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		<title>When Father&#8217;s Day is Bitter Sweet- 3 Ways to Process Your Feelings</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Jun 2016 16:44:18 +0000</pubDate>
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<p>For Father&#8217;s day, you celebrate a few men in your life: Your neighbor, That random dad in Target with the kids, your friend’s husband, and other relatives, but when it comes to your own father things gets complicated. While idyllic images of fathers and daughters flood social media channels, you struggle to find images to [...]</p>
<p>Read the article here---&gt;  <a href="https://theprayingwoman.com/when-fathers-day-is-bitter-sweet-3-ways-to-process-your-feelings/">When Father&#8217;s Day is Bitter Sweet- 3 Ways to Process Your Feelings</a></p>
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		<title>The Truth About Self Hatred and Low Self-Esteem</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Kia Stephens]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Feb 2016 10:28:46 +0000</pubDate>
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<p>“I was teased growing up,” I began.  “For three years, male and female tweens talked about the size of my nose, the color of my skin, my skinny legs, and non existent breast,” I continued.  Initially, I had no intentions of divulging my adolescent tale of woe with the fourth and fifth grade mentees, but [...]</p>
<p>Read the article here---&gt;  <a href="https://theprayingwoman.com/the-truth-about-self-hatred-and-low-self-esteem/">The Truth About Self Hatred and Low Self-Esteem</a></p>
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		<title>3 Biblical Reasons To Break Up With Fear</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Kia Stephens]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 06 Jan 2016 09:48:02 +0000</pubDate>
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<p>For as long as I can remember, I have had an on-again-off-again relationship with fear.  Initially, he took the role of a protector, much like a father or a big brother would, however his presence soon turned controlling.  His reign rendered me the cowardly lion: afraid to live with him and afraid to live without [...]</p>
<p>Read the article here---&gt;  <a href="https://theprayingwoman.com/3-biblical-reasons-to-break-up-with-fear/">3 Biblical Reasons To Break Up With Fear</a></p>
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		<title>For The Woman Who Longs To Be Cherished</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Kia Stephens]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Dec 2015 09:58:12 +0000</pubDate>
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<p>By design we want the fairytale. Flowers, Adoration, Chocolates, Chivalry, Gifts &#38; the elaborate pursuit If we know what we desire, why is it that so many women ­ married and single ­ do not receive it? Often finding ourselves in unsatisfying relationships. We attempt to pressure, coerce, and manipulate the man in our lives to become who [...]</p>
<p>Read the article here---&gt;  <a href="https://theprayingwoman.com/for-the-woman-who-longs-to-be-cherished/">For The Woman Who Longs To Be Cherished</a></p>
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