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Zoe Kim with Becoming Minimalist shares why families need minimalism.

Episode 410: Why Families Need Minimalism by Zoe Kim of Raising Simple with Becoming Minimalist - Simple Living with Children

Joshua Becker and his family decided to live with fewer possessions after a conversation with his neighbor in 2008. As a result, they found a better way to live, centered on more important pursuits.

Their story has been seen on the CBS Evening News, NPR, the Boston Globe, the Wall Street Journal and countless media interviews around the world. Their books have sold in the tens of thousands.

BecomingMinimalist.com is about their journey towards a rational approach to minimalism. It is about the joys and the struggles. It is about the lessons they have learned. It has inspired millions around the world. It is written to inspire you to intentionally live with less, and find more life because of it.

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Allison Carmen shares six tips to help reduce our children's stress during the school year.

Episode 409: Six Tips to Help Reduce Our Children's Stress During the School Year by Allison Carmen on Successful Parenting

Allison Carmen holds a B.A. in accounting, a J.D. of Law, and a Master’s of Law in taxation. After working for a large law firm in Manhattan, Allison founded her own law firm and built a successful practice focusing on real estate, corporate, mergers and acquisitions, and taxation. After 15 years of practicing law, Allison transitioned her practice into business consulting, business coaching and life coaching. Today, Allison’s clients range from owners of multi-million dollar companies to artists, actors, writers, and parents. She's also the host of the podcast: 10 Minutes to Less Suffering.

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Dr. Diana Kirschner of Love in 90 Days shares 5 crucial keys for overcoming rejection.

Episode 408: Dating Dilemmas of Smart, Successful Women: 5 Crucial Keys for Overcoming Rejection by Dr. Diana Kirschner

PBS Love expert, psychologist and bestselling author, Diana Kirschner, Ph.D. has helped thousands of singles and couples to find the relationships of their dreams. Along with her team of expert Love Mentor and dating coaches, she uses a unique approach to empower women by phone/Skype all over the world to heal from heartbreak and find lasting love. Dr. Diana is the author of the new books, Find Your Soulmate Online in 6 Simple Steps and 30 Days to Love; the relationship advice book, Sealing the Deal: The Love Mentor’s Guide to Lasting Love and the bestselling dating book, Love in 90 Days, which is the basis for her one-woman PBS TV Show Finding Your Own True Love.

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Evan Marc Katz shares his thoughts on believing the negatives and ignoring the positives.

Episode 407: Believe The Negatives, Ignore The Positives by Evan Marc Katz on Online Dating Profiles & Relationship Help

Dating coach Evan Marc Katz has been billed as a “personal trainer for smart, strong, successful women,” helping singles find love since 2003. Thousands of his clients have fallen in love, gotten married, started families, and found happiness, after only a few months of coaching.

It’s an unlikely career for a man--much less a man who was called a “serial dater” by CNN--yet that’s what makes Katz such a unique coach. By helping women understand men--what they think, how they act, and what they really want--he empowers them to make healthy, informed choices in love.

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2 shorter posts from Lisa Merlo-Booth on improving relationships.

Episode 406: Steps to Stop Being Co-dependent AND Assumptions and How They Hurt Relationships by Lisa Merlo-Booth

Lisa Merlo-Booth is a straight-talking and highly effective relationship expert, speaker, and blogger. She has over twenty years of experience in the field of therapy and relationship coaching and a thriving private practice with a client base of individuals and couples spanning the United States and Europe. Lisa is widely known for her straight talk on women, and for her emphasis on teaching women to stop responding in the extremes (silencing or exploding) and, instead, to affect change in a way that is grounded, respectful, and strong. This highly effective approach to communication is about speaking from Grounded Powerful Strength (GPS) rather than the extremes of meekness or aggression.

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https://lisamerlobooth.com/steps-to-stop-being-co-dependant/ & https://lisamerlobooth.com/assumptions-and-how-they-hurt-relationships/

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An Excerpt from the book Raising Humans in a Digital World by Diana Graber.

Episode 405: An Excerpt from the book Raising Humans in a Digital World by Diana Graber on Technology & Parenting

Diana Graber, a digital literacy educator and advocate, was honored with the National Association for Media Literacy Education's 2017 Media Literacy Teacher Award. She is the cofounder of Cyberwise, a leading online safety and digital literacy organization, and the founder and creator of Cyber Civics, the popular and innovative middle school digital citizenship and literacy program currently being taught in more than 40 US states, the UK, Canada, New Zealand and Africa. Graber lives with her family in Southern California.

More information is located here: http://raisinghumansinadigitalworld.com

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Cara Harvey of A Purpose Driven Mom shares how to create a morning routine in 3 easy steps.

Episode 404: Create a Morning Routine in 3 Easy Steps by Cara Harvey of A Purpose Driven Mom on Creating Habits

Cara Harvey is a wife, mom, online mentor and woman of God. She has been married to her husband, Ron, for 3 years and they live with their 11 year-old stepson, 2-year old daughter and 2-month old son. She currently works as a virtual lifestyle, mindset, and success coach and her mission is to provide women with the tools, resources and community to reach their goals, empower themselves, find their happiness and live a life by design.

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Liz Higgins with The Gottman Institute shares how her wedding crisis strengthened her marriage.

Episode 403: How My Wedding Crisis Strengthened My Marriage by Liz Higgins with The Gottman Institute on Engagement

The Gottman Institute understands that the human family is in crisis, and that all individuals are capable of and deserve compassion. It is their mission to reach out to families in order to help create and maintain greater love and health in relationships. They are committed to an ongoing program of research that increases the understanding of relationships and adds to the development of interventions that have been carefully evaluated. It is their goal to make their services accessible to the broadest reach of people across race, religion, class, culture, sexual orientation, and ethnicity.

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T.K. Coleman shares why it takes creativity to love what you do.

Episode 402: It Takes Creativity To Love What You Do by TK Coleman on How to Strengthen A Relationship

T.K. Coleman is the Co-Founder & Education Director of Praxis. He is a prolific writer and speaker with a singular mission: to awaken people to their own creative power. Sounds cheesy, but TK listens to Christmas music year-round, so he's used to being called cheesy and it doesn't bother him in the least. Learn more about him at TKColeman.com.

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Dr. Brent Mattingly with Luvze shares his thoughts on losing a significant other.

Episode 401: Help - I Don't Want to Lose Her by Dr. Brent Mattingly with Luvze on Preventing A Breakup

Luvze was founded on the premise that relationships are a central part of life and that our understanding of relationships benefits from research and scientific evidence. They also believe this information is most beneficial when presented in an engaging and entertaining fashion. They take research findings from the fields of psychology, family studies, sociology, communication, evolutionary biology, and others, and put them in a format that you can use.

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