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		<title>Managing Cortisol Levels for People with Complex PTSD</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Jan 2012 21:13:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[One of the problems with having been in a chronic state of fear and anxiety for years and years while surviving the abuse, and then while healing from it, is that the cortisol levels in the blood get really high. &#8230; <a href="http://sworddancewarrior.wordpress.com/2012/01/18/managing-cortisol-levels-for-people-with-complex-ptsd/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=sworddancewarrior.wordpress.com&amp;blog=5724958&amp;post=1866&amp;subd=sworddancewarrior&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Grief and Fierce Self-Love</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Dec 2011 23:10:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[So, things are still rough with my wife. I was at a practice for the choir I sing with and during the vocal warm up for freaking sake I started crying and had to leave the room to calm down. &#8230; <a href="http://sworddancewarrior.wordpress.com/2011/12/20/grief-and-fierce-self-love/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=sworddancewarrior.wordpress.com&amp;blog=5724958&amp;post=1862&amp;subd=sworddancewarrior&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Piano lessons and a gift of compassion</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Dec 2011 22:13:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve been taking piano lessons. I&#8217;ve got a great teacher and I&#8217;m enjoying it.  As I&#8217;ve written about before, I have a hard time learning to play musical instruments, despite being quite musical and not for lack of trying. I &#8230; <a href="http://sworddancewarrior.wordpress.com/2011/12/09/piano-lessons-and-a-gift-of-compassion/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=sworddancewarrior.wordpress.com&amp;blog=5724958&amp;post=1854&amp;subd=sworddancewarrior&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Ethical Polyamory</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 27 Nov 2011 20:36:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Okay, I know this is a blog about later recovery from sexual abuse, and specifically waiting for my abuser to die so I can dance on his grave,  so what am I doing talking about polyamory? Well, part of being &#8230; <a href="http://sworddancewarrior.wordpress.com/2011/11/27/ethical-polyamory/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=sworddancewarrior.wordpress.com&amp;blog=5724958&amp;post=1848&amp;subd=sworddancewarrior&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Bountiful Abuse &#8211; why something stronger was needed to stop a religious child abuse ring</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 26 Nov 2011 04:30:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[In Creston BC, which is in the western section of Canada, the country where I live, there is an organized paedophile ring masquerading as a religion. The fundamentalist church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (FLDS) bills itself as &#8230; <a href="http://sworddancewarrior.wordpress.com/2011/11/25/bountiful-abuse-why-something-stronger-was-needed-to-stop-a-religious-child-abuse-ring/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=sworddancewarrior.wordpress.com&amp;blog=5724958&amp;post=1836&amp;subd=sworddancewarrior&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Quick Update</title>
		<link>http://sworddancewarrior.wordpress.com/2011/10/11/quick-update/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 11 Oct 2011 23:25:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Well, things have settled down a bit. We&#8217;ve moved into separate levels of the house now, and set up our own kitchens and bedrooms. We&#8217;re still sleeping in the same bedroom sometimes, but sometimes alone too. I&#8217;m still grieving my &#8230; <a href="http://sworddancewarrior.wordpress.com/2011/10/11/quick-update/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=sworddancewarrior.wordpress.com&amp;blog=5724958&amp;post=1828&amp;subd=sworddancewarrior&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Grieving and staying present</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Sep 2011 14:22:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Last night my wife held me while I cried for a long time. She curled around me, spoon-style, and held me solidly. I cried for the loss of her holding me in just this way, when I wake with a &#8230; <a href="http://sworddancewarrior.wordpress.com/2011/09/30/grieving-and-staying-present/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=sworddancewarrior.wordpress.com&amp;blog=5724958&amp;post=1826&amp;subd=sworddancewarrior&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Separating from Wife &#8211; I think</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Sep 2011 03:54:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I came back home from my pilgrimage today. I have to say to all you Pagans out there &#8211; you&#8217;ll understand if you do real magic &#8211; you really have to be careful what you ask the Goddess for, as &#8230; <a href="http://sworddancewarrior.wordpress.com/2011/09/29/separating-from-wife-i-think/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=sworddancewarrior.wordpress.com&amp;blog=5724958&amp;post=1821&amp;subd=sworddancewarrior&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>On pilgrimage</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 18 Sep 2011 16:35:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m on pilgrimage to various neolithic Goddess sites in Malta with a bunch of women. It&#8217;s been a good trip, but I&#8217;ve had a cold the whole time. Tomorrow we&#8217;ll be singing in  one of the temples, an  underground one &#8230; <a href="http://sworddancewarrior.wordpress.com/2011/09/18/on-pilgrimage/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=sworddancewarrior.wordpress.com&amp;blog=5724958&amp;post=1818&amp;subd=sworddancewarrior&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>No Letter</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Sep 2011 14:02:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[My wife nailed it. She said &#8220;there isn&#8217;t going to be a letter, she didn&#8217;t get what she wanted.&#8221; According to my aunt, my mom has allegedly written a letter in response to the one I wrote her a few &#8230; <a href="http://sworddancewarrior.wordpress.com/2011/09/01/no-letter/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=sworddancewarrior.wordpress.com&amp;blog=5724958&amp;post=1811&amp;subd=sworddancewarrior&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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