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		<title>An Early Spring</title>
		<description><![CDATA[When our apple and plum tree began to bud out in mid-March, I knew we were having an unusually early spring along the Front Range. I&#8217;ve lived here since 1994 and haven&#8217;t seen trees leafed out earlier than mid-April, and certainly not late March. We did have a snowy October through December, but January through [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://contemplativehiking.com/2012/05/02/an-early-spring/</link>
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		<title>Hiking and Weight Loss</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A subject I haven’t broached yet on this blog is the idea that hiking is great way to stay fit because it’s enjoyable and grounding in way that standing on the elliptical for an hour at the gym is not. Notice what I didn’t say: I didn’t say that hiking was a great way to [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://contemplativehiking.com/2012/04/27/hiking-and-weight-loss/</link>
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		<title>Living Resiliently Workshop March 10, 2012</title>
		<description><![CDATA[You’ve been following the news in recent years and you sense that great changes are taking place in the world because of problems around energy, the economy and the environment. You may have even done some preparations for the future, such as learning how to garden, or paying off debt, or stockpiling non-perishable food in [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://contemplativehiking.com/2012/02/09/living-resiliently-workshop-march-10-2012/</link>
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		<title>What Ecopsychology Means to Me</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Here&#8217;s a transcript of an interview I did for Bodhi Nest, a company founded by Anna Brouhard, a colleague in ecopsychology. The Bodhi Nest focuses on the intrinsic connection between mind, body, spirit, and earth. The Bodhi Nest seeks to guide individuals, families, and communities towards a holistic approach to reconnecting our lives and our [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://contemplativehiking.com/2012/02/06/what-ecopsychology-means-to-me/</link>
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		<title>Snow Hiking in Boulder</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The snowstorm that descending on the Front Range February 2nd and 3rd was a record breaker—the most snow in the month of February since records had been kept in the area. It was certainly a lot of moisture. Boulder got close to 18 inches of heavy, wet snow. A day after the snow stopped falling, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://contemplativehiking.com/2012/02/05/snow-hiking-in-boulder/</link>
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		<title>Review of the book “Nature Principle” by Richard Louv</title>
		<description><![CDATA[For some of us, the need for studies and research to prove what we already know in our hearts to be true—that spending time in nature is good for us—may seem a bit silly and unnecessary. But for author Richard Louv, it’s a way to substantiate his claim that kids aren’t the only ones suffering [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://contemplativehiking.com/2012/02/01/review-of-the-book-%e2%80%9cnature-principle%e2%80%9d-by-richard-louv/</link>
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		<title>Less Nature, More Drilling (Ugh!)</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Last week I received an e-mail from the Continental Divide Trail Alliance, the nonprofit formed in 1995 to construct the Continental Divide trail, with the sad announcement that they are ceasing operations. Their Board of Directors had to make this difficult decision due to “increasing pressures from development in the West, rising land costs, and [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://contemplativehiking.com/2012/01/19/less-nature-more-drilling-ugh/</link>
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		<title>Emotional Resilience In Traumatic Times</title>
		<description><![CDATA[By Carolyn Baker, PhD. Original article can be found on Carolyn Baker&#8217;s website at CarolynBaker.net. NOTE TO READER: Carolyn and I will be co-facilitating two workshops in Denver, CO on the 3 Keys to Resilience in Uncertain Times. If you&#8217;d like to meet others and discuss your thoughts and anxieties about what&#8217;s happening with the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://contemplativehiking.com/2012/01/12/emotional-resilience-in-traumatic-times/</link>
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		<title>Fear of Predators</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Written by guest blogger, Darren Johnson. Darren Johnson is the author of Taking a Walk on the Wild Side, a blog born out of his personal love of nature and his desire to help youth and adults improve their lives through higher self-esteem, good decision making and strengthening family bonds by building a relationship with nature.  [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://contemplativehiking.com/2012/01/06/fear-of-predators/</link>
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		<title>A Nature-Based Cure for the Blues</title>
		<description><![CDATA[There are times when all of us, at some point, experience a mild bout of “the blues.” Either it’s circumstantial —there is something worrisome going on in our life— or it’s just the normal ebb and flow of mood. If you’re a woman, it can be hormonal or it can be the result of poor [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://contemplativehiking.com/2012/01/04/a-nature-based-cure-for-the-blues/</link>
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