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	<title>Always Learning</title>
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	<description>Learning is a lifelong endeavor - come learn with us.</description>
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		<title>Too Much Choice Can Be Depressing</title>
		<description><![CDATA[We just got back from a trip to Barcelona, one of the foodie meccas of Europe, and I was very glad that I had just finished reading The Paradox of Choice by Barry Schwartz. Otherwise, we might have been overwhelmed by the riotous quantity of eating options. We could have spent all day agonizing over [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blogs.psychcentral.com/always-learning/2012/02/too-much-choice-can-be-depressing/</link>
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		<title>The Learning Method That Really Works</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Whether it&#8217;s learning to play the piano, to ace algebra, or to be a better friend, parent, or partner, the path to mastery is the same: PRACTICE And not just any kind of practice; what&#8217;s required is rigorous, highly-focused drill that targets precisely those skills in which one is most deficient. This is called deliberate [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blogs.psychcentral.com/always-learning/2012/02/the-learning-method-that-really-works/</link>
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		<title>Some Small, Good Changes in Your Everyday Diet</title>
		<description><![CDATA[[On Saturdays my topic of focus is A Small, Good Thing, inspired by one of my favorite Raymond Carver stories.] Some people like to make large, dramatic life changes, while others aspire to gradual, incremental improvements. (Personally, I&#8217;m of that second camp.) Joel Fuhrman&#8217;s excellent book, Eat to Live, contains valuable nutrition advice for everyone. For those who [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blogs.psychcentral.com/always-learning/2012/01/some-small-good-changes-in-your-everyday-diet/</link>
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		<title>Better Math Instruction, Fewer Learning Issues?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m hoping that as math instruction improves and becomes more &#8220;brain-friendly,&#8221; we&#8217;ll see fewer kids struggling in math. When I was in my doctoral program, I was amazed at some of the research coming out on kids’ understanding of math concepts. We assume that children all learn pretty much the same math at roughly the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blogs.psychcentral.com/always-learning/2012/01/better-math-instruction-fewer-learning-issues/</link>
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		<title>So, What Have We Learned From This Experience?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Instead of leaping right into my 2012 agenda, I&#8217;m focusing today on what I&#8217;ve learned in 2011. Here&#8217;s my list so far: I really do know how to be happy. Listening to my own internal voice and allowing myself to Be Leigh, works well for me. This includes becoming OK with the parts of me [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blogs.psychcentral.com/always-learning/2012/01/so-what-have-we-learned-from-this-experience/</link>
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		<title>A Small, Good Resolution: Stop Lying (Even the &#8220;White&#8221; Lies)</title>
		<description><![CDATA[[On Saturdays my topic of focus is A Small, Good Thing, inspired by one of my favorite Raymond Carver stories.] A big part of my identity is rooted in thinking of myself as a kind, caring, gentle and optimistic person&#8230;one who says supportive, positive things&#8230;a Tigger, not an Eeyore. I&#8217;m uncomfortable saying anything that might come across as [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blogs.psychcentral.com/always-learning/2011/12/a-small-good-resolution-stop-lying-even-the-white-lies/</link>
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		<title>The Easiest Way to Spread Holiday Cheer</title>
		<description><![CDATA[[On Saturdays my topic of focus is A Small, Good Thing, inspired by one of my favorite Raymond Carver stories.] My career as a tutor takes me from one house to another, and at this time of year I&#8217;m availed of the special treat of seeing so many folks&#8217; holiday decorations. I&#8217;ve learned to always [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blogs.psychcentral.com/always-learning/2011/12/the-easiest-way-to-spread-holiday-cheer/</link>
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		<title>The Garbageman Rejected My Garbage!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m quite sure that&#8217;s not what really happened, but here&#8217;s the story: For me and my neighbors, trash pick-up day is Friday. I live in a little town, where there&#8217;s no municipal sanitation crew. Everybody hires one of several local mom-and-pop companies to pick up their trash. The guys who collect our garbage are a [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blogs.psychcentral.com/always-learning/2011/12/the-garbageman-rejected-my-garbage/</link>
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		<title>If You Can&#8217;t Say Anything Nice</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I wrote about my dad yesterday, and today I&#8217;m thinking about my mother. She was very fond of this old-timey saying: If you can&#8217;t say anything nice, don&#8217;t say anything at all. I know, I know&#8230;pure Pollyanna&#8230; but those words actually sank in. Now, I was NOT an especially obedient kid, not at all inclined [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blogs.psychcentral.com/always-learning/2011/12/if-you-cant-say-anything-nice/</link>
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		<title>My Father&#8217;s Reassuring Atheism</title>
		<description><![CDATA[November is the month in which both my parents were born and both passed away, so it&#8217;s peppered through with dates that make me think about them and about Life and Mortality. My dad spent his last days in a beautiful hospice. One of us stood with him at the window, looking out at the [...]]]></description>
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