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		<title>Success: My New Definition</title>
		<description><![CDATA[ Success: A New Definition     Should success be defined in terms of salary and accumulated wealth only? If so, I have failed miserably. Yet if I ignore society&#8217;s definition, I am finding a new sense of peace around the word success.     Here are a few examples of newly defined success in my own professional and personal [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://cherylmelody.com/2011/12/16/success-my-new-definition/</link>
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		<title>What I learned from a 4 year Old</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Love is in the Details  I was in the middle of teaching music to preschoolers when Ben raised his hand and said: &#8220;Why aren&#8217;t you wearing the flower in your hair, Cheryl Melody?&#8221; There was something about his words that stopped my breath and held me from continuing the lesson. I felt my heart open, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://cherylmelody.com/2011/11/17/what-i-learned-from-a-4-year-old/</link>
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		<title>Creativity</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I am in awe of creativity, and I love to encourage everyone to discover and affirm the  creative being inside. Unleash it, open to it and believe that you have it!  I also want to place this &#8220;warning label&#8221; near your heart: Do not allow yourself to be a harsh critic and judge of your work [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://cherylmelody.com/2011/10/19/creativity-2/</link>
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		<title>Time Out for Adults:  Shifting Ourselves in 1 Second from Stress to Paradise</title>
		<description><![CDATA[ “What was your summer like?  I know what summer is supposed to be like…lazy, easy going, not much to do except for what you want to do&#8211;but for me, it was busier than ever with my joyful concert work, the stress of aging parents and its unique demands, a joy-filled wedding, birthdays, job searching and [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://cherylmelody.com/2011/09/15/time-out-for-adults-shifting-ourselves-in-1-second-from-stress-to-paradise/</link>
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		<title>Creativity</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I am in awe of creativity, and I love to encourage everyone to discover and affirm the creative being inside.  Unleash it, open to it and believe that you have it!   I also want to place this “warning label” near your heart:  Do not allow yourself to be a harsh critic and judge of [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://cherylmelody.com/2011/09/05/creativity/</link>
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		<title>30 Second Earth Activity for Personal Renewal</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The earth&#8217;s beauty is calling to us right now, this moment, this season.  Let&#8217;s stop our to-do list long enough to hear the birds, river, ocean, gentle breeze; let&#8217;s enter into more of a still state to observe the colors, sounds and sights surrounding us.  Every moment we are too much in our minds of [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://cherylmelody.com/2011/06/22/30-second-earth-activity-for-personal-renewal/</link>
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		<title>The Art of Human Connection</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I recently taught a &#8220;Peace Begins with You and Me&#8221; workshop for adults in the Chicago area, and it was a deeply gratifying experience.  The participants were open, honest and had a fervent desire to raise their own consciousness, and we fed each other&#8217;s souls.   I was curious about why the directors and teachers chose this particular type of workshop.  Many adults [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://cherylmelody.com/2011/06/03/the-art-of-human-connection/</link>
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		<title>Voweling for Health</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Here is a short activity for ALL ages that stimulates the brain-body towards a shift of positive mood, energy, emotional release and an increase in learning.  It is simple, time effective, and can be done indoors or outdoors.   It is compatible for those of you who were vocally traumatized, and for those of you who [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://cherylmelody.com/2011/05/12/voweling-for-health/</link>
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		<title>How To Be an Every Day Hero</title>
		<description><![CDATA[In the end, it will not be what we talked about, but what we did, how we acted, where we put our time and energy, because by everything we do, we model and mentor what we value.  Our lives speak loudly.                                                               &#8211;Written by Dr. Geraldine Schwartz, Living Legacy Project   Dr. Schwartz&#8217;s vision has [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://cherylmelody.com/2011/05/02/how-to-be-an-every-day-hero/</link>
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		<title>Reinforcing Children&#8217;s Positive Behavior: 1 Second Brain-Body Technique</title>
		<description><![CDATA[                                         A Kinesthetic &#8220;Peace Begins with You and MeTM&#8221; Technique  As perfectly imperfect human beings, we need to inspire ourselves and our children to make moment to moment choices in &#8220;being peace.&#8221;   Creating a personal brain-body cue is like giving ourselves a self-pat on the back for reinforcement, but it is more subtle.  This approach [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://cherylmelody.com/2011/04/04/reinforcing-childrens-positive-behavior-1-second-brain-body-technique/</link>
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