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		<title>A Treasured Idea</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Susie Hopkins]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 10 Nov 2019 17:00:04 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[It's incredibly sad that Christmas is the busiest time in domestic violence shelters in Australia. Towards the end of November through to the end of January there are very noticeable increases in the number women and children needing emergency accommodation in secret locations to escape violence. The reasons why there is so much more violence [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Things You Should Not Say To A Child Free Woman</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Tanya Williams]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 27 Jan 2019 21:00:54 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[When I turned 30, many of my friends were having kids and I wasn’t. I lost track of how many times someone said to me ‘You’ll regret it when you are older,’ or ‘who will look after you when you are old?' What annoyed me the most about these words is the underlying judgement. Despite [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Always Loved, Forever Missed</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Karen Le Gassick]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Aug 2017 22:00:38 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Watching the light extinguish from someone you love&#8230;. your first true love, is truly one of the hardest things. My mum had terminal cancer. Breast cancer 2 years prior had returned in the duodenum. Back pain thought to be sciatica. Told by the breast surgeon who'd performed a mastectomy 2 years earlier, &#8220;It's not cancer [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Do&#8217;s &#038; Don&#8217;ts of Returning to Fitness As A New Mum</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Kimmy Smith]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 11 Jun 2017 22:00:31 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[When I had my first daughter I couldn’t wait to get back into exercise. I had built my life on being fit and strong &#8211; from playing professional netball to growing a group fitness business &#8211; being fit was who I was. I wasn’t going to let something as significant as pregnancy get in the [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Mourning on Mother&#8217;s Day</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Alexis Marie Chute]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 06 May 2016 00:19:34 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Being a mother is a hard job. This is especially true when your baby dies and the title and role of motherhood blurs. When Mother’s Day rolls around each year, it can be a challenging time for mothers without their children, for those who have had a miscarriage, stillbirth, early infant loss or any other [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>A Grandmother&#8217;s Legacy</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Leanne Mulcahy]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 03 May 2016 06:40:35 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[How is it possible that I could fall in love with someone who I’d only known for a few seconds? As her dark piercing eyes met mine, my heart leapt into my mouth and I struggled to maintain my composure. My entire being filled with such emotion that I wept as I cradled her in [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Pregnancy Fitness Tips</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Guest Author]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 07 Apr 2016 11:15:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Holiday Stress and Divorce</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Elizabeth Camillo]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 10 Jan 2016 21:00:09 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Christmas ghost of nightmares past Christmas should be the time of year when we are filled with joy, love and anticipation of the holiday season. We are having the family over for a big get together, we open thoughtfully planned gifts, sing carols around a bright and brilliant tree, chill out in the afternoon with some [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Is She Your Real Mom?</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Kristin Smith]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Oct 2015 02:53:28 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The word “real” never had any significant impact on my life until I became a stepmom 17 years ago. It was then when the word actually became a label and part of the native language of the typical blended family. Questions like: Is that your real mom? Do you live with your real mom or [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Becoming a Mother</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Beverley Bulmer]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Sep 2015 22:00:31 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[I became a &#8216;mother' at the age of 25 and boy what a shock that was. I felt I was prepared for the arrival of my son, after all I'd had 9 months of knowing he was to arrive. Realisations But I soon realised that I was not quite as ready and prepared for what [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>A Letter to Mum</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Lyn Collett]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Jun 2015 23:19:33 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Many years ago when driving back from a family get together, my mum drove me to the point of distraction by being what I thought extremely obnoxious. I remember we were just outside of the town of Grafton when I couldn't take her exaggerated silence and extreme childishness any more, and I blew up. I [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Celebration</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Dragana Brown]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 07 Jun 2015 10:00:11 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Say Mother’s Day and what does it conjure up for you – fully booked restaurants, flower prices rocketing and frantically running out of unique and beautiful gift ideas? Perhaps a day to treat her with zest for some extra attention? Maybe even bring her breakfast in bed and have the house spick and span whilst [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>A Bliss-Full Life</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Leonie Percy]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 07 Jun 2015 03:22:14 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[I gave birth 8?weeks ago to a beautiful baby girl. I must confess I am loving every moment with her. Maybe i the fact that I am flooded with oxytocin and the fact that I had a VBAC natural birth. I was due on the same day as the Duchess of Cambridge. My baby girl [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Soul Connection</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Vanessa Vink]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Jun 2015 01:54:55 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[I would love to share with you how the process of being a mother started for me. In The Beginning Nine years ago I became pregnant. Little did I know back then about all the energy work that I do now as my job. I just knew that this baby was so welcome and so [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Karen Winkelman]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 27 May 2015 05:42:52 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Motherhood may be natural yet it isn’t easy. Becoming a mother doesn’t come with a guidebook. And too often mothers try to hold themselves to an ideal that isn’t practical or achievable. Being a mother is such an important role. It is one to be honored and humbled by. It is one where your thoughts, [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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