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		<title>Coping With Stress (Part 2)</title>
		<description><![CDATA[In my last Blog post I suggested some ways for coping with stress (walking, progressive muscle relaxation, daydreaming and guided imagery, meditation, and candle gazing). But when you feel stressed and don’t have a lot of time on your hands, you can still de-stress with mini-relaxation breaks: Take a few DEEP breaths periodically throughout the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://melaniehack.com/blog/?p=920</link>
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		<title>Coping With Stress</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Sometimes negative personal stress can build up in your life until you feel overwhelmed! Or you can go from a feeling of being calm to overwhelmed very quickly when several stressful events (such as: illness, death of a beloved, a cancer diagnosis, divorce, separation, hospitalization, injury, abuse, money problems, physical or social [humiliation, rejection, embarrassment] [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://melaniehack.com/blog/?p=905</link>
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		<title>It&#8217;s Tough To Lose A Parent</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Having gone through this experience yourself, many of you truly understand what it is like…how tough it is to lose a parent…no matter what the circumstances and personal history. And when you have been the caretaker and have seen your parent find peace, there is a wide array of feelings—sadness mixed with relief (which, if [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://melaniehack.com/blog/?p=887</link>
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		<title>Benediction</title>
		<description><![CDATA[May you so live, within the Spirit that strives for Truth, And the Apprehension of Wisdom, that &#8212; Whomsoever contacts you, will be strengthened; Whomsoever calls to you in the darkness, will be answered; Whomsoever gives to you of material, service, or money, &#8212; Will be prospered. And, should any seek to harm you at [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://melaniehack.com/blog/?p=880</link>
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		<title>Thanks For The Lessons, Dad</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I miss you Dad. Thanks for the lessons. Throughout my life you gave me incredible lessons and strength. I’ll always love you. Melanie Hack Author of Who Killed My Sister, My friend Read an excerpt now TV Shows and Clips about the Death of Cindy James]]></description>
		<link>http://melaniehack.com/blog/?p=872</link>
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		<title>Feeling The Presence Of The Dead</title>
		<description><![CDATA[After celebrating Mom and Dad’s 68th anniversary and Mom’s 88th birthday in March (three months before Dad’s death), I told Dad I would plan a similar celebration for his upcoming 90th birthday in May. He looked at me and said, “Well, at least the important one was celebrated—Mom’s! And our anniversary!” I thought he was [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://melaniehack.com/blog/?p=860</link>
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		<title>What Is Death?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Perhaps death is liberation—freedom? Melanie Hack Author of Who Killed My Sister, My friend Read an excerpt now TV Shows and Clips about the Death of Cindy James]]></description>
		<link>http://melaniehack.com/blog/?p=851</link>
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		<title>Quote By Og Mandino</title>
		<description><![CDATA[“Cherish each hour of this day for it can never return.” Melanie Hack Author of Who Killed My Sister, My friend Read an excerpt now TV Shows and Clips about the Death of Cindy James]]></description>
		<link>http://melaniehack.com/blog/?p=832</link>
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		<title>Time Of Sadness</title>
		<description><![CDATA[My apologies to readers who have visited my Blog over the last week expecting to find new posts—I have not found the time (or more accurately, the desire) to write as I was dealing with an intense personal loss…that of my Father, plus the added sadness and stress of my mother’s health failing—now that her [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://melaniehack.com/blog/?p=834</link>
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		<title>Would You Rather Go First&#8230;Or Your Spouse?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Lou and Patricia DeMuro, both age 84, passed away on the same day, five hours apart, in two different locations in La Mesa after a 62-year marriage. The natives of Chicago enjoyed a fond companionship with each other, and neither wanted to live without the other. On the day before they died, their daughter Jan [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://melaniehack.com/blog/?p=787</link>
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