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	<title>Elizabeth M. Johnson</title>
	<link>http://ejohnsonandcompany.com/blog</link>
	<description>Self-Esteem Building for Women</description>
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		<title>The Quick Fix</title>
		<description><![CDATA[It is all in the name of research.  I clicked on a link on The New York Times homepage which seemed so absurd as to tempt my curiosity.  What could the &#8220;1 rule of a flat stomach&#8221; really be?  The click leads to a website called Fat Loss 4 Idiots.  Ever [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Turn Yourself InsideOut!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;The human soul needs actual beauty more than bread.&#8221;     D.H. Lawrence
InsideOut Courage! is a twelve-week teleseries* dedicated to helping women get more confident by improving their body image. I believe that we all need more beauty in our life. If you think so too, why not start with yourself? Remember when [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://ejohnsonandcompany.com/blog/turn-yourself-insideout/</link>
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		<title>The truth through my window</title>
		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;What beliefs guide your life?&#8221;
I asked the above question, among others, in the online survey I conducted this spring.  I received thoughtful, poignant answers (&#8221;trust your instincts&#8221;; &#8220;strong body and healthy mind go hand-in-hand&#8221;; &#8220;go big or go home&#8221;) which were hugely affirming to me because they do echo some of my own beliefs. [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://ejohnsonandcompany.com/blog/the-truth-through-my-window/</link>
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		<title>Being of Service</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I am relatively certain it is the doing of my mother.  It seems to never go out of fashion to blame one&#8217;s mother, does it?  In this case, however, the attribution of responsibility to my mother is a positive one.
While my mother is currently the Middle School Director at The Duke School she [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://ejohnsonandcompany.com/blog/being-of-service/</link>
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		<title>Help Wanted: Mentor</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I have blogged a great deal about the importance of having a strong support team. One core component of that support team mix that I haven&#8217;t given as much attention to -for a variety of reasons- is the role of the mentor.  My Master&#8217;s thesis was focused on a qualitative study of women who [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://ejohnsonandcompany.com/blog/help-wanted-mentor/</link>
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		<title>Feeling hot, hot, hot!</title>
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Well yes, now but not in October. . . 

My reasons for my move  to North Carolina center around living in a warmer climate (although, yes, I do  also have family in the area). I absolutely cannot endure another  stark New England winter. Winter makes me shrink, emotionally and  physically. 

Here [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://ejohnsonandcompany.com/blog/feeling-hot-hot-hot/</link>
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		<title>The affluence of multi-grain</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Barbara Ehrenreich&#8217;s new book, This Land is Your Their Land, offers a series of stinging essays on the state of the two Americas today, contending that the land we live in and call our own, is actually not ours (well, the regular people like you and me anyway) but a vast luxury compound belonging to [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://ejohnsonandcompany.com/blog/the-affluence-of-multi-grain/</link>
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		<title>Not in the mood, ladies?  Try Viagra!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Plugging away on the elliptical yesterday morning, I saw Dr. Sanjay Gupta on CNN summarizing a recent study by Pfizer which reported that a small study of 100 women who were on anti-depressants showed an improvement in sexual function by using Viagra.  Dr. Gupta pointed out that about half of all patients on anti-depressants suffer [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://ejohnsonandcompany.com/blog/not-in-the-mood-ladies-try-viagra/</link>
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		<title>Helping You, Helping Me</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Since the sale of my property fell through last week, I have been asking for more of what I want/need than usual.  Asking for what you want/ need is one of the cornerstones of putting yourself first, a practice that builds self-esteem.  Self-esteem is built because you are taking action (actions always makes [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://ejohnsonandcompany.com/blog/helping-you-helping-me/</link>
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		<title>Anti-Nagging</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Anyone who has ever struggled with an addiction (eating, smoking, drinking, drugs) knows nagging does no good.  Unfortunately, those concerned by the addicted person&#8217;s behavior still persist. They see that it does no good (&#8221;the person must want to change,&#8221; we are told) but for most of us having the patience to sit by [...]]]></description>
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