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	<title>Cliff Heegel Ph.D. &#187; compassion</title>
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		<title>To be free</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Jul 2010 15:38:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A day late, but it is never to late to reflect on what freedom means to each of us, and how so many around the planet (including the USA) are much less free than I am. Check out the vid- not super music but it is an emotional message that might move some of us [...]]]></description>
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		<title>We can only be kept in the cages we refuse to see</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Jun 2010 10:36:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cliff</dc:creator>
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		<title>All affect is interior</title>
		<link>http://askdrcliff.com/archives/1053</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 11 Apr 2010 13:22:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cliff</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Here&#8217;s a little passage from Inner Gold, a book Arnie Kotler put together from some lectures by Robert A. Johnson. Arnie is a friend and a former teacher of mine. Robert A. Johnson is a psychoanalyst. I am going to quote the entire passage first so you can read it as one piece and get [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Reading Material &#8211; Finding Your Own North Star by Martha Beck</title>
		<link>http://askdrcliff.com/archives/999</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Feb 2010 00:04:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cliff</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Here&#8217;s a good book&#8211; Finding Your Own North Star by Martha Beck.  It hsa been around for a few years but it is definitely worth a read if you have not read it yet. If you read it and your life did not change for the better, read it again- this time, do the exercises. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Dr. Cliff volunteers &#8212; Gives an hour free for Haiti Volunteers</title>
		<link>http://askdrcliff.com/archives/961</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 19 Jan 2010 19:43:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cliff</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[11/19/2010 PRESS RELEASE: In response to the tragedy in Haiti, Give an Hour™ will now be offering free mental health services to all volunteers serving in Haiti, including civilians, military personnel, and loved ones of those who volunteer. Thousands of military personnel and civilian aid workers are responding to the crisis, and many will face [...]]]></description>
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		<title>No more excuses</title>
		<link>http://askdrcliff.com/archives/935</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 10 Jan 2010 14:23:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cliff</dc:creator>
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		<title>Kindness</title>
		<link>http://askdrcliff.com/archives/531</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Jun 2009 18:20:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cliff</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Cliff&#8217;s notes: I first heard this at a retreat led by Arnie Kotler and Therese Fitzgerald around 2000. Powerful, beautiful, emotional. Enjoy! Kindness Before you know what kindness really is you must lose things, feel the future dissolve in a moment like salt in a weakened broth. What you held in your hand, what you [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Mindfulness Practice</title>
		<link>http://askdrcliff.com/archives/507</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 16 May 2009 17:36:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cliff</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Mindfulness is essential for living the best life we can live. Mindfulness is the energy of being aware and awake to our present moment. It is the practice of deeply touching the moments of our everyday lives. To be mindful is to be awake, present and at one with those around you and with what [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Compassion Meditation Changes The Brain</title>
		<link>http://askdrcliff.com/archives/457</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 03 May 2009 20:18:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cliff</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is important. Here&#8217;s why: Meditation as is described in this article is absolutely non-religious andf non-mystical. It is simply the act of consciously thinking certain kinds of thoughts for a few minutes a day. Think about it. Throughout your day the mind is constantly chattering and you are mostly unconscious of the process. The [...]]]></description>
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