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		<title>Using EMDR to Address Eating Disorders</title>
		<description><![CDATA[EMDR stands for Eye Movement Desensitization Reprocessing. A big name for a relatively simple but highly effective method for dealing with trauma or what I like to call emotionally stuck places.]]></description>
		<link>http://ondinawellness.com/using-emdr-to-address-eating-disorders/</link>
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		<title>Super Negotiating for Couples</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Learn to negotiate so you can effectively handle conflict. All healthy relationships need conflict to grow however many people are afraid of conflict because they don’t know how to negotiate. Learn how to create “win-win” situations with effective negotiating skills. Good negotiation will also vastly improve your communication skills.]]></description>
		<link>http://ondinawellness.com/super-negotiating-for-couples/</link>
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		<title>Geneen Roth at Spirit Rock on her latest book: &#8220;Women, Food and God: An Unexpected Path to Almost Everything’’</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The title of Geneen’s latest book is big and bold. I had to finally meet this woman whose older book; ‘When Food is Love’ had such a big impact on shifting me out of my own eating disorder more than 15 years ago. After all she was coming to my neck of the woods; Spirit Rock, less than 10 miles from my home! My expectation mounted as I got to the Spirit Rock parking lot, which was overflowing. The meditation hall was the most full I had ever seen it. And there she was, this tiny blonde woman with a big smile. I liked her instantly. She seemed friendly and accessible. This initial impression was confirmed once she began to talk.]]></description>
		<link>http://ondinawellness.com/geneen-roth-at-spirit-rock-on-her-latest-book-women-food-and-god-an-unexpected-path-to-almost-everything%e2%80%99%e2%80%99/</link>
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		<title>Do You Eat to Handle Anxiety? 3 Simple Steps towards Handling Anxious Eating</title>
		<description><![CDATA[What Mary found out after some honest self exploration, was that she had been eating in an attempt to handle the anxiety that came up for her when she walked into the party where she barely knew anyone. The food table also felt like an easier place for Mary to strike up conversation with a total stranger. Mary was engaging in comfort eating or using food to self soothe.]]></description>
		<link>http://ondinawellness.com/do-you-eat-to-handle-anxiety-3-simple-steps-towards-handling-anxious-eating/</link>
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		<title>What is a Healthy Body Image?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Body image is a mental idea about your physical body and how you look. Body image is something that constantly changes as it is based more on feeling than fact. This also makes it very vulnerable to distortion.]]></description>
		<link>http://ondinawellness.com/what-is-a-healthy-body-image/</link>
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		<title>Mindful Eating &#8211; A Way To Enjoy More Quality vs Quantity</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Mindful eating is about paying attention to what you eat. Actually focusing on the flavors, textures and subtleties of what you are putting in your body. It is not about eating while you are thinking of your bills, the kids, how many calories, watching TV etc. For most of us this is a tall order. There are so many distractions and people, places, things pulling on us, who has time to really pay attention to what they are eating? What is even the point?]]></description>
		<link>http://ondinawellness.com/mindful-eating-a-way-to-enjoy-more-quality-vs-quantity/</link>
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		<title>Helping Couples to Get Out of Negative Cycles</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I am often asked how I work with couples. This is probably as varied as the couples that I see, who are queer, alternative and traditional. However, if I had to pick a common area of focus, I would say it is to help couples free themselves from the claws of the negative cycles that they get caught in.]]></description>
		<link>http://ondinawellness.com/helping-couples-to-get-out-of-negative-cycles/</link>
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		<title>What if it&#8217;s Not About the Food? Sharing my Personal Struggle with Food and How Healing Happened&#8230;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The constant craving for that chocolate chip cookie that won't let up, until finally I can't stand it anymore and give in.... Before I know it, the whole pack is gone... numb relief, coupled with self disgust because I feel so out of control. When will this nightmare ever end?]]></description>
		<link>http://ondinawellness.com/what-if-its-not-about-the-food-sharing-my-personal-struggle-with-food-and-how-healing-happened/</link>
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		<title>How Pleasure Can be a Much Better Motivator than &#8216;I Should&#8217;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I was talking about all of the above, with my client, Mary who came to me for food/ weight/ body image issues last year. I asked her if she was interested in trying something different? She said "Yes!" She was tired of her "excess weight" and poor body image ... So I suggested she  try a more right brain approach that would not only be more pleasurable but also most likely   more successful. Needless to say she was very curious!]]></description>
		<link>http://ondinawellness.com/how-pleasure-can-be-a-much-better-motivator-than-i-should/</link>
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		<title>Harnessing the Power of Venus Retrograde</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Venus goes retrograde in Aries today (March 6th) until April 17th. This occurrence happens approximately every 18 months. Venus rules love and money but on a deeper level what we value most deeply. This could be a powerful transit for those who know how to work with it. Read on for some clues and tips about how to harness the power of Venus retrograde...]]></description>
		<link>http://ondinawellness.com/harnessing-the-power-of-venus-retrograde/</link>
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