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	<title>TheSageMama.com</title>
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	<pubDate>Fri, 07 Mar 2008 01:35:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Accepting Death, Lessons Learned with a Baby on My Hip</title>
		<link>http://www.thesagemama.com/2008/03/07/accepting-death-lessons-learned-with-a-baby-on-my-hip/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 07 Mar 2008 01:34:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jolene</dc:creator>
		
	<category>Relationships</category>
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		<description><![CDATA[My first reaction to the title of this section was a sinking feeling.  I am by nature a pragmatist, always accepting the darker side of life as a constant and not trying to fight against it.  The possible down side to this trait is that I often feel that I give up to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Why did I choose to have a natural childbirth experience?</title>
		<link>http://www.thesagemama.com/2008/02/18/why-did-i-choose-to-have-a-natural-childbirth-experience/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 18 Feb 2008 04:03:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jolene</dc:creator>
		
	<category>Motherhood</category>
	<category>Pregnancy</category>
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		<description><![CDATA[
I imagine it’s the same reason one might choose to run a marathon or surf a big wave.
It’s not just so I could say I did it, though that feels good to do so.
It’s not because I had to, certainly no one was pressuring me to go natural.
It’s not even because I wanted to be [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Only Way To Learn</title>
		<link>http://www.thesagemama.com/2007/11/20/the-only-way-to-learn/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thesagemama.com/2007/11/20/the-only-way-to-learn/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Nov 2007 11:18:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stacy</dc:creator>
		
	<category>Motherhood</category>
	<category>Homeschooling</category>
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		<description><![CDATA[How do you learn?
            Some people say they learn best by listening to oral instructions, others say they like to read something for it to really stick. Other people say they learn by doing, and some need to hear it, read it, AND do it before it becomes ingrained knowledge. Most studies that analyze this sort [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Replacing Our “To Do” list with a “To Be” list</title>
		<link>http://www.thesagemama.com/2007/11/16/replacing-our-to-do-list-with-a-to-be-list/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thesagemama.com/2007/11/16/replacing-our-to-do-list-with-a-to-be-list/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Nov 2007 12:40:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Deborah</dc:creator>
		
	<category>Motherhood</category>
	<category>Energy Work</category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I am a huge fan of &#8220;to do&#8221; lists.  My lists keep me organized, on task, and able to make sense of a seemingly endless parade of tasks and chores to be completed.
So imagine my surprise when I came across the following idea in an by Alan Cohen.  http://www.spiritsite.com/forums/columns/others/part2.shtml 
Alan writes in an article called, &#8220;What [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How To Leave The Mainstream: 5 Easy Steps</title>
		<link>http://www.thesagemama.com/2007/11/07/how-to-leave-the-mainstream-5-easy-steps/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thesagemama.com/2007/11/07/how-to-leave-the-mainstream-5-easy-steps/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Nov 2007 00:31:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stacy</dc:creator>
		
	<category>Uncategorized</category>
	<category>Motherhood</category>
	<category>Creating Community</category>
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		<description><![CDATA[When I look back on my childhood, it seems relentlessly Americana, but in the bad modern way: grew up in a suburb&#8217;s raised ranch, worked hard in high school so that I could pay lots of money to go to college, tried a career, found a better one, got married, bought a house, two cars, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Trusting Your Gut- Literally : Muscle Testing Basics</title>
		<link>http://www.thesagemama.com/2007/11/01/trusting-your-gut-literally-muscle-testing-basics/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thesagemama.com/2007/11/01/trusting-your-gut-literally-muscle-testing-basics/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Nov 2007 22:43:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Deborah</dc:creator>
		
	<category>Healing</category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Did you know that our bodies can give us immediate feedback on whether something is right for us?  On which path to take, which decision to make?
Our bodies can give us a clear yes or no &#8212; and it comes from our gut.
For those of you who know muscle testing, this is already old news.  [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Givers and Takers</title>
		<link>http://www.thesagemama.com/2007/10/28/givers-and-takers/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thesagemama.com/2007/10/28/givers-and-takers/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 28 Oct 2007 13:58:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stacy</dc:creator>
		
	<category>Uncategorized</category>
	<category>Creating Community</category>
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		<description><![CDATA[ 
            Community is difficult to construct in our modern culture.  We tend to manage little mini-communities—the adults we see at work, the parents of our children&#8217;s friends, our chosen friends we see in our free time. But these groups rarely intersect unless (possibly) you choose to step out of the modern culture and stay home [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Seeing My Son</title>
		<link>http://www.thesagemama.com/2007/10/20/seeing-my-son/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thesagemama.com/2007/10/20/seeing-my-son/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 20 Oct 2007 00:11:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Deborah</dc:creator>
		
	<category>Motherhood</category>
	<category>Relationships</category>
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		<description><![CDATA[As the mother of a boy and two girls, I find it easier to get along with my daughters than my son.  I hate saying this and yet it is true.  I understand my girls and share similar interests with them.  I find my son to be abrasive and rude at times (my judgements &#8230;.) [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Finding Serenity in the Soapsuds</title>
		<link>http://www.thesagemama.com/2007/10/08/finding-serenity-in-the-soapsuds/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thesagemama.com/2007/10/08/finding-serenity-in-the-soapsuds/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Oct 2007 17:30:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Deborah</dc:creator>
		
	<category>Motherhood</category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I do much better away from home.  I thrive on being busy and interacting with others, having things to do and places to be.
Being home can be challenging for me; I get bored with the housework and find myself restless.  And yet I know that if I am truly at peace with myself, then I [...]]]></description>
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		<title>I Wish I Were Wiser</title>
		<link>http://www.thesagemama.com/2007/09/09/i-wish-i-were-wiser/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thesagemama.com/2007/09/09/i-wish-i-were-wiser/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 09 Sep 2007 21:02:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Deborah</dc:creator>
		
	<category>Motherhood</category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I subscribe to a daily email from an amazing parenting coach, Scott Noelle (http://www.enjoyparenting.com/get-your-daily-groove).  His Daily Groove writing offers profound insights into how to be with our children in a collaborative way.  He has great insights into the Law of Attraction and other loving and empowering truths.
I wish I had his wisdom.  He is definitely [...]]]></description>
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