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		<title>Conference in Iceland in May</title>
		<link>http://speak4change.com/2008/06/27/conference-in-iceland-in-may/</link>
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		<description><![CDATA[Time goes by pretty fast these days.  I can not believe that June is almost over.  Well, kids are out of school and I am adjusting to a new routine with them.  We are busy hanging out swimming and barbecuing. This is the last summer before my youngest enters school.  Big transition for the whole family!
The conference [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Writing,learning and growing</title>
		<link>http://speak4change.com/2008/04/02/writinglearning-and-growing/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Apr 2008 04:39:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I have not written a post in a while.  I am writing, just not here.  I actually resisted for a long while to write.  Something about it being permanent.  If I wrote it down it must be true.  Now I am actually really enjoying writing.  Just a little bit everyday as I practice meditating.  Write [...]]]></description>
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		<title>organizing our 3rd annual conference in Iceland</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Dec 2007 05:51:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I wanted to share briefly what I am working on right now.  While reading books about trauma, brain development and healing I am organizing the 3rd annual conference in Iceland.  It will be held again in May.  It is being co-sponsord by the CPA (child protection agency) of Iceland, Reykjavík University and a few other [...]]]></description>
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		<title>back to it</title>
		<link>http://speak4change.com/2007/12/06/back-to-it/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 06 Dec 2007 06:17:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[It has been a bit since I have written on here.  It is the good old resistance going on.  I did manage to post a little something that I wrote just before thanksgiving.  I know it is good for me to write, it is good for all of us.  Great way to reflect and sometimes [...]]]></description>
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		<title>time to give thanks!</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 06 Dec 2007 05:54:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[It has been a while.  Life gets ahead of me sometimes. I have good intentions but not all gets done.  And for me, that is a good thing.  I used to use that as an opportunity to be hard on myself, really hard on myself.  I plan to share what I am up-to these days.  [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Truth heals</title>
		<link>http://speak4change.com/2007/06/27/truth-heals/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 27 Jun 2007 06:25:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I met a wonderful woman last saturday. Dr. Deborah King.  I am reading her book called Truth heals.  It is a wonderful book about how our lies can hurt us if not spoken or released.  I went to see Dr. King to get help with shame.  I was abused sexually as a child from the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Busy month</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 07 Jun 2007 06:41:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I have been catching up with myself this last week.  I was in Iceland for two weeks working for the organization I represent Blátt áfram or &#8220;straight talk&#8221;.  We pulled off our annual conference with some great speakers from the states.  I did share information about this year speakers here on the Prevention page. 
It was [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Courageous action to break the silence!</title>
		<link>http://speak4change.com/2007/04/28/courageous-action-to-break-the-silence/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 28 Apr 2007 05:27:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[One of the hardest thing to do as a survivor of CSA is to speak openly about the abuse.  I know, it took me twenty years to open up. 
I was listening to survivors, step up to an open mic, at SDSU - Take Back The Night on Thursday.  I felt sad listening to the young women and men [...]]]></description>
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		<title>where to draw the line?</title>
		<link>http://speak4change.com/2007/04/12/where-to-draw-the-line/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Apr 2007 02:50:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I live in CA not far from Carlsbad.  The latest news from Carlsbad are about a convicted sex offender that is new in town and wants to practice his faith at a local church in Carlsbad.  You can read more about this here:
  NATIONAL   &#124; April 10, 2007
Sex Offenders Test Churches’ Core Beliefs 
By NEELA [...]]]></description>
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		<title>spring break and Disneyland</title>
		<link>http://speak4change.com/2007/04/05/spring-break-and-disneyland/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Apr 2007 05:02:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[My kids have been out of school this week on spring break.  We thought we would be spending some time at the beach this week or at a nearby park.  No, not this week. 2 out of 3 got colds.  We did go to the doctor, thinking that the 4 yr old had strep.  The [...]]]></description>
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