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		<title>The Marriage Killer</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Nagging is a marriage killer. So says a study reported in the recent Wall Street Journal article—“Meet the Marriage Killer.” The article defines the nagging problem as the “interaction in which one person repeatedly makes a request, the other person repeatedly ignores it and both become increasingly annoyed.” The article goes on to point out [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.helpformylife.org/2012/02/03/the-marriage-killer/</link>
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		<title>Demandingness (Part 2)</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Okay, so if you read my previous post (Demandingness Part 1), maybe you&#8217;ve had time to reflect on how your inborn demandingness shows up in your life. I know, it&#8217;s always easier to see it in others first, but this time I want you to focus on you. Not pretty is it? So what&#8217;s the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.helpformylife.org/2012/01/27/demandingness-part-2/</link>
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		<title>Demandingness (Part 1)</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Are you a demanding? Do you have any demanding people in your life? Underlying the struggles in most relationships is a vein of demandingness that erodes the potential for love and justifies all the hurtful things we do to each other. All of us, if we&#8217;re honest, struggle with being demanding at times&#8211;and probably more [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.helpformylife.org/2012/01/25/demandingness-part-1/</link>
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		<title>Hiding behind Humor</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Hunter Adams, a physician whose life was the basis for the 1998 film Patch Adams, has spent his career encouraging doctor-patient relationships that rely heavily on the use of humor and play. Adams believes establishing this kind of connection with a patient is essential to their physical and emotional health. Laughter and humor are an [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.helpformylife.org/2012/01/20/hiding-behind-humor/</link>
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		<title>Hang time continued . . .</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A good friend and colleague read my last blog and commented that he thought one could get the impression from reading it that reading the Bible or Bible study was the only way we can hang with Jesus. Hmmm? As I reread what I wrote, I can see how some readers might draw that conclusion. [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.helpformylife.org/2012/01/17/hang-time-continued/</link>
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		<title>Is Anger Your “Go-To” Emotion?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Ever get angry? I know I sure do. If there is one emotion I’m personally acquainted with—it’s getting hacked off. Anger can be a legitimate and healthy emotion. The apostle Paul speaks of a righteous anger: “Be angry, and yet do not sin” (Ephesians 4:26 NASB). For some of us, however, anger is the only [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.helpformylife.org/2012/01/12/is-anger-your-%e2%80%9cgo-to%e2%80%9d-emotion/</link>
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		<title>Hang time</title>
		<description><![CDATA[At this time of NFL football playoffs and NCAA championship bowl games, you can hear a lot about &#8220;hang time.&#8221; It&#8217;s the term used to describe the amount of time that a punt &#8220;hangs in the air&#8221; before it is caught by a player on the opposing team. More time is better, allowing the kicking [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.helpformylife.org/2012/01/10/hang-time/</link>
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		<title>the presence of others</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Tomorrow morning, a couple of friends and I are planning to drive two hours to attend the funeral of a stranger. The deceased actually is the brother of a close friend and co-worker who unexpectedly died of a brain aneurism at the age of 50. We’re attending the funeral for the same reason we’ve called [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.helpformylife.org/2012/01/06/the-presence-of-others/</link>
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		<title>Setting Life Goals</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Okay. So you&#8217;ve weathered the holidays and now you&#8217;re trying to get back into the swing of things. And, if you&#8217;re like me, you&#8217;re looking at how to trim away those few extra holiday pounds all the candy, cookies, and fruitcake you consumed have tacked on (Yes, I do like fruitcake. Not the store-bought kind [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.helpformylife.org/2012/01/04/setting-life-goals/</link>
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		<title>Take time for your heart</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Every morning I take a baby aspirin. Heart disease runs in my family, and my doctor says it’s good for the health of my ticker. The particular brand of aspirin I take etches the shape of a small heart on the side of the pill. At first I thought it was corny. But every time [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.helpformylife.org/2011/12/22/take-time-for-your-heart/</link>
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