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		<title>Has Addiction damaged your self-esteem?</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Dec 2015 05:37:15 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Has Addiction damaged your self-esteem? It doesn’t matter whether you love someone who is struggling with Addiction or if you are an Addict, part of the emotional roller coaster of living with Addiction is the impact it has on your self-esteem. As an Addictions Counsellor and Marriage therapist I often help couples navigate the journey [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Are you stressed and feeling in constant crisis mode?</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Lucinda]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Dec 2015 21:47:25 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Are you stressed and feeling in constant crisis mode? Do you spend a lot of time worrying about things that are out of your control? Do you agonize over doing it just right so you can avoid conflict of disappointing others?  Perhaps you experience “crises&#8221; similar to the following examples: Your adult daughter calls you [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Improve your happiness quotient by learning this mantra</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Lucinda]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Jan 2015 15:36:33 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Improve your happiness quotient by learning this mantra Do you worry about your loved ones&#160; being disappointed, or feeling bad in some shape or form? Do try to save your children from feeling/experiencing pain and disappointment in life? Do you work hard to manage your loved one’s feelings so he or she doesn’t&#160; get sick, [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Is Addiction Relapse Prevention part of your Wedding Preparations?</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Lucinda]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Oct 2014 05:46:52 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Is Addiction Relapse Prevention part of your Wedding Preparations? Are you worried your wedding plans might lead to an addiction relapse? As a couple’s therapist and addiction counsellor who specializes and is passionate about premarital counseling, it is my job to help couples make wise choices in their wedding planning if one partner is also [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Do you enjoy sex more after a few drinks?</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Lucinda]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 31 Dec 2012 02:49:39 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Do you enjoy sex more after a few drinks? Do you feel less inhibited or does it seem like you can “let yourself go more” sexually after you’ve had a drink or two or three? As a marriage counsellor and relationship therapist I often hear couples share that over time their sex life has lost [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Depression, anxiety and the stock market</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Lucinda]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Aug 2011 22:44:47 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Depression, anxiety and the stock market We live in financially unstable times. If you have invested in the stock market you probably feel somewhat powerless regarding the outcome of your investments. You can only hope that, as usual, with time things will stabilize again. Your losses will recuperate and become profits. When you struggle with [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Eat enough of these cookies and your depression could disappear…</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Lucinda]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 27 May 2011 17:57:58 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Eat enough of these cookies and your depression could disappear… That would be a logical conclusion to come to if you happen to watch the latest Nabisco Cookie commercial for the “Chips Ahoy Chewy Gooey Cookies” &#160;because… “they are crammed with joy.” In these times of stress many individuals struggle with increased depression and anxiety. [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Do you yearn for freedom and Autonomy?</title>
		<link>https://positivelifechanges.ca/do-you-yearn-for-freedom-and-autonomy/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Lucinda]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 03 May 2011 22:17:56 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Do you yearn for freedom and Autonomy? Are you getting bigger because you&#8217;re keeping yourself small Part 2 Are you busy making sure everyone around you is happy, i.e. do you spend your life pleasing others? Do the needs of those dearest and nearest to your heart control what your day looks like? Do you [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Do you allow yourself to dream?</title>
		<link>https://positivelifechanges.ca/do-you-allow-yourself-to-dream/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Lucinda]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Apr 2011 17:54:29 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Do you allow yourself to dream? Do you have a vision, a passion, a desire to do something? Do you have a Dream? What are you doing to make your dream become reality?&#160; If your answer is “nothing”, because It’s just not possible right now It’s just a silly dream, it’s not realistic I can’t [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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