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	<title>Ellie &#187; drugs and alcohol</title>
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		<title>Al-Anon can help families and partners of addicts</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 10 Nov 2025 05:00:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Lisi Tesher]]></dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[abandonment]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Addictions]]></category>
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		<title>Better to work on your marriage than focus on your affair</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Oct 2025 04:00:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Lisi Tesher]]></dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[abstinence]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Affairs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Age gap]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[blocked]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Friendship]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[guilty]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Health Issues]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[intimacy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[judgement]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[lingerie]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[oral sex]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[persistent]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[retirement]]></category>
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		<title>New relationships flourish with open communication</title>
		<link>https://ellieadvice.com/new-relationships-flourish-with-open-communication/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Jul 2025 04:00:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Lisi Tesher]]></dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[anxiety]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[communication]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dating]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Divorce]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[gay]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[gay sex]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[grandparenting]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[gratitude]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Marriage]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Money Issues]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[opinionated]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[parental guilt]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[party]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[resentment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Separated]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[summer]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Teenagers]]></category>

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		<title>Heed the advice of those who walked before you</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Jul 2025 04:00:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Lisi Tesher]]></dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[siblings]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[single]]></category>
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		<title>Look everywhere for your &#8220;people&#8221; in retirement</title>
		<link>https://ellieadvice.com/look-everywhere-for-your-people-in-retirement/</link>
		<comments>https://ellieadvice.com/look-everywhere-for-your-people-in-retirement/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Jul 2025 04:00:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Lisi Tesher]]></dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Column]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[approval]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[cold]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Death]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[dementia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[depression]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[suffering]]></category>
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		<title>When looking for something (or someone) you misplaced, retrace your steps</title>
		<link>https://ellieadvice.com/when-looking-for-something-or-someone-you-misplaced-retrace-your-steps-and-hope-for-the-best/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 05 Apr 2025 04:00:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Lisi Tesher]]></dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Addictions]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[afterglow]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[birth control]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[family]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[hormone replacement therapy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[horny]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[judge]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[mystery]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[perimenopause]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Porn]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Romance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[self-protection]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sex]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[siblings]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[STD's]]></category>
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		<title>We all make mistakes&#8230;..</title>
		<link>https://ellieadvice.com/we-all-make-mistakes/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 18 Jan 2025 05:00:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Lisi Tesher]]></dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Dating]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[holidays]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[loyalty]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[morals and values]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[regrets]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[safety]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[secrets]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sex]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[shame]]></category>
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		<title>Party&#8217;s over! Back to reality&#8230;.</title>
		<link>https://ellieadvice.com/partys-over-back-to-biz/</link>
		<comments>https://ellieadvice.com/partys-over-back-to-biz/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Jan 2025 05:00:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Lisi Tesher]]></dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[ADHD]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Asperger's]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[spectrum]]></category>
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		<title>Grow up and get back to adulting!</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Sep 2024 04:00:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Lisi Tesher]]></dc:creator>
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		<title>Cheated on you? With a friend? Double bye-bye!</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Jul 2024 04:00:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Lisi Tesher]]></dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[breaking up]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[victimhood]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Youth]]></category>

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