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	<title>Michelle Emery, Professional Life Coaching &#38; Counseling</title>
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		<title>Welcome 2012!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I subscribe to a fabulous blog called Writing Through Life.  The author of this blog sends out themes to inspire individuals to write. As I was reflecting on the New Year and different traditions around setting personal goals or resolutions this blog post came through my email.  I really appreciated her perspective and approach to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Musings on forgiveness</title>
		<description><![CDATA[“Sincere Forgiveness isn’t colored with expectations that the other person apologize or change.  Don’t worry whether or not they finally understand you.  Love them and release them.  Life feeds back truth to people in its own way and time.”   ~Sara Paddison
 
 
I have been thinking a lot about forgiveness lately. I have a client [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.michelleemery.com/musings-on-forgiveness/</link>
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		<title>A Brief Lesson From Life and Death</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A brief lesson in life and death…
I am deeply saddened by the deaths of two great thinkers.  I have been processing the death of Steve Jobbs for the last few weeks, thinking about his contributions to society through his brilliance, innovation, and courage to follow his heart and his willingness to not be liked.  He [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.michelleemery.com/a-brief-lesson-from-life-and-death/</link>
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		<title>Anxiety and Adolescence</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Anxiety and Adolescence 
Adolescence can be a time of turmoil not only for those going through it but for the family as well.  It seems that the everyday stress that teens have to deal with increases exponentially for each generation.  Not only do they have the same or similar stressors of competition in academics, sports [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.michelleemery.com/anxiety-and-adolescence/</link>
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		<title>Making Contact..</title>
		<description><![CDATA[If we allow ourselves to sit and watch the world we will be witness to an ever-flowing movement.  A hummingbird flies in for a closer look and then flies back out to safety; a wave from a large body of water comes in to make contact with the earth then retreats, and the Morning Glory [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.michelleemery.com/making-contact/</link>
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		<title>Taking Care in the Midst of Chaos</title>
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Parents,
who hasn’t lost their temper or been so confused by the behavior their child is displaying that they throw their hands up in defeat?
Well, I don’t know about you but I have, I have wondered; am I being to hard, how will my child and I get along in the future, what sort of values [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.michelleemery.com/taking-care-in-the-midst-of-chaos/</link>
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		<title>What’s Values Got To Do With It?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I am busy and overwhelmed why are you asking me about values shouldn’t we be focused on making my life easier?
This is an actual question a client posed to me the other day:  great question, No?
So what do values have to do with anything you ask, well, my dears, everything.  You see we find our [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.michelleemery.com/what%e2%80%99s-values-got-to-do-with-it/</link>
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		<title>A Deeper Sense of Self</title>
		<description><![CDATA[In a recent article by Deepak Chopra he writes:
When you know who you really are, you are able to manifest your deepest desires. You are able to experience abundance, joy, and fulfillment. Yet most people confuse their true identity with their self-image. They identify themselves with external things, including their possessions, titles, money, perceived status, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.michelleemery.com/a-deeper-sense-of-self/</link>
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		<title>Welcome</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Thank you for stopping by my blog. I&#8217;ll be posting content soon, so please check back for some great information that I can&#8217;t wait to share with you!
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		<link>http://www.michelleemery.com/welcome/</link>
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