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		<title>When it&#8217;s more than just a bad day: the Truth about Depression</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 10 Mar 2013 22:15:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m cycling lately. Not like exercise on a two-wheeled, manpowered vehicle, but emotional cycling. There&#8217;s something people don&#8217;t tell you about being strong in the face of struggles- it&#8217;s full of periods of great weakness, moments when you just want to fall into your bed, pull the covers tight, close your eyes and find some [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Happy birthday to me.</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 03 Mar 2013 13:34:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[31 years older. 31 years BOLDER. 31 years smarter and 31 years sexier. 31 years and I&#8217;m still just getting started&#8230;and that&#8217;s more than okay. After this past decade that was as much about defeat as it was self-discovery, I&#8217;m proud to say I&#8217;ve begun again. Proud, but not delusional. This shiz takes its toll. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Power Trip: meeting author Jackie Collins and finding myself</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 17 Feb 2013 04:53:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[When I was in high school and college and I imagined myself at almost 31, I could never have envisioned what would be. I didn&#8217;t think I&#8217;d end up a single mom, working in the travel industry and searching for myself and my confidence again and again. I had no clue my love of books [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Wanderlust</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 10 Feb 2013 02:23:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[So I&#8217;m a little scared. I&#8217;ve been waiting to reclaim adventure in my life, to get back the freedom to travel that I once had. One thing the pilot ex-husband made sure of when he began his elaborate deception was that I would no longer be able to access the travel benefits I was entitled [...]]]></description>
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		<title>All the little pieces of the puzzle</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Jan 2013 00:00:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I swore I&#8217;d never be the kind of mom who sobs every time her child has a &#8220;first&#8221;. First step, first word, first friend, first anything so far and I&#8217;ve been really good with it. Genuinely happy and proud with a smile so big and satisfaction so deep it feels as if my heart grows [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Waxing philosophical or, what happens when I have time to think</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 12 Jan 2013 20:04:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>mommymasala</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Dreams]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[authentic happiness]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[existentialism]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Rilke]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[“Let everything happen to you Beauty and terror Just keep going No feeling is final”― Rainer Maria Rilke Maybe it&#8217;s because I just got out of a 10-year relationship, but I&#8217;m feeling awfully sympathetic to the movement of existentialism: the idea that we are all free agents, responsible for our own choices, and that the results of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Yeah, I&#8217;m freeee, free-fallin&#8217;</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Jan 2013 22:52:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>mommymasala</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I am divorced. Officially, finally, unbelievably UNmarried! If you&#8217;re thinking of what to say, I suggest CONGRATULATIONS and balloons and high-fives and happy dances. I filed for divorce almost two years ago. I considered myself single. I got back in shape to feeling good about my reflection. I laughed and I wrote and I moved forward. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Just in time for the holidays, @GaiamTV is bringing happiness back</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 21 Dec 2012 23:42:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>mommymasala</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The holiday season, for all of its jingling bells and ringing in the New Year, can actually be one of the most depressing times. The Christmas music everywhere reminding me of the people I won&#8217;t be seeing this year. The flurry of gift-grabbing and couples snuggling all around me while I just wish for a few extra [...]]]></description>
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		<title>God grant me the wisdom to know the difference</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 09 Dec 2012 18:26:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>mommymasala</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Serenity Prayer To start all over again with someone new, to learn all over again how to play the back and forth game of smile and tease and discover and delight&#8230; to know who to trust&#8230; AND TO BE GOOD AT IT&#8230; it&#8217;s a scary thought. How much does he need to know about [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Fa la la Long Island fundraiser</title>
		<link>http://www.mommymasala.com/fa-la-la-long-island-fundraiser/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 04 Dec 2012 04:38:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>mommymasala</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The holiday season is officially upon us, and from the North Pole to Nassau county, the celebrations are clearly underway. If you really want to get in the spirit, why not spend some of your time and money to benefit a great cause while crossing some items off your to-buy list? The Holiday Expo at [...]]]></description>
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