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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;Everybody searching for a hero People need someone to look up to I never found anyone to fulfil my needs A lonely place to be So I learned to depend on me I decided long ago Never to walk in anyone&#8217;s shadows If I fail, if I succeed At least I live as I believe [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=whatittakestobeme.org&amp;blog=19398726&amp;post=1254&amp;subd=whatittakes2bme&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<description><![CDATA[Four sessions to go until A. goes on maternity leave. At the most. These last few weeks since our Christmukah break I&#8217;ve been living with the worry of suddenly having a message that A. has gone into premature labour and thus leaving me to fend for myself without even getting to have the Final Session. [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=whatittakestobeme.org&amp;blog=19398726&amp;post=1242&amp;subd=whatittakes2bme&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<description><![CDATA[~::~ ~::~ ~::~ ~::~ ~::~ ~::~ ..and I heard that voice: Do something that scares you Do something that makes you feel And I stood on the edge of that cliff And I realised I was all alone With no way up Or down Yet I started to climb Up, up, up And I could [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=whatittakestobeme.org&amp;blog=19398726&amp;post=1192&amp;subd=whatittakes2bme&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<description><![CDATA[They say that the greatest joy in life is having children. The flip-side of that is, of course, that the biggest sorrow is not having them. And I suppose this is a large part of what I find myself dealing with right now. I am not saying that the meaning of life is to have [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=whatittakestobeme.org&amp;blog=19398726&amp;post=1178&amp;subd=whatittakes2bme&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Jan 2012 21:39:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[First post of the new year. Can&#8217;t believe it&#8217;s taken me this long! So what has the new year been like this far? Well, ups and downs. And lots of them. On the one hand there are some really good things happening in my life, although as per usual I am finding it hard to [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=whatittakestobeme.org&amp;blog=19398726&amp;post=1157&amp;subd=whatittakes2bme&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<description><![CDATA[Some of you will know that I recently moved. I did a straight room swap with someone, and when this someone else moved, she &#8211; let&#8217;s call her K. &#8211; left behind a great big goldfish bowl with accompanying goldfish. Now, I told her straight off that I didn&#8217;t want it; I could never keep [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=whatittakestobeme.org&amp;blog=19398726&amp;post=1055&amp;subd=whatittakes2bme&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Boxes, Bin Liners &amp; A Pregnant Therapist &#8211; An Entry About Preparing For A Major Therapy Break</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 11 Dec 2011 23:21:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Last week was a big week, therapywise. Started a bit shakey on Tuesday, feeling very anxious, and stepping into a mode of not wanting to engage, not wanting to connect and deliberately steering clear of potentially explosive material. There was a definite wish to keep it simple, to not touch on anything that could be [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=whatittakestobeme.org&amp;blog=19398726&amp;post=991&amp;subd=whatittakes2bme&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Looking Back, Moving On &amp; Holding On To Your Dreams</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Dec 2011 17:15:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Once again I find myself packing my stuff up; I&#8217;m moving on Sunday. All of about thirty metres down the street. So, in many ways, a minor move. I&#8217;m moving into a larger room in what, at least on the surface, looks like a nicer flatshare. Hard to know for sure until you&#8217;re actually there. [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=whatittakestobeme.org&amp;blog=19398726&amp;post=884&amp;subd=whatittakes2bme&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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