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    <description>Activate your Superpowers &amp;  reinvent yourself this summer so you can get your life on track...and finally feel the way you want to feel!</description>
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    <description>Women's self-esteem: tap into your authentic self and create a life that fully expresses who you are and what you love.</description>
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    <title>Connect to who you really are, and watch your life bloom.</title>
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    <description>This site is here to show you how to create your life on purpose.  You have within you everything you need to create a life that is the perfect expression of your beauty and your truth.</description>
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    <title>The Comfort of Rituals</title>
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    <description> Rituals and nurturing routines provide us with structure that grounds us. They connect us to earth energy and create the kind of environment in which we function best. They also create a sense of  pr</description>
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    <title>How to Create A Fulfilling Year &amp; an Empowered You eBook</title>
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    <description>How to Create a Fulfilling Year &amp; an Empowered You: A Creative Guide for Consciously Creating Your Best Life is a complete system in workbook form that you'll use throughout the year to improve</description>
    <pubDate>Sat, 21 Jan 2012 18:44:52 GMT</pubDate>
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    <title>Heal Your Heart</title>
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    <pubDate>Sat, 03 Dec 2011 18:55:11 GMT</pubDate>
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    <title>The Alchemy of Your Heart</title>
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    <description>The ancient art of alchemy was born from a desire to take common, base elements and turn them into something precious. Lead into gold. In our own lives today, each of us is crying out—on the inside-- </description>
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    <title>Finding your passion: Let go of the need to compare</title>
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    <description>Comparing ourselves to others is something we learn at an early age, and it feels very natural, but it's a way of operating that keeps us insecure and needing approval.  The more we let go of the need</description>
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    <title>Live Life on Purpose: Identify your True Intentions</title>
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    <title>Empower yourself to be guided from within </title>
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    <description>Your unique purpose in life will naturally unfold the more you empower yourself to follow your inner guidance. In order to be a true creator in life, living a life that fully expresses who you are and</description>
    <pubDate>Fri, 21 Oct 2011 23:23:13 GMT</pubDate>
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    <description>By being yourself you can find and live your unique life purpose. Break free from people-pleasing by taking these two steps.</description>
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    <description>I am a part of the book launch for Linda Joy's new book, &quot;Embracing Your Authentic Self.&quot;

Throughout the pages of Embracing Your Authentic Self you’ll discover revealing stories of empowerment and new beginnings from 26 women,  proving that each and every one of us – including YOU - has the power within and the potential to live authentically and joyfully. 
 
Three thought-provoking questions and journaling prompt page follow each story, helping the reader draw parallels between the lessons in the narrative and her own experience encouraging her to go deeper into her own innate wisdom. 

Go to www.EmbracingYourAuthenticSelf  to “Meet the Inspiring Authors”, “Take a Sneak Peek Inside’ the book and much more

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    <pubDate>Tue, 27 Sep 2011 01:11:25 GMT</pubDate>
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    <title>Raise Your Vibration in 2 Minutes or Less</title>
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    <description>Create more love.FrThis powerful audio takes you on an inner journey where you reprogram your subconscious mind to release old pain, claim empowerment, and begin creating and attracting healthy love.</description>
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    <description>This powerful audio takes you on an inner journey where you reprogram your subconscious mind to release old pain, claim empowerment, and begin creating and attracting healthy love.</description>
    <pubDate>Thu, 09 Jun 2011 03:58:40 GMT</pubDate>
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    <title>How To Forgive</title>
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    <description>Forgiveness is something we're always hearing about, yet many of us struggle with itHere is a frogiveness procedure you can use...</description>
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    <description>Journaling prompts are a great way to get started when you are having trouble writing.Print out the prompts below, and keep them in your journal for those times when you need inspiration.</description>
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    <description>Whether you are new to journaling or are returning to it, here are some ideas to help you get the most from time spent with your own journal. </description>
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    <title>Passionate Living</title>
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    <pubDate>Fri, 28 May 2010 00:03:15 GMT</pubDate>
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    <title>Truthfulness and Clear Seeing</title>
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    <description>My name is Nancy. I want my life to be about honesty and connection. More than anything I believe that recognizing and expressing one's truth can heal,</description>
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    <title>Being in tune with the rhythm of nature</title>
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    <description>I connect with nature all the time, whether it's when I'm outside, or just viewing the out-of-doors through my window.    Two of my favorite ways of connecting</description>
    <pubDate>Fri, 02 Apr 2010 17:20:20 GMT</pubDate>
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    <pubDate>Sat, 20 Mar 2010 18:10:19 GMT</pubDate>
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    <description>Kim wants to spend her time directly helping people by creating new blog posts, web pages, articles, and podcasts--always with the primary intention of helping people connect to their true power</description>
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    <description>Puchase transcripts of The Women's Transformation Show episodes.</description>
    <pubDate>Tue, 12 Jan 2010 04:13:42 GMT</pubDate>
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    <title> Law Of Attraction Basics</title>
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    <description> Law of Attraction basic principles to help you transform yourself and your life.</description>
    <pubDate>Tue, 18 Aug 2009 22:12:53 GMT</pubDate>
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    <description> The Law of Attraction forms the basis of a logical and complete system for conscously creating a life that beautifully expresses who you are and what you love.</description>
    <pubDate>Tue, 18 Aug 2009 21:36:05 GMT</pubDate>
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    <title>Create Your Own Personal Retreats</title>
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    <description>Self-led personal retreats help to rejuvenate and re-balance body, mind, and spirit. Regular retreat time connects you to your inner wisdom and helps you gain clarity and peace.</description>
    <pubDate>Thu, 25 Jun 2009 21:00:23 GMT</pubDate>
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    <pubDate>Sat, 09 May 2009 03:20:58 GMT</pubDate>
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    <title>Making Peace With Where You Are</title>
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    <description>There’s a great quote from psychologist Carl Rogers that perfectly sums up this week‘s theme: “The curious paradox is that when I accept myself as I am, then I can change.”

Making peace with where you are means letting go of the struggle to avoid being where you are. The struggle is not only futile, it is counterproductive. When you cannot accept your life as it is right now, you pour your valuable energy into a pattern of resistance that actually serves to keep you stuck.

But once you can accept your situation, whatever it is, you can begin to move forward. 

&lt;b&gt;The Key Is In Your Expectation&lt;/b&gt; 

 One of the reasons we resist the present is that we fear it will keep us from having what we want in the future. &lt;b&gt;We feel that to accept where we are would mean resigning ourselves to an ongoing, unhappy situation. But the opposite is true.&lt;/b&gt; Only by accepting what is can you begin to change it. 

&lt;b&gt;No Matter What The Current Situation Is, You Have The Power To Create A Life That’s Right For You&lt;/b&gt;

When you are fighting against where you are, you are cutting yourself off from your own power to create. But once you fully accept where you are, “where you are” becomes a platform from which you can build. When your expectation is once again positive, new opportunities and choices become visible. 

Once you see your current situation as a stepping stone to positive change, then you will be able to access your own internal resources and begin to move forward in a whole new way.</description>
    <pubDate>Sun, 26 Apr 2009 21:44:12 GMT</pubDate>
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    <description>This week on my internet radio show (&lt;I&gt;The Women’s Transformation Show&lt;/I&gt; at &lt;a target=&quot;_new&quot; href=&quot;http://blogtalkradio.com/Kimberly-Wilborn&quot;&gt;http://blogtalkradio.com/Kimberly-Wilborn&lt;/a&gt;)) we’ll be talking about releasing the past. 

In order to be balanced and free in the present, we need to free ourselves from ideas and beliefs we’ve outgrown and, even more importantly, &lt;b&gt;make peace with our own personal histories. 
&lt;/b&gt;

Releasing the past can take many forms such as releasing old relationships, releasing old vows, and releasing old dreams. We can be holding onto old goals, old guilts, and old self-images.

There’s an easy way to tell if there’s something from your past that needs to be released: you have a negative feeling when you think of it. 

This week we’ll be focusing on making peace with your past, and telling a new story about your life. The things that cause us pain are the &lt;I&gt;meanings &lt;/I&gt;we give to events, not the events themselves. 

Set an intention to find a truer, hope-filled meaning in the events of your past as we explore ways to&lt;b&gt; set yourself free and move forward with clarity, peace, and passion.&lt;/b&gt;</description>
    <pubDate>Sun, 19 Apr 2009 00:52:06 GMT</pubDate>
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    <pubDate>Wed, 15 Apr 2009 17:19:16 GMT</pubDate>
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    <title>Women Feeling Overwhelmed - Are You Trying To Do Too Much?</title>
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    <description>The state of feeling overwhelmed by things you have to do usually falls into one of two categories:

A) Other people are overloading your plate and you’re agreeing to it
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B) You’re overloading your &lt;I&gt;own&lt;/I&gt; plate.

Either way it’s a boundary violation. Even if you’re doing it to yourself! Yes, yes, I hear you saying, “It’s not that I WANT to do all this by myself. I HAVE to do all this just to survive!” In order to find a way out of feeling overwhelmed, it’s important to consider that statement carefully.

Is your sense of self-worth tied to how well you can fill other people’s requests? Are you afraid of admitting that you can’t do everything? Are you afraid of asking for support? What is it, exactly, that keeps you from seeking help and support? What keeps you from &lt;I&gt;expecting&lt;/I&gt; support?

Are you invalidating the internal sensor that tells you when you are trying to do too much? Everyone has natural boundaries, and when those boundaries are violated, we feel negative emotion.  When you attempt  to do too much, you always get internal signals that your boundaries have been violated.

Unfortunately, most of us disregard our own boundaries because we don’t trust their wisdom. We attempt to find safety and security in our accomplishments, and we often feel bad about ourselves when we can't achieve our goals.  But it’s only by following our own instincts and listening to our own deep wisdom that we find balance and a sense of being productive without feeling overwhelmed.</description>
    <pubDate>Wed, 15 Apr 2009 01:03:26 GMT</pubDate>
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    <title>Women Feeling Overwhelmed  - How To Tune in To What is Important</title>
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    <description>It’s easy to feel overwhelmed when we’ve got too much too do, but we can also feel 
overwhelmed by &lt;b&gt; not knowing &lt;I&gt;what&lt;/I&gt; to do&lt;/b&gt;. It can feel as if we’re
 surrounded by tasks that are all clamoring for our attention, and we can end up feeling so  paralyzed that sometimes we don’t do any of them. 

At times like that the answer is to get in touch with your core intentions. Regardless 
of how it may seem, all tasks are not vital, and the are not equally important. Once 
you tune in to your authentic self and get in touch with who you really are, it’s easy to
 see which projects are truly important and which are not.

Push other people’s desires and expectations aside for a moment, and remind yourself of what you love. That feeling of love is lantern that will guide you on your path to creating a life that’s right for you.

Getting in touch with your natural personal boundaries and you core intentions  is the biggest key to personal empowerment and the end of feeling overwhelmed. Once you are in alignment with your own life-vision, you can easily cut a path through the jungle of options surrounding you. 

Creating a Personal Mission statement is a good place to start. Check out my previous blog post or the website to find out how to create your own  Personal Mission Statement.</description>
    <pubDate>Sun, 12 Apr 2009 16:13:37 GMT</pubDate>
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    <description>A good personal mission statement helps you know who you truly are, and helps you  live every day from your true, authentic self. It helps you to connect with your true values and it helps you create </description>
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    <title>Women Feeling Overwhelmed - The First Steps to Going Beyond</title>
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    <description>Are you feeling overwhelmed by responsibilities, demands, and choices? Well, you’re not alone. Feeling overwhelmed is an epidemic among women today. It keeps us going around in circles, and it hinders our ability to truly create.

This is the &lt;I&gt;Dictionary.com&lt;/I&gt; definition of &lt;I&gt;overwhelmed&lt;/I&gt;:

1) To surge over and submerge; engulf:&lt;I&gt; waves overwhelmed the rocky shoreline.&lt;/I&gt;
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2) a: To defeat completely and decisively: &lt;I&gt;Our team overwhelmed the visitors by 40 points.&lt;/I&gt;
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b: To affect deeply in mind or emotion: &lt;I&gt;Despair overwhelmed me.&lt;/I&gt;
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3)&lt;b&gt;  To present with an excessive amount: &lt;I&gt;They overwhelmed us with expensive gifts.&lt;/I&gt;&lt;/b&gt;

4) To turn over; upset: &lt;I&gt;The small craft was overwhelmed by the enormous waves.&lt;/I&gt;


The key to understanding and going beyond the issue of feeling overwhelmed is found in definition number three. If you are feeling overwhelmed right now, it’s because you are experiencing an &lt;b&gt;excessive&lt;/b&gt; amount of something. And I’m willing to bet that something &lt;I&gt;isn’t&lt;/I&gt; expensive gifts! 

The first step is to stop blaming yourself and to recognize that you are feeling overwhelmed because you are believing you need to do too much, or you are attempting to choose from too many choices, or your focus is too wide or too far into the future. 

The second step is to start validating your own boundaries. Your boundaries are set in place naturally by your own deep inner wisdom. When you are attempting to do too much, your natural wisdom will signal you that a boundary is being violated, and that signal will take the form of negative emotion. 

The next time this happens, instead of believing that it’s your own fault for not being able to do more, recognize that you are forcing yourself to do too much. This idea may seem foreign at first, or it may not seem to offer a solution. But it’s enough, at first, to just consider these ideas. With time they will sink down into your consciousness, merge with your own wisdom, and emerge as personal solutions.</description>
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    <description>What keeps you from claiming personal success, right now, in this moment? 
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It could be time for a new mindset concerning success. We tend to think success is something we &lt;I&gt;achieve&lt;/I&gt;, and so we tie it to specific achievements. Unfortunately, the achievements we think we need to reach in order to be a success are usually yet-to-be attained. Or worse, we &lt;I&gt;do&lt;/I&gt; reach a state of undeniable achievement, only to find that, deep down, we still don’t feel like a success.  
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What is it you feel you need to do in order to consider yourself a success? Lose a certain amount of weight and keep it off? Earn a certain amount of money? Achieve a certain level of happiness within a relationship? 
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How much does the concept of &lt;b&gt;power&lt;/b&gt; have to do with success? In your mind, is a successful woman a powerful woman? And if so, how comfortable are you with idea of being powerful?
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What were your parents’ beliefs about success? Did they consider themselves to be successful? Does your current support network of friends, family, and associates support you in feeling like a success?
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I believe that the feeling of being empowered and the feeling of being a success go hand-in-hand. Being empowered is not the same as being powerful. Being powerful is something we tend to think of in terms of having power over others. Empowerment, on the other hand, has only to do with yourself. It’s giving yourself the power to make choices based only on what feels right to &lt;b&gt;you&lt;/b&gt;.

Your feeling of personal success is also related to your level of happiness. And your happiness is based, in large part, on how much of your life is spent doing what you love (versus doing what you “have to” do).
 
The better you know yourself, and the more true you are to yourself, the more successful you'll be.</description>
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    <description>Yesterday’s blog post  focused on  getting clear  about what you want to do, be, and have. Today I’m going to ask you to examine your own beliefs about what’s truly possible for you. 

Do you believe, at a deep level, that it’s &lt;b&gt;actually possible&lt;/b&gt; for you to be, do, and have, the things you want to be, do, and have? If not, why not? Again, look at your motivations and make sure they come from inside you and not from someone else.

Then look more deeply at your beliefs. Where did they originate? Most of us base our beliefs of what is possible on what’s happened in the past. According to this belief, if you haven’t achieved it so far, you’re not likely to achieve it, ever.

This doesn’t actually make that much sense, (if it did, no new inventions would ever come into being!) but we believe it anyway. Consider transforming your beliefs into ones that support you in being, doing, and having what you want. 

For instance, I believe that my true desires originate deep inside me, in a spiritually wise part of myself. I believe that I’m &lt;be&gt;meant&lt;/b&gt; to be  and do the things I want to be and do, and that by being that bigger version of myself, I help life expand in a powerfully positive way.

I believe that  the more you connect with your authentic self and your true desires, the easier it will be for you to express the beauty of your authentic self out into the world.

Take this opportunity to re-examine your own beliefs and make sure that they support you in living a big, passionate, &lt;b&gt;satisfying&lt;/b&gt; life.</description>
    <pubDate>Tue, 07 Apr 2009 23:23:15 GMT</pubDate>
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    <description>Personal success...what is it, really? Do you, right now, consider yourself a success?
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In my life I've had a tendency to always be striving &lt;i&gt;toward&lt;/i&gt; success, but not really claiming it today, in the present. In fact, the whole concept of &quot;success&quot; seems to be something we hold at arms length. There always seems to be some component of success that's just out of reach. 
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This week my free internet radio show ( The Women's Transformation Show at &lt;a target=&quot;_new&quot; href=&quot;http://blogtalkradio.com/Kimberly-Wilborn&quot;&gt;http://blogtalkradio.com/Kimberly-Wilborn&lt;/a&gt;) will be devoted to finding ways for each one of us to &lt;b&gt;claim our own unique version of success, today,&lt;/b&gt; and more and more with each day that passes.
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The first step, as always, is to get clear. Get quiet and ask yourself, &quot;What is it that I want to be, and do, and have?&quot; Think holistically, not just in terms of your work or career, but also your love life, your family, your self-expression, and how you feel in your body.
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 Then go deeper. Get in touch with &lt;i&gt;why&lt;/i&gt; you want the things you want. Sift through your own motivations, discarding the ones that come from outside you, until you're left with reasons that strike a chord deep within you. These are signposts 
from your authentic self. 
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See where you are following those signposts in your life right now, and claim that success. Identify the places in your life where you could live more fully from your own internal wisdom and signposts, and know that as you do, you will be able to more and more claim personal success.</description>
    <pubDate>Mon, 06 Apr 2009 20:05:31 GMT</pubDate>
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    <description>Fear of rejection is the fear that others won’t accept us or value us. At it’s core, it’s the fear of not being good enough. Learn how to let self-acceptance replace the fear of rejection.</description>
    <pubDate>Mon, 06 Apr 2009 17:44:39 GMT</pubDate>
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    <description>Your self-worth is the foundation you stand on in life. Build a truer, stronger foundation based on your own authentic self.   </description>
    <pubDate>Mon, 06 Apr 2009 17:44:00 GMT</pubDate>
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    <description>Speaking your truth is a subject that we can all relate to, because most of us grow up learning how to relate to each other mask-to-mask, instead of heart-to-heart. </description>
    <pubDate>Mon, 06 Apr 2009 17:43:36 GMT</pubDate>
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    <description> Reinventing Yourself: Six ways to become more of who you really are</description>
    <pubDate>Mon, 06 Apr 2009 17:42:18 GMT</pubDate>
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    <description>Finding Your voice: you matter, your opinion matters, and these seven pathways will support you in expressing yourself naturally, in ways that feel right for you.</description>
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