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		<title>The nature of needs, especially psychological needs</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 15 Jul 2012 04:32:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Recently, I&#8217;ve perused an extensive masters thesis by a researcher and practitioner of nonviolent communication (nvc), Marion Little, which I discovered in the references on the wikipedia page for nvc. She formulated an nvc-oriented program to help adolescents with conflict &#8230; <a href="http://happinesscounseling.com/2012/07/the-nature-of-needs-especially-psychological-needs/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>A language of life and self-esteem</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 14 Jan 2011 07:40:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The last few months I&#8217;ve been studying what seems like a brand new language. I say &#8220;seems like&#8221; because this language actually isn&#8217;t foreign to me or to you, like Chinese or Russian (assuming you&#8217;re not bilingual:). Rather it&#8217;s what &#8230; <a href="http://happinesscounseling.com/2011/01/a-language-of-life-and-self-esteem/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Bullshit! hit piece on self-esteem and Nathaniel Branden</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 28 Aug 2010 06:56:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Time for a break in a long blogging hiatus. A close friend of mine informed me that Penn and Teller recently did a Bullshit! episode on self-esteem, which can be viewed here (though it might become defunct due to being in &#8230; <a href="http://happinesscounseling.com/2010/08/bullshit-hit-piece-on-self-esteem-and-nathaniel-branden/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Owning feelings, then changing them</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Sep 2009 18:07:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[One of the most important and psychological insights is that feelings are not irreducible primaries. While most people take them as &#8220;the given,&#8221; feelings are actually the result of our subconscious assessments or interpretations, in the form of super rapid &#8230; <a href="http://happinesscounseling.com/2009/09/owning-feelings-then-changing-them/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Happiness and hedonism</title>
		<link>http://happinesscounseling.com/2009/06/happiness-and-hedonism/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 28 Jun 2009 21:14:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[As I&#8217;m about to go out to enjoy the sun-drenched Mission Bay beach that beckons from my bedroom window, I thought &#8220;hedonism&#8221; would be good to address. Along these lines, I also had an extraordinary conversation the other night with &#8230; <a href="http://happinesscounseling.com/2009/06/happiness-and-hedonism/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Happiness in hard economic times</title>
		<link>http://happinesscounseling.com/2009/01/happiness-in-hard-economic-times/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Jan 2009 23:47:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This year may prove to be difficult for many, as the seeds of statism sown over the years grow into seriously poisonous foliage. Since government has a monopoly on the medium of exchange in our economy (via fiat currency and &#8230; <a href="http://happinesscounseling.com/2009/01/happiness-in-hard-economic-times/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Happiness Lost In Translation</title>
		<link>http://happinesscounseling.com/2008/12/happiness-lost-in-translation/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Dec 2008 04:57:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Awhile ago, I bookmarked the following interesting article by Max Borders at Tech Central Station Daily: TCS Daily &#8211; Happily Burying Bentham Now, I&#8217;m all for burying Bentham, along with all the other spokesman for contradictory moral philosophies, but a &#8230; <a href="http://happinesscounseling.com/2008/12/happiness-lost-in-translation/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>How can I find happiness in life?</title>
		<link>http://happinesscounseling.com/2008/11/how-can-i-find-happiness-in-life/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 28 Nov 2008 17:47:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;How Can I Find Happiness In Life?&#8221; That&#8217;s one of the questions on a pamphlet I found on my door the other day. As you might suspect from the types of pamphlets left on your own doors (minus the ones for &#8230; <a href="http://happinesscounseling.com/2008/11/how-can-i-find-happiness-in-life/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>‘Happy for No Reason’</title>
		<link>http://happinesscounseling.com/2008/11/%e2%80%98happy-for-no-reason%e2%80%99/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 04 Nov 2008 21:01:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>wbertrand</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This week I thought we&#8217;d ponder some of the thoughts of a popular happiness promoter, Marci Shimoff. She had a role in the film The Secret, btw, which regardless of its dubious metaphysical perspectives can never be accused of being &#8230; <a href="http://happinesscounseling.com/2008/11/%e2%80%98happy-for-no-reason%e2%80%99/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Pursuing Happiness&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://happinesscounseling.com/2008/10/pursuing-happiness/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 31 Oct 2008 00:07:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Here&#8217;s a pretty comprehensive article on the idea of happiness throughout the ages: Pursuing Happiness: The New Yorker. I found the following quotations particularly interesting. We have been hardwired to emphasize the negative, and, for most of human history, there &#8230; <a href="http://happinesscounseling.com/2008/10/pursuing-happiness/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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