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		<title>Being Ourselves: The Power of Vulnerability</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I woke up this morning tossing and turning.  On most mornings, I meditate and I do my &#8220;Grateful Prayer&#8221; to get me in the right frame of mind for each day.  But this morning, my mind fought me. I couldn&#8217;t shut out the negative bombardment that was popping up left and right. Things have been &#8220;off [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Badass Conference with Captions</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Have you seen the line up for the Badass Conference? Jon Morrow Tommy Walker Seth Godin Jonathan Fields Julien Smith Brian Clark And that&#8217;s just some of the folks who will be speaking at the Badass Conference on Thursday, January 26 and Friday, January 27 from 1 to 4 p.m. EST.  Everyone is donating their [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Sunset I&#8217;ll Never Forget</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I was cleaning out my iPhone and I came across the photos that were taken the day of my Dad&#8217;s memorial.  For as long as I live, I will never forget that brilliant sunset that streaked across the sky when Jen and I went for a walk that day.  Perhaps I was just soaking in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What I Learned from Physical Torture</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I heard horror stories about physical therapy so I was kind of dreading the whole process after my ACL reconstruction surgery. The first visit went pleasantly enough.  &#8221;Oh, it&#8217;s not too bad,&#8221; I told my family and friends after the initial knee manipulation. The second visit was a different story. I nearly jumped off the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Deaf and Barefooting Worlds Collide</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Four years ago, Jodi Cutler and I connected in the blogosphere as parents of deaf/hard of hearing kids and bloggers.  Her blog,  An American Mom in Tuscany: Jordan&#8217;s Cochlear Implant Story chronicles her life in Italy with her son, Jordan.  After years of connecting via the written word, I gave her a call and we [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Happy Birthday Diego: The Honor of Attending a Birth</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Diego is two today, but the memories of his birth are as fresh as ever!  Happy birthday Diego! For six long days, Juliet&#8217;s labor started on and off. Every night, I tucked my phone under my pillow, waiting for the vibration that would signal the real deal. On Mon., Dec. 21, the phone sprang into [...]]]></description>
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		<title>EntreLeadership: A Playbook for Life</title>
		<description><![CDATA[When Dave Ramsey&#8217;s signed copy of EntreLeadership arrived in the mail, I settled down for the night and figured I would read a few pages.  Two hours later, it was one a.m. when I turned out the light.  Yup, the book captivated me right from the start.  Bill Kybels, a senior pastor from Willow Creek [...]]]></description>
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		<title>When Your Only Option is a Thong</title>
		<description><![CDATA[It was one of those weeks.  Dishes piled high in the sink. Couch cushions skewed all over, with one of them on the floor.  Paperwork in a heap in the corner of the kitchen counter. Somewhere in the middle of the paperwork pile sat three envelopes.  School registrations, I reminded myself.  Gotta get those school [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sponsor Spotlight: Anytime Fitness Naperville</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Meet my newest sponsor, Anytime Fitness Naperville!  When I first met the owner, Mike Starck, he greeted me at the door with an outstretched hand and a big smile.  As he showed me around the gym, I could feel the pride he took in his business. Mike generously extended a sponsorship so that I could [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Giving Away a Signed Copy of &#8216;Aspire&#8217; by Kevin Hall</title>
		<description><![CDATA[One of my treasured books is Aspire, Discovering Your Purpose Through the Power of Words, by Kevin Hall.  Kevin and I connected last summer when he reached out on Facebook and we struck up a conversation about barefoot water skiing.  I read his book last August and Aspire instantly became one of several books that [...]]]></description>
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