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<title>Be His Gift of Self-esteem for Christmas</title>
<description>On Christmas Day give your loved one a special gift. This gift should be real and true. It will let him know how dear he is to you and how much you look forward to spending the rest of your life with him.

This special gift being, your most highest Self...</description>
<link>http://www.a1articles.com/article_16718_35.html</link>
<pubDate>22nd November 2005</pubDate>
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<title>Give the Gift of Self esteem for Christmas!</title>
<description>It is definitely moving in on us like a wonderful winter storm. Christmas is just around the corner and we all know what that means. It means that we have to think and re-think about what to get him and her, for Christmas. It means that our energy levels ...</description>
<link>http://www.a1articles.com/article_16611_27.html</link>
<pubDate>22nd November 2005</pubDate>
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<title>Self-esteem Builds Female Athletes</title>
<description>Beads of sweat roll down her forehead as she rubs a very prominent muscle in her calve. Her breathing is deep and hard but steady as regains her focus to another place  in order to numb the pain. She reaches into a place in her mind where she has stored a...</description>
<link>http://www.a1articles.com/article_12585_24.html</link>
<pubDate>17th October 2005</pubDate>
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<title>A Fitter, Firmer, Self-esteem</title>
<description>I am going to tease your mind a bit with what I have done in the fitness area. I am working hard on simplifying the information that is out there. Through-out the years of frequenting gyms, running, cycling and racket sports, I have had the pleasure to me...</description>
<link>http://www.a1articles.com/article_12584_24.html</link>
<pubDate>17th October 2005</pubDate>
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<title>ACCEPTANCE</title>
<description>I was first thinking , when exactly does one start to yearn for acceptance? 

 Is it when we are born?
 Is it when we first feel the pain of non-acceptance?
 Is it when we begin to be challenged in sports?
 Is it when we fall into the ever talked abo...</description>
<link>http://www.a1articles.com/article_12583_24.html</link>
<pubDate>17th October 2005</pubDate>
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<title>Anger and Hurt: another lonely place!</title>
<description>Being human can really be challenging, to say the least. We feel emotions with every breath we take, every move we make. Some emotions are so sweet that we never want to lose that feeling. Other emotions cause us so much anger and hurt that we are paralyz...</description>
<link>http://www.a1articles.com/article_12579_24.html</link>
<pubDate>17th October 2005</pubDate>
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<title>ARE YOU BEING ABUSED</title>
<description>This is another one of what I call  HUSH WORDS which I recently did a write up on in my selfesteem site which seemed to have the most views. So I thought I would share it with my blog readers also. 

 ABUSE is definitely a hush word. Why is it we are al...</description>
<link>http://www.a1articles.com/article_12577_24.html</link>
<pubDate>17th October 2005</pubDate>
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<title>Battles against Media's idea of &amp;quot;The Perfect Woman&amp;quot;</title>
<description>The never ending battle against the Media and it`s bogus  idea of the "PERFECT WOMAN". *sigh* 

 Lately I have been studying the media, reading articles, watching news, and looking for anything that I can find to make me feel that there is still  hope f...</description>
<link>http://www.a1articles.com/article_12576_28.html</link>
<pubDate>17th October 2005</pubDate>
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<title>Being Dumped, just plain sucks!</title>
<description>Today I received a question from a guy. Here is what he said:

"Posted by Anonymous  
The last woman I was involved with was quite full of herself. 
So then why did she dump me?"

 And my answer to him was this...  "Posted by Dorothy  
Hey there, s...</description>
<link>http://www.a1articles.com/article_12575_35.html</link>
<pubDate>17th October 2005</pubDate>
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<title>BROKEN TRUST!</title>
<description>BROKEN TRUST......ever been there?

BROKEN TRUST......ever spent sleepless nights because of it?

BROKEN TRUST......ever felt your stomach eat itself through the lining?

BROKEN TRUST......ever been so confused with what is real and what is not ?
...</description>
<link>http://www.a1articles.com/article_12573_35.html</link>
<pubDate>17th October 2005</pubDate>
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<title>Child Victim to Survivor!</title>
<description>The innocence of a child, will not allow their mind to comprehend what terror is being put upon them during abuse. They can no more think killing their abuser than they can a fly. It worsens when the child knows the abuser, because they have a love and tr...</description>
<link>http://www.a1articles.com/article_12572_24.html</link>
<pubDate>17th October 2005</pubDate>
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<title>CONTROL...who exactly is being controlled?</title>
<description>Hey all. How is life? How is your mind doing tonight? Are you bored? Are you looking for something to read? Are you looking for something to think about?

 I was boggled as to what exactly I wanted to share with my article lovers tonight. I had a plan, ...</description>
<link>http://www.a1articles.com/article_12571_35.html</link>
<pubDate>17th October 2005</pubDate>
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<title>Feel Good Tips!!</title>
<description>Today is a feel good day.

  I tend to overload on the more serious side of ones mind, so today I will share some nice, positive, good feeling thoughts.

  First I want to say how much I enjoy the videos, and for those of you that do have the benefit ...</description>
<link>http://www.a1articles.com/article_12570_24.html</link>
<pubDate>17th October 2005</pubDate>
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<title>FEELINGS!!!!</title>
<description>HEY people...today was a sunny,  sunny,  work my butt off day and with days like that, it does give me time to think a lot, so I thought why not give a Q&amp;A. 

 So many of us low self-esteemers  are forced to deal with certain questions all the time. Wha...</description>
<link>http://www.a1articles.com/article_12569_35.html</link>
<pubDate>17th October 2005</pubDate>
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<title>Fight for your Self-Worth!</title>
<description>Self-Worth; this is a word that is so much easier to say, and spell then it is to feel! 

Why do so many women feel that they have no self-worth?
How did they lose it? 

Is it because of the way the world has portrayed the perfect woman today?

Is ...</description>
<link>http://www.a1articles.com/article_12568_24.html</link>
<pubDate>17th October 2005</pubDate>
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<title>Food addiciton!</title>
<description>"Hi, I have had a weight problem all my life. But I think it is more of a pleasure problem It is also a self esteem of issue. Food was always a reward or "to keep me happy" kind of thing. Food is a happy gathering kind of thing... holidays.. going out to ...</description>
<link>http://www.a1articles.com/article_12567_42.html</link>
<pubDate>17th October 2005</pubDate>
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<title>Habits!</title>
<description>There are good and bad habits, some of us have more of one than the other. I would say that I myself have a few bad habits, NOT smoking, NOT eating too much, NOT drinking too much, NOT chewing my nails, NOT picking my nose NOT any of the typical ones that...</description>
<link>http://www.a1articles.com/article_12566_24.html</link>
<pubDate>17th October 2005</pubDate>
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<title>Hate the Abuser, not the Abused!</title>
<description>Abuse is the most horrible attempt at power that I have ever researched! This is why: 

The shame that is felt by an abused person is so deep that it takes years to unfold, then years to put in a safe place. Some never get that far. They turn to drugs, ...</description>
<link>http://www.a1articles.com/article_12565_24.html</link>
<pubDate>17th October 2005</pubDate>
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<title>Her Cries for help are Real!!</title>
<description>Throughout my dealings with women from all over the world, I have met so many that are in a prison of pain and frustration. Through my website, they search desperately for a way out of this prison. They want so desperately to be heard.

Her Cries for he...</description>
<link>http://www.a1articles.com/article_12564_24.html</link>
<pubDate>17th October 2005</pubDate>
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<title>How do I reach an orgasm?</title>
<description>Is it OK to fake an Orgasm? 

Is there something wrong with a woman that has not experienced an orgasm?

These are a couple of questions that I have been getting asked more and more, so I thought why not address them through my articles? As much as I ...</description>
<link>http://www.a1articles.com/article_12562_28.html</link>
<pubDate>17th October 2005</pubDate>
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<title>Jealousy : A lonely place to be!</title>
<description>You really have to experience this emotion to understand its strong hold on a persons mind. Not only their mind, but their entire being.

 I have been asking and asking questions regarding jealousy from people that experience it and people that have to ...</description>
<link>http://www.a1articles.com/article_12561_24.html</link>
<pubDate>17th October 2005</pubDate>
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<title>Just love me!</title>
<description>Just LOVE me, like a fat kid loves cake!

Have you ever felt like that? When I first heard that, it hit me like a ton of bricks. To be in  LOVE  like that or to be loved like that would just rule forever. Is that not what we are all yearning for? Do we ...</description>
<link>http://www.a1articles.com/article_12560_35.html</link>
<pubDate>17th October 2005</pubDate>
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<title>Mind Games!</title>
<description>Have you ever been caught up in a thought that will not let you out? Escape is not an option. What was a simple drip in your pool of thoughts, quickly turned into an ocean of  tidal waves rolling into each, over and over again.This is what it feels like t...</description>
<link>http://www.a1articles.com/article_12559_24.html</link>
<pubDate>17th October 2005</pubDate>
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<title>Oh.....to be FEMALE!!!</title>
<description>Being human is not an easy task, we tend to say these days, but I think it has been that way since day 1 of mankind. 

But being FEMALE, now that's a challenge and a half. I have never been a guy, but from what I see and don`t get me wrong guys, I know ...</description>
<link>http://www.a1articles.com/article_12558_28.html</link>
<pubDate>17th October 2005</pubDate>
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<title>PAT me please!!</title>
<description>Who doesn`t like to be pat on the back?  That's like who doesn`t like sex..hmmm.  

 Not too many; and for those who do not like a Pat on the back for a job well done, they are too busy patting their own back. I call them the totally self- reliant type....</description>
<link>http://www.a1articles.com/article_12557_24.html</link>
<pubDate>17th October 2005</pubDate>
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<title>ROAR with CONFIDENCE!!</title>
<description>I am back, after a few days of  vacationing with family. Weather was awesome, the beach was full of nasty jelly-fish, yuk! All-in-all, life has been good. I hope life has been as good for all of you.

Well I will start this article out by telling you th...</description>
<link>http://www.a1articles.com/article_12556_24.html</link>
<pubDate>17th October 2005</pubDate>
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<title>Self-Love = Positive Self-esteem!</title>
<description>Self-esteem issues seems to be one of the strongest emotions that challenge many women today. It has become a woman's first worry when she awakens, and her last worry before she sleeps.

 It is said that we are all born with a natural self-esteem, but t...</description>
<link>http://www.a1articles.com/article_12555_24.html</link>
<pubDate>17th October 2005</pubDate>
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<title>SEX, Self esteem, and ME !</title>
<description>Hmmm, my thoughts tonight will definitely be different from most of my blogs. I have touched on so many emotions in the past and I am still feeling the need to share yet another. I have spoken on women's issues mainly, yet trying to keep men on a fair pla...</description>
<link>http://www.a1articles.com/article_12554_24.html</link>
<pubDate>17th October 2005</pubDate>
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<title>SHAME! SHAME! SHAME!</title>
<description>I have touched on a few emotions, through my blogs, and the reason, why, is simple. Emotions are real. People are real. Feelings are real. Growing old is real. Falling in love is real. Dieing is real. 

 I feel that people are lost, and do not even know...</description>
<link>http://www.a1articles.com/article_12553_24.html</link>
<pubDate>17th October 2005</pubDate>
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<title>Survival</title>
<description>Survival is one of the most demanding and challenging issues that we face as humans!

Survival challenges us through many different issues such as: child abuse, sexual abuse, birth, death, job loss, health problems, low self-esteem, relationship ups and...</description>
<link>http://www.a1articles.com/article_12551_24.html</link>
<pubDate>17th October 2005</pubDate>
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<title>The Power of Self-Esteem!</title>
<description>Why are there so many women haunted by a low self-esteem ?

  I have shared many thoughts through out my blogs on feelings, jealousy, worries, fears, and self-esteem. Every day I receive mail from all over the world from women suffering from a lack of i...</description>
<link>http://www.a1articles.com/article_12550_24.html</link>
<pubDate>17th October 2005</pubDate>
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<title>The Ugliness of Low Self Confidence!</title>
<description>How fine life would be if we all felt like a million dollars 24 hours a day,7 days a week! We would never, ever feeling like we have woken up in a pit, full of self confidence lows, having the energy to just jump out of bed and meet the day with loads of ...</description>
<link>http://www.a1articles.com/article_12549_24.html</link>
<pubDate>17th October 2005</pubDate>
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<title>To Trust or not to Trust !</title>
<description>Trust is something we learn as very small babies. We trust the first person that we bond with and it grows from there. Have you ever noticed how cool kids are? They trust every little thing we say. They rarely question us when we tell them something.

B...</description>
<link>http://www.a1articles.com/article_12547_35.html</link>
<pubDate>17th October 2005</pubDate>
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<title>Walking on egg shells !</title>
<description>Walking on egg shells!  Has anyone ever told you, that's how they feel around you? If they have, it's a huge red flag and one that should not be ignored. It needs to be dealt with immediately.

Relationships are a tough challenging part of our lives. Es...</description>
<link>http://www.a1articles.com/article_12546_35.html</link>
<pubDate>17th October 2005</pubDate>
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<title>Walls Of Communication!</title>
<description>Matters of the heart are a true mystery to all involved. In order to make a commitment to a relationship, it takes strength and trust in another. When we trust our partner and we receive trust back, it is a very nice feeling. One should never betray or pl...</description>
<link>http://www.a1articles.com/article_12543_35.html</link>
<pubDate>17th October 2005</pubDate>
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<title>Why do Pretty Girls CRY?</title>
<description>As I was drying my hair, my brain started to work. (scary!!)  I was thinking about a few comments that I had heard from guys here and there regarding, "Why Pretty Girls Cry". Of course I had to question them in order to get them to reveal their thoughts o...</description>
<link>http://www.a1articles.com/article_12542_24.html</link>
<pubDate>17th October 2005</pubDate>
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<title>WOMEN (What We Are)</title>
<description>WOMEN are a good thing!

 WOMEN are soft!

 WOMEN are sensuous!

 WOMEN are sexy!

 WOMEN are sweet tasting!

 WOMEN are fun to play with!

 WOMEN are pleasing to the eye!

 WOMEN are strong!

 WOMEN are child bearers!

 WOMEN are much n...</description>
<link>http://www.a1articles.com/article_12541_28.html</link>
<pubDate>17th October 2005</pubDate>
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<title>&amp;quot;You are killing US with YOUR jealousy&amp;quot;</title>
<description>So far I have enlightened the world with my thoughts on jealousy and self-esteem. I want to clear up any misunderstandings that may have some male people thinking that I am targeting only women here. Jealousy and self-esteem issues also can imprison  men ...</description>
<link>http://www.a1articles.com/article_12540_35.html</link>
<pubDate>17th October 2005</pubDate>
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