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		<title>Fear is the Virus</title>
		<link>https://www.iblindness.org/5404/fear-is-the-virus/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[David]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 05 Apr 2020 19:01:37 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Other Health Issues]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[emotions]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[<img width="840" height="630" src="https://www.iblindness.org/wp/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/fear-is-the-virus-featured-4x3-1.jpg" class="webfeedsFeaturedVisual wp-post-image" alt="" style="display: block; margin-bottom: 5px; clear:both;max-width: 100%;" link_thumbnail="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" srcset="https://www.iblindness.org/wp/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/fear-is-the-virus-featured-4x3-1.jpg 1200w, https://www.iblindness.org/wp/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/fear-is-the-virus-featured-4x3-1-400x300.jpg 400w, https://www.iblindness.org/wp/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/fear-is-the-virus-featured-4x3-1-768x576.jpg 768w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px" /><p>Some modern teachers of natural vision improvement have linked myopia to a kind of fear. Fear is not so much about causing myopia as it is a signal of where you are in relation to where you would be most &#8230; <a href="https://www.iblindness.org/5404/fear-is-the-virus/" class="read-more">more... </a></p>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Ditch the Dogma About Myopia</title>
		<link>https://www.iblindness.org/5191/ditch-the-dogma-about-myopia/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[David]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 14 Jul 2019 07:12:13 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Skepticism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Vision Improvement]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[consciousness]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dr. Bates]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[emotions]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[<img width="840" height="504" src="https://www.iblindness.org/wp/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/science-limitations-featured.jpg" class="webfeedsFeaturedVisual wp-post-image" alt="" style="display: block; margin-bottom: 5px; clear:both;max-width: 100%;" link_thumbnail="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" srcset="https://www.iblindness.org/wp/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/science-limitations-featured.jpg 1000w, https://www.iblindness.org/wp/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/science-limitations-featured-250x150.jpg 250w, https://www.iblindness.org/wp/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/science-limitations-featured-500x300.jpg 500w, https://www.iblindness.org/wp/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/science-limitations-featured-768x461.jpg 768w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px" /><p>Eye doctors know best. That&#8217;s what we&#8217;re taught. If there were a natural treatment for myopia, or other conditions, eye doctors would know about it and be offering it to everyone.</p>



<p>Would they? What happens when there&#8217;s a new discovery &#8230; <a href="https://www.iblindness.org/5191/ditch-the-dogma-about-myopia/" class="read-more">more... </a></p>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Being Seen, Being Understood</title>
		<link>https://www.iblindness.org/5015/being-seen-being-understood/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Nancy]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 31 Dec 2018 21:07:41 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Vision Improvement]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[beliefs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[emotions]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[energy medicine]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[eyeglasses]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[glasses]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[myopia]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[<img width="245" height="206" src="https://www.iblindness.org/wp/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/being_seen_Brene_Brown.jpeg" class="webfeedsFeaturedVisual wp-post-image" alt="" style="display: block; margin-bottom: 5px; clear:both;max-width: 100%;" link_thumbnail="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /><p>Many of us more sensitive types feel that being seen is the same as being judged, or criticized. Who wants that? Though we do want to be noticed and accepted in all our flawed wonderfulness, &#8220;I see you!&#8221; doesn&#8217;t always &#8230; <a href="https://www.iblindness.org/5015/being-seen-being-understood/" class="read-more">more... </a></p>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Optimums And Pessimums: Do We See Better What Makes Us Happy?</title>
		<link>https://www.iblindness.org/5004/optimums-and-pessimums-do-we-see-better-what-makes-us-happy/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Nancy]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Nov 2018 19:57:17 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Vision Improvement]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bates Method]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[beliefs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[emotions]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[energy medicine]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[eye chart]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[<img width="327" height="154" src="https://www.iblindness.org/wp/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/moving_toward_dalai_lama_quote.jpeg" class="webfeedsFeaturedVisual wp-post-image" alt="" style="display: block; margin-bottom: 5px; clear:both;max-width: 100%;" link_thumbnail="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /><p>Dr. William Bates, who pioneered the natural vision improvement discipline over 100 years ago, wrote extensively about this concept. Based on his experience with thousands of patients, he realized that people see more clearly what pleases them, and less clearly &#8230; <a href="https://www.iblindness.org/5004/optimums-and-pessimums-do-we-see-better-what-makes-us-happy/" class="read-more">more... </a></p>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Too Much Is Coming At Me!</title>
		<link>https://www.iblindness.org/4932/too-much-is-coming-at-me/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Nancy]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 04 Sep 2018 00:24:04 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Vision Improvement]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[books]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[children]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[emotions]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[energy medicine]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[eyeglasses]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[myopia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[vision improvement]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[<img width="275" height="183" src="https://www.iblindness.org/wp/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/info_overload.jpeg" class="webfeedsFeaturedVisual wp-post-image" alt="" style="display: block; margin-bottom: 5px; clear:both;max-width: 100%;" link_thumbnail="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /><p>As soon as I power up my cell phone, I immediately go to Settings, then Sounds and Vibrations, then Do Not Disturb to turn that on. The random dings and beeps of incoming mail feel like someone is standing at &#8230; <a href="https://www.iblindness.org/4932/too-much-is-coming-at-me/" class="read-more">more... </a></p>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Do You Believe You Can Improve Your Eyesight?</title>
		<link>https://www.iblindness.org/4915/do-you-believe-you-can-improve-your-eyesight/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Nancy]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Aug 2018 18:07:58 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Vision Improvement]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[emotions]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[energy medicine]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[eye chart]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[eyeglasses]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[night vision]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[<img width="225" height="225" src="https://www.iblindness.org/wp/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/blurry_letters.jpeg" class="webfeedsFeaturedVisual wp-post-image" alt="" style="display: block; margin-bottom: 5px; clear:both;max-width: 100%;" link_thumbnail="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" srcset="https://www.iblindness.org/wp/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/blurry_letters.jpeg 225w, https://www.iblindness.org/wp/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/blurry_letters-45x45.jpeg 45w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 225px) 85vw, 225px" /><p>As a vision coach, I often hear people make statements about their eyesight which make me cringe. They&#8217;ll say &#8220;I&#8217;m blind without my glasses!&#8221; or &#8220;Everyone in my family has bad eyes&#8221; or &#8220;Since my job requires looking at a &#8230; <a href="https://www.iblindness.org/4915/do-you-believe-you-can-improve-your-eyesight/" class="read-more">more... </a></p>]]></description>
		
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		<title>What Are You Not Seeing?</title>
		<link>https://www.iblindness.org/4872/what-are-you-not-seeing/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Nancy]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Aug 2018 19:10:31 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Vision Improvement]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[contact lenses]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[emotions]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[energy medicine]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[eye chart]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[eyeglasses]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[glasses]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[<img width="225" height="221" src="https://www.iblindness.org/wp/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/covering_eyes.jpeg" class="webfeedsFeaturedVisual wp-post-image" alt="" style="display: block; margin-bottom: 5px; clear:both;max-width: 100%;" link_thumbnail="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" srcset="https://www.iblindness.org/wp/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/covering_eyes.jpeg 225w, https://www.iblindness.org/wp/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/covering_eyes-45x45.jpeg 45w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 225px) 85vw, 225px" /><p>Years ago when driving home from a long stressful day at my corporate computer job, over-focused on the traffic with tired eyes behind my -10 hard contacts, a male colleague would regularly pass me. Apparently. I never saw him! He &#8230; <a href="https://www.iblindness.org/4872/what-are-you-not-seeing/" class="read-more">more... </a></p>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Seeing Better When I&#8217;m Calm</title>
		<link>https://www.iblindness.org/4853/seeing-better-when-im-calm/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Nancy]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 22 Jul 2018 23:15:53 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Vision Improvement]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Deborah King]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[EFT (Emotional Freedom Technique)]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[emotions]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[energy medicine]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[<img width="276" height="183" src="https://www.iblindness.org/wp/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/receiving_gift.jpeg" class="webfeedsFeaturedVisual wp-post-image" alt="" style="display: block; margin-bottom: 5px; clear:both;max-width: 100%;" link_thumbnail="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /><p>Last week I participated in an energy healing retreat with my long-time teacher <a href="https://deborahking.com/">Deborah King</a>, and noticed again that the calmer I remain the better I can see. I&#8217;ve written before about being present as it relates to vision, &#8230; <a href="https://www.iblindness.org/4853/seeing-better-when-im-calm/" class="read-more">more... </a></p>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Do You Criticize Yourself For Your Poor Vision?</title>
		<link>https://www.iblindness.org/4749/do-you-criticize-yourself-for-your-poor-vision/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Nancy]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 24 Jun 2018 17:49:05 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Vision Improvement]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[emotions]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[energy medicine]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[glasses]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[<img width="225" height="225" src="https://www.iblindness.org/wp/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/self-criticism_quote.jpeg" class="webfeedsFeaturedVisual wp-post-image" alt="" style="display: block; margin-bottom: 5px; clear:both;max-width: 100%;" link_thumbnail="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" srcset="https://www.iblindness.org/wp/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/self-criticism_quote.jpeg 225w, https://www.iblindness.org/wp/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/self-criticism_quote-45x45.jpeg 45w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 225px) 85vw, 225px" /><p>Many of us have the mistaken idea that pointing out our faults to ourselves will motivate us to do better. &#8220;Get that lazy fat body to the gym!&#8221; we&#8217;ll tell the image in the mirror. Then the part of us &#8230; <a href="https://www.iblindness.org/4749/do-you-criticize-yourself-for-your-poor-vision/" class="read-more">more... </a></p>]]></description>
		
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		<title>[VIDEO] Why is Myopia so Common in Kids Now?</title>
		<link>https://www.iblindness.org/4568/why-is-myopia-so-common-in-kids-now/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[David]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 28 May 2018 22:43:51 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Vision Improvement]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[emotions]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[<img width="500" height="300" src="https://www.iblindness.org/wp/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/myopia-and-school-post-featured-image.jpg" class="webfeedsFeaturedVisual wp-post-image" alt="" style="display: block; margin-bottom: 5px; clear:both;max-width: 100%;" link_thumbnail="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" srcset="https://www.iblindness.org/wp/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/myopia-and-school-post-featured-image.jpg 500w, https://www.iblindness.org/wp/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/myopia-and-school-post-featured-image-250x150.jpg 250w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 500px) 85vw, 500px" /><p>Why are so many kids today becoming myopic and wearing glasses? What has changed?</p>
<p>In this video I explore one factor that&#8217;s contributing to this epidemic problem of myopia in certain countries like China and the US.</p>
<p>Normally I like &#8230; <a href="https://www.iblindness.org/4568/why-is-myopia-so-common-in-kids-now/" class="read-more">more... </a></p>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Book Review: Take Off Your Glasses and See</title>
		<link>https://www.iblindness.org/4398/book-review-take-off-your-glasses-and-see/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[David]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Oct 2017 00:58:27 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Book Reviews]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Jacob Liberman]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[<img width="840" height="473" src="https://www.iblindness.org/wp/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/take-off-your-glasses-and-see-book-1706x960.jpg" class="webfeedsFeaturedVisual wp-post-image" alt="" style="display: block; margin-bottom: 5px; clear:both;max-width: 100%;" link_thumbnail="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" srcset="https://www.iblindness.org/wp/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/take-off-your-glasses-and-see-book-1706x960.jpg 1706w, https://www.iblindness.org/wp/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/take-off-your-glasses-and-see-book-500x281.jpg 500w, https://www.iblindness.org/wp/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/take-off-your-glasses-and-see-book-768x432.jpg 768w, https://www.iblindness.org/wp/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/take-off-your-glasses-and-see-book-1200x675.jpg 1200w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px" /><p>This is one of the very first books I read on the topic.</p>
<p><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Take-Off-Your-Glasses-See/dp/0517886049/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&#38;linkCode=ll1&#38;tag=iblindness-20&#38;linkId=136340d27acc05f8fdd1328ce5ab9bf6"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-4407" src="https://www.iblindness.org/wp/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/take-off-your-glasses-and-see-book-1-e1508504810585.jpg" alt="" width="1000" height="563" /></a></p>
<p>Look at other vision improvement book titles. You see words like &#8220;improvement&#8221; or &#8220;better&#8221;. How much better? Is seeing clearly without your thick glasses really possible, or &#8230; <a href="https://www.iblindness.org/4398/book-review-take-off-your-glasses-and-see/" class="read-more">more... </a></p>]]></description>
		
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