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		<title>How Can You Tell If You Need a Vacation?</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Feb 2012 16:56:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Maggie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[When was the last time you took a good vacation? What&#8217;s the longest you have allowed yourself to let down and stay off duty? Women face so many conflicting demands today &#8230;they often end up feeling exhausted, cranky, and discouraged. Burnout rears its ugly head and you find you just don&#8217;t care about much of<a class="readmore" href="http://www.womenspeak.com/how-can-you-tell-if-you-need-a-vacation/">Read the Rest...</a>]]></description>
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		<title>The Link Between Stress and Heart Disease</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Feb 2012 15:08:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>cathy</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Auto Immune Disorders]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Woman Heart Champion, Lynette Crane tells her eye-opening story of her own surprise heart attack. She pioneered stress education in the &#8217;70s at San Francisco City College. The topic was so new to psychology she had to write the textbook for the course. Yet her knowledge did not protect Lynette from having a heart attack<a class="readmore" href="http://www.womenspeak.com/the-link-between-stress-and-heart-disease/">Read the Rest...</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Mild Depression: Beating Post-Holiday Blues</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Dec 2011 16:15:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Maggie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Lots of people feel let down after the holiday season. Maybe the celebrations, joy, gift giving, parties, and gatherings with friends and families really weren’t all you had hoped. Maybe your holiday was downright awful. It’s enough to make anyone feel anxious and depressed. Tips for a healthy post-holiday recovery: Were your holiday expectations manageable?<a class="readmore" href="http://www.womenspeak.com/mild-depression-beating-post-holiday-blues/">Read the Rest...</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Build Your Self-Esteem with Positive Thoughts and Nine Crucial Actions</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Nov 2011 19:28:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Maggie</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Feeling Young]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Fit and Healthy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Gender issues]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mentoring]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Many women have told me they grew up hearing messages that greatly harmed their self-images. These messages continue to influence how they see their reflections in the mirror today, and it often does not match up with the way they think they should look. What do you think when you look in a mirror? Do<a class="readmore" href="http://www.womenspeak.com/build-your-self-esteem-with-positive-thoughts-and-nine-crucial-actions/">Read the Rest...</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Heart Association “Go Red” For Women Luncheon</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Nov 2011 17:32:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Maggie</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Connect4Good]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Go Red for Women Luncheon, Springfield, MO The American Heart Association presented its 2011 Go Red For Women Luncheon with the them, “Cooking from the Heart.”  The program featured a heart-healthy cooking demonstration led by well-known local chef, James Clary, and registered dietitian, Adam Pruett. The heart-healthy recipe prepared during the demonstration was also the<a class="readmore" href="http://www.womenspeak.com/heart-association-go-red-for-women-luncheon/">Read the Rest...</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Achieve Healthiest, Most Love-Filled Life</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 20 Oct 2011 15:09:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Maggie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I recently spoke to health and life quality guru Nancy Deville. She is an amazing woman in the height of her powers and beauty. She offered a simple blueprint any woman can follow to achieve better health and happiness. Say something good to yourself. Too often we are masters at putting ourselves down, and Nancy<a class="readmore" href="http://www.womenspeak.com/achieve-healthiest-most-love-filled-life/">Read the Rest...</a>]]></description>
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		<title>How Social Media Are Affecting Social-Profit Organizations</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Sep 2011 17:38:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Maggie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Social-profit organizations always operate with small staffs and people who can feel maxed out. Social media opportunities today stretch staff resources to the breaking point and have created three major problems. This excellent article explores three negative consequences and what to do about them. &#160; The 24/7 news cycle creates compassion fatigue. People feel overloaded<a class="readmore" href="http://www.womenspeak.com/how-social-media-are-affecting-social-profit-organizations/">Read the Rest...</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Why Manage Stress</title>
		<link>http://www.womenspeak.com/manage-stress/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=manage-stress</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Sep 2011 13:30:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>cathy</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Conversations]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Nurse Practitioner, Marcelle Pick wants you to ask yourself these questions: Are you racing through your day afraid that if you sit down, you’ll stop? Or are you simply overwhelmed, exhausted and trying to cope with everything and everyone who needs your care? If neither of these describes you, congratulations! You are in the minority.<a class="readmore" href="http://www.womenspeak.com/manage-stress/">Read the Rest...</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Are Companies Pinkwashing While Selling Carcinogenic Products?</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 28 Jul 2011 21:45:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Maggie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A hot controversy emerged on Forbes.com this summer that will not be resolved anytime soon. National Women&#8217;s Health Network Raises Alarm About Lead in Lipstick In its September/October 2011 issue, NWHN  suggests that the Society for Women&#8217;s health Research and the Personal Care Products Council are industry dominated and concealing or at least disregarding threats<a class="readmore" href="http://www.womenspeak.com/are-companies-pinkwashing-while-selling-carcinogenic-products/">Read the Rest...</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Is stress making you fat? Adrenal balance and weight loss</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Jun 2011 18:51:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Maggie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[by Marcelle Pick, OB/GYN NP How stress can make us gain weight Best place to store fat? The belly Number-one for your adrenal health: Eat! Pacing yourself to promote healing Too often, women and their healthcare practitioners think weight loss is all about cutting calories and exercising more. But I have plenty of patients who’ve<a class="readmore" href="http://www.womenspeak.com/is-stress-making-you-fat-adrenal-balance-and-weight-loss/">Read the Rest...</a>]]></description>
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