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		<title>IS THERE A POSITIVE SIDE OF REGRET?</title>
		<link>http://angelairvin.com/2012/03/27/is-there-a-positive-side-of-regret/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Mar 2012 17:20:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>A. Irvin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Regret gets a bad rap. We are admonished to avoid this feeling at all costs. However, as with most all-or-nothing thinking, labeling regret as completely negative is an extreme generalization. When we take a closer look, regret is simply a personal reaction (with both cognitive and emotional elements) to the consequence of a past act [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=angelairvin.com&#038;blog=14290963&#038;post=2179&#038;subd=angelairvin&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>LIFE: The Fine Print</title>
		<link>http://angelairvin.com/2012/03/08/life-the-fine-print/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Mar 2012 07:03:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>A. Irvin</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[awareness]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://angelairvin.com/?p=2111</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Whether we realize it or not, during every waking moment, our lives are being created through our moment to moment experiences. We either create our lives through intentional activity and conscious experience, or we float along with low levels of awareness as passive recipients of happenstance. I often use the metaphor, “sleepwalking through life.” Scientifically, [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=angelairvin.com&#038;blog=14290963&#038;post=2111&#038;subd=angelairvin&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>UN-LIMIT YOURSELF</title>
		<link>http://angelairvin.com/2012/02/11/un-limit-yourself/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 11 Feb 2012 17:44:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>A. Irvin</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[beliefs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[creativity]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[personal development]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[self-limiting thinking]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;If we all did the things we are capable of doing, we would literally astound ourselves.&#8221; ~Thomas Alva Edison~ It is true that most of us can accomplish much more than we think we can. Unfortunately, very few of us test the limits of our capabilities due to unsubstantiated restrictive beliefs. The truth is that [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=angelairvin.com&#038;blog=14290963&#038;post=1810&#038;subd=angelairvin&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>FIND (AND LISTEN TO) YOUR OWN VOICE</title>
		<link>http://angelairvin.com/2012/02/03/find-and-listen-to-your-own-voice/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Feb 2012 11:11:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>A. Irvin</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[fulfillment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[inner voice]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[self-direction]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[“When you lose touch with your inner stillness, you lose touch with yourself. When you lose touch with yourself, you lose yourself in the world” ~Eckhart Tolle~ Many of us reach a point where we realize that our lives have gone off track. It’s as if we wake up one day and suddenly realize that [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=angelairvin.com&#038;blog=14290963&#038;post=1955&#038;subd=angelairvin&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>&#8220;HOW TO BE ALONE&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://angelairvin.com/2011/10/28/how-to-be-alone/</link>
		<comments>http://angelairvin.com/2011/10/28/how-to-be-alone/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 28 Oct 2011 15:35:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>A. Irvin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Poetry and Prose]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Solitude]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Video Bites]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[loneliness]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://angelairvin.com/?p=1898</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;Loneliness is usually a sign that I am not in touch with myself.&#8221; ~Unknown~ Simply put, solitude is aloneness. There is no value inherent within it; it takes on the quality that we assign to it. We can either embrace it as a time to be in touch with ourselves, or we can suffer through [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=angelairvin.com&#038;blog=14290963&#038;post=1898&#038;subd=angelairvin&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>BECOME THE SELF YOU WOULD LOVE TO SEE IN PHOTOS</title>
		<link>http://angelairvin.com/2011/10/25/become-the-self-you-would-love-to-see-in-photos/</link>
		<comments>http://angelairvin.com/2011/10/25/become-the-self-you-would-love-to-see-in-photos/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 25 Oct 2011 23:50:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>A. Irvin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[happiness]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[letting go]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[memories]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://angelairvin.com/?p=1870</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[“What you are is what you have been. What you’ll be is what you do now.” ~Buddha~ I recently spent some time with an old friend. Since we hadn’t seen each other in many years, we spent some quality time catching up with each other’s lives. We shared personal stories, which naturally prompted us to [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=angelairvin.com&#038;blog=14290963&#038;post=1870&#038;subd=angelairvin&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>50 WAYS TO START CULTIVATING HAPPINESS TODAY</title>
		<link>http://angelairvin.com/2011/10/15/50-ways-to-start-cultivating-happiness-today/</link>
		<comments>http://angelairvin.com/2011/10/15/50-ways-to-start-cultivating-happiness-today/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 15 Oct 2011 11:12:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>A. Irvin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[happiness]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://angelairvin.com/?p=1823</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[“Happiness is an inside job.&#8221; ~William Arthur Ward~ The most common questions I hear from readers revolve around finding happiness. As many of you know, I believe happiness is self-generated. Whenever we are experiencing unhappiness, it is usually due to situations we have either created, invited, or failed to act upon. Regardless of the specific [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=angelairvin.com&#038;blog=14290963&#038;post=1823&#038;subd=angelairvin&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>&#8220;CHANGE FOR A DOLLAR&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://angelairvin.com/2011/10/01/change-for-a-dollar/</link>
		<comments>http://angelairvin.com/2011/10/01/change-for-a-dollar/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 02 Oct 2011 02:00:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>A. Irvin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Generosity]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Social Good]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Video Bites]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[change]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[charity]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[compassion]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://angelairvin.wordpress.com/?p=1765</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[In my article, Developing a Mindset for Social Good (featured on Feelgooder.com), I discussed the concepts and beliefs that are common within the mindsets of people geared toward social good. In particular, people who have the mindset for social change are not deterred by limitations, and they embrace the belief that small actions do matter. [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=angelairvin.com&#038;blog=14290963&#038;post=1765&#038;subd=angelairvin&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>I OBJECT! (Building a Case Against &#8220;I Can&#8217;t&#8221;)</title>
		<link>http://angelairvin.com/2011/09/29/i-object-building-a-case-against-i-cant/</link>
		<comments>http://angelairvin.com/2011/09/29/i-object-building-a-case-against-i-cant/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Sep 2011 21:23:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>A. Irvin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[empowerment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[impermanence]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[optimism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[positive thinking]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://angelairvin.wordpress.com/?p=1644</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;If you limit your choices only to what seems possible or reasonable, you disconnect yourself from what you truly want, and all that is left is a compromise.&#8221; ~Robert Fritz~ I can’t think of anything more self-limiting than the words, “I can’t.” When we utter these words, it means we’ve surrendered to a limitation, and [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=angelairvin.com&#038;blog=14290963&#038;post=1644&#038;subd=angelairvin&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>STOP!!</title>
		<link>http://angelairvin.com/2011/09/24/stop/</link>
		<comments>http://angelairvin.com/2011/09/24/stop/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 24 Sep 2011 04:33:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>A. Irvin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Announcements]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Before you read any further, be sure to subscribe! I am back and ready to go with many new articles, as well as some planned additions for the site. The only way to ensure that you receive these updates is to subscribe, using the button conveniently located at the top right-hand corner of this page. [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=angelairvin.com&#038;blog=14290963&#038;post=1612&#038;subd=angelairvin&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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