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		<title>Darkness to Light in OR</title>
		<link>http://speak4change.com/2009/12/15/darkness-to-light-in-or/</link>
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		<description><![CDATA[I am packed and ready to go to Medford Oregon in the morning.  I am looking forward to a short break from holiday preparations.  I have never been to Oregon and everyone that I have shared that with tells me that it is very beautiful.
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		<title>Year in Summary</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Nov 2009 17:53:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[It has been awhile since I have posted on here.  Much has happened since the end of 2008.  So far in 2009 I have visited Iceland two times to train facilitators for Darkness to Light and talked to a few hundred teens, trained volunteers for Center for Community Solutions in SD and I joined TAALK [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=speak4change.com&blog=849273&post=74&subd=svavabb&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Presentation at the IVAT conference in San Diego, CA 2008. Love is the Lesson!</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 26 Oct 2008 17:40:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[It has been a while since I wrote or shared on my blog.  It is amazing how much is happening and how good things are.  I am truly blessed and I feel very grateful for my life &#8211; all of it.  I am going to share here a presentation that I held at the IVAT conference [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=speak4change.com&blog=849273&post=66&subd=svavabb&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Conference in Iceland in May</title>
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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!
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		<title>Writing,learning and growing</title>
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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 [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=speak4change.com&blog=849273&post=33&subd=svavabb&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>organizing our 3rd annual conference in Iceland</title>
		<link>http://speak4change.com/2007/12/18/organizing-our-3rd-annual-conference-in-iceland/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Dec 2007 05:51:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Svava</dc:creator>
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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 [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=speak4change.com&blog=849273&post=27&subd=svavabb&ref=&feed=1" />]]></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>
		<dc:creator>Svava</dc:creator>
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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 [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=speak4change.com&blog=849273&post=26&subd=svavabb&ref=&feed=1" />]]></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>
		<dc:creator>Svava</dc:creator>
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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.  [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=speak4change.com&blog=849273&post=25&subd=svavabb&ref=&feed=1" />]]></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 [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=speak4change.com&blog=849273&post=24&subd=svavabb&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Busy month</title>
		<link>http://speak4change.com/2007/06/07/busy-month/</link>
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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. 
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