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		<title>When your husband&#8217;s job is your source of guilt</title>
		<link>http://honestmom.com/2013/06/18/when-your-husbands-bad-job-is-your-source-of-guilt/</link>
		<comments>http://honestmom.com/2013/06/18/when-your-husbands-bad-job-is-your-source-of-guilt/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Jun 2013 16:00:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>JD Bailey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Marriage]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mom confessions]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Moms and work]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[guilt about being a SAHM]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[honest mom marriage]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[husband has bad job]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[husband mid-life crisis job]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[husband's job is stressful]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[marriage and job stress]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[my husband hates his job]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Today I&#8217;m home with no kids. It&#8217;s a work day for me. But due to the nature of being a freelance writer, I unexpectedly have no work to do. I&#8217;m waiting for clients to get back to me with comments on drafts, and they haven&#8217;t yet. So in the meantime? Nothing to do. After five [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Faces of My Father</title>
		<link>http://honestmom.com/2013/06/13/the-faces-of-my-father/</link>
		<comments>http://honestmom.com/2013/06/13/the-faces-of-my-father/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 13 Jun 2013 17:45:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>JD Bailey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Family history drama]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Musings on life]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[dealing with Father's Day when dad has died]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[family history drama]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[honest mom]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[imperfect dads]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[missing my dad]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[my dad]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[when Father's Day isn't a celebration]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[He was the most perplexing and complicated person I&#8217;ve ever known. A confusing jumble of polar opposites. Handsome leader. Stubborn hothead. Fulbright Scholar. College dropout. Computer science genius. Bankrupt businessman. Doting dad. Difficult husband. Religious education teacher. Bitter alcoholic. My early memories of my dad are also filled with contradictions. Fun times playing whiffle ball [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>35</slash:comments>
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		<title>When your kid wants you to be more like the babysitter, it&#8217;s so awesome, you know?</title>
		<link>http://honestmom.com/2013/06/11/when-your-kid-wants-you-to-be-more-like-the-babysitter-its-so-awesome-you-know/</link>
		<comments>http://honestmom.com/2013/06/11/when-your-kid-wants-you-to-be-more-like-the-babysitter-its-so-awesome-you-know/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 11 Jun 2013 09:00:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>JD Bailey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Mom confessions]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Raising little girls]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[do I not spend enough time playing with my kid]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[honest mom]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[mom confession]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[my kid likes the babysitter more than me]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[my kid likes the nanny more than me]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[raising little girls]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://honestmom.com/?p=3706</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Who else has a babysitter who is so fabulous that you never want to give her up &#8211; but secretly you wonder if your kid prefers her over you and it makes you an insecure wackjob? Please tell me someone out there is raising her hand. Please? Miss Amy is the best babysitter in the [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://honestmom.com/2013/06/11/when-your-kid-wants-you-to-be-more-like-the-babysitter-its-so-awesome-you-know/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>23</slash:comments>
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		<title>Give my kid any more of these party &#8220;favors&#8221; and I will end you.</title>
		<link>http://honestmom.com/2013/06/04/give-my-kid-any-more-of-these-party-favors-and-i-will-end-you/</link>
		<comments>http://honestmom.com/2013/06/04/give-my-kid-any-more-of-these-party-favors-and-i-will-end-you/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 04 Jun 2013 16:00:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>JD Bailey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Honest Voices linkup]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mom humor]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[blog linkup party]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[honest mom humor]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Honest Mom linkup]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[honest voices linkup]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[worst kid party favors ever]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://honestmom.com/?p=3677</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[My house is overrun with crap toys. We have several bins of plastic junky stuff that my girls never play with but yet can&#8217;t bear to part with. And you know where we get all this crap? Birthday party &#8220;favor&#8221; bags. I put &#8220;favor&#8221; in quotes because parents who give my kids this crap are [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>63</slash:comments>
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		<title>Blog tip Friday: If you don&#8217;t like a blog, keep your opinion to yourself.</title>
		<link>http://honestmom.com/2013/05/31/blog-tip-friday-if-you-dont-like-a-blog-keep-your-opinion-to-yourself/</link>
		<comments>http://honestmom.com/2013/05/31/blog-tip-friday-if-you-dont-like-a-blog-keep-your-opinion-to-yourself/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 31 May 2013 14:45:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>JD Bailey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Blog Tip Friday]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[On blogging]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[bloggers hating on bloggers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[blogging 101 tips and tricks]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[honest mom blog tip friday]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[how to get readers for my blog]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[how to grow my blog]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[how to make my blog stand out]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[mommy blogger controversy]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://honestmom.com/?p=3659</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[There has been a lot of noise out there lately about the &#8220;right&#8221; way to blog. Some bloggers have made it known that they take issue with other bloggers writing about topics they don&#8217;t like, or in a style that doesn&#8217;t sit well with them. This blogger is too crude. That blogger is too silly. [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>27</slash:comments>
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		<title>The obsessive part of depression really annoys me.</title>
		<link>http://honestmom.com/2013/05/29/the-obsessive-part-of-depression-really-annoys-me/</link>
		<comments>http://honestmom.com/2013/05/29/the-obsessive-part-of-depression-really-annoys-me/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 30 May 2013 02:23:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>JD Bailey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Managing mom depression]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[depression and checking over and over]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[depression and OCD]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[depression in moms]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[depression in mothers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[managing mom depression]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[moms and depression]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[motherhood and depression]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[obsessive symptoms of depression]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[weird symptoms of depression]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://honestmom.com/?p=3649</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve been feeling pretty good lately. After a slow start, spring got into full swing around here. Which means that my annual blog neglect began as I got gloriously dirty in my garden (and that&#8217;s not a euphemism). Gardening is therapeutic for me, and my girls love it too. So we&#8217;ve been spending lots of time [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>42</slash:comments>
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		<title>Parents humiliating young girls on the Internet IS NOT okay.</title>
		<link>http://honestmom.com/2013/05/21/parents-humiliating-young-girls-on-the-internet-is-not-okay/</link>
		<comments>http://honestmom.com/2013/05/21/parents-humiliating-young-girls-on-the-internet-is-not-okay/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 21 May 2013 15:49:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>JD Bailey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Honest Voices linkup]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Raising little girls]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[blog linkup party]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Honest Mom linkup]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[honest voices linkup]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[raising young girls]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[slut shaming on the internet]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://honestmom.com/?p=3623</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I don&#8217;t think I&#8217;ve ever called out a blog for posting something that I disagree with. But when I read a horrific post that shamed young girls for their clothing choices, I knew that as the mom of two little girls, I had to say something. The post, &#8220;Here&#8217;s Why I&#8217;m Glad I Don&#8217;t Have Daughters [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>67</slash:comments>
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		<title>To all the moms dealing with PPD and depression this Mother’s Day</title>
		<link>http://honestmom.com/2013/05/11/to-all-the-moms-dealing-with-ppd-and-depression-this-mothers-day/</link>
		<comments>http://honestmom.com/2013/05/11/to-all-the-moms-dealing-with-ppd-and-depression-this-mothers-day/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 12 May 2013 02:01:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>JD Bailey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Managing mom depression]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Postpartum depression - PPD]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[depression in mothers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[honest mom]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Katherine Stone]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[moms and depression]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[post-partum depression won't go away]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Postpartum Progress Mother’s Day Rally for Moms’ Mental Health]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[PPD support for moms]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[thinking positive about fighting depression]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://honestmom.com/?p=3611</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Many of you Honest Mom readers struggle or have struggled with PPD, depression, anxiety, or other mental illnesses. Maybe some of your Mother’s Days in the past have been less than ideal because of it. Or maybe this year it’s going to be a really hard day for you. As I’ve said many times here [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>7</slash:comments>
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		<title>7 Reasons Why Two Kids Is (more than) Enough for Me</title>
		<link>http://honestmom.com/2013/05/07/7-reasons-why-two-kids-is-more-than-enough-for-me/</link>
		<comments>http://honestmom.com/2013/05/07/7-reasons-why-two-kids-is-more-than-enough-for-me/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 07 May 2013 16:01:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>JD Bailey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Honest Voices linkup]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mom confessions]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Musings on life]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Raising little girls]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[blog linkup party]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[do kids make you stupid]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Honest Mom linkup]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[honest voices linkup]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[should I have another baby]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[why two kids is enough for me]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://honestmom.com/?p=3596</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[A whole bunch of my friends are having third babies right now. Seeing the sweet little pumpkins and their perfect little baby faces gets me more than a little melty. I love babies. Always have, always will. So sometimes my uterus twitches a bit when I hold the little bundles of joy. But then I [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>36</slash:comments>
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		<title>Is it worth it to be a working mom?</title>
		<link>http://honestmom.com/2013/05/02/is-it-worth-it-to-be-a-working-mom/</link>
		<comments>http://honestmom.com/2013/05/02/is-it-worth-it-to-be-a-working-mom/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 03 May 2013 02:04:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>JD Bailey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Moms and work]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Musings on life]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Raising little girls]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[honest mom]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[is it worth it to work when my kids are little]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[part-time working mom]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[SAHM vs working mom debate]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[WAHM]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[working mom stress and guilt]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://honestmom.com/?p=3587</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[So the other day, I was thinking about the astounding amount of money Hubs and I pay for two measly days of daycare and a half day of babysitting for Grace. Since I am a freelance writer my income goes up and down, and some months it feels like it&#8217;s not worth it to work [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>31</slash:comments>
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		<title>How I get my picky-eater kids to eat veggies. Yes, really.</title>
		<link>http://honestmom.com/2013/04/25/how-i-get-my-picky-eater-kids-to-eat-veggies-yes-really/</link>
		<comments>http://honestmom.com/2013/04/25/how-i-get-my-picky-eater-kids-to-eat-veggies-yes-really/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Apr 2013 09:00:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>JD Bailey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Giveaway]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kid behavior]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Raising little girls]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Eat the Rainbow giveaway]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[get kids to eat healthy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Honest Mom giveaway]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[how can I get my picky kids to eat veggies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[how to get kids to eat vegetables and fruit]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Run the Rainbow]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://honestmom.com/?p=3562</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I grew up eating pretty much everything, and my kids eat pretty much nothing. I really don’t know how this happened. I followed all the rules in the baby books. I fed them green beans from the start. Introduced them to new foods. Didn’t give them the processed crap they now crave (thanks a BUNCH, [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>47</slash:comments>
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		<title>Dealing with the loss of my dad &#8211; three years later</title>
		<link>http://honestmom.com/2013/04/23/dealing-with-the-loss-of-my-dad-three-years-later/</link>
		<comments>http://honestmom.com/2013/04/23/dealing-with-the-loss-of-my-dad-three-years-later/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Apr 2013 09:00:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>JD Bailey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Honest Voices linkup]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Managing mom depression]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Musings on life]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[anniversary of my dad's death]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[blog linkup party]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[dealing with the sudden death of a parent]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Honest Mom linkup]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[honest voices linkup]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[how to honor a parent's memory]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://honestmom.com/?p=3540</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Three years ago yesterday, I became a part of a club that no one wants to join. I knew just a few people in it and I hoped I would never be forced to be a member. But unwillingly, I was inducted into it one chilly spring day. Three years ago, my dad died suddenly [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>30</slash:comments>
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		<title>Sometimes women bring me down. But this isn’t one of those times.</title>
		<link>http://honestmom.com/2013/04/22/sometimes-women-bring-me-down-but-this-isnt-one-of-those-times/</link>
		<comments>http://honestmom.com/2013/04/22/sometimes-women-bring-me-down-but-this-isnt-one-of-those-times/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Apr 2013 11:03:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>JD Bailey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[On blogging]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA["Motherhood Comes Naturally (and other vicious lies)" review]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Boston mom bloggers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[honest mom]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jill Smokler]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Moms Who Drink and Swear]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Moms Who Drink and Swear: True Tales of Loving My Kids While Losing My Mind review]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Nicole Nikki Knepper]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Scary Mommy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Why blogging is awesome]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://honestmom.com/?p=3528</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[God, women can be just awful to each other. Catty PTA members, terrible mothers- or sisters-in-law, nasty playground moms. They often dominate conversations among my friends, online and off. I see many a Facebook status that agonizes over Mean Girls who grew up to be Mean Moms. Bloggers aren’t immune to it, either. Feuds between [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>13</slash:comments>
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		<title>Your mom guilt isn&#8217;t Pinterest&#8217;s fault.</title>
		<link>http://honestmom.com/2013/04/09/your-mom-guilt-isnt-pinterests-fault/</link>
		<comments>http://honestmom.com/2013/04/09/your-mom-guilt-isnt-pinterests-fault/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Apr 2013 16:00:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>JD Bailey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Honest Voices linkup]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mom confessions]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mom stress]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Raising little girls]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[blog linkup party]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Honest Mom linkup]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[honest voices linkup]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[I make myself crazy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[letting go of mommy guilt]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[my guilt is my own fault]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://honestmom.com/?p=3488</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m standing in the kitchen, doing dishes. The beginnings of a crock-pot dinner are strewn about the counter. While I scrub, there are seemingly endless tasks swimming through my mind: Call the kids&#8217; doctor. Switch the laundry. Email the class mom. Follow up with the potential new client. Do I have time to run to [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>49</slash:comments>
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		<title>Blog Tip Friday: Create your blogging tribe</title>
		<link>http://honestmom.com/2013/04/05/blog-tip-friday-create-your-blogging-tribe/</link>
		<comments>http://honestmom.com/2013/04/05/blog-tip-friday-create-your-blogging-tribe/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 06 Apr 2013 02:12:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>JD Bailey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Blog Tip Friday]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Blogging can be lonely and isolating. Which seems weird to say in this world of social media, but it really can be. You write a post and throw it out there into the interwebs, essentially hoping if you post it (and promote it), they will come. It can feel very one-way. The opposite of social, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>My epiphany of apathy, or how I stopped being a yes-mom.</title>
		<link>http://honestmom.com/2013/04/03/my-epiphany-of-apathy-or-how-i-stopped-being-a-yes-mom/</link>
		<comments>http://honestmom.com/2013/04/03/my-epiphany-of-apathy-or-how-i-stopped-being-a-yes-mom/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Apr 2013 03:05:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>JD Bailey</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve been a champion yes-man in the past. If you were looking for someone to bake for the school fundraiser, make 35 favors for a wedding shower in a weekend, or head up a committee for a town event, I was your woman. Forget yes-man. Yes-men had nothing on me. I was a yes-mom. Why [...]]]></description>
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		<title>When panic strikes: 8 tips for dealing with an anxiety attack</title>
		<link>http://honestmom.com/2013/03/28/when-panic-strikes-8-tips-for-dealing-with-an-anxiety-attack/</link>
		<comments>http://honestmom.com/2013/03/28/when-panic-strikes-8-tips-for-dealing-with-an-anxiety-attack/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 28 Mar 2013 22:36:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steph</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[by Honest Mom contributor, Steph of &#8220;I&#8217;m Still Learning&#8221; Those who know me well know I struggle with anxiety and panic attacks. I always have and probably always will. Today, I pretty much have a handle on it; I understand it. But when I was younger—well, that’s another story. As a child, I really didn’t understand my [...]]]></description>
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		<title>When taking antidepressants kind of sucks</title>
		<link>http://honestmom.com/2013/03/26/when-taking-antidepressants-kind-of-sucks/</link>
		<comments>http://honestmom.com/2013/03/26/when-taking-antidepressants-kind-of-sucks/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 26 Mar 2013 09:00:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>JD Bailey</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Managing mom depression]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m a big proponent of taking antidepressants to manage depression. I&#8217;m all for them. Anyone who reads this blog knows that. But that doesn&#8217;t mean that I think they will make life perfect and all better, all the time. For example: You know what can suck about antidepressants? When you have side effects. And man, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How can I keep my babies safe in this world?</title>
		<link>http://honestmom.com/2013/03/20/how-can-i-keep-my-babies-safe-in-this-world/</link>
		<comments>http://honestmom.com/2013/03/20/how-can-i-keep-my-babies-safe-in-this-world/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 20 Mar 2013 18:23:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>JD Bailey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Musings on life]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Every night I check on my sleeping daughters before I go to bed. My eyes carefully watch their chests so I am reassured that they’re breathing. I stare at their closed eyes for a few moments to be sure they’re in a deep sleep. And then as I look at their peaceful bodies slumbering, each [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The coffee shop encounter that I can&#8217;t forget</title>
		<link>http://honestmom.com/2013/03/12/the-coffee-shop-encounter-that-i-cant-forget/</link>
		<comments>http://honestmom.com/2013/03/12/the-coffee-shop-encounter-that-i-cant-forget/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 12 Mar 2013 09:00:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>JD Bailey</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A couple weeks ago I was at a coffee shop, doing some writing while waiting to pick up Annie. An elderly couple came in and sat the table right next to me. The place was empty and I was wondering why they picked a table a foot away from me. But whatever. I refocused on [...]]]></description>
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