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		<title>Hanging on to False Hope</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 03 May 2011 01:41:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Maren</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[How long does one stay in a relationship that drains them of energy? What will wake one up to the personal cost of living in a toxic relationship? The mind has an amazing ability to weave convincing stories that distort or deny the evidence of a relationship in trouble. Such stories perpetuate false hope for [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Pain is inevitable. The suffering of it is optional.</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 26 May 2010 01:52:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Maren</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Beyond the Divorce]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Everyone is guaranteed some measure of pain in their lifespan. What each person makes of that pain determines whether they will see themselves through to happiness or suffer the pain. It is not so much the circumstances they are in that adds to, or takes away from, their happiness, rather it is the ‘inside attitudes, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Divorce impacts adult children too.</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 21 May 2010 02:08:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Maren</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sarah (not her real name) was first elated, and then deeply hurt when her daughter called with the news. Sarah’s first grandchild was just born. Sarah’s daughter, the mother of the newborn, asked that Sarah not come to the hospital until the following day as “it would be awkward.” Sarah’s former husband and his new [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Are You Like a Fruit Fly, Limited By Your Own Assumptions?</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Feb 2010 20:46:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Maren Beckman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Recently I heard a story about the behavior of fruit flies. If trapped in a covered glass jar, the fruit flies grow accustomed to flying just under the lid. When the lid is removed the fruit flies will still fly just under the opening. Bottom line, the fruit flies are free to leave the glass [...]]]></description>
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