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	<title>Healing the Mind</title>
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		<title>Structure and Freedom</title>
		<link>http://www.imhro.org/2010/09/03/structure-and-freedom/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Sep 2010 16:41:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brandon Staglin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve written a lot about things I&#8217;ve discovered doing yoga recently. It seems to me that yoga is a means to see the inner workings of your mind, which for me, leads to better mental health. I write about it in the hope you might relate.
There is a structure to my mind. This is where [...]]]></description>
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		<title>News, Some of it Good</title>
		<link>http://www.imhro.org/2010/08/26/news-some-of-it-good/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Aug 2010 22:35:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brandon Staglin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Thank you for reading Healing the Mind. IMHRO&#8217;s Music Festival for Mental Health is 2 weeks from kickoff.  I am sorry— I would love to write a blog post for you today but I am busily engaged in preparing for the event.
On the good news side, IMHRO has chosen its 3 Rising Star Award winners [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Heroes, Tolerance, and Moving Forward: A Guest Post by Linea Johnson</title>
		<link>http://www.imhro.org/2010/08/18/heroes-tolerance-and-moving-forward-a-guest-post-by-linea-johnson/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Aug 2010 20:42:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brandon Staglin</dc:creator>
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Linea Johnson is an advocate, motivational speaker and writer for the cause of mental health awareness. She manages and posts on the BringChange2Mind blog, and writes the bunny years, a blog of her own. This week I&#8217;m happy to bring you this guest post from her.
What is a hero?
As someone who has struggled with [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Bye-bye, Mimi</title>
		<link>http://www.imhro.org/2010/08/10/bye-bye-mimi/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Aug 2010 22:50:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brandon Staglin</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[bipolar disorder]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[My grandmother &#8220;Mimi&#8221; passed away this morning. My mother&#8217;s mother was a lady who had a difficult life but never lost her capacity to love.
I remember when I was small, she would take care of me when both my parents were busy. I would play with her dogs, Champsie and Chi Chi, cranky old toy [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Please visit BringChange2Mind&#8217;s blog to read my &#8220;guest post&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://www.imhro.org/2010/08/06/please-visit-bringchange2minds-blog-to-read-my-guest-post/</link>
		<comments>http://www.imhro.org/2010/08/06/please-visit-bringchange2minds-blog-to-read-my-guest-post/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Aug 2010 22:46:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brandon Staglin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Hi everyone. As promised in my last post, Linea Johnson has been kind enough to post my &#8220;guest post,&#8221; Why I am an Advocate, on the BringChange2Mind blog. If you&#8217;d like, click over and give it a look. Thanks again, Linea.
Stay tuned here for a new post next Wednesday.
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		<title>On Keeping an Open Mind</title>
		<link>http://www.imhro.org/2010/08/04/on-keeping-an-open-mind/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Aug 2010 22:56:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brandon Staglin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In Herman Hesse&#8217;s novel Siddhartha, the title character learns much from life, growing on the path to his goal: enlightenment. Each part of his life is fascinating and potentially instructive to read about.
I was working at my office last week, dealing with task after task, when I checked the IMHRO Facebook page. Behold, there was [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Mystery of Faith</title>
		<link>http://www.imhro.org/2010/07/28/the-mystery-of-faith/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Jul 2010 20:12:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brandon Staglin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In a conversation with a very wise young friend of my sister, I once quoted Shakespeare: &#8220;There is nothing either good or bad, but thinking makes it so.&#8221; She responded, &#8220;Actually, some things that happen ARE bad.&#8221;
A string of troubling events in the lives of people I love has brought me back to this memory. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Patience</title>
		<link>http://www.imhro.org/2010/07/20/patience/</link>
		<comments>http://www.imhro.org/2010/07/20/patience/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Jul 2010 17:53:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brandon Staglin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It amazes me when I contemplate the insights I gain from quietly doing yoga to music in the mornings.
I have practiced (what I believe is) yoga for years. The qualifier in that statement comes from the fact that I have never taken a lesson. I learned several poses from Wii Fit, an exercise program on [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Self-acceptance</title>
		<link>http://www.imhro.org/2010/07/14/self-acceptance/</link>
		<comments>http://www.imhro.org/2010/07/14/self-acceptance/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Jul 2010 17:32:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brandon Staglin</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[recovery]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;Every now and then the things I lean on lose their meaning/And I find myself careening/into places where I should not let me go&#8230;&#8221;
-James Taylor, Something in the Way She Moves
When you’re feeling agitated, how do you find your center again? Is it possible to accomplish by sheer force of will? These are questions I’ve [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Memories&#8230; and Perspective</title>
		<link>http://www.imhro.org/2010/07/07/memories-and-perspective/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Jul 2010 19:13:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brandon Staglin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Personal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[hope]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[music]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[social responsibility]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Where would we be without our memories?
Today, as I did my morning exercise, I was listening to some old rock music from my collection&#8211;classic Sister Hazel and Barenaked Ladies. I was struck by the lighter tone of the music of a decade ago next to the music of today. Of course, the tone jives with [...]]]></description>
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