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				<title>Happiness 101: Pronoia, a textbook for happiness, is revised and updated, due out in September &#39;09</title>				
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				Pronoia is the Antidote for Paranoia  A popular an enduring textbook/guidebook for happiness, Pronoia Is the Antidote for Paranoia: How the Whole World Is Conspiring to Shower You with Blessings, by happy prankster, rowdy author and ranting visionary...
				
				
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				<pubDate>Fri, 31 Jul 2009 11:01:07 -0700</pubDate>
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				<title>Happiness 101: Positive psychology, towards the scientific basis for happiness</title>				
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				&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; As overwhelmed as we are with what often seems like a never-ending avalanche of negativity, many of us may be surprised to find out that there&amp;rsquo;s a relatively new branch of psychological study dedicated to identifying and clas...
				
				
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				<pubDate>Mon, 20 Jul 2009 16:19:28 -0700</pubDate>
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				<title>Now is the time to free our minds, and watch the world follow.</title>				
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				All of the uncertainty is killing us. It&apos;s time to choose to clear it up.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; There&amp;rsquo;s no doubt that we&amp;rsquo;re all in uncertain times. In fact, times continue to maintain, ironically, a pretty consistent uncertainty d...
				
				
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				<category>Relief</category>
				
				<pubDate>Wed, 15 Jul 2009 16:00:22 -0700</pubDate>
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				<title>California Supreme Court&apos;s Prop 8 decision: Unfortunate, but sadly anticipated</title>				
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				California&apos;s Supreme Court rules in favor of Proposition 8, but are merely performing duties that they have sworn to fulfill.Related ArticlesLatest Prop 8 news on Examiner.comNew lawsuit seeks federal hearingHistory of California&apos;s same-sex marriage ...
				
				
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				<category>Marriage</category>
				
				<pubDate>Wed, 27 May 2009 14:57:00 -0700</pubDate>
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				<title>How much communication is too much?</title>				
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				 Couples create stronger bonds through open, full communication. Related Articles    Resentment in relationships Don&apos;t tell if not asked - partial disclosure in relationships Women, please! Just tell us what you want    Dear Real Advice Examiner;&amp;nbs...
				
				
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				<pubDate>Mon, 18 May 2009 14:19:35 -0700</pubDate>
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				<title>Aggressive talk - She&apos;s always stepping on my voice!</title>				
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				Aggressive discussions require some serious talking through.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; There can be no doubt that often it&amp;rsquo;s the small things that eventually erode the very substance of relationships. We tend to sweat the small stuff much more th...
				
				
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				<pubDate>Tue, 28 Apr 2009 09:47:47 -0700</pubDate>
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				<title>Announcing an new, updated column - new modes of communication opened for advice</title>				
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				Working together to reach fullness isn&apos;t easy. Let&apos;s talk about it!&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; It&apos;s always about growth, isn&apos;t it? Love, sex, money, all of it.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; Nothing stops growing, even in death. Transformation is the norm, growth is...
				
				
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				<category>Advice</category>
				
				<pubDate>Tue, 21 Apr 2009 14:19:10 -0700</pubDate>
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				<title>California&apos;s Supreme Court should strike down Proposition 8 as meaningless</title>				
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				 Proposition 8 should be stricken down as meaningless. &amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; The California Supreme Court will hear arguments this morning on the constitutionality of Proposition 8, the ballot initiative that added 14 words to the state&amp;rsquo;s constitu...
				
				
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				<pubDate>Thu, 05 Mar 2009 11:54:01 -0700</pubDate>
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				<title>Evolution through conflict - rule #6: agree to disagree</title>				
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				Arguing can lead to a greater level of intimacy.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; After a hiatus from our discussion (the rest of the world has taken precedence for me over the past few weeks), it&amp;rsquo;s time to continue with our listing of guidelines to follow in...
				
				
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				<pubDate>Tue, 24 Feb 2009 15:04:10 -0700</pubDate>
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				<title>Sensuous suggestions for Valentine&#39;s Day dining and contemplating optimism with each other</title>				
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				Close yourselves off, and enjoy some sensuous timetogether this weekend&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;  				Everyone wants to take take full advantage of the atmosphere of Valentine&amp;rsquo;s day, and for good reason. Especially now, when so much of our daily...
				
				
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				<pubDate>Fri, 13 Feb 2009 13:11:52 -0700</pubDate>
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				<title>Rules for arguing #5: keep your cool!</title>				
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				Spend som time with yourself and your patience to break the path of an argument about to get out of control&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;  				As we continue through this list of rules to successful and compassionate arguing, we&amp;rsquo;re seeing an increase in th...
				
				
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				<pubDate>Tue, 13 Jan 2009 22:48:36 -0700</pubDate>
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				<title>Rules for arguing #4: Know, and speak, your truth - always!</title>				
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				 				We all have our truth, many times over, and it&apos;s always correct!Photo by Brooke Raymond&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; The concept I am going to present in this article leans so much towards the abstract that it tends to get even the most focused, atte...
				
				
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				<pubDate>Mon, 05 Jan 2009 18:31:28 -0700</pubDate>
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				<title>Rules for arguing - #3: Listen!</title>				
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				Listening attentively takes real work.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; In my last post, I talked about having the patience to consider your response to your partner in an argument. This time, I&amp;rsquo;m going to talk about how to make sure that you&amp;rsquo;ve heard y...
				
				
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				<pubDate>Tue, 30 Dec 2008 17:40:53 -0700</pubDate>
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				<title>Rules for arguing - #2: Patience</title>				
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				Sometimes, in relationships, you need to have the patience of these redwoods to grow into your most complete self.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; One of the hardest things to maintain in arguing with your partner is patience. Yet, it&amp;rsquo;s this lack of patience...
				
				
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				<pubDate>Sat, 27 Dec 2008 17:47:38 -0700</pubDate>
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				<title>Rules for arguing - #1: Focus!</title>				
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				Disagreements can fuel growth - if used correctly&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; As part of my series of on relationship maintenance - the &amp;ldquo;Evolution Through Conflict&amp;rdquo; series - Today I am beginning a 10-part series on arguing, which will offer some ru...
				
				
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				<pubDate>Tue, 23 Dec 2008 18:57:53 -0700</pubDate>
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				<title>Evolution through conflict - a new series about personal and relational evolution</title>				
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				Arguments and conflict lead us to growth with each other.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;  				Relationships are difficult. &amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;This is a sentence that belies its own depth and power. In fact, the thought itself seems so obvious that most of us disr...
				
				
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				<category>Actualization</category>
				
				<pubDate>Wed, 10 Dec 2008 11:54:03 -0700</pubDate>
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