn to this child in this moment, so I heaved up her 8-year-old self and we bounced around the kitchen to the morning music. We used to dance like this when you were a baby. I’d hold you like this and would bounce you [&#8230;]]]></content:encoded>
	

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		<title>When I Should Feel Joy  #1: Unprepared</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 14 Dec 2014 16:23:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrea Joy Wenburg</dc:creator>
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				<description><![CDATA[After my initial post &#8220;Frozen Top Ten&#8221;, a few beautiful people asked me to share more about my experience with depression – specifically, post partum depression. My reflections on this story are too long for one blog post. This is not just for women. It is not just for parents. I offer this series in [&#8230;]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[After my initial post &#8220;Frozen Top Ten&#8221;, a few beautiful people asked me to share more about my experience with depression – specifically, post partum depression. My reflections on this story are too long for one blog post. This is not just for women. It is not just for parents. I offer this series in [&#8230;]]]></content:encoded>
	

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