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		<title>Youthful mis-perceptions</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Mar 2010 14:02:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rae</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A dear friend posted a blog asking us what out 16-year-old self would think about our lives now. My 16-year-old self wouldn&#8217;t think anything about my life now. She would be seeing red, steam pouring form here ears busily hating on and writing off my life. No, I am not kidding. My 16 year old [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Musings on Grace</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 17 Jan 2010 15:20:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I firmly believe that it takes a village to raise a child. In a ‘village’ children grow up at the feet of elders, learning vital lessons. Adults in a ‘village’ mentor and teach adolescents, instructing them in the skills and knowledge that they will need to contribute to the village in adulthood. Sadly I feel [...]]]></description>
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		<title>When no labels fit&#8230;</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Sep 2009 22:27:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rae</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Despite this being the state of affairs since my maternity leave began 15 months ago, the realisation that I don't have to rejoin the workforce only hit me this week. Until now I have been busying myself with finding roles and labels for myself and what I do. You see I know I have value, but I have always known it through the filter of external labels. It was what I did and what the world saw me as that was valuable. Now the world sees me as a 'Stay at home mother' and while it is a role I relish it is (I'm being honest here) such a reductive label.]]></description>
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		<title>Secret desires</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Sep 2009 01:15:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rae</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[We don’t often admit (to ourselves) what we really want. If knowing what you want doesn’t terrify you and exhilarate you at the same time, then you don’t really want it. We tell ourselves lies about what we want and justify them to others. We settle for lesser goals. We try to satisfy our appetite [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Inspiration</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 14 Aug 2009 02:25:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rae</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It eludes us. It strikes. It illuminates us. It flows through us. It leaves us. Like charisma, inspiration has always seemed to me to have an ‘other-worldly’ air. Inspiration is not arbitrarily bestowed upon individuals by the heavens. Inspiration is an art. Have you ever noticed that some people seem to be inspired more often [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Solid ground</title>
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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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		<title>Funk</title>
		<link>http://blog.rachaelstott.com/2009/08/393/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=393</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 04 Aug 2009 04:04:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rae</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Meh. Blah. In a lull. Taking a spell. Uninspired. In a trough. In &#8216;The Dip&#8217;. In a funk. Lost your mojo. Lost your groove. Out of the swing of things. In a rutt. Feeling lost. Fizzled out. Unplugged. Disconnected. Drifting aimlessly. Lost your lust for life. Directionless. Stuck. Stagnant. Hit a wall. Feeling average. Underwhelmed. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Mother crafting</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 02 Aug 2009 04:00:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rae</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Motherhood is an interesting word for an indescribable experience. I prefer the term mother crafting for its accuracy. Mother crafting suggests that it is a skill to be developed and not simply a gift bestowed when a child is born. Mother crafting suggests a uniqueness; that each relationship is one off and hand made with [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Saying &#8216;No&#8217;</title>
		<link>http://blog.rachaelstott.com/2009/07/saying-no/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=saying-no</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 17 Jul 2009 02:13:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rae</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Hi. My name is Rachael and I am a people-pleaser. Admitting you have a problem is the first step to recovery. But alone it isn&#8217;t enough. People-pleasers need help. Ironically, people-pleasers offer it to others and never call in a favour. They only ask for help when they realise they need it to stop from [...]]]></description>
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		<title>People pleasing</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 14 Jun 2009 14:38:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rae</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I like to know that I am exceeding expectations and adding value. I feel good when I know I am doing an outstanding job. I am fulfilled and elated when my efforts positively affect those around me. In an effort to achieve that I am a dot the &#8216;I&#8217;s crosss the &#8216;T&#8217;s kinda girl. I [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Disappointment</title>
		<link>http://blog.rachaelstott.com/2009/05/disappointment/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=disappointment</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 18 May 2009 06:52:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rae</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Expectation is the mother of all disappointments. We will never get what we want. They day that we do we want something more, something different, &#8216;have you got it in antique white?&#8217;, &#8216;well yes it was great but&#8230;&#8217;. Desire is our nature. Our thought processes are all about something we want or something we want [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Soap</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 14 May 2009 05:59:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rae</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I chuckled to myself as I fished yet another random object out of my son&#8217;s mouth this morning. It wasn&#8217;t the first time I have tossed a drool covered chunk of soap in the bin. It tastes as foul as I remember; my Mum once followed through on her threat to wash my potty-mouth out [...]]]></description>
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