{"id":162,"date":"2006-02-06T12:00:00","date_gmt":"2006-02-06T12:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/chatteringmind\/2006\/02\/the-tao-of-nanny-mcphee.html"},"modified":"2006-02-06T12:00:00","modified_gmt":"2006-02-06T12:00:00","slug":"the-tao-of-nanny-mcphee","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/chatteringmind\/2006\/02\/the-tao-of-nanny-mcphee.html","title":{"rendered":"The Tao of &#8216;Nanny McPhee&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nannymcphee.com\/\" target=\"_new\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.beliefnet.com\/imgs\/blogs\/nannymcphee_060206.jpg\" align=\"left\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a>&#8220;The nanny is very consistent, judicious, and kind, which are all good things to be. But the most important thing she does is create space in which people can make the decision to change. She&#8217;s very much like a Zen master in this respect. 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