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	<title>Five in 5 &#187; Looking In The Mirror</title>
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		<title>starting over</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Dec 2009 15:52:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gener Jones</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[At age 24 I married. At age 25 my first daughter was born. At age 30 my second daughter was born.  During those years I owned my own business, kept house, loved my family and fulfilled my duty as a wife the best way I knew how.  At age 39, my life changed. [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class="tweetmeme_button" style="float: left; margin-right: 10px;"><a href="http://api.tweetmeme.com/share?url=http%3A%2F%2Ffivein5.com%2Fblog%2F2009%2F12%2Fstarting-over%2F"><img src="http://api.tweetmeme.com/imagebutton.gif?url=http%3A%2F%2Ffivein5.com%2Fblog%2F2009%2F12%2Fstarting-over%2F" height="61" width="51" /></a></div><p>At age 24 I married. At age 25 my first daughter was born. At age 30 my second daughter was born.  During those years I owned my own business, kept house, loved my family and fulfilled my duty as a wife the best way I knew how.  At age 39, my life changed.  I had recently lost my grandmother and was having a very difficult time coping.  I began to see my life as someone looking in would view it.  Some of the things I saw made me realize that something had to <strong>change</strong>.  At age 38, my marriage of 14 years was over.  I was starting a new life.</p>
<p>How does someone find what they need inside of themselves to go out there and face the world as an individual when all they know is being part of a unit?  How can someone that looked in the mirror for so many years, not liking what they saw, open their eyes and see a vibrant, happy, emotionally content person?  How is someone able to find the confidence and self assuredness they once emitted as a flirty, younger woman with their whole future ahead of them?</p>
<p>Life is not an episode of Sex in the City.  Four of our closest girlfriends are not going to show up at our door, dress us in a sexy outfit and take us to a club where we dance, meet the latest J.Crew model who adores us and solve all of life’s challenges in a 60 minute condensed version of happily ever after.</p>
<p>It takes baby steps to pull yourself back up and reorganize your world.  There is a <strong>transformation</strong> that occurs within as you rediscover your strengths and prioritize your needs.  To some extent, you need to reinvent yourself as you get comfortable with being an individual again.</p>
<p>As you work on your insides, something begins to happen on the outside.  You become stronger inside and begin to gain self confidence.  Your smile shines, perhaps a new wardrobe is in order, eventually you want to put yourself back out there in the dating world.</p>
<p>Looking in the mirror, you see the strides you have made. You also see the lines that have been drawn, the wrinkles and creases that didn’t seem to matter before.  Do you have to carry those leftovers with you as you begin anew? The resounding answer is NO.  You are starting over; you are transforming all facets of your life; including your <strong>facial</strong><strong> appearance</strong>.</p>
<p>The <strong><a href="http://www.fivein5.com/" target="_blank">Iphone Fivein5 facial exercises</a></strong> are designed to be effective, chemical free, simple exercises that will erase the tell-tale signs of your previous life.  A one- time fee of <strong>only $4.95</strong> and <strong>five minutes of your day</strong> is all you need to strengthen and tone the muscles in your <strong><a href="http://www.fivein5.com/" target="_blank">facial and neck area</a></strong>.  Blood flow will increase to rejuvenate the strengthened and toned areas to bring back the vibrant, healthy appearance you once had.  Lines and wrinkles will disappear.  It won’t be long before the day comes when you will look in the mirror and realize… You’re back. You’re ready. You have come full circle.</p>
<p>Oh, what a wonderful day that will be.  Trust me.  It will happen.  It happened for me.  Here I am, on the cusp of my 42nd year, and life is good.  I have rediscovered myself, and am now happily married again.<br />
The journey was frightening but you know what?  It was totally worth it.</p>
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		<title>Bring Back the Spark</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Dec 2009 12:08:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gener Jones</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Oh, the honeymoon’s over.  Those quiet times snuggling under the covers seem fewer and further between.  Work, kids, and other obligations seem to take precedence on our time.  It is so easy to get caught up in day to day responsibilities and not have time to spend with the significant other in [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class="tweetmeme_button" style="float: left; margin-right: 10px;"><a href="http://api.tweetmeme.com/share?url=http%3A%2F%2Ffivein5.com%2Fblog%2F2009%2F12%2Fbring-back-the-spark%2F"><img src="http://api.tweetmeme.com/imagebutton.gif?url=http%3A%2F%2Ffivein5.com%2Fblog%2F2009%2F12%2Fbring-back-the-spark%2F" height="61" width="51" /></a></div><p>Oh, the honeymoon’s over.  Those quiet times snuggling under the covers seem fewer and further between.  Work, kids, and other obligations seem to take precedence on our time.  It is so easy to get caught up in day to day responsibilities and not have time to spend with the significant other in our life.</p>
<p>As stress and not enough minutes in a day cause our last nerve to frazzle, the exhaustion we feel on the inside begins to show itself on the outside.  We look in the mirror and barely recognize the vibrant, fresh faced, energetic younger woman who caught his eye so many years ago. As we stand there looking in the mirror, we come to the often times wrong assumption that woman is gone forever.  Our insecurities start to bloom and often subconsciously we project those insecurities to the people we are closest to. Pulling away, not making time for the snuggling quiet times; poison to a relationship.</p>
<p>Now you have an easy solution. Boost your self confidence. Find the woman who turned his head so many years ago.  She’s still in there. With the <strong><a href="http://www.fivein5.com/" target="_blank">Fivein5 facial exercise program</a></strong>, the only thing that is gone forever is the tired washed out woman you once saw in the mirror. <strong>Amazing results</strong> in less than a month will <strong>lift</strong> your <strong>eyebrows</strong> and your spirits. Your <strong>skin</strong> will glow and radiate as the blood flow is increased to the toned muscles that smooth and <strong>diminish wrink</strong><strong>les<span style="font-weight: normal;">. You will soon start to see a more </span><a href="http://www.fivein5.com/" target="_blank">youthful face</a><span style="font-weight: normal;"> with sparkly eyes and a more frequent smile. </span>Five minutes a day<span style="font-weight: normal;"> are all you need to begin your journey.  Sitting at a red light, waiting on hold on the telephone, in the shower, doing the dishes—no need to find a free five minutes, the exercises can be done during any of these other activities.</span></strong></p>
<p>You’ll notice. He’ll notice. Your mirror will notice. The flirty lilt in your step will come back and so will some more time in your days as the renewed interest in each other awakens. Time for each other. Quiet snuggly time to reconnect and come to the realization that the honeymoon is indeed, NOT over.</p>
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