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	<title>Stepping Into Joy &#187; June 2012</title>
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		<title>Why My Married Girlfriends Defriended Me</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 29 Jun 2012 11:00:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Debbi</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Why My Married Girlfriends Defriended Me A recently divorced woman was asking me why have her married girlfriends have opted out of including her on their occasional get-togethers.  She was asking it from the point of &#8216;What is wrong with me?&#8217; This woman was puzzled and upset since she feels that she hasn&#8217;t done or ...]]></description>
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		<title>Are You In Control of Your Emotions?</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 27 Jun 2012 11:00:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Debbi</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[June 2012]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[alone time]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Are You In Control of Your Emotions? I have had a lot of life going on this week! Work had me sitting in software demo&#8217;s all week while e-mails were stacking up in my inbox.  Not only does this make for long days; it&#8217;s hectic knowing that the next week I will be spending a ...]]></description>
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		<title>Handling Frustrations &#8211; What To Do When Everything Just Doesn’t Go Your Way</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 25 Jun 2012 11:00:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Debbi</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[June 2012]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Handling Frustrations &#8211; What To Do When Everything Doesn’t Go Your Way Do you have days where everything just doesn’t go the way you want? Today is that day for me.  What is frustrating is that I can’t point to any one thing and say… THAT is what is causing me to feel this way.  ...]]></description>
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		<title>Reasons Why Divorced Moms Need To Give Up The Guilt</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 22 Jun 2012 11:00:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Debbi</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[divorced mother with child]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[guilt]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[work life balance]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.steppingintojoy.com/?p=961</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Reasons Why Divorced Moms Need To Give Up The Guilt Divorced moms can struggle with the guilt of working because having a job takes up a lot of time.  You can feel pulled away from your home life and all the little details that need to keep it running smoothly.  This can lead to feeling ...]]></description>
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		<title>Why Do I Feel Tired and Empty on the Inside?</title>
		<link>http://www.steppingintojoy.com/why-do-i-feel-tired-and-empty-on-the-inside/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 20 Jun 2012 11:00:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Debbi</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[June 2012]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Feeling tired]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[taking care of self]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Why Do I Feel Tired and Empty on the Inside? Feeling tired and empty on the inside is a yucky feeling I don&#8217;t wish on anyone.  But sometimes we get there when we are not happy with the circumstances in our life. I felt this way when I was newly sober and then again when I ...]]></description>
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		<title>Holding Onto Anger &#8211; How Do You Want to Spend the Rest of Today</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 18 Jun 2012 11:00:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Debbi</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[June 2012]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[anger]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[emotions]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[resentment]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Holding Onto Anger - How Do You Want to Spend the Rest of Today When I was in my office last week, the manager who sits in an office next to me was livid about somebody dropping the ball on an aspect of a project.  He was angry, loud and had no problem expressing to anyone ...]]></description>
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		<title>Living My Life to the Fullest &#8211; What Holds Me Back</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 15 Jun 2012 11:00:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Debbi</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[June 2012]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[acceptance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[getting unstuck]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[living life]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[remove doubt]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[staying stuck]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Living My Life to the Fullest &#8211; What Holds Me Back This past week I was reminded of how I can hang on to lingering doubts of myself and my abilities.   How this manifests itself in my life is that when I have doubts, I am holding myself back from my potential of living my ...]]></description>
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		<title>You Can Be Broken or You Can Be Better</title>
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		<comments>http://www.steppingintojoy.com/you-can-be-broken-or-you-can-be-better/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Jun 2012 11:02:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Debbi</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[June 2012]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[fear]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[getting unstuck]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[moving forward]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[moving on]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[staying stuck]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.steppingintojoy.com/?p=920</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[You Can Be Broken or You Can Be Better Freedom of choice is available to us all.  Grant it there will be life circumstances for which you have no choice.  But when healing from a divorce, you are in charge of your choices.  I think as women we sometimes forget we DO have choices. I ...]]></description>
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		<title>Are You Eating Lemons or Drinking Lemonade?</title>
		<link>http://www.steppingintojoy.com/are-you-eating-lemons-or-drinking-lemonade/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 11 Jun 2012 11:00:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Debbi</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[June 2012]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[acceptance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[attitude]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[mindset]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.steppingintojoy.com/?p=910</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Are You Eating Lemons or Drinking Lemonade? Recently, I was having coffee with friends, one of them is a divorced woman who was speaking about her limited finances since the divorce.  Not an uncommon topic amongst divorced women. What struck me is that typically the conversation is around &#8216;poor me&#8217;  followed by complaining.  Instead my ...]]></description>
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		<title>Setting Boundaries &#8211; I Don&#8217;t Have To Go to Every Argument I&#8217;m Invited To</title>
		<link>http://www.steppingintojoy.com/setting-boundaries-i-dont-have-to-go-to-every-argument-im-invited-to/</link>
		<comments>http://www.steppingintojoy.com/setting-boundaries-i-dont-have-to-go-to-every-argument-im-invited-to/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 08 Jun 2012 11:00:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Debbi</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[June 2012]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[arguing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Boundaries]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[building boundaries]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[emotions]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Setting Boundaries &#8211; I Don&#8217;t Have To Go to Every Argument I&#8217;m Invited To Why is it that by the time a couple gets to the point of divorce they have become experts at getting under each other&#8217;s skin?  They poke and prod at each other looking to get the other person to react.  Often ...]]></description>
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		<title>What Do Hummingbirds and Procrastination Have In Common?</title>
		<link>http://www.steppingintojoy.com/what-do-hummingbirds-and-procrastination-have-in-anything-in-common/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 06 Jun 2012 11:00:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Debbi</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[June 2012]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[procrastination]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.steppingintojoy.com/?p=896</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[What Do Hummingbirds and Procrastination Have In Common? One of my VIPs have been struggling with getting a job.  Her struggle is not the typical concern that is brought up by the news media.  She struggles with procrastination.  She&#8217;s come up with a handful of different excuses … ahem … reasons why she can&#8217;t pull together ...]]></description>
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		<title>Why I Hate To Apologize To My Teenager</title>
		<link>http://www.steppingintojoy.com/why-i-hate-to-apologize-to-my-teenager/</link>
		<comments>http://www.steppingintojoy.com/why-i-hate-to-apologize-to-my-teenager/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 04 Jun 2012 11:00:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Debbi</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[June 2012]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Why I Hate To Apologize To My Teenager by Debbi Dickinson No one I know enjoys making mistakes; especially when it involves needing to make an apology.  Having that apology directed to your teenager; a lot of parents would rather have a tooth pulled. Why is it that an apology can be tough to give? ...]]></description>
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		<title>Top Secrets to Finding Alone Time As A Single Divorced Mom</title>
		<link>http://www.steppingintojoy.com/top-secrets-to-finding-alone-time-as-a-single-divorced-mom/</link>
		<comments>http://www.steppingintojoy.com/top-secrets-to-finding-alone-time-as-a-single-divorced-mom/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Jun 2012 11:00:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Debbi</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[June 2012]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[alone time]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[divorced mother with child]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[divorced single mother]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[divorced single parent]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Top Secrets to Finding Alone Time As A Single Divorced Mom Transitioning from married life to divorced life is a challenge. For a period of time, so much is different as you adjust into a new routine. It can be uncomfortable; but it can also be an exciting time if you choose it be so. ...]]></description>
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