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		<title>How to Say No&#8230;and Really Mean It</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[“No” is one of those words that is easy to pronounce, but difficult to say.  Are you the kind of person that likes to be there for family members and friends whenever and wherever possible?  Does your giving nature sometimes leave you feeling taken advantage of?  You can retain your generous essence while defending your [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Art of Accepting Praise</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Jun 2010 13:44:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[In the last Blog posting, I talked about the Power of Praise and how exchanging genuine compliments helps strengthen family relationships.  While many family members enjoy offering positive feedback to loved ones, often these same people find it difficult to be on the receiving end of heartfelt compliments.
If you find it a challenge to accept [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Power of Praise</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Jun 2010 13:37:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Everyone knows how good it feels to receive a compliment, but did you know that giving compliments can actually help strengthen a relationship?  It is a human need to receive affirmative feedback and an important skill for family members to be able to communicate compliments and positive regard to one another.
To hone the power of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Eight Tips for Becoming the Kind of Listener You’d Like to Talk to</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 06 Jun 2010 13:29:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[What is the first thing you think of when you hear the term “communication?”  For some, it is cell phones, e-mails, text messages and other physical methods of transmitting a message.  For others, it is a more global term associated with satellites, world events and network news.   Most often, when one hears the term, “communication,” [...]]]></description>
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		<title>All I Ever Needed to Know About Listening I Learned from my Mother</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Jun 2010 13:29:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Signe</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[When I began my career as a child and adolescent therapist, I was only 23 years old.  Fresh out of graduate school and thrust into a professional role where I was looked to as the “expert” on all things therapeutic, I felt pressure to know all of the answers.  In that haze, I believed that [...]]]></description>
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