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		<title>The Shocking Truth About How to Change Others</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A friend bought a little manual that was entitled &#8220;How to Change Others&#8221;. After reading it, she wanted to ask for a refund: after all, the book was all about how to change herself! Instead of returning it, she got to thinking about the point the booklet was making. After all, how can we really [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How Can You Create a Brighter Financial Future for Your Children?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Giving the children you love essential lessons about money has never been so important. In today’s economy, surrounded by negative news and people’s real despair, how can we give the next generation the skills and values they need to avoid the pitfalls and grow up financially safe and strong? Introducing The Magic Magpie, the new [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How to Ex</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Sounds like a strange phrase &#8220;to ex&#8221;&#8230; but perhaps we should be thinking of “ex” as a verb.  A way of being in the “extended family” that includes your children’s other parent and his  partner.  Your child or children are now in a stepfamily, and now you are “the ex” in that extended family.  You [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sexuality in the Stepfamily: Yours and Your Children&#8217;s</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Since the stepfamily consists of two or more bloodlines under one roof, the issue of sexuality in the stepfamily can be a difficult one.  When you have unrelated teens living in close quarters, sharing a bathroom, etc. it is very important to set clear boundaries.  Here are some guidelines proposed by the National Stepfamily Resource [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Is a Stepparent a Parent?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I wrote the following article for Stepmom Magazine in June 2010, to address a very crucial question for stepfamilies: to what degree is the stepparent a parent? You will find that the answer depends on the family. Research shows that there are well-adjusted stepfamilies on both sides of the spectrum regarding this issue. I cover [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Expert Advice for Stepfamilies</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Another &#8220;Ask the Expert&#8221; Day will be sponsored by Stepmom Magazine this Thursday, July 29.  I&#8217;ll be on the expert panel along with a number of other top professionals in the field of stepfamily relations.  The last &#8220;Ask the Experts&#8221; Day was tremendously successful, and we received so many comments and &#8220;thank you&#8217;s&#8221; from stepmoms, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Badmouthing &#8211; and What to Do About It</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Badmouthing = critical, spiteful remarks about you to your stepchildren or your spouse. If you are on the receiving end of this practice by your husband’s ex, or by your ex, you know the feeling all too well.  Anger, frustration, helplessness &#8211; you are not there to defend yourself against comments that aren’t true.  And [...]]]></description>
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		<title>National Adolescent Conference &#8211; I&#8217;m presenting about healthy stepfamilies</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A national adolescent conference is coming up in September:  Treating the iGeneration.  I&#8217;ll be presenting about moving from divorce to a healthy stepfamily.  The title of my talk is &#8220;Mine Yours Ours: From Divorce to Healthy Stepfamily&#8221;. The conferences is being sponsored by Ben Franklin Institute on Sept 15-17 at the Paradise Valley Resort in [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://stepmomsos.com/national-adolescent-conference-im-presenting-about-healthy-stepfamilies/2010/07/</link>
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		<title>Joan Sarin on Barbara Bruce&#8217;s &#8220;Believe&#8221; Show</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Barbara Bruce hosts a weekly radio show for the White Mountains, AZ area and also for greater Phoenix AZ, called &#8220;Believe&#8221;.  Here&#8217;s how she describes it: I focus on health, mental and physical, on the spiritual and on success. The best way to show others these principles is to bring on people who espouse these [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://stepmomsos.com/joan-sarin-on-barbara-bruces-believe-show/2010/07/</link>
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		<title>Radio Show Appearance with Susan Swanson Again</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Susan Swanson is the founder of the Stepfamily Center, which serves the Los Angeles and Beverly Hills area.   She is a stepfamily therapist, and stepmom and mom herself.  Susan  hosts a superb, informative weekly radio show for stepfamily members.  Joan Sarin, MS was the guest on the show, and here&#8217;s the link: April 27th, [...]]]></description>
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