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		<title>Discomfort</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Michael Hyatt recently wrote about his growing understanding about the role that &#8220;discomfort&#8221; can play in personal growth. I think there are three reasons why you and I should embrace discomfort, whether we deliberately choose it, or it simply happens to us. Comfort is overrated. It doesn’t lead to happiness. It makes us lazy—and forgetful. [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.whalebalanced.com/discomfort/</link>
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		<title>No Perfect Dad</title>
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		<link>http://www.whalebalanced.com/no-perfect-dad/</link>
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		<title>What Would You Do?</title>
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		<link>http://www.whalebalanced.com/what-would-you-do/</link>
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		<title>Celebrating Accomplishments</title>
		<description><![CDATA[What do you have to celebrate? Probably more than you realize. There is an old Christian hymn that says &#8220;count your many blessings, name them one by one.&#8221; Like the blessings we receive, it is good to acknowledge the things we achieve. In a recent article David Riklan and Samantha Etkin shared the following questions [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.whalebalanced.com/celebrating-accomplishments/</link>
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		<title>Burning Calories</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Banging your head against a wall can burn up to 150 calories per hour. It&#8217;s been estimated that an opera singer burns an average of more than 2 calories per minute during a performance.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.whalebalanced.com/burning-calories/</link>
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		<title>Laughter Therapy</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Laughing lowers levels of stress hormones and strengthens the immune system. Six-year-olds laugh an average of 300 times a day. Adults only laugh 15 to 100 times a day. __________ Quotes: Hearty laughter is a good way to jog internally without having to go outdoors. ~ Norman Cousins Laughing at our mistakes can lengthen our [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.whalebalanced.com/laughter-therapy/</link>
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		<title>Memory Enhancement Foods</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The following are foods believed to improve memory function: Apples Apricots Black currents Blueberries Blueberry juice Bok choy. Broccoli Brussels sprouts Cabbage Cauliflower Cherries Cherry tomatoes Collard and mustard greens Eggplant Elderberries Fish Grapes Kale Onions Plums Red Beets Rhubarb Rosemary Spinach Swiss chard]]></description>
		<link>http://www.whalebalanced.com/memory-enhancement-foods/</link>
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		<title>Spicy Oatmeal Raisin Cookies recipe</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Quality ingredients = “Ooohhh….ahhhhh…mmmmmmm…” Cheap ingredients = “Hey, these aren’t half bad!” 1/2 cup butter, softened (don’t even think about using wanna-be butter) 1/2 cup butter flavored shortening 1 cup packed light brown sugar 1/2 cup white sugar (use quality sugar – yes…there’s a difference) 2 eggs 1 teaspoon vanilla extract (I use Mexican vanilla) [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.whalebalanced.com/spicy-oatmeal-raisin-cookies-recipe/</link>
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		<title>Chewy Gingersnaps Recipe</title>
		<description><![CDATA[In my house, these disappear faster than chocolate chip cookies! When baked with quality ingredients = “Ooohhh….ahhhhh…mmmmmmm…” When baked with heap ingredients = “Hey, these aren’t half bad!” 4 cups unbleached, all-purpose flour (I prefer unbleached) 1 teaspoon kosher salt 4 teaspoons baking soda 4 teaspoons ground ginger (I usually add an extra teaspoon – [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.whalebalanced.com/chewy-gingersnaps-recipe/</link>
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		<title>How To Avoid The Swine Flu</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Practice the following very simple steps while you are still healthy and not showing any symptoms of H1N1 infection.  Carefully following these practices can help prevent proliferation, aggravation of symptoms and development of secondary infections. Frequent hand-washing. &#8220;Hands-off-the-face&#8221; approach. Resist all temptation to touch any part of your face (and the face of others). The only [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.whalebalanced.com/how-to-avoid-the-swine-flu/</link>
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