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		<title>How to keep your Body Image from Hurting The Relationship</title>
		<link>http://estestherapy.com/relationshiptips/2011/01/15/body_image_hurting_relationship/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 16 Jan 2011 00:31:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Are you the type of person that stands in front of the mirror reviewing your body?  Do you scrutinize every little detail that you hate on your body, such as your “hello kitty” arms, or your “used-to-be-so-flat-mommy-belly?”  Do you find that know matter how many times you hear from your partner that he loves your [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Relationship Advice: What is an Emotional Affair?</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Oct 2010 05:10:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[It all started with an innocent friendship, a simple flirty comment and WHAMO! Chemistry takes over and your internal world ignites on fire, you get excited, and your mind races a thousand miles a minute. Emotional affairs don’t include physical intimacy….it is basically all emotion.
Here are a few items that constitute an emotional affair:

The Relationship [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A Matter of Being Honest: A Deeper Intimacy For Couples</title>
		<link>http://estestherapy.com/relationshiptips/2010/08/27/being-honest-a-deeper-intimacy-for-couples/</link>
		<comments>http://estestherapy.com/relationshiptips/2010/08/27/being-honest-a-deeper-intimacy-for-couples/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Aug 2010 06:26:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Yvette Currie, MFC 45439</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I attended a social excursion, recently, wherein I was put on notice by a friend with “you want me to be completely honest with you? Well here goes . . .” Not only did this make me nervous, I braced myself for a barrage, and my fears came true, as a barrage of insulting conjecture [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Relationship Problems and Facebook: How to keep Social Networking from Hurting your Relationship (Series II)</title>
		<link>http://estestherapy.com/relationshiptips/2010/05/07/relationship-problems-and-facebook-how-to-keep-social-networking-from-hurting-your-relationship-series-ii/</link>
		<comments>http://estestherapy.com/relationshiptips/2010/05/07/relationship-problems-and-facebook-how-to-keep-social-networking-from-hurting-your-relationship-series-ii/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 07 May 2010 22:11:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jennineestes</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Conflict Resolution]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Jennine Estes, MFT
Is Facebook helping or hurting your relationship?
On a weekly basis I have clients sitting on my therapy couch and sharing how Facebook was involved in some part of their relationship.  Some state that they use Facebook when they are feeling insecure in the relationship; investigating their partner’s activity with others, combing through [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Get Your Relationship Un-Stuck and Back on Track</title>
		<link>http://estestherapy.com/relationshiptips/2010/04/29/get-your-relationship-un-stuck-and-back-on-track/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Apr 2010 17:13:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jennineestes</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Get your Relationship Un-Stuck: By Jennine Estes
Relationships are full of ups and down, ins and outs.  Some couples get caught on the “down” side and fall into the nasty hole of disconnection, loneliness, and dullness.  In many ways, it can feel as if being stuck in a bottom of a ditch; nothing to grab onto [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Social Networking Series: The Facebook-Addiction and how to take back control</title>
		<link>http://estestherapy.com/relationshiptips/2010/04/23/social-networking-series-the-facebook-addiction/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Apr 2010 22:07:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jennineestes</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Jennine Estes

You may have experienced the feeling when you sit in front of your computer working and you see an email from Facebook staring at you.  You think to yourself, “I will make a quick response and then get right back on track with work and be productive.”  But next thing you [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Is “Bring Home the Bacon” Too Much in Your Relationship?</title>
		<link>http://estestherapy.com/relationshiptips/2010/02/02/is-%e2%80%9cbring-home-the-bacon%e2%80%9d-too-much-in-your-relationship/</link>
		<comments>http://estestherapy.com/relationshiptips/2010/02/02/is-%e2%80%9cbring-home-the-bacon%e2%80%9d-too-much-in-your-relationship/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Feb 2010 01:48:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jennineestes</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[

by Jennine Estes, MFT
You may know the feeling of hitting the snooze button just a few more times before you have to face your work day.  You look at your partner lying comfortably in the bed as you crawl out of bed.  The day races and you face the ups-and-downs of your job. At the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>“How to Make a Decision When We Disagree?” Couples Advice</title>
		<link>http://estestherapy.com/relationshiptips/2009/12/16/%e2%80%9chow-to-make-a-decision-when-we-disagree%e2%80%9d-couples-advice/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Dec 2009 20:57:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jennineestes</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[What should we do when we both feel right when we disagree?  How should our disagreement be handled while making a decision? These questions are common….especially since “most marital arguments cannot be resolved,” stated by John Gottman in his book The Seven Principles for Making Marriage Work.  To make a decision when both partners disagree [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Living Without a Label: A documentary on HIV/AIDs</title>
		<link>http://estestherapy.com/relationshiptips/2009/12/01/living-without-a-label-a-documentary-on-hivaids/</link>
		<comments>http://estestherapy.com/relationshiptips/2009/12/01/living-without-a-label-a-documentary-on-hivaids/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Dec 2009 02:04:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jennineestes</dc:creator>
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		<title>Sex Advice: How Sex Doesn&#8217;t Need to be a Chore</title>
		<link>http://estestherapy.com/relationshiptips/2009/11/12/sex_not_as_a_job/</link>
		<comments>http://estestherapy.com/relationshiptips/2009/11/12/sex_not_as_a_job/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Nov 2009 01:34:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jennineestes</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sex doesn't have to be a job, but for many women this is a common theme.  ]]></description>
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