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		<title>Mindfulness of the Way in Which we Are Trying to Solve Our Problems</title>
		<link>http://mentalfitnessnow.com/2011/10/14/mindfulness-of-the-way-in-which-we-are-trying-to-solve-our-problems/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 14 Oct 2011 12:34:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Toby</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Mindfulness]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[This morning on the way to work I observed a chicken that had escaped from someone&#8217;s garden. It was nervously trying to get back into the garden through the fence by marching up and down the same section of the fence looking for a way in, even though it was very clear that there a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Self Flagellation the Same Thing as Sheer Egoism?</title>
		<link>http://mentalfitnessnow.com/2011/10/13/self-flagellation-the-same-thing-as-sheer-egoism/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 13 Oct 2011 08:53:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Toby</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is an interesting quote from Herman Hess&#8217;s &#8220;Steppenwolf&#8221;: &#8220;&#8230;his whole life was an example that love of one&#8217;s neighbour is not possible without love of oneself, and that self-hate is really the same thing as sheer egoism, and in the long run breeds the same isolation and despair.&#8221; I find it very interesting to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Computer Mindfulness</title>
		<link>http://mentalfitnessnow.com/2011/10/06/computer-mindfulness/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 06 Oct 2011 09:39:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Toby</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Mindfulness]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[My home computer is very slow. Today things reached a bit of a head for me, I was working at home and getting very frustrated by my computers ever increasing slowness, the more I tried to do, the slower it got! I found the answer after taking a break for 20 minutes. I adopted a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Self-Healing and Self Evolving Power of the Mind and Six Tips For Releasing the Shadow Self</title>
		<link>http://mentalfitnessnow.com/2011/05/14/the-self-healing-and-self-evolving-power-of-the-mind-and-six-tips-for-releasing-the-shadow-self/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 14 May 2011 08:39:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Toby</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Emotional Intelligence]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Letting go / surrender]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mental resilience]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Shadow dialoguing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[happiness]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Whenever we engage in meditation or any other activity that promotes greater self awareness, we automatically begin to activate two innate capacities within our mind: Its capacity for self-healing and its capacity for self-evolving. The minds capacity for self-healing is basically means that, whenever we move into a meditative state, the process of being aware [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The ABC of Emotional Intelligence, Or Learning To Ask The Right Questions About The Difficult Emotions That You Experience</title>
		<link>http://mentalfitnessnow.com/2011/03/16/the-abc-of-emotional-intelligence-or-learning-to-ask-the-right-questions-about-the-difficult-emotions-that-you-experience/</link>
		<comments>http://mentalfitnessnow.com/2011/03/16/the-abc-of-emotional-intelligence-or-learning-to-ask-the-right-questions-about-the-difficult-emotions-that-you-experience/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Mar 2011 07:52:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Toby</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Emotional Intelligence]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[difficult emotions]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[emotion]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[emotions 101]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Hi Everyone, Continuing on the emotional intelligence theme from the last few articles on the mental fitness blog, here is a simple, practical technique for upgrading your emotional intelligence. Psychologist Albert Ellis created a simple, three stage process for understanding how our emotions develop called the ABC model. Put briefly it looks like this: A [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Difficult Decisions That That You Have Made in Your Life as Objects of Meditation, And How I Avoided Feelings of Bitterness and Envy Toward my Friends and Peer Group When I Left my Life as a Monk.</title>
		<link>http://mentalfitnessnow.com/2011/02/07/the-difficult-decisions-that-that-you-have-made-in-your-life-as-objects-of-meditation-and-how-i-avoided-feelings-of-bitterness-and-envy-toward-my-friends-and-peer-group-when-i-left-my-life-as-a-monk/</link>
		<comments>http://mentalfitnessnow.com/2011/02/07/the-difficult-decisions-that-that-you-have-made-in-your-life-as-objects-of-meditation-and-how-i-avoided-feelings-of-bitterness-and-envy-toward-my-friends-and-peer-group-when-i-left-my-life-as-a-monk/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Feb 2011 08:13:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Toby</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Hi Everyone, Last week I looked at how it can be very useful and fulfilling to identify some of the Compelling Moments in Your Life and use them as objects of contemplation and meditation. This week I want to focus on the difficult or challenging decisions that we have made in our life and why [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A Four Step Process For Broadening Your Emotional Range, And Enjoying Your Emotional Life More</title>
		<link>http://mentalfitnessnow.com/2011/01/24/a-four-step-process-for-broadening-your-emotional-range-and-enjoying-your-emotional-life-more/</link>
		<comments>http://mentalfitnessnow.com/2011/01/24/a-four-step-process-for-broadening-your-emotional-range-and-enjoying-your-emotional-life-more/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 24 Jan 2011 11:25:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Toby</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Emotional Intelligence]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Engaged attention]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[happiness]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://mentalfitnessnow.com/?p=328</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[ Hi Everyone,  Following on from my previous article on defining and developing your emotional intelligence, here is a short exercise that if you do it will rapidly provide you with some insights about your emotional life and how you can broaden and diversify it, thus increasing its quality and breadth.  Step 1: If you were [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What is Emotional Intelligence? And How To Start Working With It</title>
		<link>http://mentalfitnessnow.com/2010/12/28/what-is-emotional-intelligence-and-how-to-start-working-with-it/</link>
		<comments>http://mentalfitnessnow.com/2010/12/28/what-is-emotional-intelligence-and-how-to-start-working-with-it/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 28 Dec 2010 04:44:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Toby</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Emotional Intelligence]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Hi Everyone, Over the next few articles on the mentalfitnessnow.com blog I want to look at the fundamentals of emotional intelligence. Over the past couple of decades emotional intelligence (EQ) has received an increasing amount of attention as people realized that it takes more than just the development of the intellect (IQ) to create a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Why it takes work to develop a healthy self-image</title>
		<link>http://mentalfitnessnow.com/2010/11/09/why-it-takes-work-to-develop-a-healthy-self-image/</link>
		<comments>http://mentalfitnessnow.com/2010/11/09/why-it-takes-work-to-develop-a-healthy-self-image/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Nov 2010 07:57:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Toby</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Attitude and intentionality]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Mental resilience]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://mentalfitnessnow.com/?p=299</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Why does it take work to feel good about yourself and who you are in a non-egoic way and generally have a positive,healthy self image? Here are a few reasons: Because if you live in a consumer society the people and corporations who want you to buy things know that you will be more inclined [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The art of developing a psychologically thick skin – Make it semi-permeable</title>
		<link>http://mentalfitnessnow.com/2010/11/02/the-art-of-developing-a-psychologically-thick-skin-%e2%80%93-make-it-semi-permeable/</link>
		<comments>http://mentalfitnessnow.com/2010/11/02/the-art-of-developing-a-psychologically-thick-skin-%e2%80%93-make-it-semi-permeable/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Nov 2010 03:40:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Toby</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://mentalfitnessnow.com/?p=292</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[When trying to develop and appropriately thick skin to deal with the challenges and attacks that life and our relationships throws at us we can fall into two extremes:  We can be too sensitive to what others say or do to us, making us emotionally vulnerable and negative at the slightest hint of criticism  We [...]]]></description>
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