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	<title>Simi Therapy Tools for Depression, Anxiety, and Stress &#187; Holidays</title>
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		<title>How are your New Year&#8217;s resolutions doing?</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 21 Jan 2012 20:06:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Deborah Tucker</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[<a href="http://www.simi-therapy.com/blog/how-are-your-new-years-resolutions-doing/969/"><img align="left" hspace="5" width="150" src="http://www.simi-therapy.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/New-Year-resolution.jpg" class="alignleft wp-post-image tfe" alt="New Year resolution" title="New Year resolution" /></a>So how are your New Year&#8217;s resolutions progressing?  For many of us, the answer is &#8220;not so good!&#8221;  Well, if  so, you aren&#8217;t alone.  Take a look at this post for 8 Reasons Your New Year&#8217;s Resolutions Didn&#8217;t Stick.  It&#8217;s never too late to begin again! Related posts:From Resolutions to Goals &#8212; How to Get [...]


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		<title>Widowhood and the holidays</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Dec 2011 13:31:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Deborah Tucker</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Grieving the loss of a loved one, especially a spouse, is never easy.  This time of year is often the hardest, and it&#8217;s easy to believe that you are all alone.  Widow&#8217;s Voice is a wonderful blog that will help a lot with that feeling of being alone.  Started by Michele Hernandez  after the sudden [...]


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		<title>So long, 2009!</title>
		<link>http://www.simi-therapy.com/blog/so-long-2009/489/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Jan 2010 00:44:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Deborah Tucker</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[<a href="http://www.simi-therapy.com/blog/so-long-2009/489/"><img align="left" hspace="5" width="150" src="http://www.simi-therapy.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/happy-new-year-fireworks-150x150.jpg" class="alignleft wp-post-image tfe" alt="Hello 2010!" title="happy-new-year-fireworks" /></a>Are you ready to say good-bye to 2009?  It seems like it&#8217;s been a tough year.  In all my years of practice as a therapist, I have never seen so many clients hit hard by financial problems as in this year.  It seemed to come from all sides.  Many lost jobs, others found their businesses [...]


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		<title>Ready for some Christmas spirit?</title>
		<link>http://www.simi-therapy.com/blog/ready-for-some-christmas-spirit/485/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Dec 2009 23:09:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Deborah Tucker</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Take a look at this heart-warming column by Joe Howry in our local Ventura County Star. It&#8217;s titled &#8220;Christmas Through the Eyes of an an 11 year old&#8221; . Not only did it bring back memories of when my boys were little, it also brought back memories of when I was little. Now that&#8217;s saying [...]


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		<title>A different kind of resolution, for a different kind of year</title>
		<link>http://www.simi-therapy.com/blog/a-different-kind-of-resolution/104/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 03 Jan 2009 05:18:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Deborah Tucker</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Does it seem to you that times are changing, and maybe not for the better, at least for now? So many people I talk to seem frightened and unsure of what is going on, in the economy, in the world, and even in their immediate lives. The winds of change do seem to be blowing, [...]


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		<title>Another New Year&#8217;s resolution article</title>
		<link>http://www.simi-therapy.com/blog/another-new-years-resolution-article/102/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Jan 2009 16:35:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Deborah Tucker</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Happy New Year! Would it be New Year&#8217;s, at least to a therapist, without talking about making New Year&#8217;s resolutions? Well, it might be, but I&#8217;ll write about it anyway. We all know that making New Year&#8217;s resolutions is often an exercise in futility. We look back on the past year, feel badly about what [...]


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		<title>It truly is better to give than to receive</title>
		<link>http://www.simi-therapy.com/blog/it-truly-is-better-to-give-than-to-receive/83/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Dec 2008 19:04:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Deborah Tucker</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Well, I got my holiday spirit and, as I should have know, the secret is in the people. I just hadn&#8217;t been able to feel that happy, excited feeling that I used to feel before Christmas, and I really missed it. Granted, it&#8217;s an easy feeling to have when you have small children. Their excitement [...]


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		<title>How&#8217;s your holiday stress?</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Dec 2008 02:21:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Deborah Tucker</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is hard to admit, but it seems that for the last few years I&#8217;ve had to work a bit to enjoy the holidays. It seems that every year the buying season starts earlier, and that every year it takes me longer to get into the &#8220;Christmas spirit&#8221;. I&#8217;ve asked myself why, and I think [...]


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		<title>Grieving during the holidays</title>
		<link>http://www.simi-therapy.com/blog/grieving-during-the-holidays/24/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 22 Nov 2008 19:47:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Deborah Tucker</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Grieving the loss of a loved one is always hard. Special times like anniversary dates, family milestones, and especially the holiday season are even tougher, especially during the first few years. This year, rather than write our own piece, we&#8217;ve gathered together some information from other websites that we think will help. Grieving during the [...]


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		<title>From Resolutions to Goals &#8212; How to Get There</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Jan 2008 02:40:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Deborah Tucker</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I was reading Fast Company magazine, and came across an interesting article on why New Year&#8217;s resolutions so often fail. (Click on this post&#8217;s title to see the article.) We all love the fresh, energized feeling of stating our latest resolution, but so often, that&#8217;s where it ends. The article made a really interesting point, [...]


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