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		<title>How will you create lasting happiness?</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Feb 2012 19:52:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Over on Music Sparks,my attention is turning towards Valentine&#8217;s Day and Random Act of Kindness Week. Serendipity brought  a TED Talk with Shawn Achor titled &#8220;The happy secret to better work&#8221; to my attention. It has a lot of wonderful gems included in it. The one I wish to lift up in this post small [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=musicalgems.wordpress.com&amp;blog=14360514&amp;post=1549&amp;subd=musicalgems&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Breath and Space</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Feb 2012 14:28:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Make space to breathe each day. It&#8217;s worth it. You are worth it. Take a moment&#8230; Take a minute&#8230;. Sit down. Align your spine. And breath. Exhale. Breathe fully into your lungs. Exhale. Focus on your breath&#8230;. Breathe&#8230;. Smile&#8230;. Ok, now take that relaxation with you back into your day. Filed under: Relaxation Tagged: Breath, lungs, [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=musicalgems.wordpress.com&amp;blog=14360514&amp;post=1540&amp;subd=musicalgems&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Next Step</title>
		<link>http://musicalgems.wordpress.com/2012/01/14/the-next-step/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 14 Jan 2012 17:55:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#160; This week&#8217;s Human Business Works email from Chris Brogan challenged us to share how we plan to make this year different and take things to the next level.  Answering that question for Music Sparks isn&#8217;t much of an issue. I&#8217;ve done that. Answering that question for Musical Gems is an issue for me. What [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=musicalgems.wordpress.com&amp;blog=14360514&amp;post=1531&amp;subd=musicalgems&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Aaah! Joys of a Bubble Bath</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 07 Jan 2012 16:36:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Anyone remember baths with Mr. Bubble? That was a childhood delight of mine &#8211; a bubble bath. While I don&#8217;t indulge in bubble baths as often these days, I still love them. Since January 8th is Bubble Bath Day I may just celebrate. At this time of year (and living in a cold climate), taking [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=musicalgems.wordpress.com&amp;blog=14360514&amp;post=1333&amp;subd=musicalgems&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Here&#8217;s what I&#8217;m reading this month&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://musicalgems.wordpress.com/2012/01/04/heres-what-im-reading-this-month/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Jan 2012 10:32:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Over at Music Sparks I shared my three words for 2012: strengthen, stretch, sustain. As a part of strengthening, I have set an intention of 15 minutes of professional reading each day. Here is was is currently on my shelf. &#8220;Ethical Thinking in Music Therapy&#8221; by Cheryl Dileo This is in preparation for a continuing [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=musicalgems.wordpress.com&amp;blog=14360514&amp;post=1518&amp;subd=musicalgems&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Fruitcake</title>
		<link>http://musicalgems.wordpress.com/2011/12/27/fruitcake/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Dec 2011 12:32:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s National Fruitcake Day! Yip, the edible treat from the holiday season, the butt of many jokes. Most people describe these cakes as not normal, strange, distasteful. You have likely heard about the 70-year-old fruitcake being auctioned. People often apply the term &#8220;fruitcake&#8221; to those who distasteful, objectionable, not normal. I wonder if we are [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=musicalgems.wordpress.com&amp;blog=14360514&amp;post=1331&amp;subd=musicalgems&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Endings &amp; Beginnings</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Dec 2011 09:17:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Every new beginning comes from some other beginning’s end. – Semisonic http://bit.ly/opy0d As the year draws to a close and a new year begins, I am taking some time to review the year here on Musical Gems and to plan for the year at hand. As part of my review I looked to see what [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=musicalgems.wordpress.com&amp;blog=14360514&amp;post=1482&amp;subd=musicalgems&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Living my life</title>
		<link>http://musicalgems.wordpress.com/2011/12/17/living-my-life/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 17 Dec 2011 12:40:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I am blessed to be living a life I want &#8211; a wife, a mother, a music therapist. All these roles bring me joy. I have a passion for all of them. It is so easy to forget our blessings, to not fully live in the enjoyment of the moment. It is so easy to [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=musicalgems.wordpress.com&amp;blog=14360514&amp;post=1475&amp;subd=musicalgems&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>10 Steps to Giving Time</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Dec 2011 15:15:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[There are many people out buying gifts these day. People are wrapping gifts. People (at least children) are asking for gifts. Some people are saddened to have little expendable income for gifts. Why not give the gift of yourself and your time? Before you say you can&#8217;t wrap time and place it under the tree, [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=musicalgems.wordpress.com&amp;blog=14360514&amp;post=1470&amp;subd=musicalgems&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Opening up to the energy</title>
		<link>http://musicalgems.wordpress.com/2011/12/04/opening-up-to-the-energy/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 04 Dec 2011 22:34:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;Performance is not about getting your act together but about opening up to the energy of the audience and the music. And letting it sing in your unique voice.&#8221; ~ The Art of Possibility: Transforming Professional and Personal Life When I came upon this quote. I stopped. Literally stopped. Something resonated with me on many [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=musicalgems.wordpress.com&amp;blog=14360514&amp;post=1461&amp;subd=musicalgems&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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