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		<title>I shall believe</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 04 Jul 2010 14:24:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rae</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Please excuse my recent absence. Things have been kind of crazy. That special kind of crazy that happens just before momentum begins. Well, we finally have momentum, and in some ways I credit my #21.5.800 journey for that. The movement is on a long-term project though and it will probably take a few months to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Mellow</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 03 May 2010 01:14:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rae</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Have you never been mellow? Have you never tried to find a comfort from inside you? Have you never been happy just to hear your song? Have you never let someone else be strong? -Olivia Newton John: Have you never been mellow Yes I know I just lost every ounce of credibility when I posted [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Lets talk about &#8230; My fine line</title>
		<link>http://blog.rachaelstott.com/2010/04/lets-talk-about-my-fine-line/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=lets-talk-about-my-fine-line</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Apr 2010 06:20:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rae</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[There is a fine line, at least in my pretty little head, between submitting to someone else&#8217;s will and choosing to find happiness in someone else&#8217;s happiness. You might need to read that one again. It is a really, really, fine line. This is a really complicated issue. At least for me. The concept of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Lets talk about&#8230;. my imperfection</title>
		<link>http://blog.rachaelstott.com/2010/03/lets-talk-about-my-imperfection/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=lets-talk-about-my-imperfection</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Mar 2010 03:11:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rae</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This blog should have been written 24 hours ago. Maybe more. No excuses here, mind you. I am open to criticism and may she who embodies perfection throw the first stone. Any takers? No? Really? That&#8217;s no surprise to me. But it does bring up an important question &#8211; Why do we try so hard [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The inevitability of Love</title>
		<link>http://blog.rachaelstott.com/2010/02/the-inevitability-of-love/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=the-inevitability-of-love</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 14 Feb 2010 08:51:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rae</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Staring out my window looking through the sheets of grey rain at the enormous gum tree dancing in the breeze, I feel comforted. There has always something about a good thunder-storm that soothes me right to the wick. The thing about thunder storms is that they are inevitable. I am yet to meet a person who [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Shopping and zen</title>
		<link>http://blog.rachaelstott.com/2010/01/shopping-and-zen/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=shopping-and-zen</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 04 Jan 2010 03:52:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rae</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[For a long time I have said that our local shopping centre was built on a portal to hell. Nothing good ever happened there. It simply sucked the life, cheer, money and joy from you. It is a place I avoid as much as possible. Despite my best intentions and planning, it was necessary to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Overwhelm&#8230; how I hate thee</title>
		<link>http://blog.rachaelstott.com/2009/12/overwhelm-how-i-hate-thee/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=overwhelm-how-i-hate-thee</link>
		<comments>http://blog.rachaelstott.com/2009/12/overwhelm-how-i-hate-thee/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Dec 2009 01:22:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rae</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[If you are female aged between 21 and 50 I would bet my last TimTam (Amazing Australian biscuit) that you know the feeling well. Overwhelm, yuck! It usually goes something like this &#8211; Work is hectic or the baby is teething, or both. AND you are stressed about one or more of the following; buying [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Our parents&#8217; mistakes</title>
		<link>http://blog.rachaelstott.com/2009/09/our-parents-mistakes/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=our-parents-mistakes</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Sep 2009 14:12:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rae</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As a society we are lengthening our work days and taking side projects like consulting, blogging and even second jobs. What I find most astounding is that it is Gen-Y who is leading the charge. What the? Yes we are in our twenties and building the foundations of our careers and indeed our lives but wasn’t it us that vowed never to repeat our parents’ mistake of putting work before fulfillment and happiness?]]></description>
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		<title>Running on empty</title>
		<link>http://blog.rachaelstott.com/2009/09/running-on-empty/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=running-on-empty</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Sep 2009 23:14:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rae</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[We all have the capacity to contain energy &#38; vitality. We are also apt at losing vitality and energy. Healthy, happy, productive people have found the right balance between activities that boost their energy levels and ones that tax their energy levels. There are a number of reasons for keeping your energy levels high: It [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Life</title>
		<link>http://blog.rachaelstott.com/2009/08/life/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=life</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 30 Aug 2009 03:44:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rae</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s not always fair. In fact it rarely is. It favours the brave, the ambitious, the unencumbered, the blinkered and the tunnel visioned. So if you have loved ones, hobbies, are compassionate, have children, see the bigger picture beyond your wants &#8211; you have some tough decisions to make. The ghastly thing about tough decisions [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A balanced heart</title>
		<link>http://blog.rachaelstott.com/2009/08/a-balanced-heart/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=a-balanced-heart</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 22 Aug 2009 04:00:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rae</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.rachaelstott.com/?p=451</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Balance in relationships is ideal. Everybody wants to be in a mature, loving, supportive relationship where both partners benefit equally. The dream goes like this; both people get their needs met, they get unconditional love, boundless support, brunches on Sundays, in-jokes, fond memories, a reliable plus one for obligatory events, someone to do the housework [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Solid ground</title>
		<link>http://blog.rachaelstott.com/2009/08/solid-ground/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=solid-ground</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 12 Aug 2009 00:30:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rae</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Getting your footing is a double edged sword. It is a beginning and an end. A life raft &#38; a trap. It is a welcome reprieve from running in shifting sand, the earth crumbling beneath you, keeping you moving constantly searching out something firmer, safer. Ironically, as soon as we feel solid ground beneath our [...]]]></description>
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