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<description><![CDATA[Kelly Ballard is an Intuitive Life Coach. Through
workshops, private sessions, mentoring programs and meditations, Kelly is your guide to personal transformation, helping you to release blocks and experience your most abundant and prosperous life today. To learn more about her services and CDs, please visit her web site.


To read more about her services and CDs, please visit her web site.]]></description>
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<title>Oprah, Addictions and You</title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 08 Jan 2009 10:33:30 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Monday, for the first time in months, I watched Oprah. Frankly, I was curious. There had been so much hype - Oprah's fat again and talking. So I sat and listened...and I saw someone not getting it still.]]></description>
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<title>Are You Living an &quot;If-Then&quot; Life?</title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 15 Dec 2008 14:21:19 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Do you find yourself thinking, "If he/she would be more supportive, then I could feel better about us," or "If I don't get a raise soon, then I am ruined..."?  "If...then" thinking is a vicious circle that can block your own empowerment, but it can also be an opportunity.]]></description>
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<title>Why Guided Meditation Works</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Want to transform your life?  Try guided meditation.  Why?  To transform your life, you must first change your thoughts and that's the rub - how to change your thoughts from what is not working to what is...and again I answer with guided meditation.]]></description>
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<title>5 Tips to Handle Stress</title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 24 Oct 2008 08:54:34 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Each of us confronts stress every day, and how we choose to deal with this has a direct affect on our happiness and well-being.  Often our emotions cloud our ability to make good decisions and unwittingly we continue a negative pattern of stress-management.  Use these five easy suggestions to improve your capacity to handle the stressful events that come your way and begin living more contently today.]]></description>
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<title>Live Abundantly on Less</title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 09 Oct 2008 15:26:36 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[As the pundits and media make daily dire predictions about the economy, the environment, gas prices - a real "The sky is falling" mentality - take a moment and re-group.  Yes, these are economic dark days, but you do not have to be paralyzed by the '"what ifs" and other fears...Use these tips to create balance and reignite good intentions and prosperity in your life today.]]></description>
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<title>Listening to Your Inner Voice</title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 12 Sep 2008 13:43:19 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Sometimes one of the hardest things to do is to listen to your inner voice.  You know that voice, the one that tells you if something is a good idea or not.  Unfortunately, sometimes our heads or our egos get in the way of the listening to that little voice... How many times have you thought - if I had just listened to that little voice instead of thinking too much or just pushing through?  Like taking "one last run" on a ski day only to get hurt?]]></description>
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<title>The Ice Queen by Alice Hoffman</title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 07 Aug 2008 09:59:44 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[The Ice Queen is a perfect beach read; light, thoughtful and surprising.  What surprised me about the book were the intriguing characters and plot twists.  The characters were complicated; no one is black and white.  Each of us has hidden parts that may shock those around us - "If they only knew..." we wonder silently.]]></description>
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<title>When Life Happens</title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 11 Jul 2008 09:06:46 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Recently several clients and friends have experienced hardships from house foreclosures to job loss to health crisis.  Unfortunately not all things in life are "good" but with the right tools, you can find your way through your own quagmire to peace.]]></description>
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<title>7 Tips to Better Arguments</title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 26 Jun 2008 15:23:21 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Everyone disagrees at some point or another, the trick is how to "discuss' without resorting to name-calling, finger-pointing or personal attacks.  This may be easy with a store clerk, but with a spouse or friend things can get complicated quick.]]></description>
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<title>Memorial Day And  Peace</title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 26 May 2008 10:15:07 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Years ago my father introduced me to a tradition that was able to bring peace into our relationship.  My parents divorced when I was about ten years old and my Dad moved south, far away from me.  We really didn't speak often as my parents had one of those horrendous divorces.  I probably saw him a half a dozen times before heading to college in Burlington, VT.]]></description>
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<title>Garden Magic - Perennials</title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 15 May 2008 11:15:36 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[A few years ago, we bought our first house and I began a flower garden.  Quickly I realized the valued of perennials - flowers/plants that come back year after year.  For perennials are like newborns each year - full of hope and promise for the coming warm weather.  ]]></description>
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<title>Happiness Factors</title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 28 Apr 2008 08:24:34 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Why are some people happy and others not?  There are certain factors that contribute to one's ability to be "happy" under most circumstances.  These are a few...1.	Flexibility.  The old saying "once you make a plan, God laughs," has proven true time and time again in my own life.  Being able to adjust to changing life events, even as minor as dinner plans, with flexibility and ease leads directly to happiness.  Why?  Flexibility means forsaking control - willingly.  Quite a feat to be sure, but a gift - only to be received if you are willing to give up control first.     ]]></description>
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<title>Post Vacation Blues</title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 28 Apr 2008 08:23:10 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[There are sure signs of post vacation blues - the fading suntan, irritability, peeling skin, a far-off glassy look in the eyes - it's all there.  Yup, that's me - post vacation blues. ]]></description>
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<title>Review - The Friday Night Knitting Club By Kate Jacobs</title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 17 Apr 2008 14:55:58 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[This is a "chick" book and I loved it.  If you're twenty-two or seventy-two, you will find yourself reflected back in the characters of this book.  Each character has there own separate voice that sometimes, as in life, strays from the ideal we each set in our minds.]]></description>
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<title>We Will Meet Again</title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 08 Apr 2008 15:46:09 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Recently several clients and some dear friends have come to me struggling with the deaths of loved ones.  Death is often a topic each of us would like to avoid - like a dirty, little secret that if we just ignore it long enough, maybe it will go away.  Gratefully, I have an easy relationship with death.  I believe in a Christian model, however, I also believe we come back over and over... ]]></description>
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<title>How To Smudge Your Home</title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 28 Mar 2008 16:58:46 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Spring is a great time to "smudge" your home or office.  "Smudging" or "cleansing the space of all negative energies" can be done any time of the year.  However, the Spring offers a certain kind of "forward energy" that can enhance any kind of intention or endeavor.    ]]></description>
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<title>Creating Trust in Your Life</title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 20 Mar 2008 15:40:41 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Trust.  The word "trust" sits on my desk in a small, silver frame.  I see it over and over all day long, reminding me, "trust."  Sometimes I still struggle with trust - hence the reminder on my desk.  Sometimes just looking at the word calms me, but sometimes it frustrates me and I begin spinning.  Spinning because I feel like something is "not enough."  ]]></description>
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<title>You Learn To Bear It</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 05 Mar 2008 13:55:00 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA["You learn to bear it.  Yes, some things you just learn to bear," were the words spoken to me the other day with a tight smile and condescending eyes.  I was shocked - you learn to bear it?  Are you kidding me?  ]]></description>
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<title>My Date With God</title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 29 Feb 2008 08:55:42 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[I just got home from a Women's Spirituality Retreat.  I am always amazed at the gifts I receive during this weekend once a year.  I think my favorite part was my date with God...  Most days, I wake at 5 am.  No matter the time I go to bed, my eyes spring open at five and usually, I am fully awake bounding from bed to my office - my mind flooded with ideas...]]></description>
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<title>5 Tips to a Better Day</title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 18 Feb 2008 16:24:05 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Are the days dragging?  Has February got you down?  And there's even extra day this year too - Leap year!  Help is here.  Try these quick and easy suggestions I've developed over the years for myself and clients to get out of a rut and into my best day. ]]></description>
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<title>Happy VD</title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 05 Feb 2008 14:10:30 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[That day is upon us again, Valentine's Day.  A girlfriend and I have gigglingly referred to it as "Happy V.D." for years.  I find Valentine's Day to be quite a conundrum.  I like the idea of celebrating love, but find the whole day - kind of a set up for failure. ]]></description>
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<title>Survival Tips During Stick Season</title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 31 Jan 2008 10:55:26 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Yes, it's stick season again - frigid temperatures, no snow, no green grass, only dead brown for miles and miles with barren trees appearing like sticks planted in the ground.  Warm sunshine seems far off and the dampness begins to seep into your emotions.  Maybe you are a little more irritable, have a nagging cold or even just feeling a little blue...These are a few suggestions I've used in my own life and offered to clients to bring a little sunshine back...days before Spring has sprung. ]]></description>
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<title>Letting Go of Old Beliefs and Welcoming Peace</title>
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<pubDate>Sun, 27 Jan 2008 11:55:12 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Over the years I've "done a lot of work" on my spirituality and emotional well-being.  Even creating a private practice vested in this pursuit.  I have been compelled to live "differently" then my family of origin.  Amusingly, what I discovered is to "live differently" you have to make different choices in essentially the same circumstances that first caused pain...perplexed?  Let me explain. ]]></description>
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<title>Have You Become a Chew-Toy?</title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 22 Jan 2008 15:46:44 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Recently several of my friends and clients have had babies and are experiencing some new issues with nursing and babies.  Here are a few tips to survive and thrive during this time.  ]]></description>
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<title>Eat, Pray, Love - A Book Review</title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 22 Jan 2008 15:05:24 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Who hasn't heard all the hype surrounding this book - Oprah's book.  Several of my friends and family have recommended it to me and reluctantly, I read.  I say reluctantly because I am not a big fan of reading journals, even those including travel, sex and food...]]></description>
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<title>Overcoming Blocks When Meditating</title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 11 Jan 2008 13:50:30 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Over the years, both through meditating myself and supporting my clients in their practices, I have discovered some blocks that may be halting your progress with meditation.  Here is some guidance to help you through these blocks... ]]></description>
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<title>The Golden Compass and Religion</title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 11 Jan 2008 11:59:35 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[I went to see the movie the Golden Compass last week.  I have read all three books in the series with waning interest.  What began turning me off in the second and third books was his obvious and negative view of religion.  The books - instead of making me question religion and its role in society - I became repelled by his obvious dislike of all things holy. ]]></description>
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<title>What is a Psychic Reading?</title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 31 Dec 2007 10:51:41 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[A psychic reading is an opportunity to gain more insight and open the door to your best life.  Each psychic is "reading" in accordance with their own gifts.  Therefore, some are very good at future predictions while others specialize in healing/transformation...]]></description>
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<title>How to Get a Good Psychic Reading?</title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 31 Dec 2007 10:51:22 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Each of us would love to "peak forward" a bit and gain insights for a better life.  Psychics offer this possibility, however there are some things to know before making an appointment... ]]></description>
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<title>Remembering Christmas</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 26 Dec 2007 10:24:07 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Sometimes I forget I love Christmas.  Sometimes I get sidetracked by all the stuff, the impending arrival of relatives, the gifts, the ill-will of certain individuals, even myself.  I forget I love Christmas, because on this day so many, many years ago - I know a God that began to live with me.  I know a God that sent his child, really his own self, to live among men - not as a King with riches to spare, but as an "everyman" brought into this world through an unwed mother, poor, but never abandoned. ]]></description>
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<title>More Christmas Cheer - Gifts From The In-laws</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 19 Dec 2007 11:45:22 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[The torture of the holidays is upon us once again.  I am always of mixed emotions.  I love the holidays and they drive me crazy.  I think they call that schizophrenia.  I don't think I am alone in these mixed feelings that may require more than breathing techniques or the cocktail hour to begin at three in the afternoon (its five o'clock somewhere...) ]]></description>
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<title>Make This the Best Year Ever</title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 16 Oct 2007 11:57:38 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[I am not one of those people who has New Year's Resolutions, but I do have intentions for a better year.  I feel the New Year offers a chance of rebirth, a fresh start, a cleaning away of the old to make way for the new.  Over the years, I've developed an exercise for myself and my clients to enhance the process of cleansing from the last year and welcoming a fresh, abundant new year into your life.]]></description>
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<title>Home For the Holidays</title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 16 Oct 2007 11:27:35 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[The holidays, that magical time of year, when families get together, break bread and more often than not - drive each other crazy.  Oh, so much fun. Fortunately, through my own experience and helping clients through these annual traditions, I have discovered the secret to better family holidays: detachment.  Here are some tips to help you learn how to detach while being true to yourself in any situation. ]]></description>
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<title>The Courage to Forgive</title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 13 Sep 2007 15:26:49 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Forgiveness, it's such a tricky thing.  Who does not want to deem themselves to be someone who forgives?  We are taught "forgiveness" is what we "should" do, but do you?  Do you really forgive those who hurt you?]]></description>
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<title>Resting in the Palm of God's Hand</title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 13 Sep 2007 15:08:40 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[In the night, under the tenderness of the dark, you can find me resting in the palm of God's hand.  I found my way here years ago.  I came crawling out of my despair, longing to feel loved.  What I first thought was an empty promise, lead to my grace. ]]></description>
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<title>Success Is Closer Than You Think</title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 28 Aug 2007 11:06:25 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Being successful is no far off place.  It is probably closer then you think, but, at this vantage point in your life it may feel a million miles away.  Ask yourself, do you have the mindset to see the opportunities to your best life?  Being successful is not about always making the "right" move every time, but about maximizing all your moves.  ]]></description>
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<title>What to Do Instead of Killing Your Husband</title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 16 Aug 2007 10:43:36 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Sometimes, husbands are really annoying.  For an Irish, redhead like me, this can cause problems.  During private sessions with clients and over many years of marriage, I've discovered a few tricks to avoid homicide when faced with you own beloved husband disguised as the village idiot...]]></description>
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<title>Daily Meditation</title>
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<pubDate>Sun, 12 Aug 2007 15:16:34 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Meditation is more than just a way to feel better in the moment.  It is a transformational pathway to your best self.  Transformation is not a passive activity.  Even a caterpillar may appear on the outside to be resting in its cocoon, but, in fact, there are many changes beneath the surface to become a beautiful butterfly.    ]]></description>
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<title>Escape</title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 23 Jul 2007 08:41:17 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Escape. Run away. How often have you thought about it? Still, after all these years, the idea continues to attack your thoughts - is it possible? Yes and no - there is a fine line between healthy escape and denial.  ]]></description>
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<title>Chakra Talk</title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 23 Jul 2007 08:31:20 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Several years ago I was introduced to the concept of Chakras.  Balancing Chakras became my tool to "see" into another's body and discover what was blocking them from their best life.  My clients were amazed at the clarity of information derived from these blocked Chakras.  I soon discovered how much my clients benefited from a basic knowledge of the Chakras system and some simple techniques to clear the blocks themselves...
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<title>Abundance Through Meditation</title>
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<pubDate>Sat, 07 Jul 2007 12:48:49 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[What's all this talk about "manifesting abundance and prosperity" and why, you may ask, is it not in your life today?  The answer is simple.  You haven't found the path to allow abundance into your life. Let guided meditation be that path...]]></description>
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<title>Why Meditate?</title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 06 Jul 2007 16:54:47 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Meditation sounds so evolved, so Eastern philosophy, way out there.  But I'll tell you a secret, it works.  Through guided meditation, I am able to bring into my life today that which I seek, be it peace or abundance.  
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<title>5 Tips To First Date Success</title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 28 Jun 2007 10:31:25 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Dating doesn't have to be an exercise in torture. Ok, I know for some, dating and the thought of engaging in intimate conversation with a virtual stranger can induce stuttering and immediate brain cramping, but it doesn't have to be.]]></description>
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<title>Does A Broken Heart Mend?</title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 28 Jun 2007 10:10:36 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[How do you mend a broken heart?  How does it get broken?  Is it in one event?  Or are there dozens of offenses before the crack?]]></description>
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<title>Do You Think He's Going to Call?</title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 28 Jun 2007 10:08:32 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Confusion runs high at the end of a relationship. Over and over, the same refrain, voiced by client after client, "Is he going to call?" The very words make my heart ache at their desperation. Ugh.  The same thought enters my mind, "Of course he will, but hopefully, by then you won't care."
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<title>Holding the Space</title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 05 Jun 2007 14:17:46 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[For the past few years, I've been going on the women's spiritual retreat with our church.  I had never been on a retreat before a few years ago.  The only other time I voluntarily lived with women was in college and only then because boys were too messy and smelled funny.
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<title>Lost in Translation</title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 01 Jun 2007 15:40:30 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[I was not raised in a religious family.  My mother described herself as a "recovering Catholic".  Needless to say, religion was not discussed in any positive light.  It's use being only, "a way to control the masses".  It wasn't until I started reading a lot in high school and college that my interest was peaked in religious books.]]></description>
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<title>The Crashing of Waves and Laughter of Sisters</title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 01 Jun 2007 14:24:47 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[It is a funny thing indeed to witness the dichotomy of my hopeful mind's eye, and the starch truth of my behavior.  This flexible person in my mind's eye, just doesn't exist in reality. Do we all decide how we should be and quietly berate ourselves for not measuring up? The hum of disapproval vibrating in our minds.    ]]></description>
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<title>Finding Mary</title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 31 May 2007 15:51:52 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Discovering the quiet that has always been with me through guided meditation.]]></description>
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<title>What Are You Addicted To?</title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 25 May 2007 15:25:08 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Addictions come in all shapes and sizes with the same insatiable hunger at the core - seeking relief, comfort, peace.]]></description>
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