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	<title>Peaceful Homes Peaceful Lives &#187; Intention and Spirituality</title>
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		<title>Bringing Home Your Vacation Insights</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Aug 2010 14:22:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laura and Alison</dc:creator>
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Have you ever been on a vacation and come back with a new outlook on life? Taken a trip and been inspired to make a change? What happens when you come home? Do you retain your new outlook and follow through on the change or do you return to old habits and lose [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Gratitude</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Jul 2010 15:39:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laura and Alison</dc:creator>
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Gratitude instantly shifts us to a place of peace and loving. Be grateful for all the good you have in your life. Even if there are challenges or things in your life that you are less than ideal, be grateful for the fact that you are now in the process of changing them. By being [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Dream Home: Bringing Your Dreams Into Your Home</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Jun 2010 15:16:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laura and Alison</dc:creator>
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You can realize dreams with the help of your home. Your home may support you, inspire you, and become the vehicle through which you manifest your goals. 
 
As my sister and I often say in our blogs, our homes are a reflection of who we are. And when we change the reflection, we too change. Winston [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Art of Everyday Living</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 07 May 2010 03:16:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laura and Alison</dc:creator>
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So often our attention is drawn to the big events in our lives, those that have happened and those we anticipate. Yet, it is the little everyday moments—such as eating, getting dressed, working, caring for children, running errands, walking the dog—that make up the majority of our lives.  It’s easy to get caught up thinking [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Zen Affirmations: A New Look at Affirmations</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Apr 2010 13:58:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laura</dc:creator>
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As you may already know, positive affirmations are statements that when said repeatedly can be used to increase self-esteem or manifest goals. As someone who believes strongly in positive thinking, the concept of like attracts like, the power of intention, and the idea that our thoughts create our reality&#8212;the idea of affirmations always made sense [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Home as a Reflection of Self</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Apr 2010 13:40:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laura and Alison</dc:creator>
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We believe that your home is an outward manifestation of your inner experience&#8212;a reflection of yourself. Look around your home. What are your surroundings saying about you? How you choose to live, how you decorate (or don’t decorate), pictures and objects you display, and what you choose to surround yourself with, tell others about who [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Clearing Your Inner Clutter</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Mar 2010 14:50:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laura and Alison</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Clutter Clearing and Organization]]></category>
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Inner clutter is our running to-do list, unfinished business, unresolved issues or relationships, and/or any thoughts or feelings that repeatedly come up that weigh on our minds. This includes thoughts about the meaning of our life to thoughts about mundane tasks like replacing a light bulb and everything in between. In the same way physical [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Simple Steps to Clear the Energy in Your Home</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Feb 2010 15:36:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laura and Alison</dc:creator>
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Every space holds energy. Even though you can’t see it, you&#8217;ve probably sensed it&#8230; For example, you may have walked into a room that looked beautiful, but somehow just didn’t feel right. Or perhaps you&#8217;ve been in a space that was decorated poorly or not to your taste, but you immediately felt good and comfortable. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How I Made Meditation a Habit After Trying for 18 years</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Feb 2010 14:56:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laura</dc:creator>
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Photo by Tamara Muth King
 
My senior year of college a very wise advisor told me that I should establish a meditation practice. While I didn’t know much about meditation, I took his advice to heart. After walking out of my first meditation class I immediately saw the world differently. Everything was in sharper focus&#8212;trees seemed [...]]]></description>
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		<title>My Simple Daily Spiritual Practices</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 28 Jan 2010 16:59:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laura</dc:creator>
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Ideally, we do not need spiritual practices because our life becomes the practice. From my perspective, we already are spiritual. As the University of Santa Monica teaches, “we are divine beings having a human experience,” not the other way around! In this sense, there is nothing we need to do [...]]]></description>
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