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		<title>Emotional Training Helps Kids Fight Depression : NPR</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Emotional Training Helps Kids Fight Depression : NPR.
This is a brilliant effort at nipping the downward spiral in the bud when children are at their most formative, and it is definitely running parallel to what I am trying to work on with my son.

Over the last two days my son has discovered the word &#8220;hate.&#8221; [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Being Latino</title>
		<description><![CDATA[It has taken me a long time, and having my own children, to come to terms with my identity. I had to learn how to live my life as me, the whole me, not just one aspect of me. Not just my cultural identity, but who I am at the core, the essence of my existence. How I would define myself, what it means to be me. What are my likes and dislikes, aversions and motivations. Who am I? All of it despite any box I might have to check or any box into which other people might want to put me.]]></description>
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		<title>An Open Letter to My Children</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I was daydreaming just now, thinking about a conversation I had earlier with another parent. We were discussing the issues his son was having in school, how amotivated his child was and their struggle to get him to make an effort. It got me to thinking about what motivates our children to achieve and then [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://lunasmom.com/archives/272</link>
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		<title>When Parents Are Too Toxic to Tolerate &#8211; NYTimes.com</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Mind &#8211; When Parents Are Too Toxic to Tolerate &#8211; NYTimes.com.
I wholeheartedly agree. I also think it&#8217;s important to protect your children from toxic familial relationships so they learn to model healthy relationships filled with love. I have been estranged from both my parents and my only brother for several years now and it&#8217;s not [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://lunasmom.com/archives/270</link>
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		<title>Remembrance Day</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I think my father lived in the shadow of a brother with whom he could never compete. This brother was well-liked, affable by all accounts. He died in combat in 1966, a casualty of the conflict in Vietnam. He died just shy of his 21st birthday and thus, he will always live and loom larger [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A Push For Colleges To Prioritize Mental Health : NPR</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A Push For Colleges To Prioritize Mental Health : NPR.
When I was diagnosed as bipolar in 1997, I was diagnosed by a college psychiatrist. My first real experience with a psychiatrist and navigating the ins and outs of having a diagnosis and trying to find a treatment plan that would allow me to function was [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://lunasmom.com/archives/265</link>
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		<title>DId I mention I fired my therapist?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Because I did. She became more concerned about money than about me. in the middle of a session where I shares some concerns about money and in particular, mounting expenses associated with my son&#8217;s broken wrist, she actually stopped me to ask me &#8220;but how will you pay for these sessions?&#8221; 
It got worse when [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Long overdue update</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve been battling some wicked fatigue due to my sleep schedule going completely down the toilet. I am trying to get back on track and I am starting to see some improvement in my level of energy, but I will be happy when DST ends. Waking up in the dark is definitely no help to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Have you ever just felt &#8220;off?&#8221;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I feel &#8220;off&#8221; today. Kind of&#8230;flat. Don&#8217;t really want to do anything, struggling through work because there are problems causing confusion and delay, and generally kind of feeling tired and ambivalent about everything. Maybe I need a nap; I know going to bed at 4am didn&#8217;t improve my situation. It&#8217;s harder getting out of a [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://lunasmom.com/archives/260</link>
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		<title>His words make me feel beautiful &#8211; CNN.com</title>
		<description><![CDATA[His words make me feel beautiful &#8211; CNN.com.
I felt this when I read it. I can only hope that when I have lived as long as the author, my husband will feel the same way.
&#8220;I don&#8217;t believe that inner beauty is sufficient in this cruel world. That&#8217;s the pap one tells a child. I don&#8217;t [...]]]></description>
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