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	<description>Information, insight, and inspiration for people going through divorce from the Divorce Doc, Alison Patton</description>
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		<title>Do I Stay or Do I Go Now?</title>
		<link>http://www.lemonadedivorce.com/do-i-stay-or-do-i-go-now/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 26 Apr 2016 02:50:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Alison Patton]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[On the fence about whether to leave your marriage? Click here for a Huffington Post article on this subject.]]></description>
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		<title>Divorcing The Donald:  Cutting Ties With the Narcissist</title>
		<link>http://www.lemonadedivorce.com/divorcing-the-donald-cutting-ties-with-the-narcissist/</link>
		<comments>http://www.lemonadedivorce.com/divorcing-the-donald-cutting-ties-with-the-narcissist/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 15 Apr 2016 23:39:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Alison Patton]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Newest article on Huffington Post. Donald Trump is the poster child for Narcissistic Personality Disorder and what it&#8217;s like trying to divorce/co-parent with one. Click here for article.]]></description>
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		<title>Inspiration for the New Year</title>
		<link>http://www.lemonadedivorce.com/inspiration-for-the-new-year/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 12 Jan 2016 20:13:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Alison Patton]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Five minutes of great stuff. The part about not letting fear and emotions derail you &#8212;- listen to this.]]></description>
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		<title>Wall of Wisdom</title>
		<link>http://www.lemonadedivorce.com/wall-of-wisdom-2/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 30 Apr 2015 19:29:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Alison Patton]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Words I stumbled upon today: With all its sham, drudgery and broken dreams. It is still a beautiful world. Be cheerful Strive to be happy. -Max Ehrmann Hard to remember this during divorce, but tuck it away. One day you will feel this way again.]]></description>
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		<title>Insightful Article About Mediation</title>
		<link>http://www.lemonadedivorce.com/to-learn-more-about-mediation/</link>
		<comments>http://www.lemonadedivorce.com/to-learn-more-about-mediation/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 21 Mar 2015 06:44:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Alison Patton]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Divorce coach, Laura Miolla, wrote an article about mediation that&#8217;s well worth reading to get a better understanding of why and how mediation works. Check it out by clicking here. (A tip: if you type in your name and email address when you&#8217;re on Laura&#8217;s website, MoxieLife, you get to download her &#8220;Divorce Survival Guide&#8221; [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>More Mediocre Poetry</title>
		<link>http://www.lemonadedivorce.com/more-mediocre-poetry/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Mar 2015 06:23:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Alison Patton]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In January, I went on a retreat in Monterey to hear poet and philosopher David Whyte. Ever since, I&#8217;ve found myself jotting down poems. The difference between my poetry and David Whyte&#8217;s poetry can be summed up in five words: his is excellent, mine mediocre. However, that hasn&#8217;t slowed me down, to the dismay of [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>Wall of Wisdom</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 07 Mar 2015 00:39:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Alison Patton]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;I learned the hard way that I cannot always count on others to respect my feelings, even if I respect theirs.Â Being a good person doesn&#8217;t guarantee that others will be good people.Â You only have control over yourself and how you choose to be as a person. As for others, you can only choose to accept [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>How Do I Know Whether Mediation Is Right for Me?</title>
		<link>http://www.lemonadedivorce.com/how-do-i-know-whether-mediation-is-right-for-me/</link>
		<comments>http://www.lemonadedivorce.com/how-do-i-know-whether-mediation-is-right-for-me/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Feb 2015 17:36:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Alison Patton]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is a common question I get, so a few years ago I put together an article on this topic and it originally ran on Huffington Post.Â  I&#8217;ve updated the information a bit.Â  Click here to find that article, entitled &#8220;How to Decide Whether to Mediate.&#8221;Â  Also on this same page are other free articles [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>Successfully Navigating the Legal Process of Divorce</title>
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		<comments>http://www.lemonadedivorce.com/successfully-navigating-the-legal-process-of-divorce/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Feb 2015 17:25:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Alison Patton]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today I have the pleasure of being a guest on Divorce Sucks: A Smart Girl&#8217;s Guide to DoingÂ  it Better, hosted on VoiceAmerica by Laura Miolla (Divorce Coach, creator of MoxieLife.com).Â  The program airs live today at 10 a.m. California time, 1 p.m. Eastern time.Â Â  It&#8217;s available on demand at any time after that.Â  Click [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>A Poem for My Father</title>
		<link>http://www.lemonadedivorce.com/a-poem-for-my-father/</link>
		<comments>http://www.lemonadedivorce.com/a-poem-for-my-father/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Feb 2015 22:24:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Alison Patton]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I didnâ€™t think he cared. Twice weekly visits seemed enough for him, A dinner, a chat, an update on life and school. No more, no less. Neither shallow nor deep. A hug goodbye, a wave, the door would shut, we would drive away and our life would go on. It wasnâ€™t until years later in [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>The Cat in My House</title>
		<link>http://www.lemonadedivorce.com/the-cat-in-my-house/</link>
		<comments>http://www.lemonadedivorce.com/the-cat-in-my-house/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Feb 2015 22:55:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Alison Patton]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Five months ago, our orange and white tabby was hit by a car and killed. Cinder was his name and he was a bit of a local celebrity. The second half of his life he took to roaming the neighborhoods and hanging out at our local high school. He became a fixture there and somehow [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>Are You Ultra Spiritual?</title>
		<link>http://www.lemonadedivorce.com/how-to-be-ultra-spiritual/</link>
		<comments>http://www.lemonadedivorce.com/how-to-be-ultra-spiritual/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 01 Feb 2015 01:41:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Alison Patton]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I think I&#8217;ve used some of these phrases he mentions. I guess I must be &#8220;ultra spiritual!&#8221; (One of the funniest YouTube videos I&#8217;ve seen.Â  Sit back and have a good laugh!) -Alison]]></description>
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		<title>Sometimes (excerpt), by David Whyte</title>
		<link>http://www.lemonadedivorce.com/sometimes-excerpt/</link>
		<comments>http://www.lemonadedivorce.com/sometimes-excerpt/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 01 Feb 2015 01:25:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Alison Patton]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[SOMETIMES â€¦you come to a place whose only task is to trouble you with tiny but frightening requests conceived out of nowhere but in this place beginning to lead everywhere. Requests to stop what you are doing right now, and to stop what you are becoming while you do it, questions that can make or [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>Back From Sabbatical</title>
		<link>http://www.lemonadedivorce.com/back-from-sabbatical/</link>
		<comments>http://www.lemonadedivorce.com/back-from-sabbatical/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 01 Feb 2015 01:15:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Alison Patton]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Hello readers, I am back from my blogging sabbatical. I appreciated and enjoyed the emails from some of you during my absence (particularly one concerned email asking if Iâ€™d died. That one gave me a chuckle!). Nope, Iâ€™m still around, with no good excuse for dropping out of sight other than having an extremely busy [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>Some Thoughts on Grief (and a poem that brought me back to life)</title>
		<link>http://www.lemonadedivorce.com/some-thoughts-on-grief-and-a-poem-that-brought-me-back-to-life/</link>
		<comments>http://www.lemonadedivorce.com/some-thoughts-on-grief-and-a-poem-that-brought-me-back-to-life/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 06 Nov 2013 08:21:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Alison Patton]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Healing from divorce is a long process.Â  Everyone eventually recovers and finds happiness, but the first year or two is more about grief than new life.Â  I wish it could be different, but that&#8217;s just the way it is for most people. Personally I&#8217;ve experienced grief twice in my life, and both times it felt [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>Hell hath no fury like a woman scorned #2 (My advice is still: try mediation first)</title>
		<link>http://www.lemonadedivorce.com/hell-hath-no-fury-like-a-woman-scorned-2-my-advice-is-still-try-mediation-first/</link>
		<comments>http://www.lemonadedivorce.com/hell-hath-no-fury-like-a-woman-scorned-2-my-advice-is-still-try-mediation-first/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 27 Jul 2013 04:01:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Alison Patton]]></dc:creator>
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		<title>The Mouse In My House</title>
		<link>http://www.lemonadedivorce.com/the-mouse-in-my-house/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Apr 2013 05:55:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Alison Patton]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[We have four catsâ€”all hunters who, despite the bell we affix to their collars, regularly bring us catches from the canyon:Â  mice, rats, birds, lizards, even an occasional baby rabbit and King snake.Â  As early as six-years old, my kids became adept at either rescuing a still-live animal from the catâ€™s mouth (which theyâ€™d release [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>Happy Thanksgiving, and as we officially launch the holiday season . . .</title>
		<link>http://www.lemonadedivorce.com/happy-thanksgiving-and-as-we-officially-launch-the-holiday-season/</link>
		<comments>http://www.lemonadedivorce.com/happy-thanksgiving-and-as-we-officially-launch-the-holiday-season/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Nov 2012 05:00:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Alison Patton]]></dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.lemonadedivorce.com/?p=787</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I am reminded of a quote by Matt Groening (creator of The Simpsons): &#8220;Families are about love overcoming emotional torture.&#8221; (And this applies whether you&#8217;re married, separated, divorced or single.) Good luck and hang in there!]]></description>
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		<title>&#8220;Hell hath no fury like a woman scorned.&#8221;  (My advice:  try mediation first)</title>
		<link>http://www.lemonadedivorce.com/hell-hath-no-fury-like-a-woman-scorned-my-advice-try-mediation-first/</link>
		<comments>http://www.lemonadedivorce.com/hell-hath-no-fury-like-a-woman-scorned-my-advice-try-mediation-first/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Oct 2012 15:39:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Alison Patton]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#160;]]></description>
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		<title>Feed the Love, Starve the Anger</title>
		<link>http://www.lemonadedivorce.com/feed-the-love-starve-the-anger/</link>
		<comments>http://www.lemonadedivorce.com/feed-the-love-starve-the-anger/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 03 May 2012 21:27:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Alison Patton]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[(photo by Anant N S) You never know where youâ€™re going to get the next piece of wisdom. Yesterday my son and I were at Trader Joeâ€™s grocery store, enjoying a quick morning chat with a store employee named Wendy who runs the sample station. Wendy is one of those persons who knows how to [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>The Pursuit of Happiness</title>
		<link>http://www.lemonadedivorce.com/the-pursuit-of-happiness/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Mar 2012 18:47:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Alison Patton]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I just finished The Happiness Project, a book by Gretchen Rubin based on her year-long project to make her life happier. It was a good read with tips I&#8217;m going to integrate into my own life. When this book came out in 2009, book clubs started their own happiness projects based on Rubinâ€™s formula. As [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>Brene Brown: The power of vulnerability</title>
		<link>http://www.lemonadedivorce.com/brene-brown-the-power-of-vulnerability/</link>
		<comments>http://www.lemonadedivorce.com/brene-brown-the-power-of-vulnerability/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Jan 2012 07:50:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Alison Patton]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Very inspirational and thought-provoking &#8211; a good way to start a new year with a new vision.]]></description>
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		<title>Surviving the Holidays</title>
		<link>http://www.lemonadedivorce.com/surviving-the-holidays-2/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 12 Nov 2011 07:07:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[(This blog post ran in 2010. I&#8217;m posting it again this holiday season due to positive feedback from readers last year. If this is your first holiday season separated/ divorced, don&#8217;t lose heart. You can do it! Read on!) The child in me will always love the holidays. I take such pleasure in traditions&#8211;hanging our [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>Sabbatical</title>
		<link>http://www.lemonadedivorce.com/upcoming-sabbatical/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Jun 2011 06:51:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Alison Patton]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Divorce Doc will be taking a sabbatical! Yes, after a wonderful year and a half of blogging and writing, I am taking a leave to spend time with my family and to travel. I will be out of the country for part of the time, so please forgive any delayed response to emails and [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>Is Monogamy In Marriage Unrealistic?</title>
		<link>http://www.lemonadedivorce.com/is-monogamy-in-marriage-unrealistic/</link>
		<comments>http://www.lemonadedivorce.com/is-monogamy-in-marriage-unrealistic/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 31 May 2011 08:11:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[(As originally published on Huffington Post Divorce, May 23, 2011) After years of handling divorces, I thought nothing could shock me. And then a client told me about Ashley Madison, the website for &#8220;The discreet who want to cheat.&#8221; Their slogans are: &#8220;Life is short, have an affair,&#8221; and &#8220;When divorce is not an option, [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>The Silver Lining of Divorce</title>
		<link>http://www.lemonadedivorce.com/the-silver-lining-of-divorce/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 14 Apr 2011 22:24:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Alison Patton]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Starting your divorce? In the middle of your divorce and need a little inspiration? Click here to read this article about life after divorce and how your actions now will help you build your future.]]></description>
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		<title>Something to Brighten Your Day</title>
		<link>http://www.lemonadedivorce.com/example-of-a-happy-family-dog-cat-and-rat/</link>
		<comments>http://www.lemonadedivorce.com/example-of-a-happy-family-dog-cat-and-rat/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Mar 2011 20:30:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Alison Patton]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is a video of a homeless man in Santa Barbara and his pets. They work State Street every week for donations. The animals are pretty well fed and are mellow. The man rigged a harness up for his cat so she wouldn&#8217;t have to walk so much. At some juncture the rat came along, [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>More About Forgiveness . . . And Life&#8217;s Little Ironies</title>
		<link>http://www.lemonadedivorce.com/more-about-forgiveness-and-lifes-little-ironies/</link>
		<comments>http://www.lemonadedivorce.com/more-about-forgiveness-and-lifes-little-ironies/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Mar 2011 19:49:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Alison Patton]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I remember Marianne Williamson once saying that when she prayed for a more spiritual life, it came . . . in a series of tests and struggles. Well, Iâ€™ve had my own ironic moment just recently. In my post last month on Forgiveness (click here to read full article), I wrote about my personal experience [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>Is Your Ex Worse Than Charlie Sheen? &#8211;A Discussion of High-Conflict People in Divorce</title>
		<link>http://www.lemonadedivorce.com/is-your-ex-worse-than-charlie-sheen-a-discussion-of-high-conflict-people-in-divorce/</link>
		<comments>http://www.lemonadedivorce.com/is-your-ex-worse-than-charlie-sheen-a-discussion-of-high-conflict-people-in-divorce/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Mar 2011 19:07:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Alison Patton]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[(As originally published on Huffington Post Divorce, March 2, 2011 Headline Article by Alison Patton) Charlie Sheen keeps telling us he&#8217;s special, but is he really that unique? We&#8217;ve read volumes about the king of custody battles, Alec Baldwin. We&#8217;ve followed the ranting of Mel Gibson, most recently from recorded tapes leaked by his ex-girlfriend [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>An Expert Weighs In on Forgiveness</title>
		<link>http://www.lemonadedivorce.com/an-expert-weighs-in-on-forgiveness/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Feb 2011 04:34:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Alison Patton]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A heated debate took place last month on Huffington Post. The subject was forgiveness of your ex after divorce. Blogger Erica Manfred claimed that &#8220;moving on&#8221; is all that&#8217;s necessary and you don&#8217;t have to forgive your ex. Her arguments are well-written and persuasive, but I disagree with her opinion and decided to interview an [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>I&#8217;m Blogging for Huffington Post Divorce</title>
		<link>http://www.lemonadedivorce.com/im-blogging-for-huffington-post-divorce/</link>
		<comments>http://www.lemonadedivorce.com/im-blogging-for-huffington-post-divorce/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 26 Jan 2011 22:04:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Alison Patton]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A very nice thing has happened&#8211;I&#8217;ve been accepted as a blogger for Huffington Post Divorce section. So now you can find my work on Lemonade Divorce and also on Huffington Post (called &#8220;HuffPost Divorce&#8221; for short). I will regularly post links here, on Lemonade Divorce, to my Huffpost Divorce articles so they are easy to [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>What Do You Really Want in 2011?</title>
		<link>http://www.lemonadedivorce.com/what-do-you-really-want-in-2011/</link>
		<comments>http://www.lemonadedivorce.com/what-do-you-really-want-in-2011/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 10 Jan 2011 09:08:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Alison Patton]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m a big believer in New Yearâ€™s resolutions. Every January, my friend Lorraine and I spend a day together making our list of what we&#8217;d like to see happen in the new year. We pull out last yearâ€™s resolutions, check items off, carry forward what isn&#8217;t complete, and add to the list for the year [&#8230;]]]></description>
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