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		<title>Parenting When the Chips Are Down</title>
		<description><![CDATA[While dealing with depression, aggravated by the challenges of a sluggish economy, it may seem much more difficult to parent at times when our children test every ounce of our patience.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.thesoulfulparent.com/2011/10/parenting-when-the-chips-are-down/</link>
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		<title>Mission Possible: Are you up for it?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This post is going to be really short but I hope it gets you to think. Your mission, if you choose to accept   it, is to get a piece of paper and a pen (a journal, a notebook, a pad, a napkin&#8230; it doesn&#8217;t matter what!) and write a list of what is beautiful, inspiring,...]]></description>
		<link>http://www.thesoulfulparent.com/2011/10/mission-possible-are-you-up-for-it/</link>
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		<title>The storm &#8220;before&#8221; the calm&#8230;.</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Have you ever started your day on the wrong foot? Did you get out of bed to the sound of your kids fighting over who gets to use the bathroom first? Have you walked in to a huge mess in the kitchen when you know full well it was clean before you went to bed?...]]></description>
		<link>http://www.thesoulfulparent.com/2011/09/one-of-those-days/</link>
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		<title>Spicy Pumpkin Soup Recipe with Coconut Milk</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Spicy Pumpkin Soup Recipe with Coconut Milk by The Gluten Free Goddess I am not a big fan of pumpkin, but this soup made me a believer&#8230; I love curry and this makes a delicious meal along with some corn bread. Definitely one worth giving it a try and I love that it uses coconut...]]></description>
		<link>http://www.thesoulfulparent.com/2011/09/spicy-pumpkin-soup-recipe-with-coconut-milk/</link>
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		<title>Confessions of a recovering &#8220;control freak&#8221;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Do you know anyone in your life who you&#8217;d consider a control freak? Anyone who has to have everything just so and who seems so unhappy when life throws curve balls his/her way? The classroom mom who always has the perfect goodie bag for every holiday but whose kids tell you mom is not happy?...]]></description>
		<link>http://www.thesoulfulparent.com/2011/09/confessions-of-a-recovering-control-freak/</link>
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		<title>Mommy 2.0: When your system are in overload!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[My husband and I both agree that, all and all, our child is pretty easy going. Considering my line of work, I&#8217;d like to say that all my training, work and experience working with families has contributed to her well-mannered, loving, thoughtful, compassionate, caring, smart and social nature. If it were that easy. The truth...]]></description>
		<link>http://www.thesoulfulparent.com/2011/09/mommy-2-0-when-your-system-are-in-overload/</link>
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		<title>The most important letter in the alphabet: ZZZZZZZZ&#8230;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[After all the excitement of the first day of school, the sharing and the getting ready for the next day, I found myself struggling to get my 9 year old to bed on time. It just felt that despite all my efforts to slow her down from a great day at school, she was what...]]></description>
		<link>http://www.thesoulfulparent.com/2011/09/the-most-important-letter-in-the-alphabet-zzzzzzzz/</link>
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		<title>Back to school musings from a quiet house</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Now that school has officially started for my 4th grader, there&#8217;s a quiet around the house that at first was unnerving. It seems, however, like the perfect time to contemplate what this new &#8220;year&#8221; marked both by my birthday and the start of the school year brings into my practice and my own personal growth....]]></description>
		<link>http://www.thesoulfulparent.com/2011/09/back-to-school-musings-of-a-quiet-house/</link>
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		<title>Parenting Through Depression</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Functioning with depression is like living with a 2 ton weight sitting on your chest — you want to get up and move, you want to try to do what needs to be done,  but you can&#8217;t find the motivation, energy or strength.&#8221; Marilyn- mom of 2 Can you relate to the above statement? I...]]></description>
		<link>http://www.thesoulfulparent.com/2011/08/parenting-through-depression/</link>
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		<title>Got Summer? Get Going!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Summer is that lazy, hazy time, when we really like to kick back! But this is a great time to get going with your family fun, something that may have been sidetracked during the school year. Family fun can be simple, 50s style, easy activities. However, it takes making a plan to have this happen!...]]></description>
		<link>http://www.thesoulfulparent.com/2011/06/got-summer-get-going/</link>
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