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		<title>What Children Teach Us About Living a Creative Life and Impacting the World Without Fear</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Oct 2016 01:33:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrea Joy Wenburg</dc:creator>
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				<description><![CDATA[“I’m gonna hop, hop, hop,” my two-year-old daughter shouts as she hops and runs down the sidewalk, a made-up song spilling out with her giggles. “Mommy! I’m gonna fly like a plane,” she shouts again as she extends her arms above her sides and starts to run. I watch her. It doesn’t cross her mind [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>Every Empathetic Leader Needs to Unplug From People</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 12 Jul 2016 17:39:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrea Joy Wenburg</dc:creator>
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				<description><![CDATA[Those of us who are particularly sensitive or empathetic tend to feel the emotions of others. We not only have to contend with our own emotional experiences, but we literally feel what others feel. And sometimes we&#8217;re not sure of the distinction between our feelings and the feelings of others. We see tears and our [&#8230;]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Those of us who are particularly sensitive or empathetic tend to feel the emotions of others. We not only have to contend with our own emotional experiences, but we literally feel what others feel. And sometimes we&#8217;re not sure of the distinction between our feelings and the feelings of others. We see tears and our [&#8230;]]]></content:encoded>
	

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		<title>Stop Waiting to be Discovered; You Can Fight Darth Vader, Too</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 31 May 2016 04:31:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrea Joy Wenburg</dc:creator>
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				<description><![CDATA[It wasn’t like she asked for the opportunity. We simply walked into the auditorium to save seats up close because we knew Grant was excited to see the Jedi training show on our Disney cruise. A woman stopped Amelia in the aisle and inquired, “Do you like Star Wars?” “Ya,” Amelia responded. What was she [&#8230;]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[It wasn’t like she asked for the opportunity. We simply walked into the auditorium to save seats up close because we knew Grant was excited to see the Jedi training show on our Disney cruise. A woman stopped Amelia in the aisle and inquired, “Do you like Star Wars?” “Ya,” Amelia responded. What was she [&#8230;]]]></content:encoded>
	

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		<title>The Opportunity in Your Imperfections</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 25 Apr 2016 17:05:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrea Joy Wenburg</dc:creator>
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				<description><![CDATA[Messing up is exhausting. Guess who didn&#8217;t wear her glasses to school again today? I mean, seriously! Four weeks ago I started this series talking about my sweet Amelia and how both of us forget to be sure she&#8217;s wearing her important reading glasses to school.  I don&#8217;t pay close attention to these details and [&#8230;]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Messing up is exhausting. Guess who didn&#8217;t wear her glasses to school again today? I mean, seriously! Four weeks ago I started this series talking about my sweet Amelia and how both of us forget to be sure she&#8217;s wearing her important reading glasses to school.  I don&#8217;t pay close attention to these details and [&#8230;]]]></content:encoded>
	

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		<title>The Prerequisite to Empowering Others</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Mar 2016 13:12:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrea Joy Wenburg</dc:creator>
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				<description><![CDATA[I just got a call from our daughter’s school. Amelia forgot her glasses. Ugh. Those glasses are special glasses to help her eyes focus so she can read. Reading is pretty important in elementary school, so I hear. Immediately my heart sank and I began thinking on the dark side… How did I not notice she didn’t [&#8230;]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[I just got a call from our daughter’s school. Amelia forgot her glasses. Ugh. Those glasses are special glasses to help her eyes focus so she can read. Reading is pretty important in elementary school, so I hear. Immediately my heart sank and I began thinking on the dark side… How did I not notice she didn’t [&#8230;]]]></content:encoded>
	

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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>
			<content:encoded><![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;]]]></content:encoded>
	

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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>Why I Wear Sunglasses In Wal-Mart, And Perhaps You Should Too</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 25 Aug 2015 03:24:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrea Joy Wenburg</dc:creator>
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				<description><![CDATA[It just happened. We were looking at pictures of the Nebraska State Fair in anticipation of visiting soon when Grant screeched with glee, right in my ear. I don&#8217;t know how to describe how disturbing it is for me when loud, sharp noises upset my internal equilibrium. I went from being at complete peace to [&#8230;]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[It just happened. We were looking at pictures of the Nebraska State Fair in anticipation of visiting soon when Grant screeched with glee, right in my ear. I don&#8217;t know how to describe how disturbing it is for me when loud, sharp noises upset my internal equilibrium. I went from being at complete peace to [&#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>
			<content:encoded><![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;]]]></content:encoded>
	

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		<title>When I Feel Tossed By The Morning Winds</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Jul 2015 03:18:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrea Joy Wenburg</dc:creator>
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				<description><![CDATA[What goes through your mind when you wake up in the morning? Do you jump out of bed, ready to hit the day or do you roll over and hit the snooze button instead? Perhaps you are like me and set the alarm for as late as possible. My kids have been my alarm for [&#8230;]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[What goes through your mind when you wake up in the morning? Do you jump out of bed, ready to hit the day or do you roll over and hit the snooze button instead? Perhaps you are like me and set the alarm for as late as possible. My kids have been my alarm for [&#8230;]]]></content:encoded>
	

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