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<description><![CDATA[Monica Thakrar is a speaker, author, and coach in the fields of stress management, work/life balance, spirituality, and health. She is a graduate of Denise Linn's Soul Coaching program, an avid student of the Bhagavad Gita, and runs her own coaching practice in Vienna, VA. She studied international affairs at Georgetown University and has a masters in International Trade and Business from Columbia's School of International and Public Affairs. She is single and lives in the Northern Virginia area.]]></description>
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<title>Dealing With Stress - New Strategies</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Everybody has heard about stress and the myriad of things that can help in dealing with stress - such as exercise, listening to music, deep breathing - but a new strategy that people don't think about very often is nutrition. Emotional eating and stress are like a chicken and an egg. When you get stressed out certain normal body chemicals are either released more in your body or released less in your body causing you to crave certain foods (like sugar and carbs).]]></description>
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<title>How to Deal With Emotional Stress</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Emotional stress can often come about from stressful feelings related relationships, career or money. It is a stress that stems from emotions or attitudes towards something. Emotional stress is not just some external situation that occurred, but how we react to that external stress.]]></description>
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<title>How to Be Stress-Free</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Stress is caused by being out of balance in our energy levels and our state of mind. It can cause lethargy, tiredness, and a feeling of being drained or out of sorts. So how do you be stress free? Life is such that you will never eliminate stress completely from it, but stress is something that can be lessened and released by using the right tools.]]></description>
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<title>De-Stressing After a Rough Day</title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 09 Apr 2010 15:20:19 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Do you live a stressful life? Do you have a lot of responsibilities with work and family and don't know how to de-stress after a particularly rough day? ]]></description>
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<title>Emotional Freedom Technique - Relief From Everyday Stresses</title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 09 Apr 2010 10:40:49 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Do you get stressed out from everyday stresses such as frustrations with your boss or lack of financial security? Well the Emotional Freedom Technique (or EFT) can help. EFT is a practice that uses tapping on various points to release pent up emotions that are blocking the flow of energy in your body.]]></description>
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<title>Taking Control of Stress</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Stress is a phenomenon that results from fear, anxiety, and worry based upon external circumstances or internal dialogue. Whenever I do speaking engagements I get stressed out and filled with anxiety until the minute I step up to the podium. Then I am at ease, comfortable and loving it. What do people always say when I am about to go up to the podium in order to take control of my stress? Take a few deep breaths.]]></description>
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<title>Stress and Health Part 4 - Exercise</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 24 Feb 2010 10:15:07 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[So now that you know that stress can play havoc on your health - both physically and mentally - what is it that you can do to relieve your stress? In the remaining article series I will discuss tools and techniques you can use to alleviate stress. Here we will start with exercise. You have heard that exercise is a great stress reliever for years, but what is the real reason that stress helps in managing stress?]]></description>
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<title>Stress and Health Part 5 - Physical Therapy and Pilates</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Stress can be debilitating mentally (leading to anxiety and depression) and physically by leading to certain diseases. So how do people who are post surgery or post injury alleviate the stress of getting past a painful event and back to health? Through physical therapy and pilates.]]></description>
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<title>Stress and Health Part 3 - Stress and Chiropractic Care</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Stress buildup, if not dealt with from the symptom level, can impact the nervous system and therefore cause many physical ailments including back pain, neck pain, poor posture, and all sorts of other illnesses. Chiropractors deal with physical ailments that impact the nervous system and can alleviate pain and mis-alignments through adjustments to the vertebrae of the spine.]]></description>
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<title>Stress and Health Part 2 - Impacts of Stress on Mental Health</title>
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<description><![CDATA[When stressed occurs many different emotional signals can be triggered. Emotional triggers are often signs that stress is not being handled or managed or that people may not be getting to the root of their stress. So what happens emotionally when stress is triggered?]]></description>
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<title>Stress and Health - Part 1 - Impacts of Stress on Physical Health</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 20 Jan 2010 15:59:54 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Are you stressed out, overwhelmed, and frustrated? Do you feel like you are trying to make traction in different parts of your life (health, relationships, career, money) and not making much headway? Is this stress now impacting your health?]]></description>
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<title>Spring Cleaning - De-Clutter Your Home</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 02 Dec 2009 09:43:28 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[As the weather starts to turn warmer and the buds start to sprout, spring is finally arriving in full force. Spring signifies rebirth, renewal, and growth. With the arrival of spring people typically come out of their hibernation of winter and begin to re-engage with life.]]></description>
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<title>Living Out Your Dreams</title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 30 Nov 2009 16:53:52 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Are you living in a shadow the life you could be living? Do you feel like you have so much more potential that you are not even touching yet? Do you want to break out of the shell that you are in?]]></description>
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<title>Rising to the Occasion</title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 30 Nov 2009 16:51:30 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[We often tell ourselves we will rise to the occasion when we feel it is the right time, when we have the confidence, or when we have the right skills to do it. But continually waiting for the right time actually keeps you stuck in a pattern of avoidance, frustration, and insecurity and then the time is never right.]]></description>
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<title>Vision Boarding For Health and Wellness</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 18 Nov 2009 16:45:14 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Many of you have heard about Vision Boards. Talked about in the media often, Vision Boards (or mindmaps, treasure maps) are getting a lot of attention. We know that Vision Boards can be a way to visually document our goals in order to focus on manifesting them. But what do Vision Boards have to do with Health and Wellness?]]></description>
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<title>Goal Setting</title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 15:01:11 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Do you feel like you are always working hard, but never really feeling satisfied with the life you are leading? Are you always on the go, but still not achieving the goals and dreams in life that will make you happy?]]></description>
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<title>Build Meaningful Relationships</title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 14:57:46 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Do you feel like the best friends you have are those from when you were growing up, high school or college? Do you feel disconnected from people as you have gotten older, have more responsibilities, and friends and family are scattered across the country? Do you wish you could meet more people and build up more of a network of friends as an adult?]]></description>
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<title>Are You Stressed Out?</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Are you always stressed out? Do you feel like you have a million things that you have to do and have a hard time keeping up with everything? Do you feel like you are giving to everyone else around you, but have a hard time taking some time out for yourself?]]></description>
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<title>Standing Up For Yourself - What Are Your Boundaries?</title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 14:41:26 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Do you have a hard time standing up for yourself? Do you sometimes feel like a doormat by bending to what others want and not taking into account your own needs?]]></description>
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<title>Spirituality and New Year's Resolutions</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 04 Nov 2009 18:12:41 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[With New Year's almost upon us resolutions are something to think about. Year after year, we make resolutions with such earnestness, only to see them falter after only a month or two.]]></description>
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<title>Serving Others Leads to Wellness</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 04 Nov 2009 18:12:29 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Service means giving back or providing your time and energy for the welfare of others. It is looking past individual needs to the needs of the greater whole and therefore taking responsibility for more than just oneself.]]></description>
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<title>Financial Health and Wellness</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 04 Nov 2009 18:12:11 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Whenever you turn on the TV these days, there is bad news about the economy -companies going out of business, people losing jobs, home values decreasing. The country is going through tough financial times, which is producing much fear in the hearts and minds of many people around the world.]]></description>
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<title>Maintaining Family Bonds</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 04 Nov 2009 18:12:03 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Do you find you have less and less time to spend with your parents and siblings? Are you working crazy hours and going out solo, or spending a lot of time with your spouse and children, and feel you are losing some connection with your family?]]></description>
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<title>Just Be It</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 04 Nov 2009 18:11:54 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Are you always on the go? Is your life stressful, frenzied and pulled in a million different directions?]]></description>
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