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<Tagline>How to turn off work thoughts during your free time</Tagline>
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    <div class="html-content">Looking for a dose of inspiration to start your week? No need to look any further. Each week, we curate talks on topics that matter NOW for all of us related to resilience, self-care, dealing with uncertain times, as well as ways to stay connected, inspired, and grounded when the earth beneath us is shifting.<div>
    <br><p>Today's talk is <strong><a href="https://www.ted.com/talks/guy_winch_how_to_turn_off_work_thoughts_during_your_free_time" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">How to turn off work thoughts during your free time </a></strong>by Guy Winch.<span> </span><span>Feeling burned out? You may be spending too much time ruminating about your job, says psychologist Guy Winch. Learn how to stop worrying about tomorrow's tasks or stewing over office tensions with three simple techniques aimed at helping you truly relax and recharge after work.</span></p>
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    <div><span>After you watch, we invite you to reflect on the following:</span></div>
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    <li>What lived experiences do you have, either personally or professionally that align with the core message of the talk?</li>
    <li><span> As you think of your role as a student, employee, or manager what feels relevant and useful to remember?</span></li>
    <li><span>What are you taking away that feels meaningful - either a new perspective, a potential action, etc.</span></li>
    <li>How might we take better care of ourselves and each other during this time?</li>
    </ul>If you're a supervisor, consider using this talk for team building purposes! You might send the video ahead of your meeting with several reflection questions on which you'd like your staff to come prepared to speak.</div>
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    <span>In this month’s episode, we are chatting about the marvelous relationship between monarch butterflies and milkweed.   Undoubtedly, there is no other butterfly so easily recognized with its orange and black wings fringed with white spots. Their seasonal flight from Mexico through the United States towards Canada is long anticipated for gardeners.</span><br>
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<Title>Motivational Monday TEDx of the Week</Title>
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    <div class="html-content">Looking for a dose of inspiration to start your week? No need to look any further. Each week, we curate talks on topics that matter NOW for all of us related to resilience, self-care, dealing with uncertain times, as well as ways to stay connected, inspired, and grounded when the earth beneath us is shifting.<div>
    <br><p>Today's talk is <strong><a href="https://www.ted.com/talks/nita_mosby_tyler_want_a_more_just_world_be_an_unlikely_ally" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">Want a more just world? Be an unlikely ally</a> </strong>by Nita Mosby Tyler.<span> </span><span>A more equal world starts with you. Citing a formative moment from her own life, equity advocate Nita Mosby Tyler highlights why showing up and fighting for others who face injustices beyond your own lived experience leads to a fairer, more just future for all.</span></p>
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    <li><span>What resonated for you in the video?</span></li>
    <li>What lived experiences do you have, either personally or professionally that align with the core message of the talk?</li>
    <li><span> As you think of your role as a student, employee, or manager what feels relevant and useful to remember?</span></li>
    <li><span>What are you taking away that feels meaningful - either a new perspective, a potential action, etc.</span></li>
    <li>How might we take better care of ourselves and each other during this time?</li>
    </ul>If you're a supervisor, consider using this talk for team building purposes! You might send the video ahead of your meeting with several reflection questions on which you'd like your staff to come prepared to speak.</div>
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<Title>Motivational Monday TEDx of the Week</Title>
<Tagline>3 steps to stop remote work burnout</Tagline>
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    <div class="html-content">Looking for a dose of inspiration to start your week? No need to look any further. Each week, we curate talks on topics that matter NOW for all of us related to resilience, self-care, dealing with uncertain times, as well as ways to stay connected, inspired, and grounded when the earth beneath us is shifting.<div>
    <br><p>Today's talk is <strong><a href="https://www.ted.com/talks/morra_aarons_mele_3_steps_to_stop_remote_work_burnout" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">3 steps to stop remote work burnout </a></strong>by Morra Aarons-Mele.<span> </span><span>Too much screen time, too many video calls and too few boundaries make working from home hard for all of us. Podcast host and writer Morra Aarons-Mele shares honest advice on what you can learn from the introverts in your life about protecting your energy and your limits.</span></p>
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    <li>What lived experiences do you have, either personally or professionally that align with the core message of the talk?</li>
    <li><span> As you think of your role as a student, employee, or manager what feels relevant and useful to remember?</span></li>
    <li><span>What are you taking away that feels meaningful - either a new perspective, a potential action, etc.</span></li>
    <li>How might we take better care of ourselves and each other during this time?</li>
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    <p><span>For employees enrolled in the MD State Retirement &amp;
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    <p><span>These seminars are a valuable planning tool for all eligible
    members and their spouses, provided by the MD State Pension Agency via the
    Community College of Baltimore County (CCBC). </span></p>
    
    <p><span> </span></p>
    
    <p><span>Please register for the in-person seminars and/or webinars using
    this link: <a href="http://www.ccbcmd.edu/ceed-preretirement-state" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">http://www.ccbcmd.edu/ceed-preretirement-state</a> or
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    <p><span>All in-person seminars and webinars run from 9:00am - 4:00pm. </span></p>
    
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    <p><span>Upcoming webinars dates:</span></p>
    
    <p><span> </span></p>
    
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    <li><span>September
    10 (Course #: CRN 73780)</span></li>
    <li><span>September
    15 (Course #: CRN 73787)</span></li>
    <li><span>September
    27 (Course #: CRN 73789)</span></li>
    <li><span>October
    6 (Course #: CRN 73792)</span></li>
    <li><span>October
    22 (Course #: CRN 73796)</span></li>
    <li><span>November
    3 (Course #: CRN 73803)</span></li>
    <li><span>November
    22 (Course #: CRN 73812)</span></li>
    <li><span>December
    3 (Course #: CRN 73799)</span></li>
    <li><span>December
    14 (Course #: CRN 73802)</span></li>
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    <p><span> </span></p>
    
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    <li><span>September
    23 – CCBC Catonsville Campus (Course #: CRN 73339)</span></li>
    <li><span>October
    5 – Hagerstown Community College (Course #: CRN 73791)</span></li>
    <li><span>November
    15 – Towson University (Course #: CRN 73808)</span></li>
    <li><span>December
    7 – Harford Community College (Course #: CRN 73800)</span></li>
    <li><span>December
    9 – CCBC Essex Campus (Course #: CRN 73340)*Law Enforcement Officers Only</span></li>
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    <br><p>Today's talk is <strong><a href="https://www.ted.com/talks/anastasia_penright_5_steps_to_remove_yourself_from_drama_at_work" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">5 steps to remove yourself from drama at work</a> </strong>by Anastasia Penright.<span> </span><span>No matter your industry, you've experienced drama at work. In this funny and all-too-relatable talk, community leader Anastasia Penright outlines five steps you can follow to better coexist with your coworkers and focus on what's really important.</span></p>
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    <li><span> As you think of your role as a student, employee, or manager what feels relevant and useful to remember?</span></li>
    <li><span>What are you taking away that feels meaningful - either a new perspective, a potential action, etc.</span></li>
    <li>How might we take better care of ourselves and each other during this time?</li>
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    <li><span>What are you taking away that feels meaningful - either a new perspective, a potential action, etc.</span></li>
    <li>How might we take better care of ourselves and each other during this time?</li>
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    <br><p>Today's talk is <strong><a href="https://www.ted.com/talks/ibram_x_kendi_the_difference_between_being_not_racist_and_antiracist" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">The difference between being "not racist" and antiracist</a> </strong>by Ibram X. Kendi<span>.</span> <span>There is no such thing as being "not racist," says author and historian Ibram X. Kendi. In this vital conversation, he defines the transformative concept of antiracism to help us more clearly recognize, take responsibility for and reject prejudices in our public policies, workplaces and personal beliefs. Learn how you can actively use this awareness to uproot injustice and inequality in the world -- and replace it with love. (This virtual interview, hosted by TED's current affairs curator Whitney Pennington Rodgers and speaker development curator Cloe Shasha, was recorded June 9, 2020.)</span></p>
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    <li>How might we take better care of ourselves and each other during this time?</li>
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