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Self-Esteem and You
There's a revolution going on. "It's a revolution within," says author Gloria Steinem. In fact, that is the title of her bestseller, Revolution From Within, a book about self esteem. In her preface she writes, "The more I talked to men as well as women, the more it seemed that inner feelings of incompleteness, emptiness, self doubt and self hatred...
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Putting Your Pastime to Work Jack had always thought it would be nice to retire early....
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Less of a Woman? Facing infertility? Don't go through it alone, talk to an email...
Beauty is more than what's on the outside. How good you look and feel stems from your inner health and vitality. Fortify your skin, hair and nails by eating foods packed with key nutrients like protein, and vitamins and minerals such as vitamin E and folic acid, and calcium, iron and zinc. Get the most from your workouts - eat before you exercise....
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I am struggling with forgiveness. I know that forgiving someone who hurt me is part of my recovery process, but does forgiving someone mean that I need to be willing to treat that person as well as I would treat those I consider my closest friends? (Assuming that it’s appropriate to interact with the person who hurt me.) Does forgiving completely...
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As my friend and I shared coffee in her kitchen she lamented over the girl her young son was dating. "She's wearing a belly ring!" she cried. "Sometimes girls don't realize what they're doing," I suggested. "She knows what she's doing! I asked her what the motivation was in having a belly ring," said this frightened mother a look of sadness...
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How do you see yourself? Pause for a moment and think about it. What thoughts have you had about yourself today? As women, so many of us find ourselves: basing our self-worth on how others see us and on our accomplishments feeling shame from our past defining our value based on our looks setting unrealistic standards for ourselves But...
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Have you been through a divorce? Confide in an online mentor and let them walk with you. Divorce is a great loss and a crisis that has a huge impact the lives of everyone involved. If you have experienced, or are experiencing divorce, my heart goes out to you. I know about divorce. My parents were divorced when I was 12 years old. It was painful....
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Sitting at my computer, I scrolled through the list of web sites most recently visited on my computer. I couldn't believe my eyes. With a click of my mouse, I watched in horror as sexually illicit pictures appeared on my monitor. I couldn't breathe. It felt as though my lungs collapsed and I was suffocating. I sat there, staring in disbelief....
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“Mom, embrace it!” My initial response to Amber’s words were, “Yeah, right, that’s easy for you to say.” But within seconds I thought, “She’s right. I really don’t have any other choice.” But with that “embrace” has come anguish as we’ve grieved but also much joy as we’ve seen God’s blessing in both the journey and...
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