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      <image:title>Blog - New Year's Resolutions - How to Set Achievable Goals - When considering my goals for the upcoming year, I took some time to reflect on what I value in life and how I can set goals that are meaningful to me.</image:title>
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      <image:caption>Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Blog - Four Books for the New Year - Feeling Good - David Burns</image:title>
      <image:caption>A handbook to help analyze maladaptive thoughts and replace them with rational thoughts. This book is for everyone - we all experience negative thoughts that can lead to unpleasant emotions. The book contains helpful exercises and examples throughout to demonstrate how to change maladaptive thoughts.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Blog - Four Books for the New Year - Designing Your Life - Bill Burnett &amp; Dave Evans</image:title>
      <image:caption>For anyone seeking a career change or starting to plan their future. Burnett &amp; Evans are professors at Stanford University and teach a class in career design. This book has reflective exercises throughout to help identify what brings meaning to a person’s life and career.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Brené Brown has several books that focus on self improvement. This book helps individuals identify blind spots and live authentically. “Vulnerability is bravery.”</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Blog - Four Books for the New Year - The Moment of Lift - Melinda Gates</image:title>
      <image:caption>A book about gender equity and what others can do to advocate for gender equality. Melinda Gates shares her personal experiences and stories of empowering women.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Blog - Book Recommendation - "Reinvention" by Arlene Dickinson</image:title>
      <image:caption>“…Change begins by looking backwards. In order to figure out where you can go, you need to know exactly where you’ve been.” - Arlene Dickinson</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference.</image:caption>
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