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		<title>Stress is a weasel word &#8212; and maybe that&#8217;s good!</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 May 2012 15:37:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Karla</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In The Language of Emotions, I talk about stress as a &#8220;weasel* word,&#8221; or a word that people use to hide emotional awareness from themselves. In one of the final chapters in my book, Stress and Resistance: Understanding Emotional Physics, we look at stress after we&#8217;ve learned about each of the emotions in depth &#8212;Shiver me timbers  &#8594;]]></description>
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		<title>Autism Acceptance Month: Empathy in Action</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Apr 2012 01:27:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Karla</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Dear Fellow Empaths, April is here with its promise of Spring, but this has also become a time that can cause a great deal of pain for many Autistic people and parents of Autistic children. Why? Because tomorrow (April 2nd) is Autism Awareness Day, and in many cases, the awareness focus is on alarmist rhetoricShiver me timbers  &#8594;]]></description>
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		<title>Is it a Feeling or is it an Emotion? Revisited!</title>
		<link>http://karlamclaren.com/is-it-a-feeling-or-is-it-an-emotion-revisited/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Mar 2012 20:32:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Karla</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[We&#8217;ve all seen it. Something is said or written, and someone will go off. I mean off. Rage, hatred, or both at once.  A fight starts, and maybe these intense emotions get handled between two people, or maybe they don&#8217;t (online interactions specialize in the maybe they don&#8217;t category). So the raging people invite alliesShiver me timbers  &#8594;]]></description>
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		<title>Our online course is here: Emotional Flow!</title>
		<link>http://karlamclaren.com/our-online-course-is-here-emotional-flow/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Jan 2012 00:46:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Karla</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s here! Our online course is here! I&#8217;m excited to announce a brand new way to increase your emotional skills: The 8-session online course Emotional Flow: Becoming Fluent in the Language of Emotions. Your emotions are absolutely essential to every aspect of your intelligence and perception—yet few of us were ever taught how to workShiver me timbers  &#8594;]]></description>
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		<title>Empaths in  Winter Wonderland!</title>
		<link>http://karlamclaren.com/empaths-in-winter-wonderland/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Jan 2012 16:45:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Karla</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Emotion Work]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Let&#8217;s Get Emotional! Embracing Your Empathic Genius Sunday, February 12th thru Friday, February 17th, 2012 with Karla McLaren at Kripalu Retreat Center in the Berkshires of Western Massachusetts! People are always telling us not to get emotional, but did you know that your emotions bring you the gifts of intuition, clarity, decisiveness, the capacity toShiver me timbers  &#8594;]]></description>
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		<title>A new prophecy for 2012</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 31 Dec 2011 18:42:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Karla</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[2012 is almost here, and this exciting and troubling 2011 is almost over. I hope you&#8217;re warm, safe, and well, and I wish you a Happy New Year! As we head into a year that is being promoted by some as either the end of the world or the beginning of a new dawn inShiver me timbers  &#8594;]]></description>
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		<title>Emotion Work Revisited!</title>
		<link>http://karlamclaren.com/emotion-work-revisited/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Dec 2011 20:04:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Karla</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As I&#8217;ve been working with neuroscientist Antonio Damasio&#8217;s definition of emotions as action-requiring neurological programs, I created a flowchart to help you understand the difference between feelings and emotions. This is my simplified flowchart: An emotionally evocative stimulus occurs → The stimulus evokes a specific emotion → You utilize your ability to feel that emotionShiver me timbers  &#8594;]]></description>
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		<title>An emotion book for children!</title>
		<link>http://karlamclaren.com/an-emotion-book-for-children/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Nov 2011 15:54:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Karla</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Empathy]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Hello! I&#8217;ve found a very good book for helping children identify and understand their emotions! It&#8217;s called Understanding Myself: A Kid&#8217;s Guide to Intense Emotions and Strong Feelings by Dr. Mary Lamia. Dr. Lamia is a clinical psychologist who wrote this book for children 8 years and up (parents can read the book to youngerShiver me timbers  &#8594;]]></description>
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		<title>The Empathic Sleepover Camp Returns!</title>
		<link>http://karlamclaren.com/the-empathic-sleepover-camp-returns/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Nov 2011 17:56:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Karla</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Emotion Work]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Empathic Skills]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Let&#8217;s Get Emotional! Embracing Your Empathic Genius Sunday, February 12th thru Friday, February 17th, 2012 with Karla McLaren at Kripalu Retreat Center in the Berkshires of Western Massachusetts! People are always telling us not to get emotional, but did you know that your emotions bring you the gifts of intuition, clarity, decisiveness, the capacity toShiver me timbers  &#8594;]]></description>
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		<title>Empaths on the Autism Spectrum, part 2</title>
		<link>http://karlamclaren.com/empaths-on-the-autism-spectrum-part-2/</link>
		<comments>http://karlamclaren.com/empaths-on-the-autism-spectrum-part-2/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 11 Oct 2011 19:56:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Karla</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Autism Spectrum]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Continued from part 1 After spending just two weeks as an academic liaison for twenty-two people on the Autism Spectrum (and getting a sense for their inner lives), I started to observe my own behavior more closely. I&#8217;m very sensitive to sounds, colors, movement, and social cues &#8212; I love patterns, numbers, and being alone,Shiver me timbers  &#8594;]]></description>
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