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            <title><![CDATA[Your Energy Tank]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Thu, 30 Jan 2025 07:10:46 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Insights from Speaking at a Winter Camp]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Wed, 22 Jan 2025 07:31:39 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Are You Divorced?]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Mon, 30 Dec 2024 05:52:01 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Textually Promiscuous]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[<div class="medium-feed-item"><p class="medium-feed-image"><a href="https://medium.com/identity-and-influence/textually-promiscuous-9737ea1faa15?source=rss-90b1d644fa1a------2"><img src="https://cdn-images-1.medium.com/max/2160/1*WtmFlbeeuO3erdSdaUAgHw@2x.jpeg" width="2160"></a></p><p class="medium-feed-snippet">Do you freely text? Anytime? Without Context? </p><p class="medium-feed-link"><a href="https://medium.com/identity-and-influence/textually-promiscuous-9737ea1faa15?source=rss-90b1d644fa1a------2">Continue reading on Identity and Influence »</a></p></div>]]></description>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Lem Usita]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Tue, 17 Dec 2024 04:40:49 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[My Rhythms]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Tue, 10 Dec 2024 07:40:43 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[The Impact of Words on Identity Formation]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Tue, 03 Dec 2024 05:32:05 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Psychological Rigidity vs. Psychological Flexibility]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[<div class="medium-feed-item"><p class="medium-feed-image"><a href="https://medium.com/identity-and-influence/psychological-rigidity-vs-psychological-flexibility-ee39bc87f29b?source=rss-90b1d644fa1a------2"><img src="https://cdn-images-1.medium.com/max/1024/1*tE-1yyWem6G17DrI_p1EpQ@2x.jpeg" width="1024"></a></p><p class="medium-feed-snippet">The autonomic &#x2018;fight or flight&#x2019; response vs. the ability to pause and choose your response. </p><p class="medium-feed-link"><a href="https://medium.com/identity-and-influence/psychological-rigidity-vs-psychological-flexibility-ee39bc87f29b?source=rss-90b1d644fa1a------2">Continue reading on Identity and Influence »</a></p></div>]]></description>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Lem Usita]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Tue, 26 Nov 2024 06:47:56 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[How Do You Look on Paper?]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[<div class="medium-feed-item"><p class="medium-feed-image"><a href="https://medium.com/identity-and-influence/how-do-you-look-on-paper-645f6ec0d302?source=rss-90b1d644fa1a------2"><img src="https://cdn-images-1.medium.com/max/2160/1*IV3ccHSTXda6DscNFpckTA@2x.jpeg" width="2160"></a></p><p class="medium-feed-snippet">Thoughts on your identity looks like on paper. </p><p class="medium-feed-link"><a href="https://medium.com/identity-and-influence/how-do-you-look-on-paper-645f6ec0d302?source=rss-90b1d644fa1a------2">Continue reading on Identity and Influence »</a></p></div>]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Thu, 21 Nov 2024 06:18:36 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[When Your Dumb Teacher]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Sat, 16 Nov 2024 23:40:09 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Semiotics of Clothes]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Lem Usita]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Mon, 11 Nov 2024 06:22:02 GMT</pubDate>
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