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		<title>Mom Retreat!</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 18 May 2010 13:51:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Oh, Fireflies!</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Apr 2010 01:55:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ellen C. Braun</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I was sitting on the patio with my children surrounding me. They were spotting fireflies in the early summer evening. The feeling was content, and he light breeze in the air was like a sigh at the end of an energy-filled day. The children’s excitement was palpable, for every time a firefly lit up, they [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Stop and Smell the Roses!</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Apr 2010 16:31:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[by:  Dyan Eybergen Walking through the park one evening with my eleven-year-old son and our dog Piper, I had my chin buried into the warmth of the neck of my jacket cursing the unlike-spring weather, wishing I had worn a hat when my son called out to me from several paces behind.  “Mom, come take [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Am I a Good Enough Mother?</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Feb 2010 07:23:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Reframing</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Jan 2010 20:05:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ellen C. Braun</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Art of Reframing It’s not just for artists and professional framers. Reframing is a psychological tool that can simply transform your life. I know, it sounds pretty cliché, however- it’s the truth. The other day I was parked in our 5-speed Nissan Sentra facing the playing field outside of my children’s school when I [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A Gift for Mothers!</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Dec 2009 14:58:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ellen C. Braun</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A special gift for Moms! Sign up below to receive access to a printable 8&#215;10&#8243; or 5&#215;7&#8243; poem.  Just add a frame and Viola!  A ready-made gift for yourself, your best friend, your sister, your mom&#8230; or all of the above! Share this link with your friends:) Ellen C. Braun Parenting Coach Name: Email: We [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Power of NOW!</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 13 Dec 2009 20:36:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ellen C. Braun</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The pre-holiday-season often means frantic rushing.  Frenzied running.  High anxiety levels.  Hectic days and wired nights. It need not be this way- just read the next few sentences for a 180 degree mindset shift! The gift of the present tense is that “now” is never as bad as the future we anxiously awaited.  The apprehension [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How tonight&#8217;s dinner can change your life:</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 20:54:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ellen C. Braun</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Here is a question:  Do You Eat With Your Children? Many people would say yes, and they are telling the truth: A pop-tart on the way to school, a Lunchable between piano and ball practice, a bowl of popcorn in front of a sitcom. However, if the question were just slightly different:  “Do you eat [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Educational Wisdom Movie</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 19 Aug 2009 04:26:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ellen C. Braun</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Educators play an integral role in the development of children. They motivate, educate, inspire and pass on their wisdom and knowledge. While you may think of educators as only being traditional teachers, that’s far from the truth. Everyone is a teacher; parents, grandparents, aunts, uncles, cousins, coaches, scout leaders, counselors, clergy, law enforcement and more. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Progress, Not Perfection</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 27 Jul 2009 17:57:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ellen C. Braun</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Recently I noticed a bumper sticker in a parking lot which read, “Progress, not Perfection.” Hundreds of examples of how to apply that motto to childrearing rushed through my head as I made my way past that shiny sedan. Although most of those ideas flew right out of my brain by the time I got [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Independence</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Jul 2009 13:53:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ellen C. Braun</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Celebrating Independence Day this weekend on July 4th, I gazed at the brilliant display of fireworks and pondered what freedom means to us today. Freedom is all about having the ability to make choices. Yet, I wondered, how much freedom is truly mine, and how much have I relinquished in order to fit into a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Who Are You?</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Jun 2009 17:45:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ellen C. Braun</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[RaisingSmallSouls is pleased to introduce Nathan Geisler, Master Life Coach, to provide valuable insights into child rearing. Nathan Geisler M.A., an experienced family therapist, has been an educator for life values for the last 25 years. He teaches and lectures at institutes of higher learning, colleges and universities. He has thousands of students across the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>&#8220;I&#8217;m Losing It!&#8221;</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 07 May 2009 17:18:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ellen C. Braun</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Question: Dear RaisingSmallSouls, I’m a single mom raising two girls, ages 10 and 7. Being a supportive and nurturing parent is the most important thing to me, and generally, I feel like I’m a pretty good parent. But sometimes, things escalate, they talk back to me, and it reaches a point where I find myself [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Life Is A Roller Coaster!</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Sep 2008 19:17:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ellen C. Braun</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Imagine that you have waited on line at Disney World for the placid boat ride through streams of beautiful flowers and dolls singing “It’s a small world after all”. After strapping yourself into your seat, your car moves forward with an unexpected lurch. You enjoy the gentle breeze, which slowly grows to become a near [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Different Like Me</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 15 Aug 2008 09:24:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ellen C. Braun</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Different Like Me By Kathleen Freeman My name is Thomas and I’m different you see, But a whole lot of others are different like me. There are kids different colors and kids different sizes, Kids who win contests and kids who win prizes. Kids good at math, science, spelling or reading, Kids good with drawing, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>There’s No Such Thing as a Small Soul!</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Jul 2008 18:47:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ellen C. Braun</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The title of this article may strike you as a contradiction to the name of this website, RaisingSmallSouls.com. Obviously, you’d be absolutely correct to take note of the inconsistency. And that is what brings us to today’s topic: There are very few absolutes in the realm of childrearing. Children are capable of great things- does [...]]]></description>
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		<title>We Are More Than Beautiful!</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 12 Mar 2008 02:09:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ellen C. Braun</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Blog Book Tour We Are More Than Beautiful 46 Real Teens Speak Out about Beauty, Happiness, Love and Life by Woody Winfree The new book, We Are More Than Beautiful for teen girls is the latest addition to the work of the I Am Beautiful Project, an initiative committed to producing creative and educational works [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Values Versus Pop Culture</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 12 Feb 2008 16:09:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ellen C. Braun</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[No matter where you live and how sheltered you keep your family, Western values are infiltrating our households. How do you prevent American values (i.e. that beauty, wealth, and power are the keys to happiness and success) from taking hold in your children&#8217;s mind? What is an effective manner to convey that religious and family [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Yell at Your Kids in the Afteroon&#8230; but Not in the Mornings!</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Jan 2008 18:32:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ellen C. Braun</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Yell at your kids in the afternoon, but… … NOT in the mornings! This week, we are going to incorporate a new habit into our lives. The purpose of this particular habit is to make our children’s living more pleasant and to give them the emotional tools that they need to develop and maintain healthy [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Driving Without Fuel</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Jan 2008 18:47:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ellen C. Braun</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Here’s a question for you: Would you attempt a cross-country drive without a single gallon of gas in your car’s tank? At the risk of stating the obvious, nobody in their right mind would try to take a trip in a vehicle that lacks fuel! Then, why, OH WHY, do so many of us attempt [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Don&#8217;t Worry!</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 19 Dec 2007 18:12:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ellen C. Braun</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It was one of those dull, gray Monday mornings earlier this week when I was sitting in my doctor’s office being administered a medication via IV for several hours.  Unfortunately, I had neglected to find a good book to accompany me on this boring morning in a cold, geriatric environment. Therefore, I had a lot [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Parents &#8211; 12 Holiday Tips For Balance, Harmony, and Joy</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 13 Dec 2007 03:05:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ellen C. Braun</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Values & Ethics]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[This time of year, we look forward to the excitement and fun of the holiday season: Thanksgiving, Hanukkah, Christmas, Kwanzaa, and the New Year are all occasions to rejoice and celebrate with family and friends. With the holidays, though, comes more than the usual amount of juggling, multitasking, planning, making, going, doing &#8230; the to-do [...]]]></description>
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		<title>You Can&#8217;t Teach It If You Don&#8217;t Know It!</title>
		<link>http://www.raisingsmallsouls.com/you-cant-teach-it-if-you-dont-know-it/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Oct 2007 16:55:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ellen C. Braun</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Communication]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Controversial Parenting Styles]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Motivating Children]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[If you were asked to deliver a lecture about marine biology in thirty minutes, would you be able to give a terrific speech? Probably not. And neither would I. How about if the subject was antique marble collecting? Or ancient Chinese weaving techniques? The point is: We cannot teach that which we do not know. [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>27</slash:comments>
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		<title>Mom Song</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Oct 2007 20:40:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ellen C. Braun</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Communication]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Words of Inspiration!]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Go ahead&#8230; you deserve a laugh! Subscribe to the comments for this post? Share this on del.icio.us Digg this! Share this on Facebook Email this via Gmail Add this to Google Bookmarks Share this on Reddit Stumble upon something good? Share it on StumbleUpon Share this on Technorati Tweet This!]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>54</slash:comments>
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		<title>Juggling!</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 12 Sep 2007 19:07:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ellen C. Braun</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Problem Solving]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Values & Ethics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Words of Inspiration!]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Every busy parent knows that life is a continuous juggling act in the midst of a three-ring-circus.  Trust me, I have three little boys, each of whom manages to demand, perform, and behave in excess of a Barnum and Bailey show! Every day you pack enough sandwiches and cook sufficient food to feed small third-world-country.  [...]]]></description>
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