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		<title>Wishful Thinking Ways #5</title>
		<link>http://wishfulthinkingworks.com/2012/01/27/wishful-thinking-ways-5/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Jan 2012 13:16:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patrice</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Label Fables Was your life shaped by labels your family gave you? Being the pretty one, the funny one, the shy one, the wild one, the quiet one, the moody one, the happy one, the smart one, or the not so smart one can limit the way you live your life &#8211; if you let it. Another form of labeling is [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=wishfulthinkingworks.com&amp;blog=11977868&amp;post=7876&amp;subd=wishfulthinkingworks&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>A brief glimpse back</title>
		<link>http://wishfulthinkingworks.com/2012/01/25/a-brief-glimpse-back/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Jan 2012 13:57:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patrice</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Republic of Georgia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[chichilaki]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[New Year's]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sadly, this is my final week in the Republic of Georgia. Today is my last day at the Ministry of Environment where I have spent the past three and a half months as a Peace Corps Response Volunteer working with great people on interesting PR projects. My Peace Corps reports are finished and waiting to be signed, and hundreds of my photos [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=wishfulthinkingworks.com&amp;blog=11977868&amp;post=7851&amp;subd=wishfulthinkingworks&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Wishful Thinking Ways #4</title>
		<link>http://wishfulthinkingworks.com/2012/01/20/wishful-thinking-ways-4/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Jan 2012 12:34:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patrice</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Awareness]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dreams, Wishes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Fun]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[identifying feelings]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[savoring]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[tells]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[what I am feeling]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Four weeks ago we started Wishful Thinking Ways to make 2012 exciting and rewarding in new and different ways.  In January we are setting the stage; in February we will be discovering your dreams and in March, we will focus on how to make them happen. Join in the fun! To catch-up click:  Wishful Thinking Ways week one, week two, and [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=wishfulthinkingworks.com&amp;blog=11977868&amp;post=7803&amp;subd=wishfulthinkingworks&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Just before this door closes</title>
		<link>http://wishfulthinkingworks.com/2012/01/16/just-before-this-door-closes/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Jan 2012 09:10:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patrice</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Courage]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Visit Macedonia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[a window opens]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[when a door closes]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[When a door closes, a window opens . . . In September of last year I headed from Florida to Macedonia for a project and to visit friends. I haven&#8217;t been back to the States since! After six weeks in Macedonia I flew to Tbilisi, Georgia for a three-month assignment as a United States Peace Corps Response Volunteer. It [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=wishfulthinkingworks.com&amp;blog=11977868&amp;post=7736&amp;subd=wishfulthinkingworks&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Wishful Thinking Ways #3</title>
		<link>http://wishfulthinkingworks.com/2012/01/13/wishful-thinking-ways-3/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Jan 2012 10:21:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patrice</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Awareness]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Flight or Fight]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[tells]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Hi, welcome back. This is the third post in the Wishful Thinking Ways for 2012 series. We are meeting on Fridays to make 2012 exciting and rewarding in new and different ways. Each Friday I will share tips and exercises based on positive psychology and Appreciative Inquiry to help you create the life you really [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=wishfulthinkingworks.com&amp;blog=11977868&amp;post=7694&amp;subd=wishfulthinkingworks&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Delayed gratification, a pleasurable approach</title>
		<link>http://wishfulthinkingworks.com/2012/01/10/delayed-gratitifcation-a-pleasurable-approach/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Jan 2012 11:23:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patrice</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Awareness]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dreams, Wishes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Encouragement]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Fun]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mindfulness]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Peace Corps]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Perspective]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[delayed gratification]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[marshmallow test]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[the choice is yours]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[One of  the worst and the best things about being in Peace Corps, is you get to experience delayed gratification (DG) at a whole new level. So many things you once took for granted are out of your reach, but not your mind. It&#8217;s easy to find yourself day-dreaming about your favorite foods, wireless, American TV, your car, and hundreds of other things you gave little thought to in [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=wishfulthinkingworks.com&amp;blog=11977868&amp;post=7651&amp;subd=wishfulthinkingworks&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Wishful Thinking Ways for 2012 # 2</title>
		<link>http://wishfulthinkingworks.com/2012/01/06/wishful-thinking-ways-for-2012-2/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Jan 2012 10:23:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patrice</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Hi, welcome back! We are on the second installment of Wishful Thinking Ways for 2012. I really do believe the year ahead holds lots of wonderful, exciting discoveries and adventures for you! The other day I heard from another WTW workshop participant, who shared how much his life had changed since he participated 3 years ago! He [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=wishfulthinkingworks.com&amp;blog=11977868&amp;post=7555&amp;subd=wishfulthinkingworks&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The back-to-work-blues</title>
		<link>http://wishfulthinkingworks.com/2012/01/03/the-back-to-work-blues/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Jan 2012 09:49:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Even if you love your job, you may still be experiencing some form of back-to-work-blues this morning. The holiday rush, combined with overindulging in all things fancy and edible; mixed with late nights, early-rising kids, long-staying relatives and a long weekend to enjoy it all &#8211; may have left you feeling a bit overwhelmed at the thought of [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=wishfulthinkingworks.com&amp;blog=11977868&amp;post=7568&amp;subd=wishfulthinkingworks&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Wishful Thinking Ways for 2012</title>
		<link>http://wishfulthinkingworks.com/2012/01/01/wishful-thinking-ways-for-2012/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 01 Jan 2012 13:06:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patrice</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Welcome to 2012, Happy New Year! The year ahead holds lots of wonderful, exciting discoveries and adventures for you, and you don’t even have to leave home to experience them! Each week for the next three months, I will be posting about letting go, listening patiently and living gently. I will share positive psychology tips on perspective, [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=wishfulthinkingworks.com&amp;blog=11977868&amp;post=7559&amp;subd=wishfulthinkingworks&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Magic beans</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 18 Dec 2011 17:28:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[  Once upon a time, in a faraway land a United States Peace Corps trainee (me) spent the night with her Macedonian host family at a table sorting beans from their garden. They were not just ordinary beans, they were magic. The beans represented food and income for a family of four. You see, this hard-working, ever-generous [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=wishfulthinkingworks.com&amp;blog=11977868&amp;post=495&amp;subd=wishfulthinkingworks&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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